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Modern Retro Shooters / Quake Spiritual Successors

Posted by Shambler on 2017/11/14 21:26:44

Wonder If A Specific Retro-shooter Thread Is Warranted?
#10166 posted by Shambler [92.29.26.135] on 2017/08/27 11:32:00

It is! Separate thread because there's a lot of these sort of games, the ethos of them is particularly relevant to this board, and it's inhabitants seem to have some good varying opinions on the matter.

Quake as the eptiome as 90s action FPS:

Very direct control and physics
Simple streamlined gameplay
Brutal visceral and gory
Weird fantasy / gothic / industrial theme
Grungy, coherent graphics
Cool map designs / architecture (for the time)
Varied but consistent bestiary
Etc
(many of the above adhered to and greatly enhanced by subsequent custom content)

We all like these aspects, we all like these aspects in other games, we all want to see more of those games, possibly combined with modern graphical styles (Quake Chumpions MAPS might be an example of how far this could go) and maybe very limited modern additions (crouching? an inventory? coherent story? - but nothing that gets in the way of solid action). We perhaps want the next Quake / 90s action FPS spiritual successor...

Modern Retro Shooters:

...and lo, there's a neverending stream of modern retro games many of which are unabashedly marketting themselves as 90s action FPS spiritual successors and particularly highlighting speed, direct control, simple action, limitless violence. Do they have what it takes to hit that mark though??

Strafe
http://store.steampowered.com/app/442780/STRAFE_Millennium_Edition/

Amid Evil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo7X7b6pPng

Dusk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsu9uDMlIMM

Hellbound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyabhVn1SfQ

Apocryph
http://store.steampowered.com/app/596240/Apocryph_an_oldschool_shooter/

Ion Maiden
https://twitter.com/voidpnt

Neverdead
http://store.steampowered.com/app/681000/NEVRDEAD/

Gorescript
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpZ1Wa0OIoQ

Intrude
https://bagogames.com/intrude-review/

Hermodr
http://store.steampowered.com/app/490360/Hermodr/

Devil Daggers
http://store.steampowered.com/app/422970/Devil_Daggers/

Gibhard
http://www.gibhard.com

Revulsion
http://store.steampowered.com/app/719180/Revulsion/

Witchfire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zqjNkdXT94

PLUS MANY MORE LINKED IN THE THREAD BELOW....

Without wanting to opine too much, there seems to be a general trend of possibly not hitting the mark despite some attempts to do so, with a huge variety in how much potential those attempts show, as well as how close these games are to realising the overall harmonious game quality of a typical best 90s action FPS. I.e. Some games seem to do some aspects right, but don't seem to get all the aspects in balance and appealing together.

Discuss....

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Prodeus Broke $100K

#365 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/04/24 07:50:27

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/prodeus/prodeus

Such great news. The editor is amazing.

Play Blood Letter !

#366 posted by anonymous user on 2019/04/29 21:51:19

https://shp.itch.io/bloodletter

No.

#367 posted by Shambler on 2019/04/29 23:02:15

Blood Letter

#368 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/04/29 23:52:04

...would be cool as a rhythm shooter. As it is now - would get repetitious pretty quickly.

#369 posted by mankrip on 2019/04/30 01:04:32

Ludum Dare games are meant to be boring anyway. It's nearly impossible to make a non-repetitive game in 2 days.

#370 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/04/30 03:24:45

makes sense - I forgot it was for a jam

#371 posted by Qmaster on 2019/05/02 15:12:43

Ooh, the inventory is a pie menu, sweet! Need. Wrath. Now.

#372 posted by mankrip on 2019/05/02 18:55:43

Memoirs of Magic looks fun.

Even Skipping Through That Video....

#373 posted by Shambler on 2019/05/02 19:35:35

....is the worst thing to happen to my eyes for several days.

I Said "Fun", Not Pretty.

#374 posted by mankrip on 2019/05/02 20:31:13

The Latest Shit On A Fucking Stick.

#375 posted by Shambler on 2019/07/17 10:57:58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWo9Kv4xMBI&feature=youtu.be

For Fuck's Sake!

#376 posted by Kinn on 2019/07/17 11:19:15

That's gotta be the ugliest-looking piece of shit yet, surely?

Not even gonna use the Daikatana smiley, that would be an insult to Daikatana.

Also Shums

#377 posted by Kinn on 2019/07/17 11:20:36

y u no discord?

Incredible

#378 posted by FifthElephant on 2019/07/17 19:22:00

How is it possible to make such an aesthetically bankrupt game?

God Knows

#379 posted by Kinn on 2019/07/17 19:34:16

Maybe if you have autism, and your autism also has autism.

:shrug:

Not My Thing

#380 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/07/17 20:56:05

...but there has to be something that justifies the garish colors. Like you are sucked into a GameBoy game or more likely the protagonist is hallucinating the game world.

Yeah She's Nuts

#381 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/07/17 21:07:34

Info on this ugly game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4I7gfhhqbc

#382 posted by Fairweather on 2019/07/23 14:38:15

There's making a game look retro and then there's not even fucking trying, abysmal. Say what you will about Memoirs but at least it executes a style.
Viscerafest is how to do this Doom-esque 3D game style right imo, crazy as fuck FOV, smooth and easy to understand sprites and effects that don't cover the entire screen ala that eyesore brutal doom.

Well ...

#383 posted by Cocerello on 2019/07/23 20:47:51

at least the looks are consistent, and it seems that they are giving an Alice´s like explanation for them.

Leaving aside that, there is some things that does better than some others that were posted here.

Maybe Dusk or Project Warlock fans will like it.

Ion Fury (Maiden) Review

#384 posted by Esrael on 2019/08/14 17:23:41

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBNHb236X6Y

#385 posted by lpowell on 2019/08/15 04:10:41

It's one of the few games I've preordered/kickstarted so I'm excited for it. I loved the name Ion Maiden. Hopefully the Spanish Inquisition will sue the thrash metal band for stealing the name of their torture device....

#386 posted by Izhido on 2019/08/15 08:44:26

... the comfy ion fury chair?

Lol

#387 posted by oh, that person on 2019/08/15 09:07:22

#388 posted by Esrael on 2019/08/15 11:16:52

Yeah, too bad the name was changed. :/ I might be buying the game for myself. Gotta increase the length of my game backlog, you know.

#389 posted by misc_poster on 2019/08/26 14:56:43

Ion Fury is really good. It managed to keep me interested in finding secrets and small details in level design, something that modern games fail to do, even Doom 2016. Definitely worth your money.

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