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DOOM II XBLA

donhonkdonhonk Registered User regular
edited June 2010 in Games and Technology
So Doom II is on XBLA. I fucking love Doom, and I didnt even play it back in the day.

And it has a whole new chapter. A BIGGER DEAL SHOULD BE MADE ABOUT THIS!!

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Theres a quick sample of what to expect with the new levels.


IN A NUTSHELL:

800msp
Good Controls
Awful Multiplayer Netcode
Online co op (Read above)
Local Splitscreen
DOOM gameplay never dies
Non widescreen (4:3 only)


This is a good purchase, but marred by the bad netcode. I couldn't even connect to any games yesterday. But hey, turn on some Nine Inch Nails and blast through demons. I lost a couple hours in the blink of an eye doing that.

Also sidenote, Im missing 1 achievement in DOOM 1, the 100 online kills achievement, if someone wants to hammer that out with me, my XBL tag is donhonk.

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  • The_SpaniardThe_Spaniard It's never lupines Irvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    How could terrible net code for DOOM even make it past QA? I mean seriously that would be like 40k without Space Marines.

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  • donhonkdonhonk Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Yeah, honestly its pretty pathetic.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    No widescreen.

    No sale, that's lazy.

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  • ZellZell Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Not lazy, they just want to keep it as close to the original as possible. I assume this isn't even running at 60 FPS. Still buying for the new episode.

    edit: not sure why they added 5.1 sound if they wanted to keep it as close to the original as possible though.

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  • StormwatcherStormwatcher Blegh BlughRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    PC version is better. :D

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  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The_Spaniard wrote: »
    How could terrible net code for DOOM even make it past QA? I mean seriously that would be like 40k without Space Marines.

    Example doesn't work, really, since 40k without SM's might actually be interesting.

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  • TommattTommatt Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    More like Starhammer 40k

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  • RoshinRoshin My backlog can be seen from space SwedenRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    LewieP wrote: »
    No widescreen.

    No sale, that's lazy.

    Agreed. That was disappointing.

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  • Gorilla SaladGorilla Salad Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    So, I've never played Doom 2, but 10 bucks seems a bit much for it. What do I do oh wise Penny-Arcade? Is it worth the 10?

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Gorilla Salad wrote: »
    So, I've never played Doom 2, but 10 bucks seems a bit much for it. What do I do oh wise Penny-Arcade? Is it worth the 10?

    Did you really like Doom?

    Do you want more Doom?

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  • TeeManTeeMan BrainSpoon Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Picked up Doom 2 on a Steam christmas sale for a cool 99 cents. $10, considering no wide screen support or good net code, doesn't sound like it's worth it.

    Co-op, however... hmm. If you cranked it to nightmare difficulty, it'd be fun.

    Doom gameplay hasn't gotten boring for me yet. Every year or two without fail Doom 2 or Ultimate Doom gets a re-install. Excellent series :)

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Isn't there....some kind of....personal computer that we all have...

    That can already play this game.

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  • Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    LewieP wrote: »
    Isn't there....some kind of....personal computer that we all have...

    That can already play this game.

    Pretty much anything can play Doom, in fact. I'm pretty sure there are calculators that can run Doom.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    Isn't there....some kind of....personal computer that we all have...

    That can already play this game.

    Pretty much anything can play Doom, in fact. I'm pretty sure there are calculators that can run Doom.

    I have it on my mp3 player:

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    Doom, Doom2, the works.

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Yeah, you can get Doom on anything these days. And now, you can get it on the home console you currently have hooked up to your large TV and sound system. That's the point! A convenient way to play a classic, awesome game on your current setup.

    Plus you get a new episode! That's a sweet deal.

    Terrible shame on the lack of WS and poor netcode though. If they had added those two things, this would be an awesome deal. Without them, it's merely a great way to play a classic game on your console.
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    Isn't there....some kind of....personal computer that we all have...

    That can already play this game.

    Pretty much anything can play Doom, in fact. I'm pretty sure there are calculators that can run Doom.

    There are digital cameras onto which you can install custom firmware, and then in fact install and play Doom on.

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  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'd be up for some pc multiplayer doom. Seeing as though it's awesome and basically free.

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'd be up for it. Have to dig up my disc and install.

    How do you play multi on PC these days btw?

    Is there a particular source port that everyone uses now?

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  • StormwatcherStormwatcher Blegh BlughRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    But there are source ports of all Doom engine games, updating them with modern controls and resolutions. They make the game even awesomer.

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  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    zdoom was awesome and easy to use.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Stormwatcher wrote: »
    But there are source ports of all Doom engine games, updating them with modern controls and resolutions. They make the game even awesomer.

    Exactly my thoughts. We all have monitors and keyboard and mice right?

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Sweet. Didn't take long to get all set up with Z-Doom. I'm ready to roll if anyone wants to try that out.

    edit: not sure how this works with online multiplayer though.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    My computer probably can't run Doom II

    That said, I enjoy the original on XBLA and may pick this up

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    That sounds like fun. I...

    have never actually played MP doom. I imagine I would need hamachi or something similar?

    edit: oh shit, I hope I saved ZDoom when I copied everything over...

    excellent, I didn't forget!


    Ok. ZDoom is setup. Ultimate Doom and Doom II wads are in place.

    How I kill mans online?

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Slash, it looks like http://doomconnector.co.nr/ might be a good starting place.

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  • Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Skulltag is the source port of choice for multiplayer. It's basically GZDoom with added gubbins, so there's no real need to use GZDoom or ZDoom at all (Skulltag does single and multiplayer).

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I got Skulltag, it sseems promising, i'm trying out Doom Connector right now, which requires zdoom or skulltag.

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  • ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    My computer probably can't run Doom II

    That said, I enjoy the original on XBLA and may pick this up

    Are you surfing the web on a piece of rock.

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  • BarrabasBarrabas Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Impersonator wrote: »
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    My computer probably can't run Doom II

    That said, I enjoy the original on XBLA and may pick this up

    Are you surfing the web on a piece of rock.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Roshin wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    No widescreen.

    No sale, that's lazy.

    Agreed. That was disappointing.

    It is actually really lazy, since fans have messed with the source and allowed the game to render in widescreen with no stretching or anything, unless they wanted to be super lazy and recycle very old source

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    OK it looks like either skulltag or Doom Connector work just fine. If anyone wants to try it out post here.

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  • Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Impersonator wrote: »
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    My computer probably can't run Doom II

    That said, I enjoy the original on XBLA and may pick this up

    Are you surfing the web on a piece of rock.

    And what kind of rock, because sedimentary rocks can run Doom but igneous rocks struggle with it and could probably only do Wolfenstein 3D.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I would try skulltag, but I misplaced my .WAD's

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    slash000 wrote: »
    OK it looks like either skulltag or Doom Connector work just fine. If anyone wants to try it out post here.

    I've gotten Skulltag up and running. I guess I'm going to try to create a server.

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    OK try and create one and i'll join. leme knw the name of it.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Impersonator wrote: »
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    My computer probably can't run Doom II

    That said, I enjoy the original on XBLA and may pick this up

    Are you surfing the web on a piece of rock.

    Essentially, yeah

    I mean I've never tried running Doom on my computer, but a roommate tried playing the original C&C on my computer and it was visibly struggling

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Ok, I found them, they were sitting on a CD. What's the server name? I could use some Co-Op

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Penny-Arcade
    wang

    Set it up through doomseeker, and I can see it.

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I see it.
    getting "wrong password" error though with wang.

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  • TaminTamin Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    kk, changing password


    try wangers2

    this should be the ip address, according to the server do-hickey.

    173.175.112.216:10666

    looks like you're still failing to connect... hmm

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  • HyperAquaBlastHyperAquaBlast Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    Impersonator wrote: »
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    My computer probably can't run Doom II

    That said, I enjoy the original on XBLA and may pick this up

    Are you surfing the web on a piece of rock.

    Essentially, yeah

    I mean I've never tried running Doom on my computer, but a roommate tried playing the original C&C on my computer and it was visibly struggling

    You blow my mind.

    Like you are in every new game thread and movie thread where you'll have to spend good cash to do. How do you do this yet for some reason are running a Wang computer?

    How do you not have a PC/laptop from sometime this decade?

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