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- From: ja@oasis.icl.co.uk (James Allen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games
- Subject: Re: DOOM with Breathless engine?
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games
- Date: 15 Jan 1996 18:23:48 GMT
- Organization: ICL, Bracknell, UK
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- Andy Clitheroe (alien@team17.com) wrote:
- : ja@oasis.icl.co.uk (James Allen) wrote:
- : >Stefano Agostinelli (agos001@pn.itnet.it) wrote:
- : >: Thomas Karlsen wrote in comp.sys.amiga.misc about "DOOM with Breathless
- : >: engine?":
- : >: >
- : >: > It would be possible to "port" doom to the Amiga with the Breathless
- : >: > engine, wouldn't it?
- : >
-
- : No. Absolutely not. Impossible. Can`t be done. Do I have to
- : make myself clearer? Breathless uses an outdated inflexible
- : fears-inspired cheese-bucket of an engine and couldn`t do a
- : Gloom level, never mind a Doom level.
-
- Oh oh oh...Getting a little bitter arent we Andy.... :)
- Just because Breathless came out first and is what got you thinking
- about updating Breed 3D....
-
- : >: Why do you want this?Breathless actually is much better than Doom,and
- : >: imho also better than DoomII.
-
- : Then you are in the vast minority. I don`t think there has been
- : any game to rival Doom on any computer in terms of gameplay.
- : The thing was, they didn`t have to rush Doom out in time for
- : christmas or to beat other, superior games to the shops, so
- : they took their time and perfected the gameplay, rather than
- : shoving out an initially pretty but ultimately septic dribble
- : of a game.
- Now come on Andy, you know Breathless was in development a long time
- before you even thought about doing Breed 3D 2...I doubt they rushed
- it too much as they had a decent looking engine developed back in Feb 95...
- Have you actually played Breathless for any length of time??? It really
- is superb when you take the time to get into it...It has a different style
- of gameplay to Breed 3D and Doom, try playing it some time... ;>
-
- : >I would have to agree with this, Breathless kicks ass big time. It`s like
-
- : trundling around a drab, unimaginative prison cell on a
- : unicycle with a wobbly wheel wishing you`d brought your glasses
- : so the other inmates wouldn`t look so blurred.
- Blurred...??? I hope you dont mean the graphics..Nothings blurred about
- them...No 4x4 resolutions here..:)
-
- : >the further you get into this game the better the graphics get. I got
- : >to World 2 Arena 3 last night at the graphics made me breathless. The
- : >lightings effects are just so good and theres this brilliant part
-
- : where you press three buttons simultaneously and play something
- : else instead
- Maybe I would if Breed 3D 2 was actually out...After I`d got stuck in
- Breathless of course... :)
-
- : >where you travel down on a lift which moves slowly down about 20 storeys.
- : >As the platform descends you have to use the look up and down facility to
-
- : fire twenty feet over the heads of the enemy who then die,
- : presumably of surprise.
- Hey, the collision detection aint that bad. At least the bullets dont
- suddenly via upwards homing in on aliens on higher levels when your shooting
- from the ground..Hmm, dont want to mention what game that happens in... ;>
-
- : Andy Clitheroe.
- Seriously for a moment though Andy, I am bloody impressed by Breed 3D and
- am getting pretty damn excited about seeing Breed 3D 2. Breathless is
- a different kind of Doom game and as such shouldnt be compared so
- directly. I personally want both games so that I have two different styles
- of Doom which both play well, look good and show us just what the Amiga
- is truly capable of.
- Oh and one more thing - Breed 3D 2 better be damn good after what you`ve
- been saying... ;>
- Err and when are we getting a PLAYABLE DEMO.....?????
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