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- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 96 18:40:56 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: DOOM with Breathless engine?
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- From: john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl (John Hendrikx)
- Message-ID: <john.hendrikx.482r@grafix.xs4all.nl>
- Organization: Grafix Attack BBS Holland
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- In a message of 20 Jan 96 Zsolt Szabo wrote to All:
-
- >> JM> No way, dude. Even id's later games (Heretic, Hexen), which are
- >> JM> technically superior, aren't as fun as Doom. Doom has the PERFECT
-
- >> Heretic technically superior to DOOM? You gotta be kidding. Heretic is
- >> exactly like DOOM (same engine) but without Triple-buffering.
-
- ZS> Actually, Heretic does have some enhancements over DOOM. I can't list
- ZS> them all, but it has this weird hurricane that's not just a simple
- ZS> object. Also, you can fly up and down and also look up and
- ZS> down--something you couldn't in DOOM. There is other stuff but I don't
- ZS> remember it anymore.
-
- This is just no-brainer stuff which could have been added to the DOOM-engine in
- no time had they -thought- of it at the time. What bothers me however is the
- lack of triple-buffering which makes screen-updates rather ugly when you turn
- left/right.
-
- In any case, Heretic is certainly not 'technically superior' to DOOM as was
- stated in the original post.
-
- Grtz John
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