Thread:Vorknkx/@comment-3547390-20120421171650/@comment-1915529-20120516211900

Yes mate, if you’re going to play Unreal, take mine and Death’s advice and get Unreal Gold. ‘Return to Na Pali’ doesn’t really add anything divine, but if you still feel like playing Unreal after you beat the game, it’s perfect as an add-on to the experience. Unreal Gold’s big selling point is that it uses the Unreal Tournament 99’ engine, which means the game is even nicer looking and plays like a dream.

Yes, Heretic is the Doom engine, there’s no getting away from the technical limitations that come from that fact. But, the design of this world actually brings it on par with that of Unreal (or as much as the Doom engine can do such a thing). Heretic has some of my favourite levels in any FPS from that era, and of course, as you might have guessed, it’s the monsters I really like. Although the weapons are based on normal Doom weapons (for example the Phoenix Rod is obviously a rocket launcher) there’s something really really cool about it being different, having wands and crossbows instead of pistols and shotguns. It’s more aesthetic than useful, but it’s still a very cool change.

Vork, as you can tell, I really like Heretic and I’m looking forward to playing the Hexen games and then Heretic 2, but if there’s just one thing that didn’t live up to my expectations, it is that I was expecting it to be a little bit further than just a regular FPS. Yes it’s cool, but in the end, the weapons are just re-sprited regular weapons. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining, this point I’m making hasn’t gotten in the way of my divine enjoyment, but I was expecting something more.