Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20171111143841/@comment-3547390-20180608094126

Meanwhile my life has pretty much been me being chastised for doing things that weren't normal.

This is pretty much how people think, I can't change my mind, so obviously I am a monster.

Nods, entirely agreed, plus you have plenty of highly unoptimized levels that would have been a nightmare to play back when they were initially released. Using DOSBox as a guide, some levels can become highly frustrating due to the severe amount of lag.

3d platformers are decent, like Tomb Raider, as it feels more exploratory. Side-scrolling games on the other hand, it just ends up feeling tedious and dull. Same can be said of most of the older genres, they just didn't have much of an immersion factor. Turn-based games bore me highly, I like quick reactions.

I definitely have no idea what you are talking about when it comes to story. I guess I never really cared about story in RTS games, I am far more about the variety. Galactic Battlegrounds is quite nice, it is like Age of Empires but just manages to be far more satisfying with its large scale battles. Empire Earth is essentially taking Age of Empires, combining all three games, and then still having far more. The main reason it isn't as popular is because it is far too complex for people, it takes a lot of hours to play a multiplayer game due to how in-depth it can get.

I can imagine there might be. It seems like Quake was almost a natural continuation of Doom mapping in a way, you can see a lot of maps that feel like they belong in Doom due to people being more used to designing for that. I imagine people got more comfortable with vertical environments as time went on.

Nods, I definitely am curious to check them all out in time. We still have plenty to do. I still have plenty of work to do for the Aftershock Toolbox, don't expect me to be getting through it any time soon.

Sounds like a lot of chaos over there, it fascinates me how you always have things going on, my life tends to be rather stagnant.