Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20160623203125/@comment-3547390-20160627000103

Fair enough, I guess I just interpreted it as extra stuff to do and get done as I went forward, even though I didn't feel like doing them.

Yes indeed, the problem with trying to do any order is that by the time I caught up, I probably would have yet another 20 years to cover. Look how much progress I have made since 2009. Not only could I not stick to one thing, I couldn't get 7 years of progress done beyond those that were ridiculously easy (such as the 70s, where few things needed to be touched upon).

Indeed, I think my current plan will work out fine. Like I said, I don't want to rush to modern stuff immediately as I am still waiting to get the materials to actually handle that stuff on the best settings.

Meanwhile I tend to go in circles and get nowhere. I will bounce to one game, do it for a while, stop, go somewhere else, then go back to step 1 before doing some other game. Usually because I am not enjoying it or need to go back due to chronological reasons.

Heretic just felt like Doom with a different skin, changing everything to medieval fantasy. In the preference between medieval fantasy and demonic invasions, I think I prefer the latter a bit more. Also, Doom is a lot shorter, so it can be completed quicker so you can say you are free from it easier than the dragging campaign that is Heretic. I appreciated the extra challenge, challenge is always good, but the theme itself was pretty uninteresting and so challenge just made something which was pretty bland take much longer than it should. While I would consider playing Doom again and have done such in the past, I don't think I would ever feel that way about Heretic. The music of Heretic was a lot less action based, meaning most of the songs were forgettable, they didn't even have the ambiance that E1M8 or E2M8 had. Iron Liches and other things will drop items that will be impossible to get, tormenting you for hundred percent completion. Honestly, a big part of the reason why I hesitate to touch Hexen is due to how much of a disappointment Heretic was. Beyond the challenge of it, there really was nothing for me there, beyond one interesting level which sadly was hidden from the normal game. When something is worse than Doom, which I tend to enjoy and then get annoyed with after I remember why it is frustrating, it tends to be something I don't want to revisit.