Forget Doom 3... • Gaming • PC • Eurogamer.net

Blerk Moderator 7 Jan 2005 15:23:00 48,222 posts
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... the original Dooms have never looked as good as this!

Stumbled across it during a visit to SourceForge yesterday. A spanky Doom/Heretic/Hexen engine with all the graphics updated to more-modern standards. You can even download 3D models to replace all the sprites.

Just been playing Doom 2 now and it looks fabbo!

MikeD 7 Jan 2005 15:31:46 10,063 posts
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Oohh, nice find. I never did play heretic properly.

/Adds to huge 'to play' pile

Retroid Moderator 7 Jan 2005 15:40:48 45,464 posts
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Pffft!

This is what I was playing aaaaaaaaaaages ago and pointed it out ;P

There's a very good conversion of Doom64 which uses this engine. Well worth a download for any fan.

Blerk Moderator 7 Jan 2005 15:44:04 48,222 posts
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Where's this Doom 64 conversion then? And how did Doom 64 differ from the PC versions of Doom?

Retroid Moderator 7 Jan 2005 16:24:55 45,464 posts
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Doom 64: Absolution

Should have all the info there for you, plus a lovely download which only requires the addition of a Doom 2 WAD to run! \o/

bystander 13 Jan 2005 18:31:12 186 posts
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Just spotted this.

Doom 2 in Doom 3 mod. Looks pretty good so far.

Retroid Moderator 13 Jan 2005 23:59:00 45,464 posts
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I was hoping someone would do something like that \o/

BTW, blerk, just re-read my post and seemed like I was trying to piss on your chips there. Wasn't my intention at all and I do apologise if you got that impression.

That'll teach me to post when I've got a headache

Dirtbox 14 Jan 2005 01:02:48 92,595 posts
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Daryoon 14 Jan 2005 04:00:28 5,912 posts
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bystander wrote:
Just spotted this.

Doom 2 in Doom 3 mod. Looks pretty good so far.

!!!

Especially looking forward to the music remixes.

Blerk Moderator 14 Jan 2005 08:49:32 48,222 posts
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I'd forgotten about this thread!

Thanks for the links and info, chaps!

/wipes piss off chips

Salaman 14 Jan 2005 09:12:19 24,162 posts
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That looks really good.

UncleLou Moderator 14 Jan 2005 09:13:45 40,723 posts
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bystander wrote:
Just spotted this.

Doom 2 in Doom 3 mod. Looks pretty good so far.

Wow. Spectacular.

Salaman 14 Jan 2005 09:14:41 24,162 posts
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Someone bump this when it's done.
:-)

Blerk Moderator 14 Jan 2005 09:23:16 48,222 posts
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Doom 2 in Doom 3 mod. Looks pretty good so far.

Gosh! That looks really bloody nice!

Can the Doom3 engine handle the huge number of bad guys that the original Dooms used to throw at you in one go?

UncleLou Moderator 14 Jan 2005 09:32:27 40,723 posts
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The engine probably yes, you'd just need a pretty good PC.

Doom 3 hasn't more than 5 or 6 baddies on screen at once, but the framerate doesn't take a hit, and the short outside trips demonstrate that it's certainly capable of handling larger areas as well. A 1:1 Doom 2 conversion, with the same huge levels and number of baddies would surprise me nonetheless, though.