| Return Of The Triad | El Zee & 5HFifty | 2011 | |
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This is a free standalone update/remake of the game Rise Of The Triad, based on the ZDoom engine. The goofy photo-sourced enemy grunts never menaced, the 50s style tin-can robot enemies elicited chuckles, and the guns were a mix of overtly cool (John Woo style akimbo pistols, complete with unlimited ammo) and patently insane (‘drunk’ missiles that went everywhere but where you aimed them). The level designs were straight-up insane, too. There was never any attempt to make the levels feel like anything other than pure videogame environments. Jump-pads, spinning blade walls, giant spinning keys to pick up to open new areas and powerups such as the almighty lightning-throwing God Mode, and its knee-biting counterpart, Dog Mode. It brings all that back, sprite-based floating platforms and all. The pointedly plot-free campaign included is 11 levels long, all new, and taking advantage of the updated ZDoom engine, allowing (where appropriate) sloped walls and floors rather than making the entire level a blocky cuboid expanse. The levels themselves are remarkably huge and complex, much bigger than their counterparts from the original game, so you’ll get a good few hours of play out of this fan-made update. If you’ve got a nostalgic buddy or two available via LAN, there’s also six multiplayer levels included for deathmatch sillyness, and the full campaign should be playable in co-op as well. | ||
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