REKKR

Good shit! Not the type of thing I would normally seek out, but a MegaPancakeStrategist map is worth the price of admission alone.

Very cool! I was invited to help map for this and I got started on it but I had trouble abandoning the doomy feel. This game just plays differently in a weird way and I couldn't make myself get used to it long enough to design good maps for it. I didn't tell Revae that because I kept trying to believe in myself and make a decent map for it but I just never came around. Congrats Revae for really making it work and sorry i flaked!!

Yeah, I have similar thoughts. I bet if you make a simple corridor map with 50 pinkies and a SSG, it will be more satisfying than any fight in REKKR. And many of the cool things found in the maps make me go like "I wonder how this is made?" rather than "Wow, this is cool". Music seems disappointing too: there is some atmosphere but no memorable melodies or anything. So I also see this more like a technical accomplishment and I wonder what I'm missing when I read all these enthusiastic comments. I tried asking how people feel about the audio/visual feedback in combat on Doomworld, but did not receive any replies.

Doom is Doom. Nothing will top its satisfaction. Stop trying cunts, it's a guaranteed failure waiting to happen.

Make the weapons more satisfying to use, that’s a huge part of it terminusest13 . Like I said above Rekkr is a superb technical achievement, but lacking in the combat satisfaction department. For mine one of the keys of Doom’s successful overall presentation is the combat, from the sound the weapons make to the way the enemies are when hurt and when they drop, it’s all tied together. It’s also why I’ve never been able to get into Heretic or Hexen despite it being the same engine and with fabulous map layouts and architecture. All of the sound effects in Doom combine to make a glorious soundtrack where the player can feel instant feedback and immerse them into the game, like what you’re doing in the map is creating your own personal demented rhythmical score, and that’s why I can play Doom without the background music most of the time. Doom IS the music.