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  • Doom II RPG

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 11 10:26:30 2023
    You may recall that about a year ago, a port of the mobile-only "Doom
    RPG" was made available to the public. Well, now you can play the
    second game of the series - the aptly-named "Doom II RPG" - on PC as
    well.*

    I always had a soft-spot for the "Doom RPG" games; they were
    surprisingly good considering the limitations of the hardware. In
    terms of gameplay, they're not very Doom-y, of course; although the
    games utilize a stripped-down port of the Idtech-1 engine, the
    low-power processors of flip-phones couldn't handle the
    smooth-scrolling movement necessary for an FPS. So it's all tile-based
    movement and turn-based combat. Still, the games struck a nice balance
    between seriousness and tongue-in-cheek, and the mechanics worked well
    enough for a game designed to be played in five-minute bites.

    "Doom II RPG" was the bigger brother of the series, offering larger
    maps, more variety in activities, and three different characters to
    play as. It also featured cutscenes (rendered in-engine, so don't get
    too excited). Nonetheless, it doesn't stray too far from the formula
    of the original, so if you didn't like the original, this sequel isn't
    going to do much for you either.

    "Doom II RPG" was made available on a number of platforms, including
    the Apple iPhone/iPad line. Sadly, the game is not compatible with
    newer versions of iOS, and isn't available for sale anymore, so
    acquiring the game assets legally might be a challenge. I still have
    "Doom II RPG" installed on one of my older iPads, though, so I'm good.
    ;-)

    Now we just need the "Wolfenstein 3D RPG" to complete the set!


    * learn more here: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/135602-doom-ii-rpg-port-reverse-engineering-version-01/

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri May 12 06:23:27 2023
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    You may recall that about a year ago, a port of the mobile-only "Doom
    RPG" was made available to the public. Well, now you can play the
    second game of the series - the aptly-named "Doom II RPG" - on PC as
    well.*

    I always had a soft-spot for the "Doom RPG" games; they were
    surprisingly good considering the limitations of the hardware. In
    terms of gameplay, they're not very Doom-y, of course; although the
    games utilize a stripped-down port of the Idtech-1 engine, the
    low-power processors of flip-phones couldn't handle the
    smooth-scrolling movement necessary for an FPS. So it's all tile-based movement and turn-based combat. Still, the games struck a nice balance between seriousness and tongue-in-cheek, and the mechanics worked well
    enough for a game designed to be played in five-minute bites.

    "Doom II RPG" was the bigger brother of the series, offering larger
    maps, more variety in activities, and three different characters to
    play as. It also featured cutscenes (rendered in-engine, so don't get
    too excited). Nonetheless, it doesn't stray too far from the formula
    of the original, so if you didn't like the original, this sequel isn't
    going to do much for you either.

    "Doom II RPG" was made available on a number of platforms, including
    the Apple iPhone/iPad line. Sadly, the game is not compatible with
    newer versions of iOS, and isn't available for sale anymore, so
    acquiring the game assets legally might be a challenge. I still have
    "Doom II RPG" installed on one of my older iPads, though, so I'm good.
    ;-)

    Now we just need the "Wolfenstein 3D RPG" to complete the set!


    * learn more here: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/135602-doom-ii-rpg-port-reverse-engineering-version-01/

    Someone needs to update them for newer iOS versions!
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