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In article <3ekp20$8...@bingnet1.cc.binghamton.edu>,
German E. Ospina <con...@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu> wrote:
: Well, after playing Doom, Heretic and Descent on network play for
: about 20 hours here are my thoughts:
:
: Heretic: Turning your opponent into a chicken or flying in top of him

: Descent: Great Graphics, you can see your opponent actually shooting
: from the front or missiles from the top.  The messaging of who you
: killed, who killed you, who killed themselves, and total kills from
: everyone from the game is great.  The auto-macro definitions on play
: plus leaving and entering a network game as it's going on is a great
: improvement over Doom and Heretic.  The network game setup is so much
: better than Doom and Heretic again.  Up to 8 players and running to
: the exit adds yet another plus over the Id products.  Big minus is
: controlling and disorientation from playing.  Gives you a headache
: very, very quick.
:
: Doom:  Great game.  Best sound.  Hard configuring the netplay the way
: you want it.  The truth is though, it still remains the king of the
: net games.  Only game that I did not get tired of playing.  It is by
: far the funnest, most addicting net game out.  I had played it the
: most, and I still do not get tired of It.  
:
: over a 20 hour (two days, eight hour break), here is the break up of
: it:
: Heretic- 2 hours
: Descent - 8 hours
: Doom - 10 hours (we would have kept on going, but had to close the
: network down sometime).
:
: Comments: 4 players played, so we still have to see Descent in a 8
: player mode and 2 or more network games going on at a time. Already
: tested  that with Doom and ran into no slowdown problems.  Heretic was
: just to boring to really test it.  Also, using Chicken graphics on
: Doom was a great addition.  I must say that Heretic and Descent were
: shareware copies so We really haven't seen the full effect of them.
:				Thank You
:
:

Exactly. Once we got past the com port/soundcard conflicts with Descent 
and the hat problems it has superior net play. If id releases an improved 
net module with heretic that would be a great incentive to buy the game. 

This game has a real future on those MBBS systems with the multiplayer 
area.. 8 slots will fill up quick on some of those boards. We've already 
decided to register and are hoping parallax plays ball on the editors. 

Doom with dynamic net games: is it too much to hope for in the near future?
That and a player increase to 8 or 10 or so would insure its dominance 
over even 3d dramamine fests like Descent for me. 


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