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6 total messages Started by dkro... dkrowlan Tue, 04 Jan 1994 20:04
DOOM - favorite episode/level
#90
Author: dkro... dkrowlan
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 20:04
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What's everyone's favorite ep/lev?  I think pretty much people commented
earlier that ep. two was their fav. (mine too) but in terms of individual
levels, I think episode 3 levels 4 & 5 left the greatest impression on
my mind -- the graphics on these levels were intense...  they also
featured my two personal favorites from the music score.. :)  These
levels really conveyed the whole mood/atmosphere the best, to me.

opinions?
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Re: DOOM - favorite episode/level
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Author: rib... Tony Mason
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 20:36
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In article <2gci49$3...@oak.oakland.edu> dkro...@vela.acs.oakland.edu (dkrowlan) writes:
>What's everyone's favorite ep/lev?  I think pretty much people commented
>earlier that ep. two was their fav. (mine too) but in terms of individual
>levels, I think episode 3 levels 4 & 5 left the greatest impression on
>my mind -- the graphics on these levels were intense...  they also
>featured my two personal favorites from the music score.. :)  These
>levels really conveyed the whole mood/atmosphere the best, to me.
>
>opinions?
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>|            dkro...@vela.acs.oakland.edu                |
>| "where the bucks stop briefly on their way to the bank" |
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I really liked Episode 1, Level 3 - particulary at the very beginning.
This is where (I think?) you first see the pink demons and the invisble
demons...they way they just KEEP COMING really blew me away the first
few times I did the level.  And that invisible guy really scared the
piss out of me the first time I saw him coming....gyaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

Rib
Re: DOOM - favorite episode/level
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Author: msa... Steve Clemetson
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 22:04
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In article <2gci49$3...@oak.oakland.edu>, dkro...@vela.acs.oakland.edu
(dkrowlan) wrote:

> What's everyone's favorite ep/lev?  I think pretty much people commented
> earlier that ep. two was their fav. (mine too) but in terms of individual
> levels, I think episode 3 levels 4 & 5 left the greatest impression on
> my mind -- the graphics on these levels were intense...  they also
> featured my two personal favorites from the music score.. :)  These
> levels really conveyed the whole mood/atmosphere the best, to me.
> 
> opinions?

I really liked the secret level for episode 3.  I found it kind of clever
how it starts out looking like level 1, then things take a nasty turn.  I
also liked that it was quite a bit easier to kill the rocket-launching boss
from episode 2 when you've got an invisibility orb and invunerability orb.
Re: DOOM - favorite episode/level
#92
Author: sys... Stephen McKay
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 10:35
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rib...@netcom.com (Tony Mason) writes:

>In article <2gci49$3...@oak.oakland.edu> dkro...@vela.acs.oakland.edu (dkrowlan) writes:
>>What's everyone's favorite ep/lev?  I think pretty much people commented
>>earlier that ep. two was their fav. (mine too) but in terms of individual
>>levels, I think episode 3 levels 4 & 5 left the greatest impression on
>>my mind -- the graphics on these levels were intense...  they also
>>featured my two personal favorites from the music score.. :)  These
>>levels really conveyed the whole mood/atmosphere the best, to me.
>>
>>opinions?
>
>I really liked Episode 1, Level 3 - particulary at the very beginning.
>This is where (I think?) you first see the pink demons and the invisble
>demons...they way they just KEEP COMING really blew me away the first
>few times I did the level.  And that invisible guy really scared the
>piss out of me the first time I saw him coming....gyaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

Horse hockey!

Of course I have a certain fond feeling for the stair-well-activated secret
doors in level 3; that "Hey, what was that sound?" that led to the Search
that led to the "Aaaah! Tricky bastards!"

But the true winner is level 7.  Such majestic fire ranges!  Sneaking up to
each window to blast away at the startled beasts viewing from another window.
Being surprised at each turn: "Where the HELL did that shot come from?!?"
The secret rooms disgorging monsters behind you so that you don't get that
comfy sanitized feeling about places you've been.  Goodie-laden locations
in plain view, but inaccessible until that "Aaaah! Very tricky bastards!"

In short, I loved every minute of it!  Those nice Id chappies (actually
their Australian distributors) will shortly be in possession of my cash in
return for the 3 Episode version.  Better than spending money on food.
Mortgage your relatives if you have to, but be sure you buy DOOM.

By the way, even the best game music gets to me pretty soon.  I always
have to turn it off quickly before permanent brain damage occurs.  Sort of
like top-40 chart-buster commercial crap music ...

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Stephen McKay <sys...@devetir.qld.gov.au>		Signatures Suck
Re: DOOM - favorite episode/level
#93
Author: ar... Adam Robert Fields
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 15:08
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We found a solution to the music problem (i.e.: while nice, it does tend to get
repetetive after hours of play). Do this: Turn the Doom sounds on, but the
music off. Turn off all the lights in the room except the one over the keyboard
so you can see what you're doing. Pop Black Aria (Miracle Mile soundtrack also
works well) into your CD player. Scare the SHIT out of yourself... Works
nicely. Candlelight is also a nice touch...
							- Adam




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*>> Adam Fields (ar...@columbia.edu)  
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Re: DOOM - favorite episode/level
#94
Author: gor... Robert Antonelli
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 06:27
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In article <2gh9go$2...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>,
Adam Robert Fields <ar...@konichiwa.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
>We found a solution to the music problem (i.e.: while nice, it does tend to get
>repetetive after hours of play). Do this: Turn the Doom sounds on, but the
>music off. Turn off all the lights in the room except the one over the keyboard
>so you can see what you're doing. Pop Black Aria (Miracle Mile soundtrack also
>works well) into your CD player. Scare the SHIT out of yourself... Works
>nicely. Candlelight is also a nice touch...
>							- Adam
>
	Hoo-hah!  You are so right, Adam!  I'm playing Doom on a 386 
w/4megs and no sound card.  Of course I have to Lshift boot to play and 
run the game on low-rez...my hardware also can't keep up in Ultra-Violence...
but who cares!  It's still a pile o' fun!
	Personally I like to slide industrial tunes into my Discman 
(Throbbing Gristle's Second Annual Report, anything by White House or 
Souls In Darkness) while I play.  
	Maybe all of us here could develop a DoomScore Jukebox of sorts.  
I'd like to know what-all other folks who don't have sound, or turn the 
score off, listen to when they're playing...

Robert Antonelli
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