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>> Doom is an okay game and was fun, but was just another shoot 'em up. UFO is
>> F@#ckin awesome and requires thinking.
>
>Uh, to my knowledge, there isn't any other shoot 'em up like Doom. The
>next bext thing  is perhaps Virtua  Fighter, but they haven't  made an
>Intel port yet :-)
>
>"Just another  shoot' em  up" is the   understatement of the  century,
>don't you think?

Not really.  Doom is "just another shoot em up" with great graphics.
Beyond the graphics, there is not much of a game.  It has modem support
which is cool, but this could be added with virtually any shoot em up
game and you'd get similar results minus the graphics.  Personally, I
look for more in a game than graphic displays.  Raptor kicks Doom's butt
on both gameplay _and_ graphics; it just doesn't have the modem support --
and Raptor isn't much for gameplay either, though I enjoy it a lot.

>However, classifying Doom as "just another shoot 'em up" is pushing it
>to far. Do you  think that Windows   NT is "just another PC  graphical
>program"?

Maybe not just another graphical program, but it IS "just another graphical
based OS".  Windows NT sucks -- it's only nice compared to MS-Windows.

>Unix is "just  another variant of   CP/M"?

Which variant of Unix?

>IBM (insert your
>favorite computer  company  here  :-)  )  is "just  another   computer
>company"?

Actually yeah.  They invented the PC, but the clones have surpassed it.
AIX is quite possibly the worst brand of UNIX ever made.  OS/2 is
an improvement over MS-DOS, but not much more.

>Microsoft is "just another software   house"?

Heavens, no.  It's much worse than just aanother software house.

>Bill Gates is "just another billionaire"?

Basically.

>I'm not exactly on   my knees and praying to   the Id Gods   for their
>Ultimate   Game, just  acknowledging  the  BEST   shoot  'em  up  ever
>created... until Quake is released, of course. :-)

Serious mode on -- this is the kind of idolatry I simply cannot understand.
It goes *way* beyond the love for a good computer game.  Quake isn't even
out yet, and for all you guys know, it'll suck dirt.  But already, there's
a large faction of Quake worshippers, anxiously awaiting the second coming
of ID.  It's disgusting -- almost makes me believe some of those Doom
demons came alive and possessed you all.  Just look at this humongous
thread that should never have made such a splash.  All the original poster
said was that he didn't like Doom and that since it was starting to fall
from the top, maybe it would continue to fall and maybe THEN there could
be some topic of discussion in csipga besides doom doom doom doom doom.
You guys are less than considerate, you know.  It's an impossibility to
discuss any action game besides Doom anymore and get a decent conversation.

>Have fun  with  your  serious  games.  Hope  that all   that  thinking
>seriously  stimulates  your brain  activity.  As  mine is  almost zero
>anyway, I'll keep playing Doom,

(Why does this not surprise me?)

>Flames welcome. Flamethrowers too.  Nevertheless, I'll keep my shotgun
>ready :-)

Geez.



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