Why does early FPS have such a large cult following?

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Because they spawned a whole genre and revolutionized the video game industry?

Because they can be genuinely fun and unique games, that has not been made anymore in decades?

Because they had soul. There was a passion in creating them by the small teams that created them.

Show me another game like Blood or Hexen.

>>376421995
Because they're good.
I still replay vanilla DOOM pretty regularly, and enjoy it.

Game design was more akin to a japanese game, everything sort of had its purpose and the game was balanced in such a way that it could be mastered.

Nowadays it's all "realism" and hitscan weapons.

because they were good common sense design

Old men.

>>376422239
I played Ultimate Doom for the first time last fall, and it was way more enjoyable (and spookier) than I would have ever imagined. Shit must've been mindblowing back in 90s

>>376422381
Running the WADs

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because the games still hold up today

>Why do games that literally invented and defined a whole genre have such a following
I really don't know how to answer this question without being redundant.

So how about the idea that does games back then were far more fast paced and challenging early on, which the genre would later make slower paced and "realistic" with games that would focus on World War II/ realistic warfare, slow running speed, limited weapon equips, more hitscan based combat and enemies, more cover based combat and so on. Years of this slower paced games have caused many people to get tired and bored of them causing this new resurgence of fast paced FPS

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Doom 1/2 is still the best FPS ever made.

>>376422452
I want a wad that makes Doom into a hot chick.

>>376423208
Are demon girls hot chicks to you?

>>376423618
No I want Doomguy to be hot chick Doomgal.

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>>376423208
play Q3

Is Heretic any good compared to Doom?

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>>376423820
my nig

>>376423906
yes. It's great.

>>376421995
Because I played them when I was 3 years old on windows 95 and 20 years later I still haven't figured out what button you need to press to remove the nostalgia goggles

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>>376422146
Look at that shooting and gameplay. If you like that, you will like STRAFE® with a 1996 flavor! It's even more oldschool than Blood!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoAehaW9PvI

>>376424107
fuck off shill
thousands of wads I could play. Not touching that hipster shit

>>376421995
Longer time to build up a cult following.

If I drag my balls along the ground for 5 miles but my friend is only going to drag their balls for the last mile of my 5 which do you think will have more clinging.

I'm sorry marketer-kun but your game seems kinda half baked

How bout that new Blood source port

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXp94HQKKOg

>>376423906
It's basically a 1:1 replacement with all the sci-fi and tech replaced with magic. There are technical enhancements, like an independent item inventory, flight, transparency and sound effects not triggered by entities in the map, but it's mostly "Just Doom with magic."

Hexen built off of Heretic's enhancements to Doom and pushed the engine to its limits though.

Mods

>>376423906
I think the enemies in Heretic are a lot more easy and simple compared to Doom. You can blast through most of the game without much problem.

old shooters = much faster, varied enemies you need to adapt to, puzzle solving, secrets, light platforming, eccentric artstyles, resource and power up management, large open maps, varied weapons

new shooters = walk through a corridor, shoot and take cover, do a qte. If you die you respawn 10 seconds back in time

>>376421995
It wasn't a cult following then. Every nerd who plays video games then flocked to shooters when Doom came because it revolutionized video games as a medium, it showed the potential of PC's as a gaming platform and it also offered multiplayer in its earlier stages. Also art direction.
They also had gameplay