Most of the level takes place in claustrophobic areas, where you are often surrounded by low-mid level monsters. However, that’s not to say that this level is insultingly easy or anything like that. Since I was slightly tired when I played it, I was glad of the fact that the difficulty level of “Maximum Stafe” ( when played on ‘Hurt Me Plenty’) was on the easier side of challenging. “Maximum Stafe” is a short, fast level that can be completed in less than fifteen minutes. So, let’s take a look at “Maximum Stafe”: I played this level using the “ZDoom” source port, although it will probably work with pretty much any source port. So, instead, here’s a quick review of a short “Doom II”/”Final Doom” level called “ Maximum Stafe“. This is mostly due to a combination of being too busy with making webcomics and because I’m either not currently in the mood for more slow-paced adventure games and/or because I didn’t really get on well with the one retro FPS game (“System Shock 2”) that I’d planned to review for long enough to really gather enough material for a review. Well, although I’d planned to review some more indie and/or retro games this month, this hasn’t really happened for a number of reasons. So, break the image down into it’s basic colour pairs.įor example, here’s another screenshot from the set of “Doom II” levels that I mentioned earlier: The thing to remember is that, if a distinctive colour palette looks fairly complex, then this is usually because it contains several different pairs of complimentary colours. Once you’ve familiarised yourself with these things, then spotting and analysing any interesting colour palettes that you see will become a lot easier. A good colour scheme will contain at least one of each of these colour types. and colours that look “cold” like green, blue etc.). You will probably also notice that these combinations also contain “warm” and “cool” colours ( eg: colours that look “warm”, like orange, red etc. Likewise, black and white will usually go well with pretty much any other colour. These combinations are called “complimentary colours”. Likewise, if you draw an equilateral triangle over the colour wheel, then the colours at the three points of the triangle will also go well with each other. Ĭolours that are directly opposite each other on the wheel will go together well ( if you draw a line across the wheel, then the two colours at the ends of the line will go together). Image released under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 licence Created by Ray Trygstad and modified by stib. The first thing that I will say about this WAD is that it looks spectacular (so spectacular, in fact, I used it as an example of good visual design in another article): It’s like Iron Maiden’s latest album, but with added “Doom II” □ And, wow! The story is basically that the Doomguy is investigating some kind of alien conspiracy in the Southern US/Central America.Īlthough the story becomes slightly more interesting at the end of the WAD, it’s basically just an excuse to blend cheesy 80s sci-fi with lots of cool Aztec/Maya/ Ancient Egypt etc.- style locations. The WAD is split into three selectable episodes ( “One Last Vision Quest”, “Applied Einstein” and “You’re The Alien Now”) and it actually sort of has a story to it. “Ancient Aliens” is a 32-level megawad for “Doom II”/”Final Doom” that contains new monsters, textures and music. Although I’m guessing that it might work with GZDoom too.Īnyway, let’s take a look at “Ancient Aliens”: I write these reviews quite a few months in advance, and I wouldn’t be surprised if this WAD already has a Cacoward by the time this review goes out! In fact, it deserves at least two of them! Īs usual, I used the “ZDoom” source port whilst playing this WAD. I am, of course, talking about a WAD from July 2016 called “ Ancient Aliens” by Skillsaw ( who also made an excellent WAD called “ Lunatic” and one called “ Valiant“). When looking on Google for an ancient Egypt-themed WAD, I happened to find something much cooler. It’s been quite a while since I last had a real “wow!” moment when playing a “Doom II” WAD (seriously, the last time was probably when I played “ Aeons Of Death” or “ Reelism Gold“)
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