Hello Jonathan.
04 Apr 97 20:39, Jonathan Fingas wrote to Patrick McCullough:
 >   No, ROTT doesn't have any curved walls.  ROTT essentially used a
 > tile-based system, with elevation changes.  Doom is a sector-based
It could have.  About 2 months before it was released, someone figured out 
ow
to have non-orthagonal walls in ROTT, but it had been delayed enough, so we
just went with what we had.
 > But you forget that Doom's lighting was much more varied.  You could
 > switch it on and off, it could flicker at random, and it could even
 > pulse.  And since, as I said, it's a sector-based system, you don't
If you ever edited Wolf3D maps, ROTT used the same "sound zone" method of
sectors.  The reason for this is that ROTT started life as the Wolfenstein
engine.  ROTT is an example of how much something can be expanded.
 >  But how many of those actually affect the essence of gameplay?  A
Virtually all of them.  This person is right.
 > overcome anything ROTT can put out. Descent doesn't give you vertigo?
No, it doesn't.
 > computer).  The first time I played Descent, I felt sick.  Pretty
 > good, seeing as how every other 3D game before it didn't do that.
Descent is totally different than other 3D games.
 > bosses, the Cyberdemon (a true terror) and the Spiderdemon.
Spiderdemon was a wuss.  On the most difficult level, I could take him out
without god mode, and with only two shots from the BFG.   You have to bring 
t
in though.  THe level as is using only what's in the level is a bit harder, 
but
I don't think the final boss of the game should be taken out with only TWO
shots from the most powerful weapon in the game.
 > That's very up for debate.  To me, ROTT seems to focus a lot on the
 > traps and other little "toys," rather than the actual technology.
EXACTLY!  That's the point.  We cared more for "game" than just showing off
technology.
Joe Siegler
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