:: From: Jeff Nelson  To: Emanuel Muntean Subj: Apogee ::
 JN> That's exactly what I think. The novelty in Duke just ran out so fast.
 JN> I could play doom over and over and over and still not get bored of
 JN> it.  I still have it on my harddrive ever since it came out and have no
 JN> plans on deleting it. Doom is like those classic arcade games like 
 JN> Joust or Defender that you just never get bored of becuase of the 
 JN> awesome gameplay and classic feel
 Actually, the reason games like Doom have stayed around(IMHO) is because of 
their 
flexibility. If there was no such thing as add-on WADs or DeHackEd, Doom 
ould
have been forgotten a year after it was released.
 Although, I'll admit, the monsters in Doom just haven't been surpassed for 
coolness. Duke just doesn't compare. Doom has the Baron of Hell, Cyberdemon, 
and Spider Mastermind. Duke has the first, second, and third boss. Doom has 
the Archvile. Duke has the Pig Cop. Get the idea? Doom has the minions of
Hell Itself, Duke has generic alien invaders. The fact that Duke looks better
graphically and has a better engine only partially makes up for that. 
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