There is a lot going for this game and I think its really good. Although I think it could have been better to my likings. I haven't been keeping up with what peopole have been saying so this is based on only what i've played.
I think the control needs to be worked out a bit more, but its not horrible. Its better than average but not great. I think for one thing you move way too fast. I like the speed of doom's movement. IF you turn it to high detail, its way too choppy. Also I hate how if you just tap the controller right or left, you mvoe a big ammount of distance. I do like how they made it so you go different speeds when walking forward and walking backward. You walk slower when walking backwards. Nice touch. The graphics are great, but the shading is way off. I was looking at the floor. Near me it was light, then half way back it changed a whole different color. then when you walk down there and turn around, you have the light color near you and the whole different color back there. The shading really needs to be worked out. I haven't found a point to looking up and down yet either. And speaking of that, i think you should be able to look more up and look more down. The angles you're limited too is too limited. I also don't like how you can't fall off an edge. I think thats a limitation that should be removed as well. One last thing, i also wish you could see your weapon coming out to attack the creature. Then i would know some sort of collision detection instead of guessing. Oh yeah one more thing, i hate how the walls are so thin. It makes it harder to tell the depth of going in and out of a room since the wall is so flat and you can tell when going through a doorway, that and moving so fast, for a second you could get confused when leaving the room and walking into a hallway. You move and and the next thing you know, you're face to face with a wall and you really didn't even see it come up. Almost instantaneous. The walls should have some thickness and i thnk that would have helped. If it had all these things, which i'm sure the 3DO can do, it would have been perfect.
Its good, but not great or perfect. Slayer 2 maybe?
michel.buffa@cmu.edu