2.5D FPS games. - by Volitions Advocate
Volitions Advocate on 30/10/2013 at 11:45
Whoa! There was a WWII fps before Day of Defeat! awesome!! this is great.
icemann on 30/10/2013 at 12:30
Have to 2nd Chasm. That game if you stuck with it gets really awesome from midway in. Just like Deus Ex 1 it has a really crap 1st level though.
Other than Chasm there's Blakestone, Ken's Labyrinth and The Fortress of Dr Radiaki.
Weasel on 30/10/2013 at 13:18
There was an open world game called The Terminator (based on the movie). Very difficult.
Thirith on 30/10/2013 at 13:50
That was real 3D, though, if I remember correctly. Earlyish, non-textured polygons'n'all.
Sulphur on 30/10/2013 at 14:28
Yep. Done by this little known developer called Bethesda. There's a bunch, but the most talked about ones are Future Shock and Skynet. I remember playing the Skynet demo back in the day and being wowed by the level of graphicsosity in it; the gameplay, not so much.
How little things have changed in 20 years.
henke on 30/10/2013 at 16:12
I only ever played the demos of Future Shock and Skynet as well. The most amazing detail imo was that on your lasergun there was a little nightvisionscope and you could actually see stuff through it!
I believe the game Weasel is refering to was this one:
[video=youtube;6Ix9iD64pV4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6Ix9iD64pV4[/video]
Never played it but technically it's quite impressive for it's time.
Angel Dust on 30/10/2013 at 19:38
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Ah, the memories (especially Cybermage - I freakin' loved that game). Might get on a 2.5 D kick myself.
icemann on 30/10/2013 at 21:35
That reminds me. There was also Terminator Rampage. That game was hard as hell. Fun though.
EvaUnit02 on 30/10/2013 at 21:45
I'd recommend Heretic 1, it's gothic Doom pretty much. Skip Hexen 1 though:- it's the epitome of dated as hell, rubbish level design in hindsight. "I just flipped a switch. What the fuck did it do?!"
Dark Forces should be fully playable with the DarkXL engine these days.
