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Re: I escaped the pyramid without a lead box

Posted By: Lion O Cyborg Date: 1/27/19 8:07 a.m.
In Response To: Re: I escaped the pyramid without a lead box (xcalibur)

: While expanding on the original game is a commendable pursuit, I'd like to
: offer a word of caution -- you must maintain proper balance in gameplay
: and difficulty. If romhacks have taught me one thing, it's that the
: original devs typically knew what they were doing. That's not to say you
: can't make it easier or harder, or go off in a new direction, just that
: game design is a complex and nuanced beast.
That's why the best mods have excellent balancing. Mother 1 has an easy patch that makes the game fair, (the original difficulty is ludicrous, especially as it's random turn-based battles) Eternal is arguably no harder than Infinity on Total Carnage whereas Evil is impossible on major damage and Rubicon simply was never tested on Total Carnage. (Rubicon X anyway)
Brutal Doom makes that game harder on top of being bloodier but you know that's the idea going in. It even has a Power Fantasy difficulty in the latest build that's basically SPV3's Noble difficulty if it were good: it's the same as Total Carnage and Mythic (Nightmare) but enemies are piss easy to beat. It's intended to make harder vanilla WADs like Final Doom playable.
I've tried Plutonia on an older Brutal Doom build on Major Damage (Hurt Me Plenty) and it pulls no punches on later maps.
System Shock 1 mods would also be very tricky to do right as it has multiple difficulty settings for combat, hotwire lockpicking puzzles, cyberspace hacking and even the story mode: 0 is Doom level, 1 has basic and brief audio logs, 2 is the main mode and 3 adds a Pathways into Darkness style 7 hour time limit.

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: That's why the best mods have excellent balancing. Mother 1 has an easy patch : that makes the game fair, (the original difficulty is ludicrous, : especially as it's random turn-based battles) Eternal is arguably no : harder than Infinity on Total Carnage whereas Evil is impossible on major : damage and Rubicon simply was never tested on Total Carnage. (Rubicon X : anyway) : Brutal Doom makes that game harder on top of being bloodier but you know : that's the idea going in. It even has a Power Fantasy difficulty in the : latest build that's basically SPV3's Noble difficulty if it were good: : it's the same as Total Carnage and Mythic (Nightmare) but enemies are piss : easy to beat. It's intended to make harder vanilla WADs like Final Doom : playable. : I've tried Plutonia on an older Brutal Doom build on Major Damage (Hurt Me : Plenty) and it pulls no punches on later maps. : System Shock 1 mods would also be very tricky to do right as it has multiple : difficulty settings for combat, hotwire lockpicking puzzles, cyberspace : hacking and even the story mode: 0 is Doom level, 1 has basic and brief : audio logs, 2 is the main mode and 3 adds a Pathways into Darkness style 7 : hour time limit.

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Re: I escaped the pyramid without a lead box	Lion O Cyborg	1/27/19 8:07 a.m.
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	Message: : That's why the best mods have excellent balancing. Mother 1 has an easy patch : that makes the game fair, (the original difficulty is ludicrous, : especially as it's random turn-based battles) Eternal is arguably no : harder than Infinity on Total Carnage whereas Evil is impossible on major : damage and Rubicon simply was never tested on Total Carnage. (Rubicon X : anyway) : Brutal Doom makes that game harder on top of being bloodier but you know : that's the idea going in. It even has a Power Fantasy difficulty in the : latest build that's basically SPV3's Noble difficulty if it were good: : it's the same as Total Carnage and Mythic (Nightmare) but enemies are piss : easy to beat. It's intended to make harder vanilla WADs like Final Doom : playable. : I've tried Plutonia on an older Brutal Doom build on Major Damage (Hurt Me : Plenty) and it pulls no punches on later maps. : System Shock 1 mods would also be very tricky to do right as it has multiple : difficulty settings for combat, hotwire lockpicking puzzles, cyberspace : hacking and even the story mode: 0 is Doom level, 1 has basic and brief : audio logs, 2 is the main mode and 3 adds a Pathways into Darkness style 7 : hour time limit.
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