The music and animation and depth. Quite simply the best of a bygone era of settlers
Simple to get into and hard to put down. All pretty much, mouse controlled UI
How ironic that games called ‘Doom’. Started my gaming odyssey with so much pleasure, hat here I am 33 years later aged 60 still gaming and fragging! Cheers John Remero for Wolfenstein and Doom
RTFM lol or the store page “ Type in anything and press Enter to bypass copy protection”
I first played this on the MegaDrive and I was just blown away with the scale of this. Something like 800 planets to explore inc various gravity and atmospheres on the planets. Landing and timing the retrorockets (before it burned all fuel) to slow your descent without crushing and injuring crew along with solar winds blowing your lunar buggy off course- again burning precious limited fuel (you can dig in and ride the storms out, if you don’t hit rock that is! Naming your crew - back then- was a novelty that made the game special. I don’t know how long it took me to finish the game, but I know that PCs had come out (voodoo 2 and matrix mystique) that could play the first proper games while I was playing it! Yeah, it’s a monster that I just had to buy on GoG as well, though I still have it on my Megadrive and manual and mint map. Btw, if you love this and have a Megadrive I recommend Buck Rogers. The two compliment each other in space travel and combat with alien races etc.
When I bought this from Electronics Boutique 20 odd years ago, it came with a Blade of Darkness T-shirt. I still have it, though very,very faded. It proves that back then stuff was made to last. Just like this game. The combos seemed to connect incredibly well and visceral amputations and the like worked exactly as you would think a particular weapon swung in that direction would do. BoD set a precedence that has been emulated, but never captured. Of course back ‘then’ there was nothing to compare it to nor distractions like YouTube, forums or social media to boast on. You just played for the sake of your own pleasure. Those days are sadly missed as are these games
Not best pleased with GoG. This has a different publisher and new UI, Hanger mode, Radial wheel plus 2 extra planes on Steam. No word from GoG why this hasn’t been updated in years. Thing is now I ask myself- If I buy from GoG will I get updates, if GoG can’t force it or pay for it? Because GoG have said nothing and I’ve owned this for years here but bought the ‘updated’ version on steam at Xmas sale for practically nothing. Make your own mind up, but this could be GoG n a downturn
This gem was the best game ever that supported the Microsoft Force Feedback Pro joystick. It’s still supported to this day and is by far the best WW2 ‘all round’ sim with a brilliant AI wingmen support. Stuff here. http://www.combatsim.com/products/eaw/eaw-addons.htm https://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/85/1/european-air-war Well done GoG, now please get EF2000 up!
Absolutely loved this on the Megadrive (which I still have) the music is excellent also. You will die more from the puzzle traps than the creatures you encounter. But all you do is draw the path you take in a cell and redo differently. Remember this was before guides and we had dialup internet. Classic
