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It's a simple thing, but one good way to make games memorable is for the developers to leave you words of encouragement in the pack-in material. (slrpnk.net)
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(Obligatory "I wish we still got pack-in material in the new games" "Oh, I wish we still got - you know - packaging these days")

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

This is how I played Doom 3 and I fell off the chair a couple of times. It was an incredible experience.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Walked up on my step son playing with headphones on in the dark. He jumped.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Excellent!

[–] Doorknob@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same here, even at 15 FPS.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What did you play it on? I think I had a modded Radeon 9550 that turned it into a 9600.

[–] Doorknob@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I can't remember, it was so long ago. I think I had a 9550 too. Had to run at 640x480 and turn specular and shadows off to get a decent frame rate, left bump mapping on no matter what because the game just looked like arse without it. I played through constantly turning specular and shadows on and off so I could alternate between gawking at the graphics and being able to actually play the game lol