SIGIL v1.21 - New Romero megawad [released!]

[Kira]

Prayers for Romero's beheading to go smoothly this time. The man is resilient as expected of him.

[Master O]

1 hour ago, ImpieEyez95 said:

Can't believe it's so close to being released aka almost May already.... :) Getting excited. 

 

Maybe he'll delay it again to troll everyone? [/joking]

[betabox]

2 hours ago, Master O said:

 

Maybe he'll delay it again to troll everyone? [/joking]

 

Officer, this man right here.

[KVELLER]

5 hours ago, Master O said:

Maybe he'll delay it again to troll everyone? [/joking]

 

If he does, I don't even care anymore at this point. I'm in zen mode.

[Hellbent]

Zack Treller and the Instanbul Quartet.

[fraggle]

23 hours ago, Kira said:

Prayers for Romero's beheading to go smoothly this time.

I for one am looking forward to seeing John Romero's impaled, severed head and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

[Dark Pulse]

3 hours ago, fraggle said:

I for one am looking forward to seeing John Romero's impaled, severed head and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I hope it's got a shit-eating grin.

[Jon]

Idle thought this morning: it’s interesting that Romero has stuck to limit-removing for his modern maps. As producer on hexen, I’m sure he must know at least a little about ACS and what it could do; and gzdoom seems to be his port of choice. 

[pcorf]

Just relax guys.

 

It will be here when it is here.

[ketmar]

"when it's done!"

 

oh, wait, wrong game.

[Kira]

4 hours ago, Jon said:

Idle thought this morning: it’s interesting that Romero has stuck to limit-removing for his modern maps. As producer on hexen, I’m sure he must know at least a little about ACS and what it could do; and gzdoom seems to be his port of choice. 

He seems to have been particularly fond of sticking to the core formula of Doom 1. He could have worked with D2's palette of monsters and items as well but I guess this is where his nostalgia resides foremost. The bells and whistles that have no incidence on the core game to him are probably alright on the other hand.

I'm not sure if he mentioned why it was Doom 1 in particular that he works with nowadays, but Doom 2 seemed like a less entertaining span of time if my memories of Masters of Doom serve me right (and if the book wasn't projecting too much here).

[LadyVader1138]

6 hours ago, Kira said:

He seems to have been particularly fond of sticking to the core formula of Doom 1. He could have worked with D2's palette of monsters and items as well but I guess this is where his nostalgia resides foremost. The bells and whistles that have no incidence on the core game to him are probably alright on the other hand.

I'm not sure if he mentioned why it was Doom 1 in particular that he works with nowadays, but Doom 2 seemed like a less entertaining span of time if my memories of Masters of Doom serve me right (and if the book wasn't projecting too much here).

There is something about the original that Doom II just can't match, at least to me. Though I would like some Doom II monsters.

[dybbuk81]

It's going to be worth it guys come on, especially with a talented fan on soundtrack duties for the MIDI portion

[dybbuk81]

Also, Dear Romero.... the 25th Anniversary of Doom II is coming up.... hint hint

[DoomKid423]

Is it releasing on May 5th?

 

[Gez]

May 5 is usually not in the second week of May.

[wheresthebeef]

4 hours ago, dybbuk said:

Also, Dear Romero.... the 25th Anniversary of Doom II is coming up.... hint hint

 

12 hours ago, Kira said:

I'm not sure if he mentioned why it was Doom 1 in particular that he works with nowadays, but Doom 2 seemed like a less entertaining span of time if my memories of Masters of Doom serve me right (and if the book wasn't projecting too much here).

 

He mentioned if Sigil does well he will do another map pack for Doom 2. It sure seems like Sigil has been successful, so I think it's more a question of when and not if.

Doom 2's anniversary sure seems like it would've been a good time, but with how things have turned out for Sigil, it seems like we'll get an announcement of a new map pack that day instead of the actual release.

[dybbuk81]

Who knows, maybe he'll take "this time" into consideration. He is after all the head of his company and I'm sure calls the shots.

[Master O]

34 minutes ago, wheresthebeef said:

 

 

He mentioned if Sigil does well he will do another map pack for Doom 2. It sure seems like Sigil has been successful, so I think it's more a question of when and not if.

Doom 2's anniversary sure seems like it would've been a good time, but with how things have turned out for Sigil, it seems like we'll get an announcement of a new map pack that day instead of the actual release.

 

I'd like to see Romero do a map pack for Heretic or maybe even Hexen, just to see his take on those games.

[Dark Pulse]

3 minutes ago, Master O said:

 

I'd like to see Romero do a map pack for Heretic or maybe even Hexen, just to see his take on those games.

I'd rather see what he could do with Doom but with ACS, UDMF, 3D Floors, the works.

[wheresthebeef]

I'll take a new Quake 1 episode, honestly

 

And some new Daikatana levels. No joke

[VGA]

Those would be way more time consuming than Doom mapping.

[ketmar]

and if we're dreaming here... i want to see new E1 from Romero. i still think the E1 is the best episode of them all.

[LadyVader1138]

18 minutes ago, ketmar said:

and if we're dreaming here... i want to see new E1 from Romero. i still think the E1 is the best episode of them all.

So E1M1-3b, E1M6-7b, and E1M9b?

[Kira]

American McGee x John Romero x Sandy Petersen Doom 2 megawad. This is what was revealed in my sleep by an ethereal cacodemon.

[DoomGater]

8 hours ago, wheresthebeef said:

I'll take a new Quake 1 episode, honestly

 

And some new Daikatana levels. No joke

 

Or another RESCUE ROVER / HDB remake!!! Isn't that already in the pipeline since years?

[ketmar]

2 hours ago, LadyVader1138 said:

So E1M1-3b, E1M6-7b, and E1M9b?

c, d, e, up to z and more! ;-)

[DoomKid423]

12 hours ago, Master O said:

 

I'd like to see Romero do a map pack for Heretic or maybe even Hexen, just to see his take on those games.

I wouldn't be surprised if doom eternal were to release to be honest.

[Lila Feuer]

I'd kill for a Heretic episode by Romero, what with the influx of Heretic projects last month.

[xvertigox]

On 5/1/2019 at 5:34 AM, LadyVader1138 said:

There is something about the original that Doom II just can't match, at least to me. Though I would like some Doom II monsters.

 

Same here. The limited weapons and bestiary combined with the textures make it feel so different. I love playing old 90s doom 1 wads.