Best total conversions?

[GlebyGlobster]

Hi, i'm looking to find some total conversion mods to play, but google keeps bringing up brutal doom instead of stuff like blade of agony or batman doom. What total conversion mods should i play?

[Geqoph]

Alien TC, it can be really creepy at times, and is one of the first, if not the first total conversion

[netcurse2000]

REKKR

[D4NUK1]

Ashes 2063

[Captain Ventris]

Harmony!

[Gez]

Solid choices above; I'll also mention the "platformer TCs" we have with Jazz Jackrabbit Doom and Hocus Pocus Doom.

 

I'd also suggest taking a look at those lists of standalone games built on Doom ports.

[OliveTree]

1 hour ago, Geqoph said:

Alien TC, it can be really creepy at times, and is one of the first, if not the first total conversion

how could u not say chex quest my guy!

[Geqoph]

59 minutes ago, OliveTree said:

how could u not say chex quest my guy!

I consider it more of a standalone game rather than a doom mod :)

[GlebyGlobster]

1 hour ago, D4NUK1 said:

Ashes 2063

ooh! this one is good! getting fallout 1 and 2 vibes from this.

[GlebyGlobster]

1 hour ago, netcurse2000 said:

REKKR

this one is good, too! very medival.

[ludicrous_peridot]

Batman Doom is being brought up often with some reverence - I am yet to try it myself though :)

Also Xim's work on Star Wars (you can even play The Darkest Hour or Doomed Space Wars with it).

[Amarande]

3 hours ago, Geqoph said:

Alien TC, it can be really creepy at times, and is one of the first, if not the first total conversion

 

Especially if you've actually seen the movie or delved into the lore.

 

Facehuggers are one of the few things that actually seriously have given me the creeps even with god mode active, let's put it this way ...

[GlebyGlobster]

15 minutes ago, Amarande said:

 

Especially if you've actually seen the movie or delved into the lore.

 

Facehuggers are one of the few things that actually seriously have given me the creeps even with god mode active, let's put it this way ...

never seen aliens. sounds interesting

[BUYXRAYS]

chex quest.

[Amarande]

6 minutes ago, GlebyGlobster said:

never seen aliens. sounds interesting

 

So, Aliens work like this. (Do I get in trouble for spoiling nearly 40 year old movies? LOL I guess I'd better spoiler tag the following just in case)

 

Spoiler

 

In the beginning there's an egg. Looks kinda like a big football, or a baked potato (I actually jokingly called baked potatoes "alien eggs" for a long time at home after first watching the first couple movies about 20-25 years back).

 

Egg opens and this pale, about hand sized spider-crab thing with a big long tail comes out. Its sole objective is to jump on something living (it seems like almost any species except the aliens themselves will do, provided the size is compatible. Humans are targeted often, a dog fell victim in Alien 3, and during the events leading up to first contact in the first movie, there's evidence of a much larger humanoid species also falling victim. One of the 21st century Alien verse movies goes into more detail about that part I think but I haven't watched it yet. On the other hand, cats appear to be too small for the thing to work with), grab its face (hence the name "facehugger"), wrap its tail around its neck, and drop a second stage embryo down its throat.

 

After a while, the facehugger falls off the victim (after which it dies, as seen in the first movie) and the victim seems to recover for a short while ... until that second stage embryo grows up enough and then pops explosively out of the host's chest (hence the term "chestburster"). It then rapidly grows up into the adult, H.R. Giger monster, super lethal predator alien. Some aliens are queens, they lay the eggs noted previously. It doesn't take long for them to obliterate an entire human colony.

 

 

In most Alien video games, getting facehugged instantly ends your run, for obvious reasons if you read the spoiler explanation.

 

In Aliens TC, it's somewhat less dire (the facehuggers occupy the lost soul monster slot, using the same attack mechanics - although the fact that they stay in close after first attacking means they attack a lot more often than lost souls, and 3-24 damage is actually a lot with how little health the Aliens TC maps have), but if you know the spoiler explanation, there's still going to be that visceral panic even if you've got god mode on ...

[GlebyGlobster]

1 minute ago, Amarande said:

 

So, Aliens work like this. (Do I get in trouble for spoiling nearly 40 year old movies? LOL I guess I'd better spoiler tag the following just in case)

 

  Hide contents

 

In the beginning there's an egg. Looks kinda like a big football, or a baked potato (I actually jokingly called baked potatoes "alien eggs" for a long time at home after first watching the first couple movies about 20-25 years back).

 

Egg opens and this pale, about hand sized spider-crab thing with a big long tail comes out. Its sole objective is to jump on something living (it seems like almost any species except the aliens themselves will do, provided the size is compatible. Humans are targeted often, a dog fell victim in Alien 3, and during the events leading up to first contact in the first movie, there's evidence of a much larger humanoid species also falling victim. One of the 21st century Alien verse movies goes into more detail about that part I think but I haven't watched it yet. On the other hand, cats appear to be too small for the thing to work with), grab its face (hence the name "facehugger"), wrap its tail around its neck, and drop a second stage embryo down its throat.

 

After a while, the facehugger falls off the victim (after which it dies, as seen in the first movie) and the victim seems to recover for a short while ... until that second stage embryo grows up enough and then pops explosively out of the host's chest (hence the term "chestburster"). It then rapidly grows up into the adult, H.R. Giger monster, super lethal predator alien. Some aliens are queens, they lay the eggs noted previously. It doesn't take long for them to obliterate an entire human colony.

 

 

In most Alien video games, getting facehugged instantly ends your run, for obvious reasons if you read the spoiler explanation.

 

In Aliens TC, it's somewhat less dire (the facehuggers occupy the lost soul monster slot, using the same attack mechanics - although the fact that they stay in close after first attacking means they attack a lot more often than lost souls, and 3-24 damage is actually a lot with how little health the Aliens TC maps have), but if you know the spoiler explanation, there's still going to be that visceral panic even if you've got god mode on ...

spooky.

[GlebyGlobster]

24 minutes ago, Amarande said:

 

So, Aliens work like this. (Do I get in trouble for spoiling nearly 40 year old movies? LOL I guess I'd better spoiler tag the following just in case)

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

In the beginning there's an egg. Looks kinda like a big football, or a baked potato (I actually jokingly called baked potatoes "alien eggs" for a long time at home after first watching the first couple movies about 20-25 years back).

 

Egg opens and this pale, about hand sized spider-crab thing with a big long tail comes out. Its sole objective is to jump on something living (it seems like almost any species except the aliens themselves will do, provided the size is compatible. Humans are targeted often, a dog fell victim in Alien 3, and during the events leading up to first contact in the first movie, there's evidence of a much larger humanoid species also falling victim. One of the 21st century Alien verse movies goes into more detail about that part I think but I haven't watched it yet. On the other hand, cats appear to be too small for the thing to work with), grab its face (hence the name "facehugger"), wrap its tail around its neck, and drop a second stage embryo down its throat.

 

After a while, the facehugger falls off the victim (after which it dies, as seen in the first movie) and the victim seems to recover for a short while ... until that second stage embryo grows up enough and then pops explosively out of the host's chest (hence the term "chestburster"). It then rapidly grows up into the adult, H.R. Giger monster, super lethal predator alien. Some aliens are queens, they lay the eggs noted previously. It doesn't take long for them to obliterate an entire human colony.

 

 

In most Alien video games, getting facehugged instantly ends your run, for obvious reasons if you read the spoiler explanation.

 

In Aliens TC, it's somewhat less dire (the facehuggers occupy the lost soul monster slot, using the same attack mechanics - although the fact that they stay in close after first attacking means they attack a lot more often than lost souls, and 3-24 damage is actually a lot with how little health the Aliens TC maps have), but if you know the spoiler explanation, there's still going to be that visceral panic even if you've got god mode on ...

where are the monsters? also why is there a beepy thing in my upper left corner?

Edited July 12, 2023 by GlebyGlobster

[Gougaru]

My go 2 total conversions are brutal wolfenstein, meta doom, embers of armageddon. Highly recommend 

[GlebyGlobster]

1 minute ago, Gougaru said:

My go 2 total conversions are brutal wolfenstein, meta doom, embers of armageddon. Highly recommend 

literally was just playing brutal wolfenstein lmao. i'll check the others out.

[MFG38]

24 minutes ago, Gougaru said:

meta doom, embers of armageddon

 

These two are gameplay mods, not total conversions.

[GlebyGlobster]

15 minutes ago, Gougaru said:

My go 2 total conversions are brutal wolfenstein, meta doom, embers of armageddon. Highly recommend 

the latter two are good mods, but not total conversions. total conversions are stuff like brutal wolfenstein. new textures, new enemies, new campaign, new weapons, etc. 

[GlebyGlobster]

5 hours ago, netcurse2000 said:

REKKR

the enemies have a very creative design. the textures remind me of super mario 64's textures. the music is great. 8 lost souls out of 10. would be more if the level design gave the player a bit more "hey go check out this area!" there's nothing i hate more than endless wandering trying to find a stupid switch.

[Geniraul]

I would recommend the ones that I mentioned in this post. Also Ashes 2063.

[GlebyGlobster]

5 hours ago, Geqoph said:

Alien TC, it can be really creepy at times, and is one of the first, if not the first total conversion

4 super shotguns out of 10. the level design was labyrinth-like, some people might like it, but not me. i wander and wander for 20 minutes trying to find something to end the level, and not even a single enemy i come across. doom total conversion? more like maze simulator 1997. and that's just the first level. i couldn't bare to play anymore than one level. although i do admit the title screen music is a bop. i do like the custom artwork, though. there's also this annoying beeping thing in my top-left corner.

[GlebyGlobster]

5 hours ago, D4NUK1 said:

Ashes 2063

9 motorbikes out of 10. amazing. it's like if fallout 1 or 2 were first person. i love the mad-max like direction, too. got a bit stuck on the second level, but i finished the second level. also, crowbar!

[GlebyGlobster]

2 hours ago, BUYXRAYS said:

chex quest.

10 cereal boxes out of 10. c h e x.

[GlebyGlobster]

surprised nobody's mentioned total chaos.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/total-chaos

[Turbulent]

2 hours ago, BUYXRAYS said:

chex quest.

Can't believe I lost my CD of this. Coolest thing I've pulled out of a cereal box.

[BUYXRAYS]

23 minutes ago, Turbulent said:

Can't believe I lost my CD of this. Coolest thing I've pulled out of a cereal box.

You can play it in chocolate doom using https://chexmania.tripod.com/downloads.htm and https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/utils/exe_edit/patches/chexdeh

[Herr Dethnout]

All TCs made by Andrea Gori (Batandy)