HERIAN (revision 5, 04/06/1998) - Doomworld /idgames database frontend

Title:	HERIAN (revision 5, 04/06/1998)
Filename:	levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/herian.zip
Size:	3.31 MB
Date:	05/19/00
Author:	Ian Wilson
Description:	Herian has no story it is simply a 32 level TC made primarily for the single player. The infuence for it came from my favourite games mentioned below. 32 NEW levels, NEW textures, NEW sounds & NEW monsters All levels were made for single play. Deathmatch and co-operative play is possible, but not optimized. Many of the levels are too large for deathmatch.
Credits:	iD-software, Raven, Rogue & 3D Realms for: Doom, Doom 2, Quake, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, ROTT and Duke Nukem 3D. The authors of DM2CONV, Wintex, NWT, WARM, Windeu, DEUSF and Wad Author. Also to the DosDoom Team for DosDoom and to Team TNT for Boom.
Base:	Mainly new levels from scratch with a few infuenced by Doom, Doom 2, Heretic, Hexen and Rise of the Triad.
Build time:
Editor(s) used:	DM2CONV, Wintex, NWT, WARM, Windeu and Wad Author.
Bugs:
Rating:	(19 votes) Log in at the Doomworld forums to comment.

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Reviews:

Anonymous	Muy bueno, innovador, buena combinacion con Heretic	x
Anonymous	Is this a joke wad?? Most obtuse, nonsensical puzzly shit I've ever seen in a wad. 4 stars for architecture/visuals /atmosphere, -4 stars for gameplay = 0 stars overall.	x
Anonymous	A one-man megawad is an admirable achievement, but utterly obtuse and incomprehensible map layouts badly damage what could have been a great wad. All the getting lost and frustrated ranting of Hexen (and more) without any of the cool scripting. I can't recommend this, despite the effort put into it. 3/5 --Woolie	x
Anonymous	Why has Herian got so few stars? It's not perfect, but it's pretty darn good (at least).	x
Anonymous	womit, not new monster u're taking from heretic ! dont write NEW then!!	x
Anonymous	It's hugly (well, I don't agree, but...) if you don't use the addon, full of new sprites, textures and sounds - Jive	x

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Title          :   HERIAN (revision 5, 04/06/1998)

Filename       :   HERIAN.WAD

Author         :   Ian Wilson

Email Address  :   i.w@virgin.net

Description    :   Herian has no story it is simply a 32 level TC made primarily for the single
		   player.  The infuence for it came from my favourite games mentioned below.
			 
                   32 NEW levels, NEW textures, NEW sounds & NEW monsters

All levels were made for single play.
                   Deathmatch and co-operative play is possible, but not optimized.  Many
	           of the levels are too large for deathmatch.

Additional Credits
     and thanks to: iD-software, Raven, Rogue & 3D Realms for:
		    Doom, Doom 2, Quake, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, ROTT and Duke Nukem 3D.
		    The authors of DM2CONV, Wintex, NWT, WARM, Windeu, DEUSF and Wad Author.
		    Also to the DosDoom Team for DosDoom and to Team TNT for Boom.
================================================================

* Play Information *

Game                    : DOOM II
Episode and Level #     : MAP01-MAP32
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes (not optimized)
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Yes (not optimized)
Difficulty Settings     : Yes
New Sounds              : Yes (a few)
New Graphics            : Yes and new sky added in this revision for compatibility with DosDoom
			  at high resolution
New Music               : No
Demos Replaced          : All 3

* Construction *

Base                    : Mainly new levels from scratch with a few infuenced by
			  Doom, Doom 2, Heretic, Hexen and Rise of the Triad.
Editor(s) used          : DM2CONV, Wintex, NWT, WARM, Windeu and Wad Author.
Known Bugs              : None.  Herian was developed for Windows 95 and
			  should played at 640 by 400 or 640 by 480 but it's even better at
			  800 x 600 using DosDoom it you have a powerful enough PC.
			  A bug was reported on level 08 red door.  This has been corrected.
			  Some general improvements have been carried out at revision 3
			  including changes to lighting.  The general them for Herian has also
			  been changed including a new End of Game Boss Monster.
			  Finally a visplane error was found in Map04 using the original
			  Doom2.exe therefore it is better not to be used with Herian.
			  Legacy Doom (Doom3.exe) and Windoom are no better in this respect
			  and it is better not to use them either with Herian.  Stick to
		          Doom95, Boom or DosDoom.
			  Revision 4 - introduced following a report of an anomaly in map 12
			  when used with Boom.  Some small changes were made to a stair to 
		          work correctly with Boom.  There was no problem with Doom95 or
			  DosDoom.
			  Revision 5 - introduced after it came to my notice (by a fellow
			  Doom enthusiast) the map08 was too close to one of Doom2's original
			  levels.  This map has been radical changed with some features such as
			  switches and doors repositioned and visual enhancements made.

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