TootsyBowl

I found The Second Encounter to be more interesting (initially) than The First Encounter's setting, and that it was going to be harder, but I thought the rest of it was easier than The First Encounter. On Normal difficulty anyway. I aspire to go back through these on Serious difficulty though, because I'm a masochist and I want to get the 'full Serious Sam experience'.

I beat FE on a less-than-normal skill rather easily. I chose it because I remembered playing SS badly, especially SE. Since it was so easy this time, I chose normal for SE and it kicked my ass a lot. I doubt FE would be as hard.

In regards to setting, I feel like SE was a bit of a cop-out. You're made to think it's gonna be about forests and hills and 3D grass, which was novel compared to FE, but after just two levels it's back to generic temples again, except more colorful and with a flat grass texture instead of sand.

Also lots of traps.

But it was pretty and somewhat varied regardless.

The sniper rifle and flamethrower and the new power ups added in TSE like serious damage for instance are really helpful. TSE is also more about gimmicky stuff like strange rooms and puzzle elements than huge battles like TFE.

I also really liked the Aztec chapter the most, and thought that was gonna be TSE's theme. Didn't care for Persia or medieval Poland as much.

When I was coding ZDoomWars I'd noclip to the open area and try stuff over and over for hours and hours and days of refinement and revision. It's a good tune!

I will be sitting and relaxing

Something similar happened for me. I spent countless hours of testing maps while mapping and D_RUNNIN played on the background in all of them, so it is now imprinted in my mind.

I wouldn't even know how to eat one. Fig Newtons are pretty good, but I already know it's not gonna taste like that... :( 

I always place as I map. It becomes part of the design process as opposed to an afterthought / chore. I also retest very, very regularly while mapping to ensure weapon, health & ammo balance is fair. I'd recommend working that way. :)

I sucked at monster placement as well. but I come to this place once in a while to check things. :D

Just put Cyberdemons everywhere.

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so much schoolwork aaaaaaa

Spotted the revenant.

Gecko Revenant!

Start revising for your mock exams , same goes with me . In fact I should stop playing and start revising about megnetism  for physics and titrations, as well as homeostasis for my upcoming tests 

Congrats, I'm still a wee baby member.

TBH, I am pretty close to being a Forum Regular.

*looks at y'all kids from above*

it's in the warehouse north of where you find the blue keycard. step on a small platform that sticks out from the ground to lower the wall to the green lock.

thank you small horse

''Something eggs on pictures.''

So deep, thats poetry. 

And even to this day, this forum just keeps BALLing about black disks.

KNEE DEEP ON EGGS!!! ( O w O)/