Ion Maiden

[BFG10K]

Developed by 3DRealms, this is supposed to be the true successor to Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior and Blood. Classic FPS roots.

The interesting twist is that it uses the original Build engine with a few modern enhancements. You gotta love the 100 MB install size in this day and age.

I must admit, my curiosity is piqued with this one.

https://www.gog.com/game/ion_maiden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouATcQfSEww

 

[whm1974]

I don't know If I can stand the old style 2 and half D graphics.

 

[EXCellR8]

might be fun to run it on my A10 ubuntu box... just for the hell of it.

 

[BFG10K]

A floppy disk, anyone? https://www.techspot.com/news/74164-ion ... -disk.html

 

[Thebobo]

Looks fun

 

[Stuka87]

I think its awesome that somebody put out a 2.5D game. Makes me want to go back and play Marathon(s) again.

 

[DigDog]

from someone who's been playing FPS practically non-stop for the last 8 years, i gotta say, that game doesn't look in any way frantic. if anything, boring .. i turned off the demo before watching the whole thing.
from the way it plays, it more looks like a tactical shooter, i don't know if it plays the same, with mobs doing high damage but being few and easy to take out from a specific position. but it's nothing compared to old Doom, with tons of mobs shooting at you from all sides from the word go.

apparently here the mobs are all the same, they barely shoot and have zero mobility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG8yEditQCQ

 

[Stuka87]

from someone who's been playing FPS practically non-stop for the last 8 years, i gotta say, that game doesn't look in any way frantic. if anything, boring .. i turned off the demo before watching the whole thing.
from the way it plays, it more looks like a tactical shooter, i don't know if it plays the same, with mobs doing high damage but being few and easy to take out from a specific position. but it's nothing compared to old Doom, with tons of mobs shooting at you from all sides from the word go.

apparently here the mobs are all the same, they barely shoot and have zero mobility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG8yEditQCQ

The demo in that link is obviously being played by somebody that has the game memorized. They know where every little thing is. Not sure what PVE FPS games you are playing, I can't even think of any that have been made for a long time. But this looks and feels like Duke Nuk'em. You mention Doom, but Doom was NOT known for its NPC AI.

 

[DigDog]

in my link or in the OP ? my link is obviously a speedrun, if anything, that should give you a sense of what the game can be.

i mean ... we got THIS:

it's just that you guys don't know it exists.

and yes, many PvE FPS have been made since 1997.