https://gematsu.com/games/doom-doom-ii
  • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Seems to be free on most platform if you already own both titles.

    They seem to be offering better performance compared to the port from a couple of years ago. Has anyone tested it out to confirm?

    • mindbleachEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      … how did any modern port have performance issues? The original game fits in L3 cache. It expects several million operations per second. The video-card requirements were “supports 256 colors.”

    • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I had a play today and the standout changes are:

      • it offers a choice between remixed audio or a recording from the devices used to author the original midi tracks (Probably some Roland device). The menus offering this choice included a preview that sounded pretty good so I picked the remix.
      • it offers a choice between 1x, 2x, etc, or maximum scaling over or original resolution. For lots of retro games I find 2x to be the best balance as it allows a small visual improvement for the 3d elements without adding too much clash between any fixed 2d sprites. Despite my usual preferences I found this worked pretty well at maximum so I left it there.