Comments on: Harmony In My Head: Harmony

By: Vitamin Powered

Vitamin Powered — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:16:43 +0000

Oh, thanks! My mental arithmetic failed to remember that the first engine was used for SHOGO. Yes, I did indeed mean Lithtech Jupiter.

By: Supraliminal

Supraliminal — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:18:00 +0000

I’ve played DooM (2)a lot, and thought it’s a kick assassin game, it gets a bit tedious sometimes.
Even the greatest mods around, like Zen Dynamics, the ultimate Torture and Torment, NeoDoom and action Doom, have that little overwhelming feeling that you’re just playing a DooM Mod.

Somehow Harmony feels different..
Fresh, I’d say.

There isn’t a single bit of Doom left: not in the weapons, not in the enemies,.. nowhere nothing to bring up the wrenching feeling again.
Ahh.., the peace of mind.

One nice thing about Harmony, that says a lot about the game, is that, while in Doom you get a mocking message when quiting, in Harmony there stands “Thanks for playing”.

By: Hazelnut

Hazelnut — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:36:49 +0000

“Woo, Trap Door! Play’s got the whole lot on DVD for a fiver.”

Nice one, buying immediately. God I used to run home from school to catch Trap Door! Sure my kids are gonna love it too.

By: diebroken

diebroken — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:21:04 +0000

The Dark Engine.

By: mandaya

mandaya — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:34:23 +0000

LASER SQUAD! I loved that game. I also, obviously, loved X-Com, but for sheer style, Laser Squad’s monochrome, blueprint-like graphics couldn’t be surpassed. Ah, The Assassins … a kingdom for that game as a browser game remake.

By: hydra9

hydra9 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:52:42 +0000

Continuing my thoughts on Harmony: I restarted, this time on ‘easy.’ I’m now part-way through level 3 and… it’s brilliant. Really tough (still) but brilliant. Level 1 is alright, but levels 2 and 3 are something special. It feels less like a DOOM mod and more like a great, lost shooter from ’96.

By: LionsPhil

LionsPhil — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:41:30 +0000

Woo, Trap Door! Play’s got the whole lot on DVD for a fiver.

I want to see the original Prey engine let out into the world. Proper portals. (Because it’s bloody hard to get right.)

By: noom

noom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:31:23 +0000

“I have your mum on my desk”, surely?

By: hydra9

hydra9 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:49:04 +0000

Currently on the second level of Harmony, and it’s darn good. It’s also pretty tough on ‘medium’ difficulty, though. But a game powered by such an antique engine still has the ability to make me jump.

By: Bremze

Bremze — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:41:50 +0000

Reply fail, that was a reply to Vitamin Powered

By: Bremze

Bremze — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:40:55 +0000

Lithtech Jupiter. Tron 2.0 used a custom version of it though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithtech#Lithtech_Jupiter

By: [dandan]

[dandan] — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:40:42 +0000

Also love Trap Door. Are there DVDs?