What do you think of Rott? [Archive]

RugerMK1

01-08-1999, 07:03 PM

What do you think of Rott, overall?
I have heard many opions, but let's put them out here.
(I already know what Aurora51 thinks, so don't bother. Hehehehe)

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Aurora51

01-08-1999, 07:08 PM

hehe, i just cant get into rot. I dont HATE the game. I'm just not into it. I liked the weapons, the death animations (no no, please dont shoot) and the taunting, but I just couldnt get into it. I was probly spoiled by Doom and Heretic.

Guest

01-09-1999, 10:18 AM

Rott is cool!

Alex

01-09-1999, 05:37 PM

I thought ROTT was an awesome game, and the fact that it was made by Apogee is the reasone why I'm a Duker, not a Quaker http://3drealms.3dportal.com/ubb/images/icons/smile.gif

The thing is, I lost my registered ROTT CD, and the copy on my hard drive was lost when I got a new one http://3drealms.3dportal.com/ubb/images/icons/frown.gif

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Delphi Dude

01-09-1999, 07:37 PM

I still play ROTT after 4 years. It's still a great game, just like Tie Fighter.

Sure, the engine is outdated, the graphics are not that good, but it's still fun, and will be highly enjoyable ten years on.

ROTT is cool. Period.

Dukefan

01-09-1999, 11:23 PM

Weapons like flamewall and firebomb + cool death animations + huge complex levels = really cool game http://3drealms.3dportal.com/ubb/images/icons/smile.gif

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MrEricSir

01-10-1999, 05:37 PM

I think ROTT is one of the most fun 3d games. It's kind of like an old tile based puzzel game in 3d.

RugerMK1

01-12-1999, 03:28 PM

Great Replies!
What was your favorite little or big thing that you liked 'bout ROTT?

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Alex

01-12-1999, 05:15 PM

God (and dog) mode are definitely favorites of mine.

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Guest

01-17-1999, 04:19 PM

Yeah, it was rather refreshing to see Apogee make fun of how invincibility was called God Mode... and that Dog Mode stuff was just a hoot... I actually used cheat codes (egad!) just so I could play the whole game as a dog. http://3drealms.3dportal.com/ubb/images/icons/smile.gif

Pycine

01-18-1999, 08:18 AM

ROTT was awesome

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X-human

01-18-1999, 10:06 PM

I think ROTT should ppl you can play a serious game, and have really really really REALLY goofy stuff in it. ROTT made gaming companies think "We gotta go back and work on our game a LOT more!" I don't think I'll ever see a game quite like ROTT again, even if there ever is a ROTT 2, it's just not the same without Tom Hall.

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Joe Siegler

04-25-2002, 11:24 AM

ROTT was awesome!

(I needed to test something by bumping up a really old thread here).

MrEricSir

04-25-2002, 03:57 PM

Hey, I remember this thread.

revenant100

04-25-2002, 04:05 PM

Originally posted by MrEricSir:
puzzelOh no! A typo in a three year old post! What is one to do? images/icons/shocked.gif

MrEricSir

04-26-2002, 12:34 AM

Originally posted by revenant100:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by MrEricSir:
puzzelOh no! A typo in a three year old post! What is one to do? images/icons/shocked.gif <hr /></blockquote>I know what to do!
http://watermelon.hypermart.net/pics/typoguy.jpg

Or, I could edit my original post. But I don't feel like it.

Crosma

04-26-2002, 12:55 AM

Why didn't I post in this thread originally?

Ratty

04-26-2002, 03:43 AM

ROTT had many cool features, like the "dog mode" and the the green baseball-bat, but i never found it to be realy fun, you couldn't jump or crouch and i hate the way the weapon is on the center of the screen. And after you killed a guy you couldn't blow up the corpse!!

RugerMK1

04-27-2002, 10:50 PM

LOL, haven't posted on this board in a while and suddenly my mail box is full of replies to a 3 year old post, hahaah!

I don't remeber having that quote tho or saying those things, but oh well......

Yenz

04-28-2002, 12:16 AM

Loved the "dog thing", hope it will be back in DN4E.

Kotana64

04-28-2002, 06:53 AM

this thread is so old its scary......

Grande 3:16

04-28-2002, 07:29 AM

Whoa, this thread was started about three months before I registered. Real old! images/icons/shocked.gif

Anyway, I thought ROTT was a cool idea that didn't quite work. But that's just me. images/icons/smile.gif

But I DO like the music. images/icons/smile.gif

sailorman

04-28-2002, 08:16 AM

But I DO like the music Is there a way to get the music running without plugging in an old ISA sound card? If I try to turn on the music in setup using my SBLive I get some weird error.

Crezzy_man

04-28-2002, 08:17 AM

Rott is still one of the simplest and coolest games around. Great weapons, cool bad guys, mega-simple level creating, and still one of the greatest soundtracks in Gaming History (are you listening Lee? Soundtrack......)

And there's nothing funnier than an eye-ball rolling down you're screen.

BTW - I'm actually going to perform a 30-hour process on my computer that brings back even the oldest deleted/format files, include my old Rott maps. That should be quite fun.....

[ 04-28-2002, 08:20 AM: Message edited by: Crezzy_man ]

3D Master

05-02-2002, 05:51 AM

I love the weapons, I love the begging of the enemies, and I love both hands holding a gun, but I just couldn't get into the levels. They were so out there and they resembled absolutely nothing. At least in Doom and Quake you had some idea you were in some hellish underground dimension. But with ROTT nothing, nada, especially for a game apparently set on Earth. That sucked, I just couldn't get into it, and stopped playing after about three levels.

Guest

05-02-2002, 07:11 AM

ROTT was OK - I found it lacked the humour of Duke Nukem/Shadow Warrior but that's just my opinion. It also got a bit too repetitive after a while.. images/icons/rolleyes.gif Still the music was cool images/icons/cool.gif

Grande 3:16

05-02-2002, 07:42 AM

Originally posted by 3D Master:
I love the weapons, I love the begging of the enemies, and I love both hands holding a gun, but I just couldn't get into the levels. They were so out there and they resembled absolutely nothing.That was how I felt. images/icons/frown.gif

Rott King

05-02-2002, 11:30 AM

I thought the levels were really cool and unique, and how can you say it lacked humor?First of all, it's nearly a 14 year old game, and second, it DID have alot of good funny humor."Ludicris Gibs!" anyone?" "No don't shoot, no please!"Stepping on people's neck, doggy mode, all funny classic things.

Joe Siegler

05-02-2002, 02:36 PM

Originally posted by 3D Master:
I love the weapons, I love the begging of the enemies, and I love both hands holding a gun, but I just couldn't get into the levels. They were so out there and they resembled absolutely nothing. So? Something has to be something you recognize in order to be fun? Wolfenstein 3D was fun - when was the last time you ran into stuff like that?

Flaose

05-03-2002, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by: Rott King
it's nearly a 14 year old gameAh...I think you're getting a little ahead of yourself there. images/icons/rolleyes.gif

Brick_Sledge

05-03-2002, 06:21 PM

It's an overall good game, but nothing TOO special. The main problem is that it's way too easy.

Guest

05-04-2002, 12:55 AM

The indoors levels were just fine. The outdoors levels did look like a bunch of blocks, but on the other hand were really superb design-wise.
I said it before, ROTT may not had the best engine out there, but it used whatever it had to the extreme.

Crosma

05-04-2002, 05:36 AM

Originally posted by Brick_Sledge:
It's an overall good game, but nothing TOO special. The main problem is that it's way too easy.Really? I thought ROTT was much harder than Doom. Maybe you were playing on Easy. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubb/icons/icon119.gif

Crezzy_man

05-04-2002, 07:37 AM

Originally posted by Crosma:
Really? I thought ROTT was much harder than Doom. Maybe you were playing on Easy. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubb/icons/icon119.gifMaybe he was cheating. Who knows?

[ 05-04-2002, 07:39 AM: Message edited by: Crezzy_man ]

Draco

05-04-2002, 11:25 AM

I really wish I could play the game. The graphics suck ass nowadays. Ruins the game's memory for me.

Joe Siegler

05-06-2002, 01:45 PM

I disagree - I still think ROTT is fun, and despite the opinions of some here, could still be a viable franchise.

However, it won't happen. I've always said if I won the lottery and came into a LOT of money, I'd start up my own company and license the rights to ROTT from Scott & George and revive it myself.

Brick_Sledge

05-06-2002, 02:00 PM

Originally posted by Crosma:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Brick_Sledge:
It's an overall good game, but nothing TOO special. The main problem is that it's way too easy.Really? I thought ROTT was much harder than Doom. Maybe you were playing on Easy. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubb/icons/icon119.gif<hr /></blockquote>I was not playing on easy!

I also found Doom to be easy (Ultimate Doom had some thoguh levels though) But the fact that you have infinate ammo for the machine gun just simplifies it way too much. It also lacked the extreame atmosphere that Doom had. RotT is above average for the FPS genre, just not by much.

Lyris

05-24-2002, 11:50 AM

I found RotT pretty medium in difficulty terms.

I love the weapons, I love the begging of the enemies, and I love both hands holding a gun, but I just couldn't get into the levels. They were so out there and they resembled absolutely nothing.But I'd have to agree - I don't know what it is but playing stuff like those subway levels in Duke 3D were quite a bit of fun because they actually resembled something in real life.

Lengis

06-11-2002, 07:47 PM

Originally posted by Joe3DR:
I disagree - I still think ROTT is fun, and despite the opinions of some here, could still be a viable franchise.

However, it won't happen. I've always said if I won the lottery and came into a LOT of money, I'd start up my own company and license the rights to ROTT from Scott & George and revive it myself.Why bother? You'll lose all that money that you invested, lol

IwantMORE

06-12-2002, 07:56 AM

ROTT is a cool game

I loved the bouncy mats images/icons/tongue.gif great for DM images/icons/grin.gif

Joe Siegler

06-12-2002, 02:27 PM

I loved the bouncy mats great for DM id thought so - they were b0rked for Quake 3. images/icons/smile.gif

IronGolem

06-12-2002, 06:57 PM

What do I think about ROTT? I think it gave me motion sickness. I also think I miss it... it's one of the games I either gave away before I moved back to Texarkana, or simply lost while making the move.

Off-topic: Lots of FPS games (like ROTT and Doom... and yes, Duke Nukem 3D) and 3rd-person action games give me vertigo. It seems to have something with too many 90-degree angles and perfectly square or rectangular rooms, because I've noticed that games with large outdoor areas (like No One Lives Forever) or oddly-shaped rooms don't have quite as severe an effect on me. Anyone out there have any input on this?

Lengis

06-12-2002, 07:10 PM

Originally posted by IronGolem:
What do I think about ROTT? I think it gave me motion sickness. I also think I miss it... it's one of the games I either gave away before I moved back to Texarkana, or simply lost while making the move.

Off-topic: Lots of FPS games (like ROTT and Doom... and yes, Duke Nukem 3D) and 3rd-person action games give me vertigo. It seems to have something with too many 90-degree angles and perfectly square or rectangular rooms, because I've noticed that games with large outdoor areas (like No One Lives Forever) or oddly-shaped rooms don't have quite as severe an effect on me. Anyone out there have any input on this?Yea that would be vertigo. Closed confined rooms can be monotonous and can make people even throw up after a while. While games like Halo, Unreal Tourney and very wide and open which allevates the feeling of claustrophobia.

What you have is VERY common, I have it too from time to time. I get headaches and I have to literally lie on a bed and relax for a bit.

IronGolem

06-13-2002, 03:58 PM

Originally posted by Lengis:
What you have is VERY common, I have it too from time to time. I get headaches and I have to literally lie on a bed and relax for a bit.[/QB]I don't get headaches, but I do have to lie down to make the world stop spinning. (Stop the world! I wanna get off! images/icons/grin.gif )

And then when I get up I go right back to the game that caused it in the first place. OK, so maybe I'm a glutton for punishment. images/icons/wink.gif

I've been told that what causes it is that your eyes tell you that you're moving, but your inner ear knows that you're not. I've also heard that having 3D sound or even a surround-sound system alleviates this problem for some people (not for me, alas).

In a series of small, enclosed rooms, your eyes don't have something relatively stationary (like a horizon) to lock onto, and this may make it worse. I haven't tried scopolamine patches, which I've also been told work for some people.

What strikes me as odd, though, is that when I was younger, I used to get motion sickness when I tried to read in the car, but games had no effect on me. Now that I'm in my 30s, I don't get motion sickness in the car, but some games cause vertigo so fast that I have to quit in just 5-10 minutes!

Joe Siegler

06-14-2002, 01:29 PM

If you get these feelings from games, it generally means you're too close to the screen.

Give your eyes something to lock onto via peripheral vision, and it generally goes away from folks we've talked to about it. No guarantee for everyone, but backing up tends to help. images/icons/smile.gif

IronGolem

06-14-2002, 02:02 PM

Originally posted by Joe3DR:
If you get these feelings from games, it generally means you're too close to the screen.

Give your eyes something to lock onto via peripheral vision, and it generally goes away from folks we've talked to about it. No guarantee for everyone, but backing up tends to help. images/icons/smile.gif I can only sit as far away as my arms can comfortably reach. To sit any further away, I'd have to get stretched on the rack until my arms were about a foot longer and sit on the edge of the bed. Not very practical (and getting my arms stretched that way would be just a bit painful...) images/icons/wink.gif

Kotana64

06-14-2002, 11:50 PM

great game but it STILL feels like a wolfenstein clone...

Delphi Dude

06-17-2002, 09:24 AM

I recently dug up some old pascal source and recompiled 'Rand ROTT Shell'. It's basically a GUI for RandROTT.

Get it here (http://www.delphidude.com/personal/utilities/games/files/rrshell.zip).

JR Ewing

06-18-2002, 11:19 PM

Hey, when I was reading this thread I thought it was posted only a short few days ago, then I realized how old it was, lol. I thought ROTT was and still is an awesome game. I just recently reinstalled it on both of our computers to try out our new network and me and my sister blow each other to pieces (suprisingly she's actually pretty good images/icons/wink.gif ). There's nothing bad about it in my opinion. Yeah ofcourse its outdated, but that doesn't make the game bad in any way. Its just a great game, lol thats all I can say.

Interesting how people actually suffer against this "vertigo" as we call it. I learned something new today. images/icons/wink.gif

Aaronlee97

06-19-2002, 02:23 PM

When I first played ROTT, I thought it was pretty good. The only reason why I really didn't get into it is because I was accustomed to the higher resolution graphics of Duke 3D and could barely see in the game.

Crezzy_man

06-22-2002, 01:05 PM

"Rocky Plateau" is still one of the best FPS levels ever made. Especially when combined with Lee's genius music (Cccool in this case), it's the level I keep on playing over and over again.

And that's my 2 cents. Nothing too much.

[ 06-22-2002, 03:19 PM: Message edited by: Crezzy_man ]

Ninja

06-24-2002, 06:04 AM

Originally posted by Joe3DR:
I disagree - I still think ROTT is fun, and despite the opinions of some here, could still be a viable franchise.

However, it won't happen. I've always said if I won the lottery and came into a LOT of money, I'd start up my own company and license the rights to ROTT from Scott & George and revive it myself.What would you call your company?

Or, in order to raise revenue you could merely start up a porn site and watch the money roll in images/icons/tongue.gif

My idea sounds corny, but it might actually work graemlins/hhg.gif

Rogue

06-26-2002, 12:10 AM

Rise of the Triad...what a great game! I still play it today (and still regret not getting the full version). I've been playing the Shareware version over and over again for years because my povo parents won't let me get the full version...and I'm not sure if you still can.

ROTT is like Commander Keen...it can never die.

Guest

06-26-2002, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by Rogue:
...won't let me get the full version...and I'm not sure if you still can.Expect Joe to point you towards the 3dR online store on the upperleft corner of the screen images/icons/grin.gif

Flaose

06-26-2002, 04:39 PM

Better yet, go here (http://store.yahoo.com/3drealms/riseoftriad.html).

[ 06-26-2002, 04:39 PM: Message edited by: Flaose ]

rottlives

08-14-2002, 01:21 AM

Rise of the Triad needs to be started again. If not a new game, at least new levels released by Apogee. Please?

PlayfulPuppy

08-14-2002, 06:32 AM

Doubt that's gonna happen, apparently George is using the old "I dont want to" routine.

I'd be happy to make an updated, hell, even GBA version, but 3DR is picky about what happens to their IP, and we cant afford a licence even if they WOULD let us do something with it.

Ah well.

Guest

08-15-2002, 11:01 AM

I don't think GeorgeB is the bad guy in this case, you can't expect a company, any company, to start working on updates and new levels for a game this old.
A sequel, either in company or given to a third party is another thing, and I truly hope that one day we'll see one, but it's look like deep in the Not Gonna Happen territory.
I'd be happy to make an updated, hell, even GBA versionFor the love of all that is good and holy, no. ROTT shouldn't suffer the same fate as DOOM and Wolf3d, and get a degrading "we're only in this for the money" port to the GBA.