I first encountered Rise of the Triad when accompanying my dad during a business trip. Obviously bored, the techs there offered to let me play 'Doom 2'. Doom 2 didn't exist at the time, but I figured it was the sequel. Turns out it was this game, but it made no difference as I loved every moment of it.
Returning was Tom Hall of Commander Keen fame. So despite Doom and Wolfenstin being gory serious games, he wasn't about to pass up his usual humor, so ROTT ended up being even more gory, but also even more silly. Originally it was supposed to be a followup to Castle Wolfenstein, but that didn't end up being the case.
Instead we got crazy jump pads, levitating pads, fighting monks and clunky robots, fire jets, roaming pillars, oatmeal health, energized baseball bats, and even a 'dog' mode to complement god mode.
Returning was Tom Hall of Commander Keen fame. So despite Doom and Wolfenstin being gory serious games, he wasn't about to pass up his usual humor, so ROTT ended up being even more gory, but also even more silly. Originally it was supposed to be a followup to Castle Wolfenstein, but that didn't end up being the case.
Instead we got crazy jump pads, levitating pads, fighting monks and clunky robots, fire jets, roaming pillars, oatmeal health, energized baseball bats, and even a 'dog' mode to complement god mode.
Now despite the silly elements, ROTT had quite a few innovations to the genre under its belt. Color coded multiplayer teams, multiplayer modes including Capture the Triad (and many more), rocket jumping, character classes, destructable environment, wider outdoor environments, etc...
I loved playing it, and even more once I was able to create new levels for it. I even tried playing multiplayer with a friend. We had to go over the phone line, but of course then had no other way to communicate. We spent a good few minutes trying to find each other, and once we met, we were both stunned at the technical achievement of seeing another real person in a game that usually was populated with AI. Then we tried to shoot and the game crash, and we couldn't get it working again.
I loved playing it, and even more once I was able to create new levels for it. I even tried playing multiplayer with a friend. We had to go over the phone line, but of course then had no other way to communicate. We spent a good few minutes trying to find each other, and once we met, we were both stunned at the technical achievement of seeing another real person in a game that usually was populated with AI. Then we tried to shoot and the game crash, and we couldn't get it working again.
