I can't believe the sacred doom II only got a score of 3! It absorbed way too many hours and was the first game I actually played on a network. Fond memories of blowing the BOFH sysadmins head off with that shotgun.. The only thing about it that wasn't so good was the lack of mouselook, though that was an innovation I don't think any games of the time had - correct me please if I'm wrong, my memory isn't great - and also the lack of plot. What does it cost to hire a sci-fi writer for a week to come up with a plot for you? I can tell you, peanuts! Come to think of it the ending was utterly rubbish too, especially considering how much RSI you'd suffered blasting your way through the huge and seemingly endless levels.
Anyway, I must admit to being totally biased about this game because I spent an ungodly amount of time making levels for it which was absolutely addictive. Sad though it is I must admit I still boot them up from time to time to enjoy the sheer pleasure of gunning my way through a nazi camp full of SS officers and zombies!
That revenant was a scary beast though, anyone nearly brown their trousers the first time that thing ran at you? My personal horror moment was the level where you went up a lift and there was a button and all you could hear was this mad moaning all around you and you just knew, absolutely and without doubt, that the moment you pressed it something really horrific was going to happen. As it turned out the platform dropped and you ended up in a pit full of those horrible pink grunting things with nothing but a chainsaw and a few rounds of ammo to protect yourself!
Seriously guys, 3 for that kind of gaming pleasure? At least a 4 surely!
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