After an on-and-off development phase of 3 years together with Nash Muhandes, Blue Shadow and Ozymandias81, we are proud to present you the long-awaited remaster of one the most prominent Realm667 classics: The City of the Damned 2 - Apocalypse. This is not just a visual facelift but an extensive overhaul. So what can you expect from this team-effort?
- Improved progression and modern-style game design
- Combat tweaks with punchier weapons
- Bespoke(tm) gore effects by Nash Muhandes, made specifically for TCOTD2
- A journal to keep track of your objectives, as well any letters you've found
- A new, custom font to improve readability
- New areas to discover (city cistern, camping site, swamp)
- Expanded areas (new rooms in buildings, new shortcuts to avoid backtracking)
- New puzzles and quests
- A new item to help you anticipate the impending nightmares
- Unique ammo types for all weapons
- Fully localized text (available in english, german and italian)
- Improved user interface for reading letters
- Improved grammar and language
- High resolution letter images just for the sake of style
- Revamped monster cast (improved enemies, new enemies)
- Final boss variants depending on whether you choose the Path of Doom or the Road of Blood
- New final boss battle music
- New fullscreen HUD and a slightly customized alt HUD
- Improved player/actor scaling for fitting proportions
- Improved exclamation marks for quest objects and letters
- Judicious use of shaders for some sprites, and post processing
- Toggle-able fog and snow effects
- Optional weapon sway and strafe-tilting
- Voxels for some static decorations
- Converted most doors into Polyobjects for increased realism
- Faux volumetric lighting effects
- Displacement maps
- Widescreen support (21:9)
- Animated TITLEMAP instead of a static graphic
- Full color sprites and textures (no longer restricted to the Doom palette)
- Actor optimization and massive scripting cleanup
- Full coop support (GZDoom P2P multiplayer only; NOT Zandronum)
- Special: Finally you can visit the barn from the original TITLEPIC ;)
No matter if you have played the classic back in 2007 or if you are totally new to The City of the Damned 2 - Apocalypse, it's worth playing both ways. Check out the project page for more info and enjoy the remaster as much as we have enjoyed it revisiting it for you.
