Now I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the best and most creative part of ROTT: the insane power-ups. I know they could have been better because each of the four episodes ends with a fun and challenging boss fight that makes you realize how fast and fun the game can be. I wish more effort had been placed into creating these minion baddies. There are about half-a-dozen limited use missile weapons and they are all great and it’s always a thrill to pick one up and start blasting away. Most of the time you are just mowing down everything with your infinite ammo machine gun (which sounds like an outboard motor). The actual shootouts are a bit repetitive due to simple enemy A.I. I’ll admit that my love for this game is mostly nostalgia. Of course the biggest innovation of this game was its excessive gore! It’s where the term gibs originated, which describes the flying body parts when an enemy is exploded.
The bulk of the gameplay is learning to navigate the various mazes of platforms, secret touch plates, deadly traps, and moving walls. There are raised catwalks, hovering platforms, and bouncy jump pads. But, on the positive side, the engine allows for the use of a lot of vertical space and overlap. The map designs are somewhat limited because they are restricted to an orthogonal grid layout. In fact, it started its development as a follow up to Wolf3D but eventually became its own thing. Rise of the Triad is a first-generation FPS that technologically sits somewhere between Wolfenstein 3-D and Doom.
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