Synthetic Deities | Desert Crypt | No Failure Run
12And thus, we've made entry to Heretic. Feel the smell of that new IWAD (and soon the bounties of its modding spheres). I feel a bit bad only checking out Synthetic Deities now, especially since it's been a thing all the way even during my early tenure into HDest. Last update (in the writing of this description) was about 2014. I guess I just wasn't into Heretic much those days, only breaking that glass recently with this particular entry.
Yes, for those who are wondering. This is essentially HDest if it was a Heretic mod. You might notice a lot of differences here compared to its bigger sibling, and that's pretty much because it wasn't as intensely updated. Could be for a variety of reasons, though I won't pry. Either way, the result is a mod that plays more like HDest's older versions. Not as well refined, though still atleast keeping with its core principles.
I could talk about all the features that are missing, but we'd be here all day, so I'll instead talk about what it has to make up for it. The Tome of Power is no longer a temporary 40-second powerup that juices all your weapons, but instead something to rip out and infuse into your weapons for 1 shot. It might not seem like much, but as you'll see in the run, even a single shot of the new weapons is not one to be trifled with.
Mods Used:
Heretic HQ Sounds: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?p=943610
Desert Crypt: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/heretic/d-f/descrypt
Synthetic Deities: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=45791
SDei Mirror: https://www.mediafire.com/file/ps8nu6srnd372bl/sd.pk7/file
Nash's Gore: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=46
Nash's Decals: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=46
Personal HDest Addons: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=43
Fullscreen Statusbar: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=46
Footsteps: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=105