October is Skeleton Appreciation Month, and few folks admire skeletons fairly as a lot as Doom modder Marphy Black. Through his mastery of Agitating Skeletons, he has posed deep philosophical problems, made us contemplate infinity and generally just punch a whole lot of skellingtons. His newest is probably the most fiendish by far – he’s most likely going to make some poor Twitch streamer hate Doom, as a result of that is mainly Desert Bus, however extra evil. You most likely shouldn’t play Revenant Bus, however you’re not going to hearken to me, are you? Below, a warning in trailer type.
Imagine Desert Bus, however worse. A twenty 4 hour journey trough the featureless, 2.5d deserts of hell – such is the torment the Bus Slayer should endure. Worse nonetheless, each seven seconds an indignant Revenant teleports onto your bus. The excellent news is that they don’t randomly hearth homing missiles, simply punch. The unhealthy information is which you can solely punch in return. It’s merciless, it’s uncommon, and it’s a transparent and loving riff off the classic Penn & Teller joke-game and beloved charity fundraiser. The bus doesn’t pull barely to 1 facet, however the everlasting skeleton invasion is (arguably) worse.
Because that is Doom and secrets and techniques are a factor, there’s a approach to full Revenant Bus quicker. It’s additionally very hidden, very silly and completely value attempting to find, as a result of there’s one legit nice joke in there. I reiterate that no one ought to significantly attempt to beat Revenant Bus correctly, however I’m positive that somebody will strive, and I hope for his or her sake they’re going to have folks donate to charity to maintain the try going.
There have been Doom stream challenges earlier than. Recently, Monolith founder Jace Hall set up a co-op Doom server operating a murderously unfair cocktail of mods, difficult the general public to combat their approach to the tip and declare a $1000 prize. The meatgrinder was streamed dwell and is recorded on his Twitch channel. Over every week later, one group won, though solely after a whole bunch of others had been flattened. I’ve additionally seen it posited that Okuplok’s notoriously unnamed level here was designed for streamers to problem (and fail at), as even a tool-assisted run takes hours.
You can grab Revenant Bus here on Doomworld. You’ll want Doom 2 and any trendy supply port (I like to recommend GZDoom, however any ought to work) to play.
