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Doom: The Golden Souls 2 is another interesting free GZDoom game, taking some inspirations from Mario. Yes—really. It's the same developer behind the Castlevania: Simon's Destiny fan game.

Here's what the they said about it:

Doom : The Golden Souls 2 is the sequel of the groundbreaking mario styled hub-based mod, this time you'll travel through levels with a world map, unlocking new paths by reaching secret exits or by collecting big coins. You must retrieve 7 Golden Souls stolen by the Cyberdemon's minions in order to save the world... once again!

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To run it, you need GZDoom v3.4.1 at a minimum according to what the developer noted in the download.

Testing it out myself, it's actually not bad, somewhat amusing in fact. A little weird though, since you're fighting demons in a rather colourful setting with cheery music.

You can find the announcement post here on the ZDoom forum. Also on ModDB.

Hat tip to nate.

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Nezchan Jun 29, 2018
Does GZDoom have weird controls for everyone, or just me? I still haven't figured out how to aim at something above me, and it seemed to be set up as some sort of weird controller-keyboard hybrid.
mcphail Jun 29, 2018
That's just classic Doom controls. Rebind them to something more sensible and enable mouse look.
Cyril Jun 29, 2018
Quoting: leo640
Quoting: TcheyHi, i don't get how to play it.

$ gzdoom -file GoldenSouls2_1.0.pk3

GZDoom g3.4.1 - 2018-06-13 23:44:12 +0200 - SDL version
Compiled on Jun 16 2018

M_LoadDefaults: Load system defaults.
Cannot find a game IWAD (doom.wad, doom2.wad, heretic.wad, etc.).
Did you install GZDoom properly? You can do either of the following:

1. Place one or more of these wads in ~/.config/gzdoom/.
2. Edit your ~/.config/gzdoom/gzdoom.ini and add the directories of your
iwads to the list beneath [IWADSearch.Directories]
tchey@tchey-NEW ~/.config/gzdoom $ 

gzdoom said: Cannot find a game IWAD (doom.wad, doom2.wad, heretic.wad, etc.)

you need a wad file in order to play gzdoom with a mod, download freedoom.wad y then type the following:
$ gzdoom -iwad freedoom.wad -file GoldenSouls2_1.0.pk3

Yeah, you still need to buy a copy of Doom or Doom 2 to be able to play GZDoom and others mods with it.
I personally bought a copy of Doom on GOG and extracted the setup with innoextract to get the WAD file...
(PS: I didn't tried this mod)
leo640 Jun 29, 2018
Quoting: Cyril
Quoting: leo640
Quoting: TcheyHi, i don't get how to play it.

$ gzdoom -file GoldenSouls2_1.0.pk3

GZDoom g3.4.1 - 2018-06-13 23:44:12 +0200 - SDL version
Compiled on Jun 16 2018

M_LoadDefaults: Load system defaults.
Cannot find a game IWAD (doom.wad, doom2.wad, heretic.wad, etc.).
Did you install GZDoom properly? You can do either of the following:

1. Place one or more of these wads in ~/.config/gzdoom/.
2. Edit your ~/.config/gzdoom/gzdoom.ini and add the directories of your
iwads to the list beneath [IWADSearch.Directories]
tchey@tchey-NEW ~/.config/gzdoom $ 

gzdoom said: Cannot find a game IWAD (doom.wad, doom2.wad, heretic.wad, etc.)

you need a wad file in order to play gzdoom with a mod, download freedoom.wad y then type the following:
$ gzdoom -iwad freedoom.wad -file GoldenSouls2_1.0.pk3

Yeah, you still need to buy a copy of Doom or Doom 2 to be able to play GZDoom and others mods with it.
I personally bought a copy of Doom on GOG and extracted the setup with innoextract to get the WAD file...
(PS: I didn't tried this mod)

No, freedoom it's a replacement for doom2 and it's free, works with any mod
Tchey Jun 29, 2018
[quote=leo640][quote=Cyril]
Quoting: leo640
Quoting: TcheyHi, i don't get how to play it.

No, freedoom it's a replacement for doom2 and it's free, works with any mod

Did that, worked.

Thanks !
Cyril Jun 29, 2018
Quoting: leo640
Quoting: Cyril
Quoting: leo640
Quoting: TcheyHi, i don't get how to play it.

$ gzdoom -file GoldenSouls2_1.0.pk3

GZDoom g3.4.1 - 2018-06-13 23:44:12 +0200 - SDL version
Compiled on Jun 16 2018

M_LoadDefaults: Load system defaults.
Cannot find a game IWAD (doom.wad, doom2.wad, heretic.wad, etc.).
Did you install GZDoom properly? You can do either of the following:

1. Place one or more of these wads in ~/.config/gzdoom/.
2. Edit your ~/.config/gzdoom/gzdoom.ini and add the directories of your
iwads to the list beneath [IWADSearch.Directories]
tchey@tchey-NEW ~/.config/gzdoom $ 

gzdoom said: Cannot find a game IWAD (doom.wad, doom2.wad, heretic.wad, etc.)

you need a wad file in order to play gzdoom with a mod, download freedoom.wad y then type the following:
$ gzdoom -iwad freedoom.wad -file GoldenSouls2_1.0.pk3

Yeah, you still need to buy a copy of Doom or Doom 2 to be able to play GZDoom and others mods with it.
I personally bought a copy of Doom on GOG and extracted the setup with innoextract to get the WAD file...
(PS: I didn't tried this mod)

No, freedoom it's a replacement for doom2 and it's free, works with any mod

Oh, ok sorry and thanks for the tip. So the engine is free but not the original assets, right?
leo640 Jun 29, 2018
Quoting: Cyril
Quoting: leo640
Quoting: Cyril
Quoting: leo640
Quoting: TcheyHi, i don't get how to play it.

$ gzdoom -file GoldenSouls2_1.0.pk3

GZDoom g3.4.1 - 2018-06-13 23:44:12 +0200 - SDL version
Compiled on Jun 16 2018

M_LoadDefaults: Load system defaults.
Cannot find a game IWAD (doom.wad, doom2.wad, heretic.wad, etc.).
Did you install GZDoom properly? You can do either of the following:

1. Place one or more of these wads in ~/.config/gzdoom/.
2. Edit your ~/.config/gzdoom/gzdoom.ini and add the directories of your
iwads to the list beneath [IWADSearch.Directories]
tchey@tchey-NEW ~/.config/gzdoom $ 

gzdoom said: Cannot find a game IWAD (doom.wad, doom2.wad, heretic.wad, etc.)

you need a wad file in order to play gzdoom with a mod, download freedoom.wad y then type the following:
$ gzdoom -iwad freedoom.wad -file GoldenSouls2_1.0.pk3

Yeah, you still need to buy a copy of Doom or Doom 2 to be able to play GZDoom and others mods with it.
I personally bought a copy of Doom on GOG and extracted the setup with innoextract to get the WAD file...
(PS: I didn't tried this mod)

No, freedoom it's a replacement for doom2 and it's free, works with any mod

Oh, ok sorry and thanks for the tip. So the engine is free but not the original assets, right?

i dont know what assets mean, english is not my mother tongue. I took this from freedoom's site:

id Software released the source code to their classic game, Doom, under the GNU General Public License. This means that the program code that powers Doom is free; Freedoom complements this with free levels, artwork, sound effects and music to make a completely free game.

i hope this answers your question
PieOrCake Jun 30, 2018
leo640, "assets" are exactly what you just quoted from the freedoom site; levels, artwork, sound, music.
leo640 Jun 30, 2018
Quoting: PieOrCakeleo640, "assets" are exactly what you just quoted from the freedoom site; levels, artwork, sound, music.

Thanks! :)
Asu Jun 30, 2018
happy little cacodemons... haha nice.
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