Rise of the Triad Returns, Press Release Includes The Word "Ludicrous" Twice

Rise of the Triad was always a weird game. It felt like the first-person shooter for people that got burned out on Doom's standard deathmatch. It was full of weapons that, at the time, seemed nonsensical, like drunk missiles and a "god mode" power-up that temporarily replaced your weapon with the ability to shoot homing fireballs out of your hand. It was full of ridiculous trampolines that gave the game a vertical element that you didn't see in most other early first-person shooters. It was fast-paced mayhem for fans of the genre that wanted something a little looser and weirder than the other shooters of its day. And now it's coming back.

This afternoon at QuakeCon, Apogee (which apparently still exists) announced that Rise of the Triad is coming back via an Unreal Engine 3-based first-person shooter heading for PC later this year. The studio behind the game is Interceptor Entertainment, a Denmark-based crew that was previously working on a non-commercial UE3 remake of Duke Nukem 3D. That game was put on hold on 2011.

Like the original game, the new ROTT will have five playable characters. Popular weapons and modes like shroom mode, dog mode, and "Excalibat" will return, as will the aforementioned drunk missiles and god mode. It will contain a single-player campaign as well as multiplayer mode, and the game will have Steam Workshop support to enable easy sharing of user-created levels and mods. From the looks of the screenshots, the weird little trampolines that were one of the hallmarks of ROTT's level design will make an appearance.

The game will also contain "full character and enemy dismemberment," which I expect means that the game will contain... ludicrous gibs. Of course it will. I mean, if you're not going to put that stuff in, you're not really making a new ROTT game at all, right?

Anyway, there isn't really a ton of info out there right now, but it'll be set up at QuakeCon for people who want to take the multiplayer for a spin, which officially makes this the first time in well over a decade that I've said "man, I should have gone to QuakeCon." QuakeCon opens today in Dallas and runs through the weekend. Since you're probably not there, well, here are a few screenshots of enemy soldiers getting blown into bits. Cool?

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I love triads!

EDIT: What! I never get these types of quests!

I came.

That's totally rad dog

please dont suck!

After all the talk a few weeks ago of ROTT ... now is even more of a reason to get this classic on a TNT soon!

So pumped! I loved the original. Drunken frickin missiles man!

Wow! I did not see this coming at all! I will be waiting in anticipation for this game.

Hype get!

Apparently this isn't Apogee Software of old (the one that used the 3D Realms name for a long time before implosion making DNF) as they spun it off a few years ago as a new company side-publisher to leverage the old 3DRealms IPs. At least this is how Wikipedia explains how these same guys are using the same name but aren't hiding from 2K lawyers looking to recoup those lost DNF funds.

I'm fucking ready! Gimme!

Glad they're giving it to competent developers right away instead of fucking around with it for 10 years first.

Wow, that's crazy. I totally forgot about this game. I actually had that game at some point in the 90s.

But do the developers have the incredible power needed?

fuck yeah

If I can't transform into a dog THEN NO SALE APOGEE.

Man, seriously though, I really hope this doesn't suck.

Yo just want to say I like that Jeff's written a few articles recently.

@Intelligent_Space_Man said:

Fuuuuck I miss that.

This is awesome but.... why?

I would buy the shit out of this.

@PokeIkzai said:

This is awesome but.... why?

Because first person shooters need some LUDICROUS GIBS and Republican bonuses for blowing shit up and Democrat bonuses for not using guns.

@PokeIkzai said:

This is awesome but.... why?

Because I will totally fucking buy this. :3

Here is a trailer:

@PokeIkzai said:

This is awesome but.... why?

Because Apogee decided to make my dreams come true on this day.

@ShaggE:

/highfive

Raptor: Call of the Shadows 2014?

I loved the original ROTT! I hope this one stands up.

The crazy moan sound of God mode, the charred bodies falling to the ground from the flamewall... wonderfully ludicrous. Though I'm guessing they won't have the insults the game made towards other players while you waiting for them to join the game so it would start, since, you know, you don't have to wait these days...

Is Tom Hall involved in any way?

This was one of my favorite games back in the day. But how is there any way that this revival won't suck?

I see it features fake Nazis.

i'm most pleased by Apogee apparently still being alive.

@RockyRaccoon37 said:

Because first person shooters need some LUDICROUS GIBS and Republican bonuses for blowing shit up and Democrat bonuses for not using guns.

I believe the Republican bonuses were for destroying all the plants and picking up all the guns on a level, while the Democrat ones were for picking up all the health and using all the "shrooms" items.

those screenshots are really ugly. looks like the most recent Wolfenstein.

As long as it has gibs then I'm in.

Fucking siiiiiiiiiiiiiick

Well watched the trailer..... this looks just as awful as Duke Nukem Forever....

I will purchase this under the sole condition that I get to hear the Apogee theme whenever I load it up.

EDIT: Just watched trailer. Sold before the gameplay even happened.

Awesome. I'm actually heading out to QuakeCon this year because of Idle Thumbs panel. I was thinking that while I was out there I might get a chance to see Dishonored and, maybe, some Borderlands 2. I'll have to add this to the list.

Is dog-mode confirmed

So I sure hope this is fun because those screenshots and the trailer look terrible

That's madness! I wouldn't have pegged that in... ever.

Also, those screenshots have that weird quality where the attention to detail is great (fingernails, veins and tendons visible beneath skin), but they still look like crap. They are stills, though.

Dose this mean that ID has given up making engines?

@BlackLagoon said:

@RockyRaccoon37 said:

Because first person shooters need some LUDICROUS GIBS and Republican bonuses for blowing shit up and Democrat bonuses for not using guns.

I believe the Republican bonuses were for destroying all the plants and picking up all the guns on a level, while the Democrat ones were for picking up all the health and using all the "shrooms" items.

I believe you are an asshole for being correct and making me look like a fool.

This is just weird and awesome at the same time.

New ROTT? Fuck yeah!

Apogee still exists? What?

It's made by some guys from my home country I've never heard of? OK.

edit: seeing that Apogee logo has made me nostalgic for the days of shareware

FUCK YES ROTT!!

"Get a 486!"

Praise the Sun!

@Artigkar said:

Here is a trailer:

Don't get me wrong, I'm super pumped, but christ does this trailer sound awful. I hope that isn't production sound