History VideoGame / RiseOfTheTriad

* LudicrousGibs: Look at the page image. As mentioned above, this game is the TropeNamer, and for good reason. Exaggerated with Engine-Killing Gibs mode.

* ExcusePlot:
** When the game was retooled from a sequel to ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'', a new plot had to be cooked up in a hurry, and it most definitely was: An evil cult being funded by a movie company (!?) is going to blow up L.A. and you have to kill all of them to prevent it. And then the expansion's plot is that when you killed the BigBad, he rewound time so that the events of the main game never happened and you get to do the whole thing again, only now they '''sure''' know you're coming.

** An evil cult being funded by a movie company (!?) is going to blow up L.A. and you have to kill all of them to prevent it. And then the expansion's plot is that when you killed the BigBad, he rewound time so that the events of the main game never happened and you get to do the whole thing again, only now they '''sure''' know you're coming.

Unfortunately for Apogee, ''Rise of the Triad'' hit the streets over a year after Id Software (who formerly used Apogee as a publisher) had rewritten the PC gaming rulebook with ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''. Originally pitched as a sequel to ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'', ''ROTT'' was built using its UsefulNotes/GameEngine and, like its progenitor, only supported walls laid out on a square grid at 90-degree angles to each other. Although staircases and bridges could be built using floating platforms (and players could go both under and over a bridge, which you could not do in ''Doom''), the floor and ceiling heights throughout each level were fixed. Jumping was only possible through the use of fixed jump-pads. Next to ''Doom'', which featured walls at any angle, variable floor and ceiling heights, and dynamic lighting effects, ''ROTT'' looked dated. However, despite being graphically behind the times, it was still a damn fun game.

During [=3D=] Realms' "Realms Deep" event in September 2020, a remastered source port of the original ''ROTT'' by [=3D=] Realms and Destructive Creations was announced for a 2021 release on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, only for the remaster to be delayed without a release date. After two years of radio silence, the remaster was announced again during "Realms Deep 2022" as ''Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition'', this time being handled by Creator/NightdiveStudios and Creator/NewBloodInteractive. A Shareware Demo of the remaster was released on June 19, 2023, as part of Steam Next Fest, with the full game eventually being released a bit later on July 31 on PC. Much like Nightdive's other ports, ''Ludicrous Edition'' features all commercially-released episodes for the game, including ''The HUNT Begins'', ''Dark War'' and ''Extreme Rise of the Triad'', alongside a brand new episode titled ''The HUNT Continues'' and ''Doom'' mod ''Return of the Triad''. Other notable additions include 4K and ultrawide support, restored cut content (including alternate female versions of most basic enemy types), assorted optional quality-of-life improvements (reduced self-damage from explosives, adjusted [=MP40=] drop rate by high guards, and reduced health on Monks), a sound test with the option to switch between the original game's soundtrack and the 2013 remake, revamped online multiplayer and a new level editor.

* LoadingScreen: Has the camera pan across levels, superimposed by hints and trivia.

** Doug would have a similar appearance to Taradino.

* DualBoss: Although you only need to defeat one to finish the level. This applies to any other custom level with multiple bosses.
** The level "Krist Cross" in ''Extreme Rise Of The Triad'' makes you fight two Krists at once,
** ''NME Mine'' from the same add-on exaggerates it, making you fight against '''four''' '''[=NMEs=]'''. [[BulletHell Just try to dodge all the stuff that flies at you.]]

** The new episode "The HUNT Continues" included in the ''Ludicrous Edition'' once again has the team trying to hunt down the BigBad who [[BackFromTheDead returned from the dead]] to stop him for the third time.

* ExpressiveHealthBar: Not in the original game, but a remaster titled ''Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition'' has, among its HUD options, a numerical health counter with a progressively bloodier character portrait, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-5wTztCIt8 this]] WebVideo/Civvie11 review.

* SmolderingBoots: The GameOver screen has these, as seen in the image at the top.