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Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2023

Should you play it?

The HUNT Returns... AGAIN! Play the original Cult Classic '90s FPS remastered in 4K Ultrawide with UNLIMITED frame rates, RESTORED content, NEW episodes, a LEVEL EDITOR, online MULTIPLAYER, LUDICROUS gameplay options and MORE. Make 'em EAT LEAD or they'll bury you in a lunchbox!

What works

  • Comprehensive remaster with all expansions and new content
  • Extensive customization and quality of life improvements
  • Level editor and workshop support for creativity
  • Strong nostalgic and quirky charm
  • Excellent soundtrack options

Things to keep in mind

  • Maze-like level design can be frustrating
  • Limited weapon variety and bullet sponge enemies
  • Some multiplayer modes missing or underpopulated
  • Occasional bugs and minor technical issues
  • Not suited for players seeking modern fps mechanics

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Quake II

  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

  • Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour

  • It Has My Face

  • Classic Marathon Infinity

  • Heretic + Hexen

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition but with less of a community feel

  • Project Warlock II

  • DOOM 64

  • Beyond Citadel

  • I Am Sakuya: Touhou FPS Game

  • Turok

  • Ion Fury

Less competitive

Games that feels like Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition but with less competition against others

  • Hands of Necromancy

  • Killing Time: Resurrected

  • Hedon Bloodrite

  • Brigand: Oaxaca

  • Strife: Veteran Edition

  • HeXen II

Less expressive

Games that feels like Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition but with less self-expression and customization

  • Chasm: The Rift

  • DUSK

  • Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter

  • Outlaws + A Handful of Missions (Classic, 1997)

  • Blood™ Fresh Supply

  • Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Blood™ Fresh Supply

  • Blood: Refreshed Supply™

  • Strife: Veteran Edition

  • Forsaken Remastered

  • System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

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How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026