DOOM THREAD

[DrunkGecko]

Doom Eternal is one of my top 10 games

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Doom Eternal is one of my top 10 games

Good to know.

But personally, as much as I enjoyed the game I'm not sure I'd put it in my personal top 5 FPS.

 

[Lokgamer]

Doom fucking rules!!!! even I don't like eternal and doom 3, the good dooms (1,2 and 2016) are violent master pieces!!!

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

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[NardoBoom]

DOOM has no bad games.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

DOOM has no bad games.

*Ahem*

Doom Resurrection

Mighty Doom

 

[NardoBoom]

*Ahem*

Doom Resurrection
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Mighty Doom
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I'm talking about the mainline doom games

 

[trickybus]

Still can't believe DOOM Eternal came out the same time as Animal Crossing New Horizons! o.o That was the OG Barbenheimer!

First post and no one followed up yet?!

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I'm talking about the mainline doom games

My bad then.

But even Doom 3 and The Dark Ages are fine?

 

[NardoBoom]

My bad then.

But even Doom 3 and The Dark Ages are fine?

I like DOOM 3, i know its different but it's still a decent game. The Dark Ages is awesome, i don't get the hate at all.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I like DOOM 3, i know its different but it's still a decent game. The Dark Ages is awesome, i don't get the hate at all.

I personally see Doom 3 as a separate franchise. The only things it shares with Doom is the name.

As for the Dark Ages I'm simply not fan of the parry system, that you have less air movements than 2016/Eternal and that they're overdoing with cutscenes when Doom isn't about story.

I could also argue that the price is too high.

 

[NardoBoom]

I personally see Doom 3 as a separate franchise. The only things it shares with Doom is the name.

As for the Dark Ages I'm simply not fan of the parry system, that you have less air movements than 2016/Eternal and that they're overdoing with cutscenes when Doom isn't about story.

I could also argue that the price is too high.

Yeah the price is high but i bought it on fanatical for 58 so i didn't pay full price. I think the game feels more classic and similar to the old doom games aside from the parry system and i love that it's not eternal part 2. I love that this doom trilogy consists of 3 completely different games because AAA games are mostly the game style, big open world generic games.

 

[Nidstang]

I made a new Youtube review. It's been 2 years or so

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Yeah the price is high but i bought it on fanatical for 58 so i didn't pay full price. I think the game feels more classic and similar to the old doom games aside from the parry system and i love that it's not eternal part 2. I love that this doom trilogy consists of 3 completely different games because AAA games are mostly the game style, big open world generic games.

I'll be honest, seeing how The Dark Ages is seen as inferior to 2016 and Eternal I would rather wait until it is at <= 40.00...

On the other hand I got a bajilion of good Megawads to try for classic Doom on DSDA, I have Legacy of Rust and the Doom 64 bonus map pack linking this game to 2016 (and to an extent Dark Ages).

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I still love Go 2 it from Plutonia. It's probably the first official slaughter map.

 

[maltra]

I personally see Doom 3 as a separate franchise. The only things it shares with Doom is the name.

As for the Dark Ages I'm simply not fan of the parry system, that you have less air movements than 2016/Eternal and that they're overdoing with cutscenes when Doom isn't about story.

I could also argue that the price is too high.

Doom (or at least Doom I) was intended to be as much of a horror game as it was intended to be an action game.

Doom III focuses more on the horror while Nu-Doom focuses more on the action, in that sense, you can say both reimaginings of Doom have as much yet as little to do with the original vision.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Doom (or at least Doom I) was intended to be as much of a horror game as it was intended to be an action game.

Intended or not the ultimate product is still a fast paced game.

Even PSX Doom which was slower and more horror focused still felt more dynamic than the cheap jumpscare corridor simulator that Doom 3 was...

Doom III focuses more on the horror while Nu-Doom focuses more on the action, in that sense, you can say both reimaginings of Doom have as much yet as little to do with the original vision.

Doom 2016 is also the actual sequel to Doom I/II/64 whereas Doom 3 was a reboot.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

It's not Doom per se but for the current Quakecon they've finally remastered Heretic and Hexen

 

[Varyag]

Oh hell yeah! I've been following it, and since I already had both games on GoG, I got it for free! I'm gonna play them later tonight maybe. Same kind of modern port as their latest Doom release so it's gonna be great all around.

have the obligatory review video

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Actually, speaking of it, it's funny that these remakes came out just now, while I'm in a moment of interest on oldschool tabletop RPGs. As we know, both Doom and Quake were strongly inspired by D&D sessions that the idSoftware guys played back in the day, and this retroactively feeds into the oldschool fantastical feeling I'm having recently. Which both makes me want to replay these boomshoots, play some of the new ones like Amid Evil and Wrath, but also to take elements from them into my own pen and paper RPG activities.

 

[Potapota]

I mean, there really already is no shortage of modernized engines to run heretic+hexen on but this was still a decent surprise. Comes with new episodes (expansions?) for both games even.
I know this might be a bit nitpicky with the original midi and fm synth options there, but I really don't think Andrew Hulshult was the right choice to remake the soundtrack of these. It just sounds a bit off.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

It's not Doom but I've tried Catacombs 3-D and while I sensed the DNA basis for Wolfenstein 3D I kinda wish to see a sourceport or any form of modernisation

 

[Nidstang]

It's not Doom but I've tried Catacombs 3-D and while I sensed the DNA basis for Wolfenstein 3D I kinda wish to see a sourceport or any form of modernisation
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Looks like there are two source ports. CatacombGL and ReflectionHLE

 

[Kamako]

I still love Go 2 it from Plutonia. It's probably the first official slaughter map.

Agreed. One of the best DOOM maps ever imo. Many have surpassed it in terms of sheer numbers, but back in 199X, this was for the hardest of the hardcore (outside of stuff like NUTS.WAD)

Slam Dance with the Sun God from BTSX episode II (I think?) is a great modern slaughter map too though, I think, once you get past the rocky intro.