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God I miss Doom. To me, the pinnacle of FPS games. Pick an episode, pick a difficulty, and literally 3 seconds later you've blasted somebody in the face. And t
by PopsiclePete 12y ago
God I miss Doom. To me, the pinnacle of FPS games.
Pick an episode, pick a difficulty, and literally 3 seconds later you've blasted somebody in the face. And the music. Phenomenal. Why is everything orchestral now?
It was a game. Not a semi-interactive movie. You could play it for 30 minutes or 3 hours, didn't matter. Dozens of enemies on screen, shooting you, insane fun.
What did we arrive at? Overly-dramatic, Michael-Bay-inspired "Saving private Ryan"-wannabe's with "realism" and "grit" and a 50 minute intro, with 5-minute levels, separated by 5-minute cut-scenes....ugh.
I would, immediately, pay $60 for a game like Doom, with retouched graphics, Fast-paced, fast-moving, maze-like levels you have to actually explore, with secrets (yes, I know it's not realistic) and just dozens of baddies you can blast to smithereens. And when you die, get this - you respawn in 3 seconds or less. No dying animation, no "Loading..." screen.
$60, right now.
- debt 12y agoI have the exact same feeling about Quake 2. I have a feeling many people feel this way about many different id games. I really felt part of the when playing Q2 in a dark room when I younger. The music and the general dark art direction sucked me in.
- bane 12y agoYou should probably check out the Serious Sam games. No real plot, just run and gun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmIzCztjSRQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmIzCztjSRQ
- miah_ 12y ago+1 Excellent recommendation; I picked up a few Serious Sam games back in the day and they are totally new 'Dooms'. IIRC the "plot" involves time travel, aliens, and how fast you can shoot them. Loads of fun, pretty difficult, decent 3d graphics, none of that other bullshit.
- chunkstuntman 12y agoPainkiller is based along similar lines but retains Doom's darker demonic palette whereas Serious Sam is very light-hearted and colorful. A number of people have mentioned that it is essentially what Doom 3 would have been if ID hadn't changed the series' genre to horror rather than staying an action shooter.
- nailer 12y agoPainkiller trailer, for anyone else interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jwF5oQx_p0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jwF5oQx_p0
- IB885588 12y agoI've recently installed the Doomsday Engine (http://dengine.net/ http://dengine.net/) on my Mac and have been replaying through Doom and Doom 2. I also invited a friend over so we can play some COOP and deathmatch games. Still one of the most fun games ever.
- __david__ 12y agoHear, hear! I replayed the old Dooms (< 3) a few years ago using Doomsday and was surprised at how fun they still were. I was afraid they'd be outdated and boring, but they really seem to tick off all the right boxes in terms of fun gameplay. I still think Quake 1 is a lot of fun, too.
- erbo 12y agoDOOM was really easy to understand: "If it moves, shoot it. If it doesn't move, shoot it anyway."