Doom 2 is awesome and legendary!

Completed it in the Doom 3 BFG Edition, took me 14 hours for both campaigns on Ultra Violence:
"Hell on Earth" and "No Rest For The Living".
Coincidentally same amount I spent on all 4 campaigns of Doom 1. The maps are just that meaty!

This Steam version offers the Enhanced Edition that has quality of life upgrades,
but I played the original 1994 version (the only one offered in BFG edition, wtf?)

Doom 2 is a direct continuation of Doom, in fact it should have been one whole game.
The sequel does not offer any tutorials and expects you to already know unwritten techniques like "side strafing" or you simply won't be able to progress.
The keys are now hidden in even more cryptic riddles which is just frustrating. But that is a sin of its times..

Doom 2 is the definitive retro Doom experience.
It added many more enemy types, some cool and challenging, some outright annoying. (damn Arch-viles!!!)


Literally thousands of maps were created for Doom 2.
But what I liked the most are the MODS!
"Ashes 2063" mod is why I decided to finally try out the retro Doom titles.
(Thanks to RagnarRox youtube video about the mod)
Ashes is a complete overhaul and does not even require the base game, you can just download it for free.

After finishing the game, don't yet jump into Doom 64 or Doom 3, instead check out the community.
Try out the popular maps and give mods a try.
There is 30 YEARS of content here!

Doom 1 is required reading--in my opinion, every gamer should beat the original 3 episodes of Doom 1. Meanwhile, I suppose everyone should at least try Doom II. Get as far into the game as you can handle, find out if it's right for you--but stop if you begin to find you can't handle much more. They made this one to really mess with fans of the first... and mess with me it did.

The foundation of classic Doom is solid, that remains a fact. But praising this game just because it introduces the super shotgun and some mainstay monsters feels like an act of blind devotion to me--those additions to Doom's iconography, immortal though they may be, cannot distract me from the fact that the fun was gradually being sucked out of the experience more and more by the level design as the game continued. They aren't ALL stinkers, but I won't be revisiting for full runs for a while. Momentum in Doom 1 never feels halted like it is plentifully in the back half of Doom II.

Still, I'm glad to have beaten this sequel. It really does feel like coming out on top against Hell itself this time.

DOOM II
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Sequel to one of the best FPS games ever made.
And oh boy, does it not dissapoint.

A great game and a great soundtrack !
Go hand in hand, create a fantastic experience.