Not really a DOOM game [review/opinion]

[DOFR]

But a great game nonetheless [clickbaiting 101]

So before we get to the part were everyone tells me that I've not played the original and don't know what DOOM is about if I think so, let me elaborate first.

New DOOM (SP) plays like an arena fps in its finest. It is punishing, it is fast, it is fun. You roam through the map freely searching for secrets barely encountering any enemies untill you get to a specific location (usually a large open area aka arena) were you are going to face a huge wave of hellish beasts that will crawl out of every hole and spawn right behind you. Keep moving, keep shooting, keep walking over demon corpses to pick up health and ammo - that is the only way you will survive. It is a breath of fresh air, just like the Shadow Warrior was a few years before. And though I love Shadow Warrior, I'm going to say that the way difficulty is done in DOOM feels much better (instead of bullet sponge enemies, you die as fast as a fireball hitting your face). New DOOM, is a great old-school game deserving of a 8/10 rating at very least with the only issue probably being the length and MP (but MP is a topic for another day).

With all that being, originals were nothing like that. And when I'm talking about originals I mean: Ultimate DOOM, DOOM 2, TNT Evilution, Plutonia Experiment and maybe even Heretic. Even whe you use KB+M in dooms of old you only need to switch the Fast Monsters on and it once again plays the same (or at least the feeling is the same). You install Brutal DOOM or Project Brutality? Great, everything changes. Reloads, weapons, enemies, gore... But it is still the same old DOOM. So why is that? The answer is simple - map design.

Many seem to neglect the effect of game design on gameplay and overall experience, but it is not the best way to go about it. Even DOOM 3 with few minor adjustments when played on original DOOM maps or maps done by people who know how to make a doom map (In Hell mode for example) plays like a great doom game. That is due to how map works and how enemies are allocated on the map. Old DOOMs were mazes (aside from few level obviously). They were big mazes filled with hazards and monsters around every corner. They were slowly draining your health and ammo. Secrets weren't just there as an easter eggs or leveling up system, they were the tools for your survival. Each map was its own game that you could play through starting with only a pistol in your hand. New DOOM? Not that at all. Once again, you find secrets without facing much danger, get to the area with monster and proceed to destroy the waves untill all of them are dead. Is it bad? Nope, it is fun and reminds of old school games (Quake, Serious Sam), but the DOOM is not one of these games.

It feels like, that after the critisism of DOOM 3 ID over compensated and went so far back from "horror maze with jump scares and not that much enemies" that it landed as far from dooms of old as DOOM 3, just on the other side. Is it more old-school, hell yeah. But once again not really a DOOM.

With all that being said. If you are a fan of arena SP shooter - go ahead and buy the game, as I did. It will be a blast, it will be fun, it will be hard (if you'll choose it to be). But I'm still going to wait and hope for there to be another game that will scratch that DOOM itch I have... Still there are new maps for Project Brutality being made every day, so I won't be suffering ^_^

Thank you for reading

[Orion1189]

引用自 VictallicA：

This is a new Doom game created with total respect for the past games in my opinion it has the atmosphere, feel, fun, fear many demon's secrets etc. In our time of gaming this I feel is a perfect reboot of the franchise. It could be bettter if it had full game coop but snap map may take care of that as well. I rarely have as much fun with a day one release triple AAA title as I did with this playing late into the night like I was a kid again. LOVE IT....

THIS. This game feels like a love letter to fans of the originals, and maybe even an apology of sorts for Doom 3 being so far from them. It does some things differently, and makes improvements to modernize it a bit, but the old games very clearly show through in this one for me. They particulalry nailed the visual design of Hell and most of the enemies. (The Cacodemon looks amazing, right down to the coloring.)

[z0di]

引用自 Xuhybrid：

Why can't you compare them? You presented no argument that proves they can't be compared.

Just MY opinion :)

[Xuhybrid]

Your opinion is that games released 20 years apart from each other can't be compared because... oh that's right. You didn't give a reason. Do you get my point?

[Xuhybrid]

引用自 Orion1189：

THIS. This game feels like a love letter to fans of the originals, and maybe even an apology of sorts for Doom 3 being so far from them. It does some things differently, and makes improvements to modernize it a bit, but the old games very clearly show through in this one for me. They particulalry nailed the visual design of Hell and most of the enemies. (The Cacodemon looks amazing, right down to the coloring.)

A love letter is a good way to describe it. I agree. I just hope the MP Beta didn't ruin it's reputation before it even had a chance to show people.

[Khar]

Its a doom game. It's just not -that- doom game that was made back in the day. If you wanted -that- doom game, you can totally go back to it ;P

[Neorest]

引用自 Xuhybrid：

I wonder if they'll ever relaunch a Heretic/Hexen game.

I would love to see a modern Heretic game.

[DOFR]

引用自 Khar：

Its a doom game. It's just not -that- doom game that was made back in the day. If you wanted -that- doom game, you can totally go back to it ;P

I get what you are trying to say with this, but my point is that it lacks exact things that made me love DOOM. I just really want there to be a new game with these exact things in it, therefor I'm voicing my opinion. I still enjoy the new DOOM, so it is not like I'm dismising it for being different.

P.S. I'm still playing the old DOOM xD

[DOFR]

引用自 An Old Sock：

引用自 Xuhybrid：

I wonder if they'll ever relaunch a Heretic/Hexen game.

I would love to see a modern Heretic game.

That would be awesome... Maybe a heretic game with multi-class mechanic from HexeN? The man can dream

[Pinchy]

引用自 Nasher：

It does lack the Doom atmosphere. Old Dooms were horror/action. This is purely action.

Map design is seriously lacking in all modern FPSs IMO. The originals Dooms had interesting maps. Doom 4's are a bit bland and generic, filled with the same stuff you see in all other games these days. Doom was all about the map design, that is what made it.

But we're talking about the old days, when games were made by gamers and people with imagination. Now they are made by salesmen and the finance department.

[Ted FF]

*sigh

Whatever you say, dood.
Whatever you say...

[Diarrhea Blaster]

I'm only on the 4th level but:

Level design is okay, secrets to find that aren't always easy, not linear either.

Game is closer to the original dooms than doom 3 by a LONG shot.

[>Mar-X-maN<]

引用自 Xuhybrid：

Why can't you compare them? You presented no argument that proves they can't be compared.

Go ahead and compare your 1990 top of the line mobile to a 2016 top of the line smartphone.

[tazamiga]

引用自 DOFR：

引用自 Nasher：

It does lack the Doom atmosphere. Old Dooms were horror/action. This is purely action.

I don't think they were horrors, but they indeed had a very tense/horror-like feel to them.

it was the horrorble graphics ;) , i get what you mean though .However it is still really fun.

[DOFR]

引用自 tazamiga：

引用自 DOFR：

I don't think they were horrors, but they indeed had a very tense/horror-like feel to them.

it was the horrorble graphics ;) , i get what you mean though .

xD Nice one

[z0di]

引用自 Khar：

Its a doom game. It's just not -that- doom game that was made back in the day. If you wanted -that- doom game, you can totally go back to it ;P

This is it, ty! :)