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Let's discuss: DOOM

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Let’s discuss the DOOM series. What is your favorite entry? Are there any moments or mechanics that stand out to you? What aspects of the games do you like most? What are areas that could be improved or don't work for you? Feel free to share any thoughts that come up, or react to other peoples comments. Let's get the conversation going!

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  • I have a huge collection of Doom games and merch - I'm a big id fan and bigger Romero fan.

    First thing people should do with an interest of the series is get a copy of Masters of Doom by David Kushner, absolutely brilliant read.

    Next, subscribe to some awesome Doomtubers like Zero Master, Civvie11, decino, and Coincident. Zero Master's stuff is generally commentary free but absolutely unbelievable, CV11's stuff is hilarious, decino explains the mechanics very well, and Coincident puts it all together in one facerocketing package.

    My only real claim to fame was writing the first FAQ for a Doom expansion, but it's nice to have contributed back to the community.

    I bought an Xbox 360 when I found out Doom was being re-released for it - I was already thinking about it when Alan Wake came out, but took a day off work and hooned Doom when it came out on the then-XBLA. I never really bothered with the Xbox One or Series S in the house either... until the Unity port came out. It's a system seller for me.

    It's the game I'd take on a desert island with me - partly because the feel of the game is just perfect to me, but you'd never get bored with the endless WADS for them - particularly when you use limit-removing ports.

    Outstanding game. 11/10 A+++++ would play again

  • Doom 2 just because of the Super Shotgun and: "oremor nhoj, em llik, tsum uoy, emag eht niw ot"

  • I love Doom 2, it's one of my favorite shooters in part to it's modding community. The official episodes are all fine and dandy, but some of the megawads people have made in the past truly elevate the game to a whole new level. Case in point, Eviternity 2 is absolutely amazing.

  • It's one of the most important game franchises of all time and I'm really glad that I experienced the original when it was new (well, I was a bit late to it, but time moved slower then), and at a time when it had a formative effect on my life.

    I was playing Doom 1/2 when I was 10-12 years old, at friends houses who had the right computer OS+specs to run it. I wouldn't say it was solely responsible for setting me on the path towards other adjacent media like horror movies, metal/punk music, etc but it was definitely an important stepping stone along the way.

    That said, I didn't spend too much time with it compared to other games. I was never very good at it, preferring instead to watch my friends play since they'd had more practice time. Over time we gravitated towards newer games, and my time with Doom was over for a while. (I was disappointed by Doom 3's gameplay, possibly exacerbated once again by my computer being underpowered for the technical requirements to enjoy it)

    Fast forward to 2020 and we're all in pandemic lockdown. So I fired up my ps4 and went looking for some "comfort games" to play - old stuff that I knew I'd enjoy and wouldn't break the bank. Sure enough, I found a cheap Doom bundle: Doom 1, 2, 2016, and Eternal. We're back, baby!

    I ended up beating the original gen and their available Unity port WADs (e.g. BTSX) on Ultra Violence, beat 2016 and Eternal on Nightmare (no ultra nightmare for me, though I did put in some honest attempts). And Ultra Violence for the Eternal DLCs also. I still will pop on Eternal for some casual slaughter - I really love the dynamic combat.

    Along the way I got interested in some Doomtubers as well- Zero Master to see, well, the master; but most importantly Decino who I still am playing catch-up with trying to get through all his content. My wife sees me watching his vids sometimes and "can't believe you're still watching Doom".

    So yea I'm a fan.

  • Doom 2 is my most favourite game, being Doom Eternal my second most favourite one. I've never played Doom 3, I've barely touched Doom 2016, and Doom is meh without the super shotgun or the pain elementals.

    Gzdoom is the source port I use to play Doom games. It has lots of configurations, you can use tons of mods, and freelook & no autoaim are a delight.

    By the way, I upload regularly Doom 2 videos on my HardLimit (Peertube) channel.

  • I've played the classics, 3, 2016, and Eternal, and honestly 2016 is my favorite. Eternal was good, but I felt that 2016 was a lot more straightforward with it's combat loop. I found it easier to loose myself in the shooter trance. I never felt like that in Eternal.

  • Doomguy is actually a post-doomer:

    He knows that the mega-corporations are evil and that the world's future is hopeless. He knows he isn't going to save anyone.

    But he keeps killing the demons, because it's simply the right thing to do. It's who he is. Why did he get sent to Mars in the first place? Because he spoke up about the injustices he witnessed in the Marines. And as every Marine knows, that's the worst possible thing you could do for your career trajectory.

    But doomguy doesn't care. Because doomguy doesn't believe in other Marines, in corporate bigwigs and other cultists, in the scientists naively working towards enslaving the galaxy, or in ignorami such as you or I. Doomguy has been liberated from the chains of hope.

    Now he lives a simple path, following his own dharma: Doomguy sees fucked up shit, and he fucks it up.

    A true role model for those seeking reason in a life bereft of hope. Doomguy teaches us how to find meaning in the process, rather than the outcome.

    Flowers can grow even in the most barren desert, and a Zen master can arise among even the most despondent. The demons cannot bear one with such control over the elements of their own faith and despair. And so, generation after generation, they taught their spawn to fear the coming of doomguy: The one who would overcome the trappings of hope and ego to selflessly deliver justice against his masters.

    Only one who would sacrifice it all could destroy it all - to pursue ruin as progress - and only one who truly spites the mortal coil can offer such a sacrifice. Doomguy is the best of us.

  • I loved Doom. But I remember playing Heretic a whole lot more. And even so, my favorite game on the engine is Strife.

    I kinda want more shooters like Doom or rather the Build engine era games. But Doom's design is still very much at the heart of those, they just have the nifty interactive things in the world like pool tables and toilets and such. I don't like the linearity of most SP shooters these days. I want to be dropped into a labyrinth and have to fight my way out. I want to actually need a map because I got lost.

  • Doom 3 is my favorite one to play when there's combat and its had some tweaks to the gunplay (like fixing the god-awful shotgun spread to be more normal, greatly reducing ammo amounts, and increasing armor effectiveness,) but if i want a really fun experience, I tend to do Doom 2, or Plutonia. The newer doom games don't have enough mobs spawning in, and a lot of the levels just feel like combat arenas, (less so in Eternal) instead of places to explore. I think a lot of people overlook the exploration of the og doom games and 3. I liked how demons could roam the halls in Doom 1 and 2, and it really made the levels feel a bit more sandboxy imo. Not to say Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal are bad games, certainly not! It's just a lot easier for me to sit down and play a few levels of doom 1 or 2 for 30 minutes or an hour, instead of getting invested in complex, more intense gameplay.

    Doom 1 and 2 typically relieve stress, though can be challenging, while in doom 2016 and eternal, i feel overwhelmed sometimes and kinda have a bad time cuz I need to focus too much, constantly switching weapons and whatnot. Sometimes i just wanna mow down a horde of zombiemen and imps with a chaingun or ssg.

  • My brother and I replayed a demo from a floppy over and over as kids,Doom 2016 is my favorite entry! If it had some of the combat changes from Eternal it would be a perfect game imo

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