Doom 2 - Lockdown Survival with Limited Internet

[RichW9]

Doom 2 - Lockdown Survival with Limited Internet

I was recently given some help here with my iMac so thought I'd contribute back to the forum here. Over lockdown I didn't have broadband and was limited to 4G, which as many of you probably know is awful for online gaming! So long BF4 (((( So I set about the task of finding a cool offline game. Civilisation was the top of my list! But also I went back, and then forward, in time to DOOM 2.... For those unaware Brutal Doom (or Project Brutality) offers a great new Doom 2 experience for old school gamers!!

I've pretty much worked my way through most of the WADS over lockdown and now I'm back at the Hell on Earth Starter Pack which is a good place to start...

I'm currently running ZDL...

https://zdoom.org/wiki/ZDL

Like this...



My favourite WAD was probably Valiant.wad, it had a cool secret level which played The Final Countdown See 11:00 of this video (not modded Doom)...

Anyway if anyone here wants to get into Doom 2 again with the new (ish) brutal doom let me know and I can help you set it up if needed

 

[DEL 707]

I finished playing Doom 1 & 2 with Brutal Doom ages ago, but I still fire it up from time to time.

This thread has made me try out Project Brutality with the Maps of Chaos.

 

[RichW9]

I finished playing Doom 1 & 2 with Brutal Doom ages ago, but I still fire it up from time to time.

This thread has made me try out Project Brutality with the Maps of Chaos.

Nice, I prefer Brutal Doom as find it a bit more realistic, but Project Brutality has more options available. Glad someone enjoyed!

 

[PC777]

I replayed all the early Dooms last year using one of the standard update mods so still quite similar but had crisp visuals on 1440P widescreen.

They're all legitimately better than Doom 2016 IMO in terms of real survival horror atmosphere with more 'play it your way' type of pacing.

Not hating on Doom 2016 as I did complete it, but it had platforming and bright colour arena style combat when I wanted ultra gritty, arcade style with some real survival horror elements, just like Doom and Doom2.

They went too survival horror and serious with Doom 3 which I did still enjoy a lot, though that lacked some fast paced elements of earlier games, but now the current Dooms are too bright with bullet sponge enemies and arena style level design, for me at least.

Replayed Doom 64 recently as well, via the PC port, also still good and well worth playing today for that classic Doom style.