Doom 2015

Bloomfield said:
Never understood why people associate the old Dooms with the horror genre, they're just games where you kill a load of monsters IMO.

Doom 3 was terrible because it tried the horror thing (maybe it was just because of the flashlight thing).

If this is just killing a bunch of monsters it could be pretty good.



Playstation 1? :confused:
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A lot think Doom 3 was a good game. The main complaint at the time iirc was that it was too dark and people didnt like having to switch between the flashlight or a weapon, which was changed in BFG edition. The reviews on steam are very positive and it has 87% metacritic, so hardly terrible. It's one of my favourite games I have played on PC.

I dont think at the time they made doom 1 and 2 they could really make it any more of a horror game, there's only so much they can do with the gfx. The rock soundtrack didnt help, but apparently there's a much more horror style soundtrack used on the psx version. If you just want to shoot monsters without the horror there is serious sam :p
 
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Well I'm hoping for BETA access as I registered for it when I bought "Wolfenstien : The New Order".

Got to say it looks very good ;)
 
I hated Doom 3 because of the stupid flashlight thing they put it but you could remove that with a mod called DuctTape which basically taped your torch to your gun :)

I'm not massively impressed with the new one except for maybe the level builder built in to the game which I must admit is pretty damn cool! Overall though not expecting anything massive and frankly they should have tried to break new ground (somehow) with this just like Doom did back in the day.

Stoner81.
 
i see about Doom, in this months PC gamer magazine..
i sure hope it gets launched fine, and is well worth the wait..
had plenty of years to catch up on :D

i enjoyed Doom 3.. especially with graphics mods :D
its looked the dogs danglies..
 
Mark A said:
A lot think Doom 3 was a good game. The main complaint at the time iirc was that it was too dark and people didnt like having to switch between the flashlight or a weapon, which was changed in BFG edition. The reviews on steam are very positive and it has 87% metacritic, so hardly terrible. It's one of my favourite games I have played on PC.

I dont think at the time they made doom 1 and 2 they could really make it any more of a horror game, there's only so much they can do with the gfx. The rock soundtrack didnt help, but apparently there's a much more horror style soundtrack used on the psx version. If you just want to shoot monsters without the horror there is serious sam :p
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I think D3 is underrated. It is one of my favourite games. The flashlight thing is a mechanic used to create tension but I agree, a marine in a base like that would have used duct tape and cable ties or something to make life easier.

That said, I never minded the flashlight thing.

Doom II had a more horror orientated soundtrack from memory. I would love to see them remake the Doom / Doom II levels on a modern engine ala classic doom mod. They had a certain charm and with a bit of artistic licence in a new engine could be really special.

Bloomfield said:
Playstation 1? :confused:
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Some people only first experienced doom on PS1, and to be fair it was a brilliant edition including levels from Doom and Doom II and it had reworked sound effects which were far more meaty (IE the chaingun!).
 
Seanspeed said:
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you make some excellent points, plus im glad I am not the only one who looks back on the days whena horror wasnt all Kill Kill. There are few recent games that cater to that style. Such as the first dead space, also I heard alien isolation had its moments and pulled off fear very well. As a reviewer once said, yahtzee crawshaw is his name, AAA developers are too tempted to put the money on the screen instead of creating suspense and thrill.

but after reading your comment I will keep an eye out and see how things look later, I will just have to open my original Doom box and give it a whirl at some point on the playstation. Your right, they may retain a need for cautious movement and actually get the blood pumping because im afraid to go round the next corner for fear of getting a close up of my own intestines right after I crap myself XD.

But I am seeing that the horror genre is becoming less scary and more action. Im all for blood and guts, but I see a good horror as a game where a normal human (like me) is forced to face these horrible creatures, with limited ammo, no extra strength etc, the melee kills in the video look nice but seem to kill the eerie atmosphere and replace it with a man with super strength (likely endowed via his suit like dead space) but the original dead space was scary because it surprised you all the time, sometimes with an unexpected attack and sometimes when you were really careful and then theres abslutely nothing there, plus they took the limited ammo aspect of things and made you think hard about how to go through the next area. Theres nothing like an eerie game where you are forced to higher levels of fear bacause your facing a 10 ft monster and you realise you only have one bullet left.:eek:



BuffetSlayer said:
I think D3 is underrated. It is one of my favourite games. The flashlight thing is a mechanic used to create tension but I agree, a marine in a base like that would have used duct tape and cable ties or something to make life easier.

That said, I never minded the flashlight thing.

Doom II had a more horror orientated soundtrack from memory. I would love to see them remake the Doom / Doom II levels on a modern engine ala classic doom mod. They had a certain charm and with a bit of artistic licence in a new engine could be really special.



Some people only first experienced doom on PS1, and to be fair it was a brilliant edition including levels from Doom and Doom II and it had reworked sound effects which were far more meaty (IE the chaingun!).
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I was one of those, I was disappointed to try the original doom on pc, the music was so upbeat, no eerie feeling, no atmosphere, just run run run, kill kill kill. Plus who can forget the opening theme when you put the disk in, that heavy guitar..... so good

 
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I am not impressed. One of the key points about the old Doom was that it rewarded intelligent play. You could get the monsters to fight each other. You could sneak round to an overlook, fire on one and wait for the carnage to finish. Or you could run rings around them then retire to a safe point while they killed each other. E2M8 anyone? This one, it seems that you cross a trigger point and monsters teleport in and you kill them. Boring.
 
I'm liking the look of that provided it plays well on my pc! I'd like to see some pc gameplay with mouse/keyboard for that twitchy movement.
 
Video from the OP is console video... can't expect to be excited by 5 year old PC hardware.

Hopefully they maintain their PC focus like they used to...
 
That video of the floppy drives doing that is incredible, how do people make the sound like that!?!?! Then I watched the linked video, and it's a printer doing it. Crazy. So cool.


Anywho... initial thoughts on that gameplay video, was it was really slow paced, I can only assume that was on a controller and not mouse and keyboard?
 
crinkleshoes said:
Video from the OP is console video... can't expect to be excited by 5 year old PC hardware.

Hopefully they maintain their PC focus like they used to...
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I did suspect a controller/ console feel. I hope they keep a PC focus to the game, I have seen far too many games go mainly console and they have put me off completely
 
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