Doom was pretty scary to me when it came out. You are looking at it with modern eyes. Those dark rooms were scary.
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The Original DOOM, DOOM II, And DOOM 3 Have All Surprise Launched On Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One [see threadmarks for FAQ]
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Doom was pretty scary to me when it came out. You are looking at it with modern eyes. Those dark rooms were scary.
Anybody who played Doom young and didn't soil themselves at the Baron of Hell's "NYAAAAAAH" scream as one popped up behind a door is a god-damn liar.
I didn't have time to be scared with that rocking soundtrack. Doom was always tongue and cheek until about the Playstation version and then Doom 64 which I like for different reasons.
The PSX version is so atmospheric, the soundtrack makes the game genuinely scary!
It's literally the classic HUD face but with 2019 technology
Please don't use these cheap internet fakes.
Here's the real screenshot:
Please don't use these cheap internet fakes.
Here's the real screenshot:
Please don't use these cheap internet fakes.
Here's the real screenshot:
In that case I like the fake one way better.
It's such a weird version too. There is a fucking Pain Elemental in e1m1. Gotta love it.
I've always seen the PSX version as the greatest Doom of all time, absolutely outstanding.
Still not patched? Just got the plat for Dragon Quest Builders 2 and was hoping to play this next, guess I'll play Crash instead.
Nah, wouldn't go that far. It does have a number of the usual console doom problems, like significantly simplified level geometry carried onward from the jaguar version, missing levels, enemies (no cybie, no spiderdemon)... the frame rate is playable but not exactly great as well.
It's a cool curiosity though, because of its ambience and general weirdness.
Nah, easily the greatest ever. Calling it a "curiosity" is doing it a total disservice!
Whoah. It's like I wrote this post. I think about that instruction booklet into all the time, and Doom 3 was my imagination turned into reality.
I fucking love that they get that detail just right in Doom 3. He does it in the intro and he does it here.
Sorry, any version of Doom where I can't save mid-level gets a "nah" from me bro.
Chopped up and gimped version that does not convey the original game nor vision is the greatest doom ever?
Why was Final Doom not a part of this? It's the same wad code as Ultimate and Final Doom. Has there been any reasoning? I bought Doom 1 and 2. I'm at Map 25 in Doom 2 and The Shores of Hell in Ultimate Doom.
i mean consoles are ass kissed like nowhere else on this forum, but a gimped and striped down game with poor framerate and shit controls thats a pale copy of the original is hardly the best one ever, wouldnt you say ?
Why?
It's clearly inferior in most respects.
Quake 2 on PSX is a wonder, however. Still amazed it looks & runs as well as it does.
Please don't use these cheap internet fakes.
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Great
It's a shame that we're probably never going to get a modern remaster with all the enhancements of the PS1 version like the vastly improved music and sound effects, and the coloured sectors. PC version just isn't on the same level.
Plutonia is fantastic though, once you vibe with its gameplay style. It's Doom distilled down to almost an arcade game. Probably the iwad I would most likely want to replay these days.
TNT has it's share of cool maps as well. Lot of dross too, unfortunately, but hey.
I bought this and hate how you can't remap the controls or modify them at all. The acceleration, deadzones, and feel is just off on Switch. Very disappointed.
You're right about the pc version. Its not even a version, thats the game. The original. Thats how it should look and play and sound. PSX "ehancements". lol. They should remaster the missing levels and reduced geometry and changed lighting that was there because the console was too weak, right
Wow, the resemblance is uncanny
Lol good pic, someone needs to shop the slayer holding a prototype DS now.
That DS looked better than the one they ended up releasing I was so bummed when I saw the final product.
Can't unsee Reggie Fils-AiméPlease don't use these cheap internet fakes.
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EDIT: lol, beaten
I'm hoping this is the reason it's taking so long. I'm aware certification is a thing, but surely for a publisher like Bethesda it wouldn't take much longer than a week to put out a patch that only gets rid of the login.
All I want is to play Doom on console without botched music, man, come on.
Do any of the doom 3 versions have co op? I loved the co op on original Xbox which was (afaik) at the time the only version to offer it.
I think there was only the Xbox release which added it. No other version had it afaik.
When you first boot up Doom Eternal, you'll be the Regginator now. I've made this real for you. Free DLC.
Eh. The music and sound effects in the PC version are barely better than place-holder assets for the awesome work that would eventually replace them in what became the PS1 version. PC version had some advantages due to hardware limitations of consoles, but aside from that, the PS1 version represents the way DOOM was meant to be as far as I'm concerned.
PS1 Doom is a good alternative put the only real way DOOM was supposed to be is how it is on PC.
Gonna have to ask you to pass me the brand of what you're smoking. It seems to be some hardcore stuff.
You're entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to mine. If you think that unfitting bad soft rock MIDI is better than a proper atmospheric soundtrack that actually fits the horror and story of the situation, and that stock asset sound effects are better than remastered ones with added effects, then that's fine by me, because that's just your opinion.
Also, my guess is that the PC version is how it is because the developers didn't have or weren't willing to put in the budget to make it better like the PS1 version until the game became a huge success, by which point it was already a done thing on PC. I honestly think most people who prefer the PC version only do so because it's the first one they played, and thus they have nostalgia for it.
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The music is iconic and amazing in the PC version. Far better than the PSX game.
Playing through Doom II now, haven't played past the first few levels in ages. It's interesting to see them try and create cities with the limited tech on hand, it also throws so many enemies at you now, which can be a fun challenge, although frustrating at times. I still quite like it, but it can get quite tedious trying to figure out where to go because of the level design. I was on level 13 Downtown for quite a while, ended up having to look up where to go, never had to do that on the original.
Is doom trilogy out on switch Web shop? I cant seem to find it.
Edit - found on Nintendo.co.uk but not the m.store.nintendo.co.uk, weird.
Edit - found on Nintendo.co.uk but not the m.store.nintendo.co.uk, weird.
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This guy knows what's up. The PSX version was the Doom they always wanted to make but couldn't at the time.