Doom

aka: DOOM95, Doom: Evil Unleashed
Moby ID: 1068

DOS version

Doom. Doom! DOOOOOOM!

The Good
Doom! It's Doom, mate! The game that changed the face of the world, the game whose release was more important to the computer game industry than any game before or after! It's Doom!

What's not to love about doom?

  • The graphics. To say that they were revolutionary at the time is a wee bit of an understatement. Doom's graphics were, to say the least, top notch at the time, and to say a bit more: AMAZING! I got this game on a few disks someone gave me to copy another game on. I then decided to check it out, and to my amazement I encountered the game that will change my life forever. It astounded me - the level of graphics on my miserable 386 was something I've never, ever witnessed before. It shocked me even more than The 7th Guest. It was amazing. And I still find that the atmosphere in this game, the paranoid, claustrophobic textures and monsters that can still give me a heart attack in a gaming session late at night amaze me just as much today.
  • Revolutionary raycasting engine that changed the industry's perception of 3D games forever.
  • The music! Doom has among the best MIDI soundtracks to date, and definitely the best music in a first person shooter ever. It fits the game like a glove: usually quiet, spooky and claustrophobic, it entices fear in the heart of a player just where it counts. And it's damn well written too.
  • The levels! The levels are just SO well designed, only surpassed by the masterpieces in Doom 2.

What more can you ask?!

The Bad
Nothing. Doom is perfect.I wouldn't change even a bit.

The Bottom Line
The best first person shooter ever. I doubt I will ever feel the same about another game.

by Tomer Gabel (4538) on March 20, 2000

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