Doom - Real Person Reviews
2Fun as Hell!
Written: https://hubworldhq.com/2016/05/09/doom/
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Doom is a first-person shooter developed by Id Software for MS DOS. It’s one of the most popular and important first-person shooters out there. I doubt you’ve never heard of it. It has been ported tons of times, played on many devices, and still seems to stand the test of time. It wasn’t the first first-person shooter, but it’s definitely one of the first ones to come to mind when you think of the genre. So what is it about this game that makes it so damn appealing?
Well, there’s probably a more detailed plot than I’m aware of… but I don’t have the manual. In fact, I just have the game digitally on Steam through the Doom 3: BFG Edition version, so I apologize for any inconsistencies. However, as I understand it, the main plot is basically that you’re trying to find out what happened on a base on… I want to say Mars. You’re investigating what happened to everyone when you come across strange aliens and zombified men. It’s not long before you find yourself assaulted and killed, sent directly to Hell itself, but you’re not going down without a fight. You battle your way through Hell and get revenge on the wicked demons that decided to ruin your day. But hey, who needs plot when the action is this good?
The gameplay is pretty simple stuff, as you might expect from an early first-person shooter. You can move forward and backward, turn left and right, and even strafe left and right. There’s a sprinting button, the ability to toggle through your weapons or select them with hotkeys, an action button for opening doors and hitting switches, and of course there’s a firing button. You can toggle your map on and off as well to help find doors, switches, and secrets. You’ll generally go through labyrinthine levels as you pick up a variety of weapons to gun down an array of demons in your path. You’ll often find colored keys to open correspondingly colored doors. There are sometimes certain switches or buttons that need to be pressed in order to unlock more areas as well. Every now and then you’ll be locked into a room and forced to fight off a group of enemies in order to proceed. You can also pick up health, armor, and other bonus powerups like temporary invisibility or invulnerability. At the end of each level you’ll get to see a percentage of how many enemies you killed, how many items you collected, and how many secrets you found along with how long it took you to beat the level compared to the par time for said level. The original game consisted of three main episodes containing eight levels each. A fourth episode was added later. There are also secret levels to find as well as some secret areas within levels that can yield some nice rewards. At the end of each episode you’ll be treated to a special picture and a passage of text explaining the situation.
So you can see why Doom is so influential and important. It was one of the most played first-person shooters of its time and paved the way for many others to come, going so far as to give many the term “Doom clone” as a result. The tight gameplay, great presentation, and large availability has turned this game into an immortal classic. Pick it up. Honestly, if you’re into first-person shooters, especially retro styled ones, then you absolutely must play Doom. And since it’s on everything, you have no excuse. I wish I hadn’t waited so many years to play it. Don’t make the same mistake I did. It’s a true masterpiece. Then again, I’m sure you didn’t need ME to tell you that Doom is awesome, but maybe this’ll reassure you and motivate you to finally get it and play it. Are you a bad enough dude to fight your way through Hell?
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