I used to play both Doom and Wolfenstein 3D at a local Rec Center when I went there once a week and I loved them as a kid and whilst they were great then I couldn't play them now. Games have evolved so much since then.
Poll: Attention Call of Duty players: Have you played Doom?
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Doom 3 doesn't count as a Doom game as far as I'm concerned. Doom and Doom 2 were the same game more or less, but Doom 2 saw a full retail release instead of starting as Shareware. Also, it's part of what I consider to be the modern FPS genre, so seriously playing Doom 3 at any point isn't much different than boasting about playing HL2.rekabdarb said:
Doom will always have a special place on my hard drive, it's the very first FPS I've ever played in my life, heck, it's the game that got me into PC gaming in the first place.
I still play it from time to time, although the FPS has come a long way, Doom still is as fun as it ever was.
I still play it from time to time, although the FPS has come a long way, Doom still is as fun as it ever was.
I play the campaigns in the Call of Duty games, and online at my friend's house.
Doom was one of the first games I played. Currently playing through Doom II for the first time.
Doom was one of the first games I played. Currently playing through Doom II for the first time.
The way I see it isn't so much revolving around its roots so much as just knowing what else is out there. The thing about Doom is not only the FPS roots, but the fact that the FPS genre has evolved to the point where Doom is actually a valid game to play again because it's so simple and different anyone can dive into it like a casual game. And while simplicity can be looked down on, Doom makes up for it by throwing tons of enemies at you in such a way that the simplicity can be appreciated. I don't want to be worrying about getting those headshots to save my ammo when there are 15 other guys surrounding me.tlozoot said:
And don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with loving CoD, but since I've been playing games for years, I've seen what is out there. Instantly loving CoD just because it's the newest thing out is like declaring Lady Gaga the best thing in music ever. New doesn't always mean better when it comes to entertainment. I just want to see people with a far more informed opinion before they jump to a conclusion in any matter, gaming or otherwise.
I agree with you that it's important to know what else is out there, and what else is available to you - variety being the spice of life and all that jazz. However, I think it all depends on what you want to get out of the medium. If, like many of us here, we hold a deep, bordering on scholarly interest in the medium, it's indeed important to know what's out there. However, if you're simply in it to get the here and now experience, then is wider knowledge really a perquisite? If someone wants to throw down and have fun on CoD, is it really necessary to quiz them on their gaming history?Signa said:
I don't think your music analogy holds up. Instantly loving Lady Gaga isn't the same as saying Lady Gaga is the best out there. If people want to enjoy contemporary pop music, it's really not necessary for them to listen to popular music throughout the last century just to validate their preference. If they were to ignorantly claim that Lady Gaga was the best artist evar, then yeah, they'd wouldn't be able to hold their own in that debate without a knowledge of lots of other music.
Personally I don't watch many movies. I enjoyed Avatar. I wasn't claiming it was the best film ever or anything, but I liked it. Because I have only a casual interest in films, I don't want some movie-expert deriding me and saying I should watch classic films that might have influenced Avatar. I just don't care.
Gaming is growing. With that growth means more people playing videogames, and that means there's going to be people who want nothing more than to just have some idle fun with the newest releases, which is fine. There are movie-buffs and experts on literature, while on the flip side there are the people who only dabble in those mediums for casual entertainment, and it's the same with gaming. While there are people like us who appreciate videogames as an overall medium, and who enjoy discussing its evolution and intricacies in depth, there are also going to be people who just dabble and really don't care about the history, the influences and the classics. This is just an inevitability as the medium grows.
Yes. I've played through the entirety of Doom 1, and have completed a good chunk of Doom 2 and TNT: Evilution (one of the two .wads that came with "Final Doom", for those not in the know). Much of this was years before I became occupied with the Call of Duty series like I am now.
Personally, I consider Doom to be one of my absolute favorite first-person shooters, if not one of my absolute favorite games. There's just something about it's simplicity, it's level design, it's soundtrack (the original DOS midi-metal/electronica OSTs, not the generic ambiance stuff from the PSX and Saturn ports), it's fantastically fun pick-up-and-play gameplay... It may be nearly 20 years old, but it still is up there with games like Painkiller and Serious Sam as the pinnacle of uber-fun "shoot the shit out of everything" shooters.
Personally, I consider Doom to be one of my absolute favorite first-person shooters, if not one of my absolute favorite games. There's just something about it's simplicity, it's level design, it's soundtrack (the original DOS midi-metal/electronica OSTs, not the generic ambiance stuff from the PSX and Saturn ports), it's fantastically fun pick-up-and-play gameplay... It may be nearly 20 years old, but it still is up there with games like Painkiller and Serious Sam as the pinnacle of uber-fun "shoot the shit out of everything" shooters.
People haven't played Doom? Man they are missing out. I have Doom 1, 2, and 3 and now patiently for Doom 4.
Doom II was one of the gaming pillars of my childhood. I still much prefer playing it over Call of Duty (oh what a retro-hipster-twat I am) but I will admit the genre has come a long way since Doom. Doesn't make the oldies any less fun to play for me though.
I played the trial on XBLA and I wasn't too blown away. I understand how revolutionary and everything it must have been when it was released, but I wasn't too impressed. My first ever FPS was Timesplitters 2 and that is probably my favourite FPS (or Future Perfect), so I suppose it's really down to whether or not you grew up with it. I still play CoD, but I'd rather Timesplitters 4 over Modern Warfare 3.
and Doom 64, Final Doom, Ultimate Doom (and both expansions TNT: Evilution and Plutonia Experiment, but they are already included on Final Doom) and Doom 2 Master Levels, if you want to count itcplsharp said:
and yeah, I played all classic Dooms on PC (except TNT and Plutonia) surprisingly enough, I never finished them
don't get me wrong, I used to never finish games back then, and right now, about classics, I'm hooked on Shadow Warrior and Strife
I don't particularly enjoy CoD, but I frickin' LOVE Halo, so I sort of count.Signa said:
I've been playing FPS's since Wolfenstein 3D (which confounded me utterly), when Doom came out I had enough coordination top be half decent, I have a nightmare completion on every PC Doom so far and miss the 'dumb shooter' very much. Just you, the bad guys and a whole lot of hit scans, cover systems are over rated anyway.
I also had Quake 2, now that I enjoyed quite a lot...
Having said that, my interest in shooters didn'treally sky rocket until Half Life and Perfect Dark entered my life. Half Life because well, Half Life. Perfect Dark for it's sheer scale, it's still one of the deepest shooters out there, I wonder how many people actually played through it 100%, did all of the CI, all of the combat simulator, co-op, counter-op and played all the variations of the main campaign. It puts current shooters, even things like Crysis and Halo, to absolute shame with the amount of content on one tiny cartridge (and expansion pack).
I've only played the single-player campaigns on CoDs (each one, except BlOps). Counter-Strike, and Source in recent years at that, has been my "main" online FPS for few months shy of a decade.
I've played Wolfenstein 3D in the mid-nineties. Dooms, as well, but not much. A lot more of Duke Nukem 3D. Also tried Blood. And more than anything of these older games: Quake and Quake 2.
I've played Wolfenstein 3D in the mid-nineties. Dooms, as well, but not much. A lot more of Duke Nukem 3D. Also tried Blood. And more than anything of these older games: Quake and Quake 2.
Never played a Call of Duty game in my life and me and my friends play Doom 2 deathmatches (or co-op) on the school computers during lunchtimes.
