One of the first video games I ever played. With where I come from being such a "disconnected" place, people were using PC DOS well into 2010. Around this time my father installed a multitude of titles in his device for me to play. Mostly old classics such as Road Rash, The House of the Dead and of course, The Ultimate Doom. Playing this game on DOS is much different than playing it on some of the modern engines. For starters, you couldn't use the mouse. But hey, I had tons of fun with it. Stuck to the easier difficulties of course. Recently, I went back and replayed it on one of the newer engines, GZDoom, and it was an entirely different experience. Alongside the fast-paced and mostly well balanced gameplay, this game comes with memories of my childhood which makes it one of my all time favorites.

I needed to come here after reviewing Doom to discuss just Episode 4. Now after beating episode 3 I was like "WOW what a solid ending but I felt like the difficulty Plateaued and I was really ready to test my skills." This episode delivers on that, and it makes you regret asking for more of a challenge because HOLY SHIT are some of these levels BRUTAL. It's all of the best parts of Doom turned up to 11, in the respect that, the "Conserve your ammo and health because you are getting 50 shotgun shells for 50 enemies levels." Make you use every secret area to your advantage you need to learn every enemy placement perfectly. The Puzzle levels make you explore the whole map multiple times to figure out where the fuck you are going and what you could possibly be missing. And finally the DOOM levels are just so satisfying mowing down a sea of enemies with a cache of weapons and ammo you spent 3 episodes grinding out. And at this point my aim was so on point and I was SKATING around these levels hitting my shots ducking under fireballs and it just felt so incredible that I get excited just talking about it. Episode 4 while painfully hard at time is seriously some of the best Doom.

A legendary game I finally got around to playing. The original 3 Episodes of Doom are a quick, breezy, not too difficult time. Knee Deep in the Dead is a very good introduction to the game with some great, varied levels. The Shores of Hell is a fantastic follow up episode that really pushes all the game has to offer. Inferno is unfortunately a bit weird when it comes to some of its level designs, and the Final Boss is absolutely trivial. These three episodes from the original Doom combine into a pretty great game. Combat feels sufficiently speedy, and while the enemy variety is nowhere near as strong as Doom 2, Doom 1 maintains interesting enemy encounters throughout. However, Thy Flesh Consumed is absolutely the highlight of the Package. This Episode (added after the release of Doom 2 with Ultimate Doom) is hard af. While some challenges seem simple enough, there are three or so levels that just destroy your willpower. Despite this, the game is still extremely fun and overall I can definitely tell when I get to Doom 2 I need to see more level design like this.

Writing: 2/5
Gameplay: 4/5
Art Design & Visuals: 4/5
Voices & Sounds: 2/5
Atmosphere & Immersion: 3/5

In einem Stream beendet. Nicht das erste mal, nicht das letzte mal.

Doom 1 is guuuut und clever und durchdacht und eine sehr gute Grundlage für ein Genre das trotzdem schafft noch eine eigene Persönlichkeit zu haben mit einem coolen Look und cooler Persönlichkeit.

Macht Spaß, könnte aber gelegentlich darauf verzichten einfach noch einen Raum voller Pinkies zu verwenden.

Atemporal.
Mesmo tendo um level design confuso em certos momentos, continua sendo um puta jogo divertido e que vez ou outra eu pego pra joga alguns episódios. Falando em episódios, Thy Flesh Consumed é um bom mapa. O meu real problema com ele é por conta das duas ou três primeiras fases que são frustrantes: Você fica preso com vários inimigos em corredores apertados e isso somado ao fato de que você não tem muitos recursos pra lidar com eles, mas ao decorrer do episódio isso melhora. Na verdade, o episódio melhora como um todo, apesar de eu achar o level design de Thy Flesh Consumed menos marcante pra mim.

Thy Flesh Consumed played via Steam on a Lenovo Y50-70.

As it stands, I am simply not good enough to get anywhere with Thy Flesh Consumed. I had a great time with the base episodes in The Ultimate Doom, and although I would get stuck for a while in those levels, E4M1 is just not designed with enough entertainment for me to want to continue like I had intially. There's too little ammo, too little health, and way too many enemies able to bring you down in seconds.

Maybe I'll tackle this again at some point but I'm fine admitting I simply cannot penetrate this extra set of missions.