ENG: The Ultimate Doom is an expansion which adds a new episode: Thy Flesh Consumed. And it's... regular. I can't say I didn't enjoy it (that's why I give it 3 stars) but the drop in quality is very noticeable. I also want to clarify that this rating goes exclusively for episode 4. To the original Doom I gave 5 stars, as you can see in my review: https://www.backloggd.com/u/Nico77A/review/424408/ 😉

ESP: The Ultimate Doom es una expansión la cual agrega un nuevo episodio: Thy Flesh Consumed. Y es... regular. No puedo decir que no lo disfrute (por eso le pongo 3 estrellas) pero es muy notable el bajón de calidad. También quiero aclarar que esta calificación va exclusivamente para el episodio 4. Al Doom original le di 5 estrellas, como se puede ver en mi review: https://www.backloggd.com/u/Nico77A/review/424408/ 😉

It’s hard to say anything about Doom that hasn’t already been said before. It’s astonishing how well this game has aged. Coupled with how easy it is to mod, as well as the abundance of fan produced content, it truly makes this title an absolute timeless classic. The enemy types, the visual style and the music are all really charming, and capture the best of the 90s’ energy. Your arsenal of weapons (pistol aside) are all purposeful and serve you incredibly well. Aside from a couple of iffy levels, the first three episodes that comprise classic Doom are generally fantastic, and if you have any appreciation for the FPS genre, should be considered a must-play.

Ultimate Doom, however, adds an additional fourth episode: Thy Flesh Consumed. You can honestly stop playing the game once you’ve completed the first three episodes and still consider the game finished. The fourth episode is needlessly difficult, with claustrophobic levels that feel deliberately cheap and unfair. Most people who play Doom skip it, and you can’t really blame them.

Finished on 11/27/22. Granted, not my first playthrough (far from it), but this still holds up to me. E3 and E4 are on the weaker end of things, but E1 and E2 are still incredible playthroughs. Not marking as 100% complete as I missed the secret map in E4 on this particular playthrough, and I did not get all the secrets in every map, but yeah, it's DOOM. If you haven't played it yet, buy the Unity port on Steam for a few bucks and give it a spin. There's a reason why the modding community for this game is so big.

BEATEN

OK, I finally played the famously classic DOOM in its entirety for the very first time in my life, and I must say it really felt like this kick started fast-moving action in many FPS nowadays, and has an unique gritty, oxidized art style that really puts the scene in where you are, which is Mars, fighting different alien enemies. Badass concept and badass execution, with a very good soundtrack that sets it in when you're picking fights with these non people.

For its time, it was a very unique concept, and nowadays I feel like it still holds some of its greatness, it's very different than the usual run-and-shoot and the level layouts offer the possibility of exploration as you have to collect keys, (although with me playing in GZDoom with free mouse look and the ability to jump it was very easy to cheese some obstacles) and every level is different, yet similar, which brings me to the one con this game has.

For the longest time of my life, I thought this game only had one chapter. You played through so many levels of it and defeat the Barons of Hell and that was it, but little to my surprise it actually wasn't the end of it, I still had 2 more (and Thy Flesh Consumed that is only included in The Ultimate DOOM) chapters to go through, and this sadly made me a little bit worried, because I always thought this game was a sweet short experience that led to DOOM II: Hell on Earth, but there were a complete set of maps I needed to play, and with a lot of them feeling the same, with some maze-y layouts and other stuff it felt very repetitive.

But that's by far, my only complaint with it. I enjoyed everything else and it was a nice surprise to know that this game was this ambitious for its time.

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.