1993’s DOOM is an incredible game, and i’m amazed by just how well it holds up, even by todays standards. I’m sure quite literally everyone knows that DOOM created the foundations for what most FPS games are like today, but i genuinely believe DOOM still manages to do it better than how most modern FPS games do it. The game is very punishing in the best ways, in most typical FPS games, one of the best strategies to stay alive is to get behind cover and take time in-between your shots, but not in DOOM. in DOOM you constantly have to be moving and shooting as much as you can in order to ensure that the demons won’t corner you, leaving you mostly defenseless until you die. The other parts about DOOM I found to be extremely unique are the weapons and the music. There is a wide variety of weapons in this game to be found, ranging from the ordinary pistol and shotgun, to the plasma rifle and the legendary, overpowered BFG9000. Every weapon in DOOM works insanely well in their own ways, including the chainsaw, which happens to be one of my favorite weapons in the game. Getting to run straight into my enemy and tear right through them without seconds was a great experience that you can’t get in most FPS games. I loved the music in this game so much, i always loved how it ranges from being epic and hardcore, to being eerie and at times frightening, entirely depending on the mission you were on.

Overall, the highly influential DOOM (1993) is easily an amazing game that i truly believe everyone should play at least once in their lifetime. Despite how old the game is, it still manages to provide a fantastic FPS experience that a good portion of shooter games can’t manage to provide to this day.