This game is fantastic if you don't go into with preconceived notions. I thought going into it, this would be hardcore run-and-gun chaos. This is not necessarily true.
You will spend a lot of time getting lost. You will constantly look at the map wondering where to go. You will wander the halls of the levels back and forth and back and forth. And it rocks. Going into the game thinking it would be hardcore off the bat, this game was off-putting, but after staying with it, I was rewarded with a game that has aged incredibly gracefully.
Doom is a very patient shooter. After a while, I enjoyed wandering the vast, detailed levels, all the rooms and details, all the secrets I occasionally came across. I think there was one or two levels I had to look up what I was supposed to do, but most of the game can be figured out intuitively.
The real secret is that the run-and-gun madness part of this game comes a while after you start playing it. After you get a feel for the maps, you'll understand where to go faster, and start getting into fights more. For this reason, this game has a TON of replayability, just running through the levels killing stuff and having a blast. It takes a while getting to that point, but I honestly enjoyed getting there.
The only thing that I guess stands out as weird is the inability to look up and down, creating weird auto-aim situations where, if an enemy is very high or very low below you, you'll seemingly shoot at nothing, but still hit them. It's nothing too awful though, you get used to it after a while.
It's overall just a blast, getting faster and faster and fighting through the hordes of enemies, all of which I enjoy aside from lost souls, seriously fuck those guys. Definitely recommend! It's no wonder this game has such a strong community to this very day.
You will spend a lot of time getting lost. You will constantly look at the map wondering where to go. You will wander the halls of the levels back and forth and back and forth. And it rocks. Going into the game thinking it would be hardcore off the bat, this game was off-putting, but after staying with it, I was rewarded with a game that has aged incredibly gracefully.
Doom is a very patient shooter. After a while, I enjoyed wandering the vast, detailed levels, all the rooms and details, all the secrets I occasionally came across. I think there was one or two levels I had to look up what I was supposed to do, but most of the game can be figured out intuitively.
The real secret is that the run-and-gun madness part of this game comes a while after you start playing it. After you get a feel for the maps, you'll understand where to go faster, and start getting into fights more. For this reason, this game has a TON of replayability, just running through the levels killing stuff and having a blast. It takes a while getting to that point, but I honestly enjoyed getting there.
The only thing that I guess stands out as weird is the inability to look up and down, creating weird auto-aim situations where, if an enemy is very high or very low below you, you'll seemingly shoot at nothing, but still hit them. It's nothing too awful though, you get used to it after a while.
It's overall just a blast, getting faster and faster and fighting through the hordes of enemies, all of which I enjoy aside from lost souls, seriously fuck those guys. Definitely recommend! It's no wonder this game has such a strong community to this very day.