Enemies often filled the area as they relentlessly attacked you and hurled various projectiles your way.
I personally wouldn’t have blamed id Software for toning DOOM down a bit to be more realistic, or perhaps taking another direction with the gameplay altogether as many reboots tend to do, but thankfully they did no such thing and completely ran with the idea of the original to the furthest blood-soaked extent possible. In a day and age where many developers are spending massive sums of time and effort to avoid controversy, 2016’s DOOM runs right at it with a chainsaw in one hand and a super shotgun in the other. The outstanding DOOM 2 gave fans more of what they wanted from the first game, DOOM 64 flirted with a darker tone but still largely playing the same, DOOM 3 went full-on horror to great effect, and finally, in 2016, DOOM would get the full-on reboot treatment from id Software with Bethesda’s backing, and what an unapologetically insane trip down homicidal lane it would be.įirstly and most immediately apparent is DOOM (2016)’s dedication to the violence of the original. This enduring popularity also led to plenty of sequels.
The Sega 32x, Saturn, Super Nintendo, PlayStation, Atari Jaguar, Gameboy Advance, and even the Acorn Archimedes would see some form of DOOM in their libraries keeping the game relevant far longer than anybody could have guessed. As you might imagine, DOOM would see a release on just about anything that could run it in the ‘90s. Even today, the original game’s name is invoked by lawmakers and other authority figures as a scapegoat for society’s various ills.Īs ridiculous an argument as that usually is, there’s no denying the power and influence that DOOM was able to wield with some sound effects, midi metal tunes, and of some pixels on a screen. The game set the world on fire for gamers and even sparked several national discussions on the morality of violent video games being allowed to exist. The original DOOM was by no means the first violent shooter from the first person perspective, nor was it the first game to cause parents across the world to clutch their pearls, but it was easily the first game to do both of these things as ridiculously well as it did. But within this family of iconic games resides a much darker, demented grand-daddy of a game that countless other games owe everything to: DOOM. Resident Evil, Need for Speed, Mortal Kombat, and Minecraft could all be considered the cultural representatives and leaders of their respective genres. It’s an over the top power fantasy that managed to strike a chord with younger gamers and older ones alike, and thusly saw a level of success both critically and commercially few games from that year were able even dream of. These are just a few of the savagely brutal and insanely fun things you’ll be doing during your time in 2016’s DOOM reboot. Blasting through demonic enemies with comically overpowered guns, ripping out a Bull Demon’s tooth and violently shoving it into his eye socket as a finishing move, and slashing through an Imp right down the middle with a chainsaw, gleefully turning him into half the Imp he used to be.