I just bought Doom on the 360 Live Arcade Marketplace… Ahh the memories! As a port it’s quite cheaply done, doesn’t even properly support 16:9 screens, and they certainly haven’t touched any gameplay, graphics or features. But the old magic is there: maze-y levels, secrets with disguised hints, cheap scares, and LOTS of baddies to rip apart! Raw, unadulterated gameplay, without catering to mundane things such as "story", "realism" or "coherence". \ud83d\ude42 All that would soon change with Lucasarts’ Dark Forces, and a few years later Half-Life would complete the evolution of the FPS genre.<\/p>\n
Since most of us back then played with keyboard (I only knew two mouse users), the analogue controller proves quite natural. I still hate the digital pad, most of the times when I open the map I also accidentally switch weapons! I was surprised to see Mike Abrash credited, I thought he had joined Id Software for Quake, not Doom. It is also interesting to see how times have changed: the original game gave away the complete first episode, whereas the 360 Arcade demo only offers the first level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I just bought Doom on the 360 Live Arcade Marketplace… Ahh the memories! As a port it’s quite cheaply done, doesn’t even properly support 16:9 screens, and they certainly haven’t touched any gameplay, graphics or features. But the old magic … Continue reading