/vr/ - Retro Games

I got b& for sneedposting, so I took the time to finish up Doom, all 5 episodes, Sigil included. First time I've really dug into this genre.
I played CS and Half-life Deathmatch along with Day of Defeat as a kid many years ago, but otherwise not really been interested in playing FPS games until recently.

I had a lot of fun with Doom.
I think my favorite episode is either 2 or 4. I like the way hell mixes with human environments in episode 2, and 4 was a huge difficulty spike with some really fun levels.
1 has great levels as well, but it's a bit easy. I liked looking for the secrets.
Episode 3 is not quite as good as the previous 2 episodes in my opinion, but I think it succeeds at making the hell levels feel different and unique compared to the previous episodes, giving hell it's own personal identity.
Sigil was pretty great. I know it's really new, but it still felt in line with the previous episodes.
I liked the atmosphere a lot, it felt like you had been dragged into a deeper and more twisted part of hell than ever before and the difficulty certainly reflected that. A lot of the levels were really neat and fun and the music is fantastic.
I think it succeeds more where 3 was sort of a let down, as the levels manage to be great while still making hell feel very much like separate from the technological levels of previous episode.

I played all episodes on the Hurt Me Plenty difficulty I believe it's called. It felt just right.
I think I would rate the episodes like this off the top of my head:
4 >= 2 > 5 >= 1 > 3

Now that I have finished the first Doom and taken the first step into this genre, what would you recommend next anons? A different game or continue on with Doom 2?