/vr/ - Retro Games

Doom: the way it was meant to be played!

How does Brutal DOOM go "too far" again?

I've yet to get that sense from it.

Is it really that bad?

How did it get so popular?

The very first FPS I ever played was Doom 3.

Before that I mostly played RPGs and strategy games. I wasn't into guns IRL so I never thought that an FPS would be interesting. Doom 3 received a lot of critical acclaim though so I thought I would try it... I ended up liking it a lot, despite it not being well regarded as a 'Doom' game.

Since Doom 3 I've played dozens of FPSs and come to love the genre, but I could never get into the original Doom games because of their antiquated controls. No jumping, no manual aiming, etc..

As I was reading about the new Doom '4' game I found 'Brutal Doom: Hell on Earth v20b.' I really fucking love this game, and it is absolutely my first step into 'retro' FPS games. The flow of the campaign was AWESOME. The intense blast of blood, gore and suffering was great. I completed the campaign on the 'medium' difficulty and I'm thinking about going through it on a higher difficulty.

I've read a little about it and apparently it is kind of controversial... Some people claim it is the 'best ever Doom experience' and others hate it. I guess I can't really judge since Brutal Doom and vanilla Doom 3 are my only experiences with the franchise.

So I'm just looking for pointers on where to go from here. I would like to try some other Doom mods, especially if they're compatible with Brutal Doom since that's what I'm used to. I also really want to get into Duke Nukem and Blood, but is there a similar modernization of those games?

Any help is appreciated...

anyone think brutal doom was what john wouldve went for if they had the tech?