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1170393 No.1170393[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

What the hell was this thing supposed to be?

>> No.1170397

>>1170393
I could go the predictable route and say "Your mom." but, I assume it's supposed to be some sort of demon. Obviously.

>> No.1170404
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1170404

It's an Arch-Vile's head.

>> No.1170402

Arch Vile
The others are Baron of Hell and Icon of Sin

>> No.1170414 [DELETED] 

>>1170393
your mum, m8.

>> No.1170415 [DELETED] 

There is no need for two threads

>>>/vr/doom

>> No.1170609

Looks kinda similar to Aliens and other Giger art that was all the rage in video games from the late 80s and 90s. It's obvious Doom was influenced by it too.

>> No.1170613 [DELETED] 

>>1170393
why is this thread here?
take it to the god damn doom thread

>> No.1170631

>>1170609

Doom was actually going to be an alien game at one point, however when id Approached 20th century fox to strike a deal it fell flat

Basically Fox wanted complete control of the project and id wasn't really going for that

>> No.1170997

>>1170393
god

>> No.1172148

Doesn't this texture appear in Doom 1? It can't be an Archie, those don't appear until Doom2. Or was it only the other similar texture with a more demonic demon on it in the first game?

>> No.1172173

>>1170404
I would kill for doom 4 to have the original monster designs and not that remade shit from doom 3. Wasn't even scary, wasn't even hr giger inspired.

>> No.1172339

>>1170404
>>1170402

It was meant to be an [unused] Alien-Demon Hybrid. NOT the archvile.

Source: John Romero

>> No.1172416

>>1172339
Then why's it ducking look like him?

As for it being before Doom 2, it's not like they couldn't have drawn a monster face and then decided to do the monster to go with it. Adrian Carmack was a real fucking artist.

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>>1170393

>> No.1172642

>>1172148
>>1172339
It was probably just the artist drawing from 3-4 different "demon" faces of his personal style, then the same guy probably ended up designing the Archie. Like how Giger made everything look Xeno before even designing alien.

>> No.1173797

>>1170631
Yeah. That's why I think it's ridiculous when people complain about Doom 3 downplaying the demonic aspect of the enemies in favor of making them more alien-ish.

There's a reason Doom takes place around Mars. They were ALWAYS supposed to be aliens.

>> No.1174439

>>1173797

But it ended up being demons, one way or another. Demons aren't aliens.

>> No.1174863

>>1174439
>Demons aren't aliens

They are if you think about it. They inhabit another dimension, rather than another planet.

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