Doom (2016)

[The Deadman]

Thoughts? Looks REALLY good.

[ProactiveMan]

I'm looking forward to it, and if Bethesda have managed to de-Bethesdarise it like they say they have, I'm interested to see how it plays.

I like that the art direction is referential to the original Doom/s. It looks pretty cool.

[shredder orokusaki]

The King of the FPS is coming back. Only 5 days left. The PC version will have a Ultra Nightmare graphics settings that is going to push high end pc to it limits. Latest gameplay was from yesterday. They showed it on a Nvidia presentation for their new cards GTX 1080 and 1070. It is the first game on PC that uses Vulkan the new API from OpenGL creators. And just like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutants in Manhatan i am also going to do a full pc upgrade if DOOM dont run at least on max settings 1920x1080 60 fps. See the latest trailer here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfnhMX5kZ6E

it is realy amazing how fast the game runs on the new 1080 with Vulkan IP. I have 970 so i will buy GTX 1070 if it dosent run max settings with 970.

[shredder orokusaki]

I am installing DOOM right now. Game is awesome from what i read. Too bad that i need a new graphics card to play at Nightmare settings... With 970 i can play on Ultra settings(it is one step below Nightmare) at 2560x1440. Next month i am getting a GTX 1070! Anyone else here who bought the game?

[Andrew NDB]

I'm just installing this now. The wife got it on X-Box One previously, but playing it on a controller didn't feel right at all.

Also... wtf.... I had no idea that not only was Doom 64 a direct continuation of Doom 2... but it has a Lost Levels add-on that ties directly into the beginning of this game, Doom (2016) -- meaning Doom (2016) isn't a reboot at all, but Doom 4, basically, with the same main character. The only game not in canon is Doom 3.

[CyberCubed]

Doom 64 was a weird game, I never had it in the N64 days. A lot of people at the time just throught it was a port of Doom 1 and 2 on N64, but instead it was an all-new game with unique levels.

I never played it till the HD remaster on PS4 just a few years ago.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Doom 64 was a weird game, I never had it in the N64 days. A lot of people at the time just throught it was a port of Doom 1 and 2 on N64, but instead it was an all-new game with unique levels.

That's exactly what I've thought all these years -- just a port of Doom 1 with different sprites and little graphical tweaks. Turns out it's been the true Doom 3 the whole time.

[CyberCubed]

It's baffling there even was a Doom game on N64, and remember it came out in 1997 very early in the N64's lifespan too.

The only FPS games on N64 people ever talked about was Turok and Goldeneye, and later Perfect Dark.

[IMJ]

I actually really liked the movie with Karl Urban and the Rock. It's not high-art cinema by any means, but honestly for what it was it was pretty solid.

And they pulled off that first person shooter scene way before the top-down "Hotline Miami" scene was filmed for John Wick.

[Andrew NDB]

You know what wasn't bad? Doom: Annihilation. I rather liked it. They gender swap the Doomed Marine, of course, but pound for pound it was pretty good. We got real demons and even a short trip to Hell, neither thing we got from the Urban/Rock movie.

[Dpooly84]

Originally Posted by IMJ

I actually really liked the movie with Karl Urban and the Rock. It's not high-art cinema by any means, but honestly for what it was it was pretty solid.

And they pulled off that first person shooter scene way before the top-down "Hotline Miami" scene was filmed for John Wick.

Loved the first person run and fun perspective towards the end

[Dpooly84]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

You know what wasn't bad? Doom: Annihilation. I rather liked it. They gender swap the Doomed Marine, of course, but pound for pound it was pretty good. We got real demons and even a short trip to Hell, neither thing we got from the Urban/Rock movie.

I agree totally the second movie was so much better, I loved when they went to hell!

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Dpooly84

Loved the first person run and fun perspective towards the end

Everybody likes the FPS 2 minute scene. And I actually enjoyed the first Doom movie. I just can't get over, a game series all about Hell and Demons from Hell, not using Hell or Demons from Hell.

[Storm Wolf]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

You know what wasn't bad? Doom: Annihilation. I rather liked it. They gender swap the Doomed Marine, of course, but pound for pound it was pretty good. We got real demons and even a short trip to Hell, neither thing we got from the Urban/Rock movie.

Wait wait....how did I not know they made a second movie? Gotta get to that at some point.

I enjoyed the last few DOOM games. It's been a while since I've played them....we don't go to Hell in any of them. I honestly never thought about that until you mentioned it. I thought you went to hell in at least one of the games.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Storm Wolf

I enjoyed the last few DOOM games. It's been a while since I've played them....we don't go to Hell in any of them. I honestly never thought about that until you mentioned it. I thought you went to hell in at least one of the games.

You definitely go to Hell in the original Doom game in episode 3. And definitely you go to hell for a good portion of the third act in Doom 3. I'm not sure if you go to hell in Doom 2016 or not because I'm only about an hour into it. I don't think you go to hell in Doom Eternal since that seems all Earth-based.

[Storm Wolf]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

You definitely go to Hell in the original Doom game in episode 3. And definitely you go to hell for a good portion of the third act in Doom 3. I'm not sure if you go to hell in Doom 2016 or not because I'm only about an hour into it. I don't think you go to hell in Doom Eternal since that seems all Earth-based.

I think you travel to Hell in Eternal to collect demon heads for part of the storyline, if I remember correctly. You also go to heaven, or Urdak as it's called. the depiction is quite different than typical. I'm guessing as time progressed they elaborated and attempted to make it more original than the typical heaven and hell?

I never played the original, and have only seen clips.

I did enjoy all the games i did play for what they were, which I always assumed was just killing demons. I don't feel like the storyline was interesting enough for me to really remember.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Storm Wolf

I think you travel to Hell in Eternal to collect demon heads for part of the storyline, if I remember correctly. You also go to heaven, or Urdak as it's called.

Interesting. I wouldn't have expected that at all.

I did enjoy all the games i did play for what they were, which I always assumed was just killing demons. I don't feel like the storyline was interesting enough for me to really remember.

Oh, no doubt, the story is barely there in Doom 1 and 2. The "story" is one screen of text at the end of each episode in Doom 1, and only at the end of Doom 2. Basically in Doom 1 you're going between two moons of Mars, then in the third episode you go to Hell to take out the Spider Mastermind then the end of the game is you take a portal from Hell back to Earth... which has just been invaded by demons from Hell. Which is what Doom 2 is, cleaning up Earth.

But now, Doom 3 I think is highly underrated. That has a hell of a story. It has a whole new level of horror to it, I think. Shining the flashlight into corridors while hearing demonic chatter and then BOOM, a giant demon bursts through the wall next to you. They should have made the Doom movie based on Doom 3. That game scared the crap out of me! Super stressful. I was sad when it looked like Doom 2016 regressed things just to a "simple, stupid shooter."

[Dpooly84]

Yall gonna make me go hook up the n64 lmao

[Andrew NDB]

Jesus... I knew the backstory of Doom was convoluted, but this is crazy. But I do admire that it all works from Doom 1, 2, Final Doom, Doom 64, Doom 2016, and Eternal.



Those 4 Doom novels I read as a kid seem wasted now. As it makes me sad that Doom 3 is like the red-headed stepchild of the franchise.