Hey, everybody!
I recently discovered Doom 1, and completely adore it. I purchased a copy of Ultimate Doom, and I'm having tons of fun with it.
From Wikipedia:
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Doom (occasionally typeset as DOOM[1]) is a landmark 1993 first-person shooter computer game by id Software. It is widely recognized for popularizing the first person shooter genre, pioneering immersive 3D graphics, networked multiplayer gaming, and support for custom expansions (WADs). Its graphic and interactive violence[2] has also made Doom the subject of much controversy reaching outside the gaming world.
With a third of the game (9 levels) distributed as shareware, Doom was played by an estimated 10 million people within two years of its release, popularizing the mode of gameplay and spawning a gaming subculture; as a sign of its effect on the industry, games from the mid-1990s boom of first-person shooters are often known simply as "Doom clones". According to GameSpy, Doom was voted by industry insiders to be the greatest game of all time in 2004.[3]
With a third of the game (9 levels) distributed as shareware, Doom was played by an estimated 10 million people within two years of its release, popularizing the mode of gameplay and spawning a gaming subculture; as a sign of its effect on the industry, games from the mid-1990s boom of first-person shooters are often known simply as "Doom clones". According to GameSpy, Doom was voted by industry insiders to be the greatest game of all time in 2004.[3]
I find it one of those games that is very fun and addicting, even with is somewhat low graphics, like Minecraft or something. I usually play on the "Ultra-Violence" difficulty.
It's pretty fun, I find it to be even more fun that most modern first person shooters, it's simple yet exciting gameplay gets me genuinely absorbed in it from the moment I start playing. I've played Doom 3 before, but I'm glad I found the originals as well.
So, in lack of any better words:
DOOM. LET'S TALK ABOUT DOOM.
