Doom

Back in the early nintey's FPS games were usually just bland walk in the same halls a billion times and shoot things. Then a small group made a game along with Apogee called "Wolfenstein 3D" it had texture mapping, and people loved it, but it still never got it's claim to fame. Then, one year later, on December 5th 1993 "DooM" was finished by ID Software, exactly 5 days later, they released the shareware along with the final game. The reviews were all claiming at how wonderful it was, and almost every gamer in the world wanted to play it. DooM redefined the genre, from underground shareware games, to full blown action games. The game has lost none of it's impact today, it's maze like corridors, horrific demons, gore and death everywhere, all of it is still an amazingly fun experience. Doom will always be one of the best FPS games ever, the community is still strong even 11 years later!!!!

My first action packed experience on the PC. Back in '95, I had started my third year in elementary school, this game was well known to the gaming community here in Sweden. Haha I remember the first time I discussed cheat codes for the game with my classmates. Before Doom there was Wolfenstein 3D, but this game focused on an invasion by demons on a military base, placed on the moon Phobos.

Every single one of your comrades got killed, and alone you had to fight yourself through an army of former humans and of course the hideous packs of demons. The graphics were great at the time, and as young as I was, it gave me great pleasure of completing the shareware release. Knee Deep in the Dead was the first episode of three(fourth came later).

A+

Doom. Proper title for a game that had people running out to buy two thousand dollar computers, probably causing a cornering of the technology market.

Yeah, Doom wasnt really the first FPS (first person shooter), but it got everything moving. Apparently, someone over at ID software got it into his or her twisted head that running around armed to the teeth with enough weapons to blow away Los Angeles and tearing down all sorts of enemies far beyond normal human imagination can be... fun. Those Arnold Schwarzenegger movies actually taught us something.

The only downside to doom would be a lack of story line. Nothing else driving you through the game but continued slaughter here. Kind of a shame that most FPS's would stay like this until 1998.

But thats another matter entirely. Doom is still an amusing game, even with the games currently on the market. But why am I telling you this? not having heard of Doom is like not having heard of Star Wars. Just assume that the millions of people who have played this game are right for once and check it out.

My Rating: 9

Back in December 1993 people awaited and were unleashed what was going to be a new era in Computer games. Doom set the standard, a simple objective based around a superb story line, kill or be killed!

This game made history, and it continues to. now, almost a decade later, and after two sequels lots of different computer platform versions, we are about to be unleashed with Doom 3, Which the producers claim is gonna scare the living day lights out of everyone. They've done it before. They'll do it again!

Doom Lives, and will always, thats what games that make new eras do!

Doom, like my title suggests, is a true classic. Why? Since when (in 1993) did you see non 90º walls? Switches? Sky?! Crushing ceilings? Dynamic lighting?! It was an amazing feat for gaming, and it placed ID Software right on the timeline of computer gaming. I still remember playing Doom on my computer at work with my beloved PC speaker; my boss heard, and you can guess the outcome.

It is hard nowadays to get hold of, but check any old shareware CDs and you might just find it...

10/10!