Result : 7 - Doom, but better.
 | Graphics: 5 - Looking old, slightly updated over Doom 1. |
| FMV : N/A |
| Sound : 8 - Still good, that chaingun concerto rocks. |
| Music : 7 - Different for each level. |
| A.I. : 5 - Basic. |
| Lifespan : 8 - They start tough, and get worse. |
| Gameplay : 8 - Still a great 1st person shooter. |
| Adrenaline : 8 - Carnage! |
I bought Final Doom second-hand for sentimental reasons, and was pleasantly surprised at how good it still is. It's own advertising proclaims that has some of the hardest levels designed, yet even on Ultra-Violence (there is no Nightmare difficulty) it didn't always seem particularly taxing. It may be because I am more skilled than I thought, but you only meet one Cyberdemon, and even Barons are rare. It's just I remember playing Doom 2 X-treme Gold (highly recommended PC wad), and they have some mind-boggling volumes of firepower lashing between you and them.
If you have never heard of Doom, it is the original bloodfest 1st person shoot-em-up (sure Wolf 3D was early, but it didn't compare). It has a simple storyline, something about being a space marine, and stopping alien demons from invading Earth. This just means that you go from the start to the finish, in a non-linear "maze", killing anything that moves. It made this genre great, and was banned in the US. It looks positively tame, gore-wise, now days. Quake 2 should be released soon on the Playstation, and that will probably supplant every Doom feature with better ones.
Highly recommended for a quick dose of violence.
Pause the game and try these codes!
| All Weapons | X, T, L1, Up, Down, R2, Left, Left |
| Complete Map | T, T, L2, R2, L2, R2, R1, S |
| Invincible | Down, L2, S, R1, Right, L1, Left, O |
| Items on Map | T, T, L2, R2, L2, R2, R1, O |
| Warp! | Right, Left, R2, R1, T, L1, O, X |
| X-Ray | L1, R2, L2, R1, Right, T, X, Right |
