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Doom 2 (Jewel Case)

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After a hard day at work, there's nothing more satisfying than planting your good old double barrel in an imp's belly and giving him the heave-ho. Doom was the beginning of a new era in PC games. It's graphics engine technology and style have shown up in almost all first person shooter games released since it's original debut. It's enduring legacy is due to the fact that the authors kept the game strategy simple: find the bad guys and blow them to tiny bits. No complicated keyboard/mouse movements or hard to use weapons, just lock, load, and kill or be killed!

The original Doom was such and incredible first person shooter they had to make a totally new 32 level Doom with lots more monsters, such as the Chain Gunner, the Pain Elemental, the Arch Vile and others, but still the same old weapons and graphics. My second point is the fact that they are still selling Doom 2, they are no longer selling the original Doom except for in a bundle. So since 1995 and the game is still around and selling strong, must mean something! So what is Doom 2? In Doom 2 you are a soldier just coming off of a mission in space (Doom 1), so you must return to planet Earth only to discover it has been taken over and then from there go into the heart of it all, Hades and destroy the monster behind it all. The levels are incredibly detailed with 100s of new wall textures, where you actually believe you are in a city slum overrun by monsters, and you go to the lair of the monsters to destroy the big bad bosses. With that being said, why are people still playing it? Because Doom 2 is the surface beneath it all is a whole community that supports Doom 2 by creating new levels, some easy and simple, others 64 levels of pure pain continuing the saga or starting a new saga, with new enemies, new wall textures and fun. There are even expansion packs sold with 1000s of new levels to keep you playing forever beyond the original Doom 2!

Well, let me tell you. I've had Doom II since it came out. And, it is by far the best shooter I ever played!

Story - 7/10

It goes like this: You just returned from the moon which was infested with monsters, and you come back, and what do you know? There are demons everywhere! They came strait from the depths of Hell. They killed almost the entire human race. Now, it's up to you to save the Earth!

Graphics - 8/10

Meh, it came out in what, few years back? What did you expect? But, I guess they were ok back then. Hey, I'm not complaining. So, the graphics aren't too shabby when it comes to the blood and gore! :-)

Sound/Music - 10/10

The music is pretty catchy! I love the music. The sound is very good also. It's really not that bad. And, when you fire your gun, or the monsters see you, the will make noises! And it makes this squishy sound when you hit a monster with a rocket up close!

Controls - 10/10

The controls rock! The moving and shooting are so easy to use! Don't even have to aim, just point in the direction and BOOM! The moving is good. Just move with the arrows. Also, you can run when you hold shift + up/down arrow.

Gameplay - 10/10

Man, the gameplay is just unbelievable! This game has 32 all-new levels! Also, with 7 weapons and a NEW WEAPON!!!! The super-shotgun. And you have new demons too. The guns are: the pistol, the shotgun, the super-shotgun (the new weapon), the chaingun, the rocket launcher, the plasma rifle, and the all mighty BFG 9000! Which when you fire it at an enemy and hits them, it will hit nearby enemies to! Well, the object of this game is to blast monsters through out the level and find the exit. Then, you progress to the next level. All the way till the last one. There are also 2 secret levels. There are many verities of monsters BTW. Oh, and each level has three hidden key cards to access doors that were previously locked.

Replayability - 10+ /10

This game has so much replay value. I mean when you beat the game once you think your done right? Wrong! There's so much fun in blowing up those little suckers! I have had this game for a long time and I still play it!

Difficulty- 8/10

There's 5 different kinds of difficulty: I'm too young to die! (Easy), Hey, not to rough (Medium), Hurt me plenty (Hard), Ultra-Violence (very hard), and Nightmare (unfair).

Extras - 9/10

You can also make your own levels using a WAD creator. A WAD's are the level files. You can also play WAD's that other people made. I love makeing my own levels. It adds more fun to game if you beat the default 32 levels alot.

Rent or Buy

Definitely buy! It's so good of a game! And besides, I don't think you can rent PC games. Well, maybe you can I don't know.

Overall - 10/10

I give this game a 10/10 because it's the best game in the world! Trust me on this one!

Buy this game for the .wad file. You only need the doom2.wad to make a port to work. If your Windows XP makes Doom lose sound or plays slow you NEED a port, they are made for Windows.
There are many ports out there, all free.
I suggest a port like GZDoom if you have a faster computer. Anyone who complained about graphics, wont be complaining anymore.
If GZDoom runs slow, use ZDoom a more basic version. ZDoom still supports high resolutions and both ports greatly enhance many aspects of gameplay.

[...] Many of these maps contain cut-scenes that actually show you a movie in game that progress story.

I may also mention you can play Doom online against other people very easily with Skulltag or ZDaemon.

Woohah! I just finished "Doom 2" again on my PC about 3 or 4 days back, and I've gotta say that I absolutely loved it!

The storyline is a simple as possible, probably designed to keep you, the player, focused on the game as a whole rather than being distracted by the story itself. In a nutshell, Hell has broken loose on Earth and the demons have taken the population of Earth hostage. You are a Marine who has managed to survive the invasion of Earth, and now it falls upon you to beat back the Demon Hordes, free Earth's population and destroy the mastermind behind the sinster attack - even if it means going into the heart of Hell to do so. It's so terribly simplistic that it's poetic - it's the original storyline that sparked off all FPS Games after it. Today storyline would get 6.5/10, but in 1994, it would've gotten 9.5/10.

Graphics wise, "Doom 2" is not spectacular, but unlike "Doom 1," you are able to adjust the screen resolution to create smoother looking enemies and environments. Levels are cleverly designed however and there's alot of space to shoot enemies with weapons like the Rocket Launcher. The enemies and characters are all 2-Dimensional, but there's quite a significant amount of detail that has been put into each and every character and Demon. By today's standards, the detail is purile. But back then, it would've been revolutionary! I dunno, for me the Graphics don't detract from the game itself. I would give the Graphics 6/10 for today and 10/10 if it were 1994.

Sound is alot better in "Doom 2" than in "Doom 1." "Doom 1" had terribly lame sounds for enemies, and I couldn't help but laugh when I shot a Zombieman! I mean, when the guys die, they go "HOOYA!" I mean, come on, that's hilarious! "Doom 2" has much scarier sounds, but some weapons (like the Arachnotron's Plasma Cannons) sound dreadfully silly! Music is ok at best, sounds like something a 15 year old put together while it was Karaoke night at his families place! I'll give sound 7/10 to be fair and music 5/10.

Gameplay - this is where "Doom 2" doesn't fail. It's an absolute blast-fest...you run, jump, shoot tonnes of rounds off at Hordes of angry enemies. Unlike "Doom 1," you can also look up and down to shoot enemies above or below you. This greatly adds to the enjoyment of the game as the y and z-axes are now considered, rather than just the x-axis. Battles are frantic on the harder skill levels and I often found myself punching and chainsawing enemies into red oozing piles of their former selves. It's always nice to go on a melee assault! Ah, the good ol' days! There are plenty of cool weapons, including a chainsaw, pistol, shotgun and super-shotgun, chaingun, missile launcher, plasma gun and of course, the almighty BFG 9000, The Holy Grail of every gun that has ever been created in FPS Shooters. It's so nice to shoot the original BFG and watch your enemies turn to microwaved pig-slop! What can I say, extreme firepower, frenetic action - can't fault gameplay even today! 10/10, don't argue!

Difficulty is fair. Not quite as hard as I was originally expecting, There were some situations that required some prior planning and even constant replaying, but "Doom 2" is by no means impossible, even on the "Ultra-violence" setting. "Nightmare" can be itensely challenging at times, but I've only finished the game on "Ultra-violence." I don't have the energy to take on "Nightmare!" Difficulty gets 7/10 for "Ultra-violence" and 8.5/10 for "Nightmare!" The other skills are not challenging enough in my opinion.

I enjoy the range of enemies - you get Zombiemen, Sargeants, Chaingunners, Imps, Hell Knights, Barons of Hell, Cacodemons, Arachnotrons, Spider Demons, Cyber Demons, Pain Elementals, Lost Souls, Demons, Arch Viles, Revenants, Mancubus' and Spectres. Not bad for a '94 game huh? Enemies get 9/10 from my side - lots to kill = lots of fun!

You get plenty of power-ups and tonnes of secrets to look for. There are more enemies than humanly imaginable to kill and enough weapons to take down - well, Hell itself I guess! What more do you really need? Crack open a brewski and let the Demon slaughter begin!

In short, "Doom 2" gets 83 % by today's standards. The fun factor and length of the game is enough to get it an A-Aggregate! This is a classic FPS Shooter that you have to have finished! I just got the game from a friend and copied it to my Hard Drive. It takes up minimal space and is great for impressing your friends or a rainy day! Play "Doom 2" now, and you will know pain and pleasure in their purest forms...

This landmark FPS has likely owned more of my life than any other single activity, no exaggeration. Of all the Dooms currently in full release, this is my favorite. It's larger, it's harder, it's eviller, and it's got more lovable carnage than you can shake a chainsaw at.

During the peak of the Doom craze in the mid/late 90s, I was part of that group of hopeless addicts who lived and breathed Doom day in and day out, loving it all the way (at least until I developed chronic headaches and had to give it up). What gives Doom 2 such a charm for me? Well, it has everything the first game has, except possibly the "classic" feel that still sends me back to the original on occasion. Now, some have complained that not enough new things were added to this game. I have decided, however, that the real important change is in the style of level design. They are more maze-like, they are much more difficult, and the puzzles are more complex. And, as the later levels attest, they are much, much weirder. For the level-builders among us, the new triggers and the higher 256-linedef visibility limit allows us more possibility for design than the original. The super-shotgun is a fantastic edition, allowing the player to economize bullets when facing enemies such as the demon/specter and the chaingun zombie. Some of the added enemies are rather annoying, such as the Revenant, the Pain Elemental, and the menacing Arch-Vile, who may be the most dangerous enemy in all of Doom. And then there's John Romero's head and the now-famous backwards announcement that greets players as they come upon the huge demon face in level 30...

After Doom 2, the flood of FPS's looking to capitalize on the craze traded in long-term gameplay value for nice-looking graphics and a few bells and whistles here and there. (A true heir would not appear until Half-life.) Doom, obviously, is very primitive compared to what we have today. But it has stood the test of time better than any other shooter, unquestionably. Years later, it's less about winning the game than it is about the sheer fun of shooting up a roomful of monsters. There's something undeniably pleasurable about the primal act of pulling a trigger and blowing away a demonspawn. Doom speaks to the animal within you. Therein lies its true worth.

This game is great!!! (...)The game is really fun and has some great graphics for a game made in its day. One last thing, the last boss, Tchenobog, is just a wall orniment, use the cliping code to see the 'true' boss behind him.

Today's video game manufacturers need to take a long, hard look at games like Doom 2. This game gets it. Why? Because video games are about FUN and PLAYABILITY. It feels like work to play modern video games, with their seizure-causing graphics and phonebook-sized playing manuals. Sure, graphics are nice to have, BUT THEY ARE NOTHING without the fun and playablity factors. DOOM 2 is pure fun, no work, no headache-inducing thinking. JUST WALK AROUND AND BLAST TRULY HELL-SPAWNED CREATURES. Perfect example, the graphics in Doom 2 are nothing to write home about, but the bad-guy-creatures are perfectly thought-out and truly terrifying. Same goes with the enviroments / maps of Doom 2; the graphics aren't mind-blowing, but the mood and environment that are set truly make you feel as if you are in the depths of hell. Doom 2 is one of the all-time great games.

This is my all-time favorite DOOM title. In fact, this was actually the first DOOM game I played in the series. After playing DOOM2, I wasn't too excited about the first DOOM. This game is truly legend and is still fun as hell even after all these years. 32 levels of blowing stuff up.

Buy this game before it becomes a rarity. Or just buy this game just 'cause I said so. You won't regret it.

I`m from Spain, so my english is not quite good. So I`ll be brief; it is the best game EVER.