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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What can I say, if you don't already have it, Do so.,
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This review is from: Doom Collector's Bundle (CD-ROM)
This "Collectors Pack" is great for those that have not yet had the chance to play Doom. It includes Ultimate Doom (Doom 1 and an aditional mission) Doom 2 and Final Doom. All 3 games for less than 20 bucks! Thats a great deal, Doom is one of the best games of all time and those who haven't had the chance to play it at all can get all 3 games in this bundle and see what you're missing. Sure, they're "old games" but the thing about Doom is, to me, even today the games seem fresh when I pop them in and play them, they're definatly worth it. Check it out, if you like first person shooters like Quake, or Half Life then you're gonna love Doom.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's Doom!,
This review is from: Doom Collector's Bundle (CD-ROM)
Didn't matter if you owned a Macintosh or a Windows PC back in the early-to-mid 90's, Doom was it! The pixelated monsters and the bloody, dark, hellish levels and atmosphere was nothing like you had ever seen on your 13" monitor. The Midi soundtrack, the possibilities, the action, the fun, the immersion, Doom is what started it all in the FPS genre.Doom is a nostalgic romp for those of us who got high on 3D graphics when they were first introduced back in the day, and if only they could release a boxed version tweaked to run on today's PC's without hassle, it'd be even better. If you buy this set, be sure to check out jdoom.com and download the 3D patches for the game to enjoy it in a tolerable 3D mode for today's PC's. I don't know that younger people will feel as strongly about Doom I&II and Ultimate Doom as someone like myself and others in their late 20's and early 30's, but if you want to know what it was like back then, check it out. Doom is a classic that compares to what Pac Man, Donkey Kong and Pong did for video games.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is without a doubt the best game ever made.,
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This review is from: Doom Collector's Bundle (CD-ROM)
I first played Doom when I was about thirteen or so on my Dad's 386 computer. We didn't have a sound card so we had to use PC sound and to get the game to run at playable speeds the screen size approached that of a postage stamp. It totally blew my mind anyway, and has continued to do so to this day.
What can I even say? The original. The very best. Yes, it's flagrantly simplistic at the core (shoot the bad guys, grab the keycards, exit level, repeat), yes the graphics are dated, and yes indeed the whole Demonic Invasion thing is a little cheesy. None of that matters. What matters is that the overloaded-with-enemies gameplay here is rock solid and it's one Hell of a lot of fun. The Demonic lineup is extraordinarily balanced. Chaingunners, shotgunners, and plain ol' zombies are easy kills but have hitscan weapons you can't really dodge, Demons do lots of damage and are too tough to be taken down quickly with just your pump shotgun, but once you find the chainsaw (and in Doom II and Final Doom, the double-barrelled shotgun) you're golden. Barons of Hell are big, tough, and pretty damaging if they hit you. Et Cetera. There's really no massive gaps in bad guy prowess levels - unlike Halo, where on Legendary grunts were a joke but elites made me piss myself with fear. Ah, the weapons. The perfect lineup. The fist is super weak until you grab the Berserk Pack, at which point it becomes an ammo-free way to splatter bad guys. The chainsaw is a fantastic addition. The pistol is perfectly balanced for the early levels, it's enough to get the job done against zombies but not much else, keeping you on edge until you get more shotgun shells. The shotgun itself is a workhorse, and in Doom II the mighty double-barrelled shotgun is perhaps the best weapon ever devised in a video game. It'll drop several weaker enemies in one blast if they're crowded together, drop demons in one shot, and drop midline to upper tier enemies in three to six shots, but that takes time. The chaingun makes pistol bullets useful against crowds of weaker enemies, saving you precious shells and cells, the rocket launcher provides the big bangs, the plasma gun liquefies everything in it's path, and the BFG 9000 is just the mother of all gaming firearms. This is the perfect weapon scheme. Every gun is simple, to the point, and of the maximum-damage-minimum-time school of thought. Now, the games themselves. Ultimate Doom is old-school, but sort of simplistic compared to later Dooms. Thy Flesh Consumed is hard as Hell. Doom II is amazing. The level design gets better, more unique, and more sinister - traps get sprung on the player when you least expect them, enemies teleport in on you with alarming frequency, and the last boss is absurdly creative. The new enemies fit right in (and indeed became instant Doom standards) and the combat shotgun is, as I said, simply wonderful. Final Doom is insanely difficult but sooo satisfying to complete on Ultra Violence difficulty. Everyone is complaining about the difficult controls or difficulty with Doom95, and they've got legitimate gripes. However, the fix for both problems is actually very simple. User-created programs like ZDoom, Doom Legacy, and BOOM! enable mouselook, limited 3D acceleration, and fully remappable controls. These programs also work flawlessly in Windows XP and are available on the internet for free download. Google the program names, they're easy to find on various websites. All you need are the original .wad files for the programs to run the game, which are what you've got on this compilation CD. Another note, I don't know what people are talking about when they say the program CD doesn't come with a jewel case. Mine did, and it's pretty nifty looking. I did buy this compilation when it first came out three years ago though, and the guys at Electronic Boutique told me it was a limited run when I picked it up (I have no idea whether that's true or not, it's just what they told me). Maybe Activision dropped the jewel case from re-issues? In short, you can't go wrong with Doom. It's the original and best for a reason. Give it a shot. This is one of those games that will always be around because it's just that good. I've been playing Doom for ten years now, and it's a fair bet that people will be playing it ten years from now. That will be partly because Doom was so revolutionary when it came out, and partly because the game is just that much fun. Vigorously recommended. 2115|R37M0RHWTBLKUH;2115|R1AJ7VECBOA7FH;2115|R26Z2PAYV83644;
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