DooM_RO
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DooM 4 NEEDS more varied levels!!!Two weeks ago I installed DooM 3 again to see whether the complaints of the community(and mine) are truly justified and you know what?THEY ARE!Honestly DooM 3 is one of the most boring games I have ever played(compared to classic doom).All I see in DooM 3 are the same doors, the same boring corridors and the same boring monsters.
To make DooM 4 fun and not boring to look at(I am NOT reffering to graphics) it needs:
-Good gameplay.
-Good and varied levels
-Heavy metal music
-Not-so-boring-to-look-at demons
-Top notch graphics of course
For the episodes here are some ideas that I've had in mind:
-The first episode should be a homage to Knee Deep in the Dead in every way by inserting familiar places,the weapons should look exactly like in original doom and don't forget the bruiser brothers!The first episode could achieve the retro doom look by saying that the phobos base was the first(and one of the most important) UAC bases.The central theme of the first episode is...finding out wtf happened here.
-The second episode should present an even more futuristic base(more usage of metal and less usage of concrete for example)The weapons should be upgraded versions of the originals(alternate fire and more futuristic looks) and the whole theme of the second episode should be teleporters, finally at the end you fight the Cyberdemon.The second episode should be Episode 1 V 2.0
-The third episode should be 50% fire and brimstone and 50% something original, why?Because we need something original and this is HELL!Everything is possible here.
The weapons should be demonic shotguns made out of bones that fire blood shells and demonic staffs that throw exploding fireballs some kind of chaingun that spits out bits of bones...you know that kind of stuff.
I picture the levels something like this:
You finally step out of the teleporter and you realise that your weapons are gone(yet again) and you see the dreadful Hellfortress on the horizon.
Knowing that the heart of the fortress is your destination you press forward and the first level starts.
The first level sets you in the outer parts of the castle.Here you can see new doomed souls that await their torment, you will also find the first hell weapons.The first level sets the general atmosphere of hell.
In the second third and fourth levels you are in the castle itself.These are traditional hellfire and brimstone levels where you can see crucified victims, inverted crosses, lots of wailing, rivers of blood, walls made out of intestines(that bleed if you shoot them) basically everything that made the original inferno episode so cool.
In the fifth level you are in an Unholy Cathedral which is basically an evil version of Notre Dame.Here you can see mozaics depicting important figures of hell, demonic sculptures, altars that are used for sacrifices and epic organ music in the background(map 21 from deus vult 2 was an inspiration :D)
The sixth level should be a place that changes constantly where you can see paintings of the most evil leaders of mankind(like Hitler for example) and then at the second half of the level you are teleported to a WW2-like place(where you fight nazis, Hans Grosse and then Hitler himself :D)
The seventh level should be a homage to the scrolling faces.This is a place dominated by complete silence where only people that commited unspeakable crimes are thrown.Everything here is silent and you see legions of souls that are unable to scream and move while demons torment them.
In the eighth level you find you what those rivers of blood are for.When the demons invaded Mars, Phobos and Deimos they quickly adopted many techological advances created by man but they soon realised that they need an enormous amount of electricity to power their factories.In this level your mission is to destroy the hell powerplant that converts blood to electricity.
The last level should depict the majesty and horror of hell in capital letters.Here you see enormous(and I mean ENORMOUS :D) gothic buildings and the sky full of tormented souls is even more restless.After you kill the last remaining demon in your way you finally confront satan himself(the spiderdemon was a lame boss fight imo) escape hell through a portal and find earth sorrounded by flames.
Unpredictability should be the theme of this episode.
Last edited by DooM_RO on 03-30-11 at 12:41
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02-17-11 00:07 
