_bruce_
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DoomUK said:
I've never played it at all, but from what I understand it's a bad port of the PSX port, which in turn was a port of the Jaguar port, neither of which didn't hold a candle to PC Doom on a technical level.
There's a lot of things I love about PSX Doom, and I can understand people preferring small details in the other console versions (I'm very fond of the HUD in Saturn Doom), but I don't know how inferior ports of the original PC game can be preferred, let alone when you compare them to modern source ports. Though I guess that's why it's a confession.
Don't know about the HUD - looks strange too me, like done by a modder. The Saturn version's claim to fame seem to be that it "runs"(Japan version), or crawls, on the Saturn and has cool box/cover artwork.
The colored lighting is gone too, which in itself was a gimmick but tended to look cool and give the PSX version at least some novum to be seen as an addition to the Doom realm.
If you happen to find an old Saturn and Doom - play it... as a fan of Doom it's kinda required in a sense of historical perspective.
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