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Captain Red
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Mods and source ports. If doom was the same game now as it was in 1993 I wouldn't still be playing it.

EvilNed01 said:
Because I know exactly how many SSG blasts it takes to take down any one enemy.

Oh, and this to. :)

11-17-12 03:32 #

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DevilutioN
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j4rio said:
Addiction, I guess.

^ This.
It's like sex... only virtual!

.. not sure if I'm kidding or what

11-17-12 14:37 #

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Katamori
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The information that the set of levels doesn't end with Final Doom. I WANTED MOAR!!4!

Then, I got Eternal Doom and the story has begun. :D

11-17-12 15:47 #

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Netherstorm
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When I get bored of WoW, I play Doom.

...Most of the time I play Doom anyway.

11-18-12 01:56 #

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The Monitor
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Phobus said:
I've never not had it on my home PC or laptop, so it's always there if I want it. Throw in the seemingly limitless number of levels online, easy-to-run ports (with lots of new features, in some cases) and it's a game for life. The fact that it's easy to make custom content for is also a giant help in keeping it fresh and interesting.

Testify, brother!

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11-19-12 00:04 #

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TB171
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Because nothing says fun like firing rockets at giant-ass spiders >:D

11-21-12 00:04 #

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Macblain
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Doom, at its best, makes me feel embarrassed for other video games.

11-24-12 20:11 #

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Mogul
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An unscratchable itch to be a good Map01 deathmatcher.

11-24-12 20:48 #

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_bruce_
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Overall piece of art... creativity, gfx, gameplay, atmosphere, technical aspects, hardware boom...

to put it in a Carmackian way - The right thing.

11-24-12 21:04 #

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Mr. Chris
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-Infighting.
-Community.
-Gameplay.
-Third party maps and source ports.

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11-25-12 01:25 #

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DoomUK
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Because it's fun - the single most critical aspect of a computer game, yet a deceptively difficult accolade to earn.

11-25-12 09:07 #

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baronofheck82
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It's fun to play, very addictive and easy to make maps for (not that I've made any yet).

11-25-12 15:44 #

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doomfan69
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The shotgun.
OOOHHHH YEAAAHHHH. If only everything weapon was as satisfying in todays games.

11-25-12 18:14 #

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joe-ilya
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doomfan69 said:
The shotgun.
OOOHHHH YEAAAHHHH. If only everything weapon was as satisfying in todays games.

yeah , i like the doom shotgun too

in the nowadays games the shotgun is not that good (exept for tf2 , hl,)

11-25-12 19:43 #

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schwerpunk
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Soldier of Fortune had a pretty sweet boomstick-style shotty, too, as I recall.

11-25-12 20:58 #

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_bruce_
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schwerpunk said:
Soldier of Fortune had a pretty sweet boomstick-style shotty, too, as I recall.

Totally strange but awesome game - played through it 3 times and will do so again.

11-25-12 21:21 #

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Raptomex
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Excellent new wads/megawads. Interesting mods. And I love Brutal Doom. Plus Doom rules.

12-02-12 08:12 #

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Sokoro
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-Infighting in Community
-Exploring new places in pwads
-Being able to run with speed at 41km/h while raining monsters with rockets, plasma and lead.

12-03-12 13:23 #

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Avoozl
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joe-ilya said:

yeah , i like the doom shotgun too

in the nowadays games the shotgun is not that good (exept for tf2 , hl,)

With most games today you can rarely kill more than one person at a time with their shitguns.

12-03-12 14:00 #

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princetontiger
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The puzzles... the nonlinearity of the levels

12-03-12 21:41 #

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AlexMax
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There's nothing quite like Doom except maybe Quake 1.

* Fun to explore maps that are less setpiece driven than modern games.
* Varied enemy selection that meshes well together and can create some interesting situations.
* It's easy as heck to make maps for, yet the skill ceiling is pretty high.
* Multiplayer is less governed by control over power items (obvious things like blue armor and megaspheres excepted, but they're usually not in popular maps).

12-04-12 01:29 #

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Alwaysdoomed
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Doom is a good mix between midevil and modern themes and doesnt require gimmicks to make it even semi entertaining. The modding community is healthy and theres always new maps to play. I cant think of another fps game that has entertained me longer than a month, but doom has kept me entertained since i was a child.

Modern fps games just arnt that interesting and i absolutely hate using modern guns except in doom. Nothing more boring than 12 weapons that do the same thing except shoot slower, faster or less accurate.

12-04-12 02:22 #

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