PseudoGold Posted May 21, 2016 Was he going in blind or did he have an idea of how Doom worked beforehand? Did he know you couldn't look up and down by default, or did you enable mouselook? Here I am being inquisitive, good to see there's a constant supply of new blood. The old is starting to peel off the walls after 20+ years outside of demons. 0 Share this post Link to post
Brad_tilf Posted May 21, 2016 PseudoGold said:Was he going in blind or did he have an idea of how Doom worked beforehand? Did he know you couldn't look up and down by default, or did you enable mouselook? Here I am being inquisitive, good to see there's a constant supply of new blood. TH eold is starting to peel off the walls after 20+ years outside of demons. He's played before but still learning the basics but at least its kb/m. :-) 0 Share this post Link to post
purist Posted May 22, 2016 Cool, I've already done my bit for the next generation of Doomers : https://goo.gl/photos/omUqbXgAB3BcAjqV9 0 Share this post Link to post
dew Posted May 22, 2016 purist said:Cool, I've already done my bit for the next generation of Doomers : https://goo.gl/photos/omUqbXgAB3BcAjqV9 Holy crap, what is this multitasking devilry? Is he using the second laptop for looking up hints on youtube? Give the young man a second monitor ffs! 0 Share this post Link to post
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AD_79 Posted May 24, 2016 I'm considering trying to get my 11 year old brother into Doom. He enjoys playing FPS sometimes as well as creating things, so this might work out well. 0 Share this post Link to post
Batelli_1605 Posted May 25, 2016 My nephew will be born in September and in a few years I'll introduce him to Doom even if my brother allows me or not lol. 0 Share this post Link to post
purist Posted May 25, 2016 dew said:Holy crap, what is this multitasking devilry? Is he using the second laptop for looking up hints on youtube? Give the young man a second monitor ffs! Haha, he was watching a YouTube cartoon. Dan Vs I think it was called. I can't work out what Doom PWAD he is playing but it looks like it has a custom HUD. 0 Share this post Link to post
MFG38 Posted May 25, 2016 Seeing this thread makes me want to introduce DOOM to my godson. Actually yeah, I'll be sure to do that. Thanks for the inspiration. 0 Share this post Link to post
joe-ilya Posted May 25, 2016 purist said:Haha, he was watching a YouTube cartoon. Dan Vs I think it was called. I can't work out what Doom PWAD he is playing but it looks like it has a custom HUD. The HUD looks like it's from Strain. 0 Share this post Link to post
june gloom Posted May 26, 2016 joe-ilya said:The HUD looks like it's from Strain. Definitely from STRAIN -- I'd recognize that weird skull HUD face anywhere. 0 Share this post Link to post
Frisky Posted May 28, 2016 If he's younger than 8, there's a chance I'll have an existential crisis. Because 2cool4me. 0 Share this post Link to post
MrGlide Posted May 28, 2016 Hell ya, if you get it for consoles you can play co-op with him, I do this with my son as well. 0 Share this post Link to post
Blastfrog Posted July 15, 2016 I started playing Doom when I was 12. My neighbor told me about the game a few years before that but was too "responsible" to show me it. :( MrGlide said:Hell ya, if you get it for consoles you can play co-op with him, I do this with my son as well.As crusty as Legacy is these days, you can use it for splitscreen co-op if one doesn't have access to a PS3 or 360. Jaguar and PSX version support 2 player MP, but that requires two consoles, two TVs and a link cable. 0 Share this post Link to post
Camahueto Posted July 15, 2016 That's cool! Pretty impressive that a game this old can still attract people in a good way (and not in the "it's so retro!!!" way i hope). My sister also likes Doom, but she's too young and cannot control it properly, so she just watches me play. She prefers it with Brutal Doom, though, for some reason. 0 Share this post Link to post
wheresthebeef Posted July 15, 2016 I dig his arrow key control scheme; raising him right grandpa! 0 Share this post Link to post
VGamingJunkie Posted July 15, 2016 Personally, I don't understand people stubbornly clinging to an arrow key control scheme. The only real reason they didn't use mouse look back in the day is because 3D games on PC were relatively new back then and Doom wasn't exactly vertically based so they figured auto-aim would be easier for gamers to handle. Romero even told me on Twitter that he likes that Source Ports use WADS+Mouse. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fonze Posted July 15, 2016 Yeah, totally... that's why they smartly put forward/backward movement on the mouse. You know, because they predicted that people would use the mouse only for look/turn and the keyboard for only movement. I always saw the mouse as the "1-handed option" for playing Doom in the 90s. Romero's quote that he likes that modern source ports use modern controls has nothing to do with what he predicted in the early 90s. 0 Share this post Link to post
Brad_tilf Posted July 15, 2016 MetroidJunkie said:Personally, I don't understand people stubbornly clinging to an arrow key control scheme. The only real reason they didn't use mouse look back in the day is because 3D games on PC were relatively new back then and Doom wasn't exactly vertically based so they figured auto-aim would be easier for gamers to handle. Romero even told me on Twitter that he likes that Source Ports use WADS+Mouse. Um, Because that's what I'm used to using 0 Share this post Link to post
ReFracture Posted July 16, 2016 Reminds me of my Nephew.. spent about 6 or 7 years living with us. He's 12 now. He's probably the only kid among his friends who has played Doom among dozens of other 80s and 90s games. 0 Share this post Link to post
VGamingJunkie Posted July 16, 2016 Brad_tilf said:Um, Because that's what I'm used to using But then why do people act like it makes a difference to see a child copying that control scheme, as if WADS+Mouse is somehow inferior? Fonze said:Romero's quote that he likes that modern source ports use modern controls has nothing to do with what he predicted in the early 90s. Like I said. At the time, it had to do with ease of use since mouse aiming wasn't exactly a thing back then and they figured auto-aiming with the keyboard was simpler. 0 Share this post Link to post
Voros Posted July 16, 2016 I dont know if this counts, but my 7-year old brother plays UDoom and Doom 2, with various WADs and mods, like Brutal Doom, IMPatience, Alien Vendetta, Zone 300, 50 Shades of Graytall, Bloodstain, CIF3, etc. I wouldnt call it an addiction though. 0 Share this post Link to post
Buckshot Posted July 16, 2016 Heh, my nephews playing some Keen, Wolf3D, and DOOM. 0 Share this post Link to post
Varis Alpha Posted July 16, 2016 it's a bit weird seeing Doom and Wolfenstein 3D being up on mobile devices, but not Commander Keen. feels like it'd make sense having that game series on there. 0 Share this post Link to post