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AgentOrange

What is everyone's favorite installment of DOOM?

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OK if i cant figure out how to get polls to work again...i'm just wondering what's everyone's favorite DOOM episode?

Select from
Doom (episode 1, 2, 3 or 4)
Doom2
Final Doom: TNT
Final DOom: Plutonia
Doom3

as for me, i love episode 2 the best ...could have used monsters such as the mancubus and other doom monsters but doom2 i thought didnt have that doom feel...and it took forever to beat (cause i never figured out strafing until about a year after i played doom2 the first time through...which also made ultimate doom pretty tough as well)

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Episode 4 has the best detail methinks, but I think I will always love Episode 1. My thoughts about episode 2 and 3 playing it after years of only E1 were "man these are ugly!". In paticular that room that combined every startan...ugh

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Episodes 1 and 4 most definitively. Also TNT and Plutonia for giving some decent "official" levels to the Doom 2 engine ;-)

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Uhh.. Doom II. *hides* I know how that isn't everybody's favorite. When I first played it, I had never played any custom wads. The massive open spaces were really cool back when I first played the game, which was something that the first Doom was lacking. Doom II also pulled off the hell feeling better I think than what Doom did (of course there are a few levels where that is the exception).

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yeah doom2 does have a better hell feel then episode 3, and i do like episode 1 but its too easy and short, even on nightmare its not much of a challenge...pretty good atmosphere though...and at least early episode2 is good...oh and for the heck of it my second favorite is episode3 just cause is hell, but the only maps i like are e3m1, e3m2, e3m7 and e3m9 (best secret level ever!

hmm maybe i should've added TNT and Plutonia too just because they're (sorta) an episode of doom...i dont think its true and official(more like a pwad sorta deal) but its still an Iwad.

in that case, tnt felt like doom2 sorta but better and bigger (sometimes too big) an plutonia is just tough, especially before i learned strafing...u know how hard it is to defeat a horde of revenants without strafing!?

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Everyone plays E1 and E3, yet E2 is pretty unnoticed. I love the half tech, half hell feel of Shores of Hell, and a lot of the old abandoned areas with vines everywhere, and stained doorsand all of that. It has a sense of uncertainty that E1 didn't have and E3 couldn't of had (You kow you are gonna get beat down by demons in hell ;))

And Doom II is played far too much. The Mid-Later areas of that game are horribly mapped. :(
Its good for its... New features! Yeah, that'll do.

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Final Doom is an official installment, and should be included (as two split episodes that is.) Currently my favorite would have to be Doom 2, with TNT:Evilution coming in second (Lots of good memories with evolution). Really, its a hard choice though because it depends on how I feel at the moment. I change my mind fairly often. In fact, I have to say I enjoy all of them pretty equally, yes even Doom 3.

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E1 and E2 are pretty close to tied on my list. Maybe E1 is a little ahead.

Doom II is good for all the added features that mappers can make use of, but I honestly don't like the game itself that much. I never cared for Final Doom, really. Not sure why, but it just didn't do anything for me, though it did have its moments. Doom 3 was the most disappointing gaming experience I've ever had. Nothing against the people who liked it.

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ok just one last thing...episode 1 has always been nice in my opinion, good atmosphere and stuff but not the creepiest or difficult or anything...but i just played a bit of KDIZD and it is AMAZING!!! :D

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I liked DOOM2 for the hellish levels at the end, and DOOM1 E1 and E4. E1 was too easy, but I liked the gameplay, and I don't really think E3 portrays hell very well, otherwise I'd replace E4 with it. I like E4 because of the detail and, in E4M1, the use of teleporters. I personally like a lot of teleporting, since that's how the whole invasion started anyway, and they fit in in hellish AND techno maps.

I think DOOM3 shamed the name DOOM and should be ostracized from all DOOM conversation, but that's just me...

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RightField said:

Episode 2 by far. Best atmosphere and music.

Completely agreed. I always get major nostalgia while replaying this episode. Definitely my favourite.

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Well, looks like someone has necroposted my thread!

yeah i know i haven't been on here for a long time, doom isn't really my top interest anymore, especially since i have so little time nowadays...

so anyways i'm preparing to make up some more doom levels soon, but i'm gonna see if i can just keep it for fun this time instead of gettin as obsessed about it as i did last time; just make up individual levels for fun with no care of other people's opinions :P

and i still like episode 2 better, episode 4 had some great levels like 1, 2 and 8 but the other one's weren't so great...

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Episode 1 will always be a set of quality maps. The only thing it lacks is hard difficulty compared to todays standards. Everything else about it is absolutely perfect.

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Trilinear said:

Completely agreed. I always get major nostalgia while replaying this episode. Definitely my favourite.

Agreed. Episode 2 and Episode 4 are my favorites. 1 owns too, but I play it WAY too much.

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I like Doom1 and Doom3 equally. Doom1 for being the first, Doom3 for reusing the then 11 year old brand.

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I love them all but for some reason I have a special feeling for Master Levels for DOOM II.

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i always really liked episode 2, even though there is some ugly/random texturing here and there. the music and ambience i agree with.
also, this episode is the most fun to speedrun, imo.

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Kaiser said:

Doom64. Even though its not on the list.


Oooh I forgot about that. Doom64 is REALLY good too.

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E1, E4, and DOOM II. DOOM II is good for mapmaking, the last few levels were good, and the new monsters add more of a challenge. DOOM E1 has just AWESOME maps, and E4 deserved to replace E3. E4 had more detail and felt more hellish than E3, which was basically (in my opinion) a bunch of pentagrams stapled together.

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