Poll: which Doom-game engine is best?

which is best?

1.Doom
2.Hexen
3.Heretic

You missed Strife

Dark Claw said:

You missed Strife

Well, too late to edit now, i'll create a new one and link it!

Why'd you make the prototypes an option? Sure they're great for curiosity sake but I can't play them for more than ten minutes.

thank you for the update

skib said:

Well, too late to edit now, i'll create a new one and link it!

Actually, forum staff can do that.

So there, I combined the polls and merged the threads.

And as for the question, it depends what you're looking for. From an objective design stance, I think that Hexen maximized the true potential of the Doom engine and created the most consistent and detailed game world, therefore I'd call it the "best," as in the most effective presentation. It's also my favorite of the choices, but I realize not everybody likes the puzzle-based gameplay element as much as I do. It's not that I don't appreciate the straight-forward layouts of Doom, in fact I think most people here prefer them, but I like a more esoteric style of mapping.

Dark Claw said:

thank you for the update

You're welcome if you have more suggestions (6 or less) tell me!

Technician said:

Why'd you make the prototypes an option? Sure they're great for curiosity sake but I can't play them for more than ten minutes.

Well, the Beta is only 3 maps from Doom with different sprites and actors such as the dagger!
And Alphas are fun for running through the enemies!

skib said:

You're welcome if you have more suggestions (6 or less) tell me!

I have a few:

Chex Quest
Hacx (while the least popular, still something)
you could split up Doom and Doom 2 (being they use similar but different systems)

I also agree with Lut

Dark Claw said:

I have a few:

Chex Quest
Hacx (while the least popular, still something)
you could split up Doom and Doom 2 (being they use similar but different systems)

I also agree with Lut

Ok, suggest them to a mod or whatever you can I can't even edit my poll!

Lüt said:

Actually, forum staff can do that.

So there, I combined the polls and merged the threads.

Good Idea!

skib said:

I can't even edit my poll!

what the hell?

Doom > Hexen > Heretic > Chex Quest > Doom 2

From a gameplay perspective, I like Heretic more than Hexen because I hated Hexen's switch quests, but I do like Hexen's level design a lot.

I actually put Doom 2 > Doom 1. E1 was fantastic, but E2 was a significant step down, and E3 was kind of meh (I thoroughly dislike E4) whereas Doom 2 had overall pretty neat levels.

skib said:

Well, the Beta is only 3 maps from Doom with different sprites and actors such as the dagger!
And Alphas are fun for running through the enemies!

The beta has some notable gameplay differences, such as the platform movement.

I had the most fun with DOOM, so DOOM it is.

eargosedown said:

I actually put Doom 2 > Doom 1. E1 was fantastic, but E2 was a significant step down, and E3 was kind of meh (I thoroughly dislike E4) whereas Doom 2 had overall pretty neat levels.

Yeah, for all except Heretic (the full one is great) and HeXen (the demo sucks), the Shareware levels are the best!
Only problem is that it makes you want it by having only 1 avaliable and the endoom scene!

I couldn't find impse on the poll

1. heretic
2. Doom
3. Hexen.


it was hard to choose.

Craziness. Heretic is awful; I hate it. Hexen was fun, but never better than Doom. Doom was far better than Doom II, even if most of E3 sucked.

Aliotroph? said:

Craziness. Heretic is awful; I hate it. Hexen was fun, but never better than Doom. Doom was far better than Doom II, even if most of E3 sucked.

:'(

how is heretic awful? its doom with cooler enemies and weapons D:

just the map design bugs me sometimes.

yellowmadness54 said:

its doom with cooler enemies and weapons D:

what

yellowmadness54 said:

its doom with cooler enemies and weapons D:

EDIT: Oh, wait, he was losered. Balance has been restored to the universe.

Hexen due to a strong sense of non-linearity. Fundamentally top-notch level design, almost without exception. It's like John Romero's contribution to Doom multiplied by 5.

I voted for Poll.

magicsofa said:

I couldn't find impse on the poll

What? impse?

yellowmadness54 said:

:'(

how is heretic awful? its doom with cooler enemies and weapons D:

just the map design bugs me sometimes.

Yeap, you're right but the weapons aren't cooler if Heretic had Doom weapons, it would be good!

skib said:

What? impse?

Look, Doom has like three memes. You need to Doom Wiki these things.
http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Impse

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skib said:

What? impse?

impse.cx]Avert your eyes, unless you are a MAN of MANLY STRENGTH and MANLY BOLDNESS. Go where no im-- I mean MAN has gone BEFORE

#1 - Doom II
#2 - Ultimate Doom
#3 - Evilution

Wait a second here.....