hellstorms

[MeetyourUnmaker]

So how come Hell has storms in Doom 64?

 

 

[SaladBadger]

because its dramatic and cool and seriously adds to the map's atmosphere

 

i hope you aren't expecting some sort of scientific explanation, because i'm reasonably certain this wasn't a consideration at all when they made the effect

[Immorpher]

I always ignored a lot of the lore (I didn't read much as a kid) and imagined the places in Doom 64 as an alien world that we imagined as hell, haha.

[ETTiNGRiNDER]

On 6/25/2018 at 9:06 PM, Immorpher said:

I always ignored a lot of the lore (I didn't read much as a kid) and imagined the places in Doom 64 as an alien world that we imagined as hell, haha.

From what I've heard that's pretty much what the Doom novels did, too.

[Pegleg]

12 hours ago, ETTiNGRiNDER said:

From what I've heard that's pretty much what the Doom novels did, too.

Ba-dum-tss.

 

On 6/25/2018 at 9:06 PM, Immorpher said:

I always ignored a lot of the lore (I didn't read much as a kid) and imagined the places in Doom 64 as an alien world that we imagined as hell, haha.

I always get a chuckle when people talk about the lore of Doom. In my mind, any lore was retroactively created after the fact--the "lore" was essentially:

 

You're the last surviving marine at a base on Phobos where they were performing experiments with portals that led to some sort of invasion¹. Clean up the base and go home. Once you're in Hell, the only way out is through.

 

¹ The invaders are demons, aliens, and/or mutants. The documentation (box and manual) basically say all three in different places.

[Immorpher]

That's probably where I got that seed implanted in my head! I have always preferred sci-fi explanations over fantasy explanations.

[hellcat]

Because there's a giant cacodemon that lives above hell and throws up constantly he's quite a nuisance  

[Immorpher]

12 hours ago, hellcat said:

Because there's a giant cacodemon that lives above hell and throws up constantly he's quite a nuisance  

Ha! Like that damn candle imp I wish I could kill!