Scabbed Angel Posted December 3, 2005 An amusing description from the outside, of Doom brought to you today by the letter Snopes: Snopes said: "Like its precursor, Wolfenstein, and in common with Quake, Doom is a violent computer game in which the object is to get your character safely out of a multi-tiered environment. To do this, one picks up weapons and food supplies along the way and at every opportunity blasts through lurking hordes of monsters and bad guys. The graphics are high quality and the gore spectacular. As each floor (or "level" as it's referred to by Doom aficionados) is completed, the character climbs to a higher one, each new level distinguished from those previous by different graphics, layout, and types of bad guys found therein. The game is still the same (shoot everything in sight), but the look of it is different as the character advances ever upwards. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/doom.asp "Doom aficionados" "Food items" "The graphics are high quality and the gore spectacular" Heh... thought some of you might find it amusing... 0 Share this post Link to post
Bashe Posted December 3, 2005 I read that before. Kinda weird how Harris did make levels for Doom and then after Columbine it was "omg omg omg omg doom's fault." 0 Share this post Link to post
KwadDamyj Posted December 3, 2005 Bashe said:I read that before. Kinda weird how Harris did make levels for Doom and then after Columbine it was "omg omg omg omg doom's fault." And now it's almost that all over again thanks to that Clinton witch. =^/ Despite the fact that I think games have been getting LESS violent. I haven't seen many games as gory and detailed in their dismemberment as Doom II/Turok 2/the old Mortal Kombats/various others in years, really. Wasn't the ESRB formed after DooM was released? I recall they formed around the same year... 0 Share this post Link to post
leileilol Posted December 3, 2005 Mortal Kombat inspired the ESRB. That and Night T(c)rap. To do this, one picks up weapons and food supplies along the way and at every opportunity blasts through lurking hordes of monsters and bad guys. THOSE OLD SNOPES PEOPLE DIDN'T PLAY THE GAME 0 Share this post Link to post
KwadDamyj Posted December 3, 2005 TheDarkArchon said:I never knew Hell had floors. Of course it does. You travel between them with a Hellevator. =^P 0 Share this post Link to post
TheDarkArchon Posted December 4, 2005 >_< "Entering Floor 666: Imp Brothel" 0 Share this post Link to post
KwadDamyj Posted December 4, 2005 Snopes kills Dumbledore. (Sorry. Couldn't resist. =^D) 0 Share this post Link to post
Bank Posted December 4, 2005 KwadDamyj said:Snopes kills Dumbledore. (Sorry. Couldn't resist. =^D) Noooooooo, you bitch! (Thank you ytmnd) 0 Share this post Link to post
Use Posted December 4, 2005 gargoylol said:Mortal Kombat inspired the ESRB. That and Night T(c)rap. Night Trap was hilarious. 0 Share this post Link to post
St. Doom Posted December 4, 2005 Use3D said:Night Trap was hilarious. Googled it and didn't get any good info what was the game about 0 Share this post Link to post
Naked Snake Posted December 4, 2005 St. Doom said:Googled it and didn't get any good info what was the game about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Trap Dude, use Wikipedia when looking for info on something before using Google. 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted December 4, 2005 "Food supplies" was incorrect, but everything else seems dead on. You can't expect those two Snopes updaters to be 100% knowledgable on everything ever. 0 Share this post Link to post
Naked Snake Posted December 4, 2005 AndrewB said:"Food supplies" was incorrect, but everything else seems dead on. You can't expect those two Snopes updaters to be 100% knowledgable on everything ever. The graphics are high quality and the gore spectacular. When the 486 was state of the art :-P As each floor (or "level" as it's referred to by Doom aficionados) is completed, the character climbs to a higher one In all the episodes, you don't seem to be going up or down, merely between areas on the status screen (in Doom) each new level distinguished from those previous by different graphics, layout, and types of bad guys found therein. Um, not really different graphics, maybe a new texture here or there... 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted December 5, 2005 You do travel upwards on the intermission screen. 0 Share this post Link to post
SYS Posted December 5, 2005 It's been said before but Doom wasn't solely responsible for the Columbine shooting spree. They just grabbed guns and reached the top of the world their own way. The only way they knew how. The only way that those around them would care, listen, and take seriously. The fact Harris was on Anti deppressants says it all. Anti depressants can cause both suicidal and homicidal tendancies in people. 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted December 9, 2005 BBG said:When the 486 was state of the art :-P In all the episodes, you don't seem to be going up or down, merely between areas on the status screen (in Doom) Um, not really different graphics, maybe a new texture here or there... I'll just save myself some time and concede all of these points. 0 Share this post Link to post
188DarkRevived Posted December 9, 2005 As each floor (or "level" as it's referred to by Doom aficionados) is completed, the character climbs to a higher one Were these reviewers blind?!? Did they not realize that each level is actually not a flat floor with fixed altitudes but rather a varied terrain with flexible altitudes? To me it seems like they haven't even seen a single thumbnail screenshot of DOOM, and just randomly made something up by looking at a Wolf3d screenshot, knowing that that was a predecessor. Lazy n00bs. 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted December 10, 2005 Snopes is really not a game review site; it's a myth bunking/debunking site. 0 Share this post Link to post