MeetyourUnmaker Posted May 8, 2015 We all know it was inspired by Doom, but which one specifically? I'm curious on your opinion. 0 Share this post Link to post
snapshot Posted May 8, 2015 Nope, by Classic Doom http://web.archive.org/web/19981205094204/http://www.sierrastudios.com/games/half-life/ 0 Share this post Link to post
Revenant100 Posted May 8, 2015 Seeing the success of the original Doom is what lead Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington to leave Microsoft and form Valve. Gabe's role in developing the Doom95 source port is also widely known. However, it would be hard to say if any one Doom was the sole inspiration for the general development of Half-Life. Dario Casali, still a level designer at Valve to this day, did much of his work in Doom 2, of course eventually leading to Final Doom. Harry Teasley worked on the Midway console ports including Doom 64. Doom's inspiration on the Half-Life series even carried over to the Gearbox Software expansion packs as Randy Pitchford used to make Doom 2 maps under the name DuvalMagic. It would be more accurate to say that Doom as a whole inspired all of Half-Life (if not the lineage of all first person shooters to come) rather than just a single entry in the series. 0 Share this post Link to post
Deleted_Account Posted May 8, 2015 esselfortium said:It was inspired by Dhoom 2. I hope Doom 4 will be as exciting! 0 Share this post Link to post
nxGangrel Posted May 9, 2015 If it wasn't for its "innovations", Half Life would be 3D Doom clone. That's all it would of been. 0 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted May 9, 2015 I'd wager it was all three, to a certain degree, but as far as I'm concerned, HL feels very different to Doom. It's like a modern metal guitarist being inspired by Hendrix - the seed was planted, but grew into something very different and good in it's own way. 0 Share this post Link to post
scifista42 Posted May 9, 2015 Half Life has atmosphere, but not a dark moody atmosphere like Doom 64. Textures are generally bright, which reminds me of Doom 1 techbases if anything from Doom games at all. So, Doom 1. 0 Share this post Link to post
snapshot Posted May 9, 2015 nxGangrel said:If it wasn't for its "innovations", Half Life would be 3D Doom clone. That's all it would of been. Except that it featured New gameplay technics and systems ... etc Basically only the Storyline is inspired by Doom (Space,teleporting and other stuff) (Hates indian movies) 0 Share this post Link to post
Da Werecat Posted May 9, 2015 nxGangrel said:If Half-Life wasn't Half-Life, it wouldn't be Half-Life. Yes. 0 Share this post Link to post
FireFish Posted May 9, 2015 I cant even find or see a resemblance between doom and half-life at all, next to shooting a gun... So if it was inspired by doom they probably thought ; lets shoot things. And so they made a unique game with its own story and environment using an engine derived from the Quake engine, long after doom started to fade from the mainstream media. I would have to read something from the developers before i would even try to go the 'doom' inspired route. 0 Share this post Link to post
ETTiNGRiNDER Posted May 9, 2015 The plot is clearly influenced by the original Doom, just made more "realistic" with aliens instead of demons, facility on Earth instead of Phobos, etc. 0 Share this post Link to post
Deleted_Account Posted May 9, 2015 nxGangrel said:If it wasn't for its "innovations", Half Life would be 3D Doom clone. That's all it would of been. It wouldn't be Half-Life? 0 Share this post Link to post
snapshot Posted May 9, 2015 ETTiNGRiNDER said:The plot is clearly influenced by the original Doom, just made more "realistic" with aliens instead of demons, facility on Earth instead of Phobos, etc. Not to mention XEN Is just Deimos Somehow . 0 Share this post Link to post
nxGangrel Posted May 9, 2015 @DMGUYDZ64. Isn't that what people would include in "innovative"? The developers also wanted the game to be like Doom beyond the plot (at least somewhat). @Da Werecat. Duh @Piper Maru. Nope! just the Half without the Life. 0 Share this post Link to post
snapshot Posted May 9, 2015 nxGangrel said:@DMGUYDZ64. Isn't that what people would include in "innovative"? The developers also wanted the game to be like Doom beyond the plot (at least somewhat). Yeah it's like "Modernised Doom" , With few new chapters (HECU Attack chapter,Blackops ..etc) 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted May 9, 2015 Seeing that it was a Doom clone, I'd say it was inspired by Doom. When did you ever hear of a "Doom 2 clone" or a "Doom 64 clone"? 0 Share this post Link to post
Deleted_Account Posted May 9, 2015 Maes said:Seeing that it was a Doom clone, I'd say it was inspired by Doom. When did you ever hear of a "Doom 2 clone" or a "Doom 64 clone"? What if Life-Half is a Doom 3 clone? 0 Share this post Link to post
snapshot Posted May 9, 2015 Maes said:Seeing that it was a Doom clone, I'd say it was inspired by Doom. Corrected : Seeing that it was Doom, i'd say it was Doom . 0 Share this post Link to post
Deleted_Account Posted May 9, 2015 DMGUYDZ64 said:Corrected : Seeing that it was Doom, i'd say it was Doom . Do you think Doom 4 will be inspired by Doom? 0 Share this post Link to post
Marnetmar Posted May 9, 2015 Doom 4 will be inspired by Doom 5 because id Tech 6 allows you to make time machines. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted May 9, 2015 No, we are the Doom clones. Spoiler Think about it: Doom is in first person....our life is in first persor... 0 Share this post Link to post
Deleted_Account Posted May 9, 2015 And than Gordon Freeman was a headcrab. 0 Share this post Link to post
nxGangrel Posted May 9, 2015 @Piper Maru. @Marnetmar. No no you idiots, Doom 4 is inspired by Half Life 4: What's a three? @Maes. Never tried first persor. must be the shit. 0 Share this post Link to post
Deleted_Account Posted May 9, 2015 nxGangrel waited. The lights in dingy room blinked and sparked above him. There were Doom clones in the base. He didn't see them but expected them for months. His warnings to John Romero went ignored, it was far to late for now anyways. nxGangrel was a green marine for a couple of months. When he was a newbie, he watched Gordon Freeman crawling through airvents and said to Gabe Newell, "HALF-LIFE IS TEH DOOM CLONE WANNABE!!!" and Gabe Newell, atop his mountain of money, "No nxGangrel, YOU WILL BE KILL BY BARNEY CALHOUN!" But now in Doomworld space station of UAC, there were Doom clones. "NO MUST BASH TEH HALF-LIFE CUZ IT NOT AS GOOD AS DOOM!!!" roared nxGangrel. Thhan Gabe Newell exclaimed, " No nxGangrel, you are John Romero's lucious, beautiful hair". And than nxGangrel was a clone. 0 Share this post Link to post
nxGangrel Posted May 9, 2015 That... That was probably the coolest thing I read this year. That made my day! xD 0 Share this post Link to post
VGamingJunkie Posted May 10, 2015 Calling something a Doom clone isn't saying much since it was the original term for first person shooter. Better to be a Doom clone than a Call of Duty clone. 0 Share this post Link to post
xit-vono Posted May 10, 2015 Or how about this one :) https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicționarul_ortografic,_ortoepic_și_morfologic_al_limbii_române 0 Share this post Link to post