Li'l devil

I like TNT Evilution because it's kind of weird and interesting. Sometimes its level design is just strange (mostly gameplay-wise) and I admire that. It also feels so unpolished, and again, I'm a fan of that in some way too. So basically, it requires specific taste to like it. What I don't like is people comparing Evilution to Plutonia. I think they shouldn't be compared. They have very different appeals.

Wow, I didn't even know the camera is at the chest level in Doom. Why is it though? Is Doomguy amogus or something? lol

So much for that grandiose comeback, lol

If Doom weren't made, something else would've been made in its place, and all things Doom invented and popularized would've been invented and popularized by other games. Of course, the gaming world would've been different now, but I doubt it'd be too much different.

Good picks. I'm not gonna post any, instead I'll post a thread on the same topic I started years ago (and it has some of my own picks of course). :) https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/86998-creepy-videogame-music/ Edit: lol, realized one of my picks in there is the same as roadworx's.

I fell into an inescapable toxic pit on E1M3 and died.

Both Half-Life 2 and STALKER were going to be much darker, atmospheric and with 2-3 times more content each than what we got. It's no wonder that they both have entire modding communities centered around just restoring the unreleased content. Personally I can't appreciate final versions of these games anymore because I keep thinking about their early designs.

My post wasn't serious either. I just thought the thread devolved into seemingly pointless praise of the game, so I did this sarcastic jab of sorts.

What's with all this mindless Doom praise? That's elitism, yikes. Why do so many people on this forum think that Doom is an exceptionally good game? I can't believe you all share the exact same opinion, to the point of this being an echo chamber... To have a proper forum discussion we need more people who think that Doom is a bad or mediocre game.

Square Enix should sue them.

We need more threads like these. Preferably one every hour.

I don't think Doom is unique in this regard, it's just has an advantage of being older and being easier to make custom content for. Besides, for every good wad there are probably 100 mediocre or bad ones. And despite the variety many people will get tired of Doom regardless if they play it for very long. Of course, there are some regulars here that play hundreds of wads per year, but I think in the community as a whole they're exceptional. There were a lot of times when I had a grand plan of playing every classic wad out there... and I always finished one at best. Usually not even one. For me, even one 30 map megawad can become a chore by the end, due to Doom's mostly repetitive gameplay, so I often gave up and played something else, only to never return to the wad.

Why would you even compare CoD to Doom? They have completely different gameplay. And if you're trying to make fun of CoD, it's not trendy anymore (and I don't think it was ever funny to begin with). Anyway, stupid question! (not even a question technically, since there's no question mark)

Yeah, I think SMMs and arachnotrons just don't fit well in Doom in terms of design. Other than that, imo both in Doom I and II there's some dissonance in tone when it comes to enemy design. For example, zombies, imps, barons look "serious", but revenants look kind of comical and cacodemons looks a bit cartoony. It has a good side tho in that the player can distinguish between enemies better. Heh, Doom 3 does the opposite, the theme is 100% consistent, but damn they all look grey, lol. Not that it matters because you can't see anything in Doom 3! From the gameplay side of things, in Doom II some Doom I enemies feel very underpowered, and I think the devs missed an opportunity to improve them for Doom II. Especially, the pinky demons (their attack is too avoidable when you're not cornered) and the barons (need to have some unique ability compared to hell knights). Well, pinkies kinda have a purpose of being a "swarm" kind of enemy, but I don't think the devs intended that, and they were meant to be more dangerous than imps according to the hierarchy, but in practice they aren't. Re: KDiZD... KDiZD... well, I liked it's overdetailed design, but some maps were too confusing, new weapons were out of place and looked straight up bad (SSG), some new enemies were also out of place (lion enemies with shield), so... 2/5 :)

I know how to solve the "too many contenders for Cacowards" problem. People should just stop making as many good wads per year as they do now. It's literally that simple.