First person shooter owes its roots to the Doom franchise, and if you’re a big fan of the series, let me get to the point and tell you to get this edition right away.
It has the best versions of the original Doom, Doom II and Doom 3 along with most add-on content. All on a single disc.
The first two games are true to their roots with original graphics playing in a 4:3 ascept ratio box, it won’t look good on your widescreen.
Doom 3 however has done a bit of extra fan service by adding a very important function that the original game was solely lacking- the ability to use a flashlight and a gun at the same time.
That ability may seems like a no-brainer right now, but at the time of its original release, id insisted that the inability to use the two at the same time added to the overall spookiness of the game.
That said, the Doom series does retain all the old elements that made you jump.
The first two games still give you creeps as you play the only human against an army of demons.
Doom 3, though more social in nature, does use its sharp lighting and sound to push your heartbeat at every corner. However, the excessively bump-mapped feel looks very dated but also makes things looks just that extra scary.
The bundle is a great lesson in history, but a full price, it’s a bit hard to recommend when there are so many great new games available this season.
This one’s only for the fans. For everyone else, these games are just probably too old.
It has the best versions of the original Doom, Doom II and Doom 3 along with most add-on content. All on a single disc.
The first two games are true to their roots with original graphics playing in a 4:3 ascept ratio box, it won’t look good on your widescreen.
Doom 3 however has done a bit of extra fan service by adding a very important function that the original game was solely lacking- the ability to use a flashlight and a gun at the same time.
That ability may seems like a no-brainer right now, but at the time of its original release, id insisted that the inability to use the two at the same time added to the overall spookiness of the game.
That said, the Doom series does retain all the old elements that made you jump.
The first two games still give you creeps as you play the only human against an army of demons.
Doom 3, though more social in nature, does use its sharp lighting and sound to push your heartbeat at every corner. However, the excessively bump-mapped feel looks very dated but also makes things looks just that extra scary.
The bundle is a great lesson in history, but a full price, it’s a bit hard to recommend when there are so many great new games available this season.
This one’s only for the fans. For everyone else, these games are just probably too old.
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