What a great port. I mean, we never really got a good port that wasn't CD based until now.

User Rating: 8 | DOOM GBA
By predalienking6 | Review Date:
Graphics: even though the hardware on the GBA is just about comparable to snes the graphics aren't as highly pixilated or dark as on the snes. Actually the graphics are quite a bit brighter than any port which makes the GBA port stand out and look kinda kiddy, although this game is not kiddy.

Gameplay: the core game is unchanged and still amazing. Also, unlike the snes (yet again) the controls don't feel detached and the response happens immediately. Now that is just awesome and shows that cartridges can handle doom which the snes and 32X made us think impossible.

Sound: the music and sound effects are kind of compressed as I think they are "midi" files which are computer emulated digitized sound/music files which sounds miles worse than instrumental recorded music which we use on CD's and digital data storage's (like downloads).

Final thoughts: With every cartridge port being horrible you'd probably expect this port to suck but it's extremely faithful to the PC version in all respects: graphics (sort of), sound, gameplay, even the framerate (which sucked on just about every console port other than the playstation).

Hints: play this game
2: be ready to get killed… a lot… especially on the difficulties: "ultra violent" and "nightmare".

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