The foundation of modern FPS games
User Rating: 9.7 | DOOM PC
Doom, when released, caused a huge sensation. Everyone wanted in on it. It had unbelievable graphics, truly the best. You got to go, basically, through hell as this unfortunate sap unlucky enough to be there, but you got to do it all through his eyes. Now, there had been games before Doom which put you in the character's head, but never with control like Doom had. Doom had amazingly terrifying sounds, music and effects alike, highly detailed graphics, and was efficient enough that most computers of the time could play it. I remember getting the shareware version of it early, just Knee Deep in the Dead was included, and I logged atleast 150 hours into that. Doom really set the standard, not just for FPSs, but for most games. Doom was made with a lot of time and care, and was definitely not half-@$$ed. After Doom, you could spend a small amount of time and call what you had a game, you actually had to make it real, like Doom was. Doom was so real, that ID software got sued after the Columbine incident because the kids said Doom "put them in the mood to kill." Which is totally bs, because I was playing this game when I was 9 years old, and I only want to kill Richard Simmons. :P Included in Doom, you got lots of levels, something like 30-50, not really sure. You got about 8 weapons, some really cool ones included, like the rocket launcher and plasma cannon and, of course, who could forget, the BFG 9000 (guess what BFG stands for: "Big F****** Gun"). And the monsters included are crazy as all hell. But, why wouldn't they be, they're from hell! Also, the levels you get to play are very large for the day, many of them you can get lost in. There are also 5 different difficulty settings you can play, but the easiest is too easy, and the hardest is very hard. So, if you haven't played Doom yet, first of all, shame on you; second, you can get it very cheap online, try ebay. But don't get the PS or N64 versions, as they really suck, get the PC one. You might have a little trouble because the PC version runs off of DOS, not Windows. And Microsoft hasn't done a great job of making modern Windows' backwards compatible with DOS, but try anyway, it'll be hugely worth your while.
