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Thanks goodness I got the free classic DOOM game offers from Steam last 
Christmas. ;)


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

> Bethesda has just dropped an upgrade for the original "Doom" and "Doom
> II" (yes, the classic games from the 90s). Bethesda really knows how
> to milk their existing IPs; adding a few tiny upgrades, and then
> repackaging it under a slightly different name and reselling it to
> fans.

> Although we're rapidly approaching Ship of Theseus levels of
> replacement here, since there's very little of the EXISTING game left
> in these repackagings. The textures are new. The sound is new. The
> engine is Nightdive's own proprietary "Kex" engine. Sure, it largely
> looks, sounds and plays like Doom but at this point, is it still
> really "Doom"?

> Whatever it is, this new port does bring things like wide-screen
> support and accessibility options to the game, and the package
> includes pretty much ALL the officially released material from the
> classic era (including the recently released "Sigil" map-pack), all of
> which is good. 

> But playing it... it doesn't really FEEL like Doom. It's too... I
> dunno, too smooth. The originals had a roughness to them that had
> nothing to do with pixels or framerate. (I'm pretty sure this is a
> result of the KEX engine; it always feels too slick for its own good.
> I disliked this in their Quake port too). Honestly, I think you get a
> much better experience using a source-port like zDoom or Boom or
> whichever alternative you like most.

> It doesn't help that this new Doom is closely tied to Bethesda's own
> network (you can't even add mods without a Bethesda account). I'm like
> 90% certain this was the whole point of the release. Bethesda's been
> trying everything to leverage its IPs to get more players to create a
> bethesda.net account.

> Still, you can't beat the price... /IF/ you already own Doom, that is.
> If you have "Doom" or "Doom II" on Steam or GOG (or anywhere it's been
> sold in recent years), you'll get this package as a free upgrade. If
> you don't own those games, I say you're still better off just buying
> the originals, but this new version is worth at least taking a look at
> if it's a freebie for you. (If you don't own the classics, this new
> version selling for $10USD. But just buy the classics; they're better
> and you get much better mod support).

> Anyway, there's more Doom now. Whether that's bad or good, I felt
> obligated it report it to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action. It was the
> original home of the game, after all.
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