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Doom is a Shooter game developed by id Software and published by Williams Entertainment Inc. in 1995 for the Playstation.

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Overall 9.2 Graphics 7.5 Sound 9.5 Addictive 8.5 Story 6 Depth 8 Difficulty 7

9.7

DOOM Just got Scary! MechaMento
DOOM - Playstation X

I really can not keep count of how many ports DOOM got but the FPS phenomenon was so over praised every console wanted a part.

My last review was on DOOM for the SEGA 32x and during that I talked about the SNES port and how it was better even with the 16-bit disadvantage. This leaves us with a few ports left.

We have the Atari Jaguar and Xbox Live Arcade ports which are essentially just enhanced rips from the original PC which leaves us with The PSX and Sega Saturn ports of DOOM.

Both ports were very a like to each other but there was something just a little darker in the PSX version...

Graphics

You would expect the two ports to have enhanced the original PC engine. The graphics are far better yet it still keeps all of the textures in that same DOOM style. While it may be a little disappointing that id didn't show off the capabilities that the PSX could handle like Insomniac Games did with Spyro the Dragon, the game's nostalgia feel is far more important when porting a classic.

As I mentioned there was something darker about this port to the Saturn. What id experimented with was the lighting. In DOOM PSX, the is little sunshine and the shade is overwhelming. This reminds me of the Left 4 Dead series where one time you'll be outside and it is all bright but then when you go into a dark room all of a sudden you are facing shadows of inertia. That made Left 4 Dead scary and along with other elements it made DOOM PSX scary too!

Sound

id took a bold move by not using the original soundtrack in the PSX and Sega Saturn ports of this game. If I were a game designer I would not take a huge risk like this when porting or remaking a classic. id bravery brought yet again another fear aspect into DOOM and somehow I am thinking it worked better that way.

I have mentioned many times that the Original DOOM soundtrack was one of the best video game compositions of all time. While the songs were epic and made you feel good like the Hanger theme people were beginning to feel that DOOM was not a Horror game.

The music in the 2 ports is a lot darker and the complete diversity to the originals epic up beat rock / metal theme. The soundtrack is not so relatable to a typical song, you will sit through some chilling synths and distorted screams and crying. The distorted cries and screams make the player feel uncomfortable especially when you witness dead bodies with poles sticking through their body and bodiless legs hanging dripping blood.

Addictiveness
While the game has become a lot dark and sinister since the original game yet the same fast paced zombie butt kicking action is there. There is this strange feeling that is really hard to explain. When playing DOOM, especially with a controller you just want to hit the button harder even though it doesn't do anything different. I just get an urge to destroy while play 90s DOOM games and the feeling comes out with a violent hit of the button or trigger.

Depth

The DOOM series has been know for having a lot of secrets. A play would not just play a DOOM game to just simply beat it, you wanted to find all of the secrets. This added a great amount of depth to the game and in some ways adventure, though not quite the Banjo & Kazooie adventure. During this paragraph I was generally talking about the PC version of DOOM and boy there is a lot more to talk about for the PSX port...

The is so much rammed into this CD it is rather exceptional for the PSX. I haven't yet mentioned this but there is also DOOM II playable along with Ultimate DOOM. That gives us two games on the same disc. So that is 30 levels from the first DOOM and 23 from DOOM II so that gives you 53 levels right off the bat and most if not all of them have been spaced out more since there are less limitations on the PSX.

But wait there is more!!

There are also a few exclusive secret maps this game had including the super secret level Club DOOM where you fight some pole dancing skeletons accompanied by some brutal techno music. With those levels in mind that racks up the total levels to 61!

The average PAR level completion time over both DOOM and DOOM II is roughly 2 minutes leaving the player at least a rough total of 2 hours of gameplay. It may not seem that much but PAR times can be very difficult to achieve on later stages in the game so the total gameplay time is generally higher.

Difficulty

Like the original DOOM, DOOM II and Final Doom in the PSX port of DOOM you can breeze through levels but it wasn't the sort of breeze where beating a level was easy, you still had use your brain.

When in high difficulties you had think a lot about your actions but it didn't make the game slow like strategy and RPG games.

You could almost compare it to Ninja Gaiden for the NES for that game was fast paced and require a lot of thinking, though even playing on nightmare isn't comparable to Ninja Gaidens extreme level of difficulty!

The only difference in difficulty from the original and the PS1 is the controller controls. Though this was made a long time before console FPS's had taken off I just cannot stand how the shoot button is Circle. This makes the controls really irritating since I would be used to pressing R2 instead so when ever I come and play this game on my PS2 (I sold my PS1) after a while of playing other FPS's on my Xbox I am always making the mistake. However it is a little problem since it is on vizzed and I can use xpadder so I can use my Xbox 360 controller and assign the buttons how I want.

Overall
Other than the PS1 controller controls this is by far my favourite port of DOOM and DOOM II. The extra gore and music really add to the games fear factor. While it still isn't quite as scary as the like os Silent Hill but it certainly is a huge step from the original PC games.

And it is not just the fear elements that has been enhanced since the original either. Everything just looks, sounds and feels better. It even says on the back of the box that it is "The Best Doom Yet" and that is literally coming from the creator of DOOM. He knew it was good, I knew it would be good and boy it was.

While it is the best DOOM port out there I don't recommend it to DOOM first timers since the whole DOOM experience is different with all of the extra fear. A gamer must play the original before playing any other DOOM in my opinion.

Graphics 7 Sound 10 Addictive 10 Depth 10 Difficulty 7
Review Rating: 5/5 Submitted: 02-02-14 Review Replies: 0

9

This is How Doom Should Have Been daryl96
Before I start this is the PlayStation port of Doom, my Saturn review can be found here.

[url]http://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=86985[/url]

Overall: 9

When doom was released in 1993, it was fun and some people found it scary. When the PlayStation port can out, the game took a 180 from action pack, fun game play, to scary, hunted house. The game was not change in levels but some of the bigger levels where removed, due to console limitations, but its not all doom and gloom, there are levels that are only on the PlayStation and Saturn ports, which are still big and easy to get lost in them. All the fun you had on Doom on other systems is here, but more scary. But how dose this port stand to the others? Well lets find out.

Graphics: 8

For the time Doom was good for frame rate but now, its very choppy Its not as bad as the Saturn, but it can be annoying from time to time. With that aside, its time for the good part. The look of the game is a lot darker and gloomy than Doom was and has the spooky feel to it. The game also as lighting effects with certain coloured rooms to give a different feel to the game. The monsters look a bit wired when they move and look like robots, but they look much better than they did.

Sound: 9

Give credit to Aubrey Hodges who work on the music. Its really scary and much better than it was. When I was young I had to put the light on as some of the levels music scared the life out of me and freaked me out. There was a few levels that I was scared of as the music scared me so much. The weapons sound a lot better and double barrel shotgun sounds like a powerhouse and makes you feel like you are the best.

Addictiveness: 7

This port of Doom is very addictive. The frame rate can be annoying at times, but an old saying little bit of dirt never hurt anyone. My point is that it's a little problem. This will not stop the game in any form in anyway. The replay value on a different setting is high. So if you beat the game on I am a wimp (easy) to ultra violence (hard) its worth it.

Story: 6

The story has taken a more action packed story.

You area solder, one of Earth's toughest: hardened in combat and trained for action. Three years ago you assaulted a superior officer for ordering to shoot upon civilian's. While he was sent to Pearl Harbor, you where sent to Mars. The U.A.C (Union Aerospace Corporation) has made a mute-planetary portal between Mars 2 moons, Phobos and Deimos. The gateway opens a portal to hell and the moons and Mars become battlegrounds and Deimos as disappeared from space. You and your buddies are sent to the Hanger on Phobos and you are put on watch and you here you buddies get killed.

Its up to you to save Mars, Earth and become the only hope for humankind.

Doom 1 & 2 are put into one story.

Depth: 6

The levels are watered down from the PC and many of the secret levels have been removed. With 59 levels to play there is a lot to do and a lot to kill. If you play on easy, the game can't be beaten in one sitting, unless you do a run game where you just go to the exit. On hard, unless your a pro it will take a few days to beat.

Difficulty: 7

This game is not a walk in the park. If you go in guns blazing you will die. The first few level are running and gunning but in other levels if you do that, you will be into a corner and killed in a few seconds. One level is hard has you only got one shot and beating the level, Why? You open a door and there about 7 platforms and the exit door. When you stand on the first platform it starts going down and you need to run. With the PS1 D pad, not easy. On Hard mode The monsters in Doom 2 are in Doom 1 and my nightmare the Arch Vile is gone, YAY!!.

Now Doom was on every system you could get, some it was good, others bad. I would say Get this port if you can or the PC 2nd.

Graphics 8 Sound 9 Addictive 7 Story 6 Depth 6 Difficulty 7
Review Rating: 3/5 Submitted: 05-08-15 Review Replies: 0

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