Like a fine wine, Doom has been aging to perfection.
Every year Doom gets more and more mods made for it, and finally perfection has happened;
Brutal Doom is a mod that has fully reinvented Doom yet again just take a look
The Doom modding community has been active pretty much since the game's inception, creating
new levels, changing game mechanics, and doing all manner of amazing things with the Doom
engine.
Now, to get these great mods to work you are going to need to download a Doom source port.
There are many to choose from, but my personal favorite is GZDoom.
Essentially, what this program, and others like it does, is make Doom run on a modern
PC without Dos Box, but that isn't all - these programs allow you to change the controls
to more modern ones, which translate very well to the game.
Also, you can get increased screen resolutions, so now you can play Doom in 1080p and damn
does it look good.
Back to Brutal Doom, all of the weapons have new sprites and have reloading animations.
They also have new sound effects as well; the bloody shotgun sounds like the HAMMER
OF THE GODS!
That's just about as orgasmic as the base shotgun sound effect, the mod removes the
pistol and instead gives you a combat rifle, which you can and must aim with, this is a
great starting weapon as it has a good rate of fire, and great range, the rest of the
weapons are pretty much like their classic counterparts, but unlike in vanilla Doom,
you can't just rely on the shotgun to see you through the game, because the monsters
have been tweaked to be faster and more difficult, hell even the zombie man is a threat now,
and imps can snipe you from across the map, you have to use the right weapons at the right
times, and if you don't you are dead
This mod introduces a few other things as well, you can make vulgar gestures, and you
can kick enemies Duke Nuke style, but the best thing by far are the executions.
If you sneak up on an enemy you can break their necks - if you get the berserk powerup,
you can become an avatar of destruction!
Also, some enemies drop the demon strength, time to rip and tear.
Do I recommend it?
Oh yeah, I recommend it to so many people.
First, if you have just been playing the innumerable console ports of Doom I implore you get the
PC version and discover that Doom is not merely a curiosity, it is alive and well and still
growing.
Second, if you have been looking for a classic FPS but you have played the majority and are
sick of Doom after playing it two million times, get this mod; it reinvents Doom to
the point where it is almost like a new game.
So this is Jon wishing you good Gunman Chronicles, good Descent or whatever makes you happy.