Doom, the most memorable of all first person shooters has also remained as one of the most played and most downloaded. Regarding the plot, you're a space marine working for the UAC who, along with his squad, had gone to Mars to investigate a facility only to get completely wiped out with YOU being the only one left alive. The way the introduction tells it, you weren't even in the base while your team was being blown apart, instead you were outside managing communications when you start to hear the death screams of your squad, the roaring of demons--basically you're going to have to go in and check it out.
Doom, the most memorable of all first person shooters has also remained as one of the most played and most downloaded. Regarding the plot, you're a space marine working for the UAC who, along with his squad, had gone to Mars to investigate a facility only to get completely wiped out with YOU being the only one left alive. The way the introduction tells it, you weren't even in the base while your team was being blown apart, instead you were outside managing communications when you start to hear the death screams of your squad, the roaring of demons--basically you're going to have to go in and check it out. And of course, kick some Hell-butt!!
The main character (You) will be provided with
a nice array of weapons as you progress through the many levels (the whole game is separated into three chapters, though there IS a bonus chapter if you buy Ultimate Doom. I highly recommend Ultimate Doom if you're thinking of buying Doom, because it's still five bucks or less at your nearest game store!).
You'll start off with the pistol and naturally your fists--they're ok weapons for the beginning, but you may want something better if you want to survive hell spawn bigger than a grunt or an imp. (Ultimate Doom includes the Chainsaw as weapon, I’m sure you all know how well chainsaws get along with demons right? Rrrarrwck!!! Demon mush!! And it has no ammo count like some games now do, so knock yourself out with hacking up demons!!)
You'll eventually come across the shotgun, which as we all know fires in a spread shot. Then there's the chain gun--the good ol' bullet hose that's great for mowing down lines of demons.
Then comes the lovely rocket launcher! I'm sure every FPS player knows how great it is to have one of these things in any shooter. It does just one thing---blow stuff up!! And it does a great job of it too!
Later you'll pickup the plasma rifle. Powerful, really fast rate of fire, and cooks demons just right. Just watch your ammo count with this weapon because plasma ammo can sometimes be scarce on some levels.
Then comes the GREATEST weapon of ALL FPS HISTORY!!! The BFG-9000!!! (Not sure if I'm allowed to mention what BFG stands for so I'll refrain from doing so, but I'm sure most of you FPS players know what it means.) What does this ungodly weapon of mass-demon-destruction do? Kill lots and lots and lots of demons. But how it exactly does it--I'll leave for you gamers to find out! It's something you would want to see in every shooter!!
A fair description of our main character's (Your) enemy would be: Hell.
Yup yup, you'll have to take on the forces of Hell and I mean all that Hell's got to offer is going to hunt you down unless you send them back to the Abyss.
You'll face the once-human Grunts and Sergeants, armed with pistols and shotguns. (Hint: Get them to hit one another and they'll start going at each others throats! Imps do the same too with Grunts and Sergeants!)
Then you'll encounter demons such as the Imp (which throws fireballs) and the Pinky Demon (which enjoys gnawing on your face like a chew toy).
Another enemy would be the Cacodemon--floating demons with bulbous and bloated bodies, basically a giant, round, pulsing mouth with lots of teeth, and three eyes! And even better! It shoots plasma balls at you!! So be sure to dodge these projectiles, they actually hurt.
Great action, plenty of evil demons to kill, and weapons that range from good to just-plain-insane!! I would rate Doom a 10/10, with its much deserved credit for revolutionizing 3D PC Gaming and bringing the First Person Shooter genre into the world!! Sure there was Wolfenstein 3D at first, but Doom was what changed gaming forever.
