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tec699

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Originally posted by: RaiseUp
What's the big deal about "Doom"? Is it another thing for nerds to drool over?

Doom is made by living god John Carmack!

Also have you seen the trailer for Doom3 yet?

Incredible!
 

glen

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Originally posted by: RaiseUp
What's the big deal about "Doom"? Is it another thing for nerds to drool over?

It is latest by John Carmack.
He invented the FPS genre of games.
Every FPS made is just a variation on Doom.
 

Gurck

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Originally posted by: RaiseUp
What's the big deal about "Doom"? Is it another thing for nerds to drool over?

A lot of us older ATers played Doom 1 & 2 extensively in our formative years. The 3d engine was certainly primitive by today's standards, but the only games which have come close to that level of enrapturement for me are EverQuest (before Sony ruined it ~2 years ago), Halflife, and Far Cry. It's similar to middle-aged people liking bad music (doo-wop and such) and elderly men wearing fedoras.
 

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Originally posted by: RaiseUp
What's the big deal about "Doom"? Is it another thing for nerds to drool over?

I've never really been *THAT* fond of any id game short of QII. Other than that I just see the id games as good engines for real gaming companies to tweak and publish stuff that looks good and plays good.

I see id as more of gaming architechs than artists.
 

obiwaynekenobi

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Originally posted by: tec699
Originally posted by: RaiseUp
What's the big deal about "Doom"? Is it another thing for nerds to drool over?

Doom is made by living god John Carmack!

Also have you seen the trailer for Doom3 yet?

Incredible!

GAAAAYY,

Another almost no skill required First person shooter of mindless violance and carnage.

if I wanted that I'd go watch the power puff girls.
 

Chaotic42

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Originally posted by: RaiseUp
What's the big deal about "Doom"? Is it another thing for nerds to drool over?

Doom and Doom 2 were fun to play and fun to modify with new levels, sounds, and monsters. They were really popular, probably the first computer game to get such a widespread fan base, outside of solitare and such.

Doom 3 is kind of an historic release.