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DOOM at it's best!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you like scif/horror first person action games you can't go wrong here. Like in previous versions of this game, there are no objectives, you just blast your way through level after level of monster infested spaceports and labs. The enemies are still 2-Dimensional, but they have been revamped and look new and different. The weapons have also been improved. The framerate is very smooth and the graphics are clear and stylistic, with ambient lighting. There are 4 difficulty settings. The soundtrack is also very dark and ambient. The controls are a bit of a pain, you definetely have to adjust them. But theyr'e solid and fully customizable. This is one of the most fun shooting games Iv'e ever played. It's fast, simple, and intense. Doom 3 is great and all, but I still think this one is the best!

Awesome Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm not much for these types of games, but Doom kicks the rest to the dirt. The game is so much fun. I love the idea of shooting up Demons. I have had the pleasure of playing any of the other doom games but i bet they rock.

Great retro-gaming

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

With anticipation of the Nintendo Wii's release, and the subsequent availability of all previous Nintendo platform games, I have been looking through the online archives for some of the games I am looking forward to playing again.
DOOM 64 was by far the most played game on my Nintendo 64. I have not played the game in about 5 years but I remember it fairly well. This review is based on what I do recall. If some details are inacurate, I apologize in advance.
The graphics in this game are clearly outdated by now. But good graphics does not a game make. I played DOOM3 and while it was spectacular to look at and had some genuine scares, it still was lacking something. Perhaps it had too much. It tried to give a story to DOOM. I actually liked the arbitrary action in DOOM 64. You were a Marine and you were fighting hell spawn on the moon of Kronos. Your objective was not to live, but to survive long enough to kill the Mother Alien. You had some puzzle solving and plenty of killing to so. Nice. SImple. Perfect.
What I liked about DOOM 64 was that there were 4 secret levels that contained hidden Pentagrams. Through the course of the game, as you came upon them you weren';t sure what they were for. It wasn't until the final boss battle that you realized just how significant they are to your ultimate success for they are actually locks to portals that prevent infinate legions of demons bearing down on you while you try to destroy the Mother Alien. If you do not have at least two of these locks, then your chances for success are minimal, at best. Finding these pentagrams added a whole new depth and challange to DOOM 64 that was not present in DOOM3.
THat aside, the moody soundtrack and countless jolt scares made it a first of it's kind. It improved on the original PC versions with better graphics and better level designs. Levels would morph right in front of you as you hit switches, sometimes completely changing the layout of a whole level.
Also, sorely missing form DOOM3 were the Cyber Demons and their obliterating rocket launchers. THese beasts were the rare enemy that would consistantly have me running in fear. Barons, you could side step and take down with a few double barrled shotgun blasts. But Cyber Demons required you to use strategy and precision. And they would waste you in a heartbeat if you were not careful. A great adversary to be sure. Just hearing the grinding of their mechanical hooves as they treaded in my direction still gives me semi-chills. Great stuff.
Overall DOOM64 is a great game. What it lacks in graphics and presentation it makes up for in style and attitude. THis was the peak of what DOOM would be until DOOM3 came around 8 years later. I can't wait to play it again in the near future. If you have not played it, and you get a Wii....give it a try. I don't expect many people to connect to it the way I do, but who knows.

Thanks for listening.

Be DOOM-ed!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love Doom ever since I first played it on the PC. To have it for my Nintendo 64 is great! Good graphics and all. Everyone should be DOOM-ed!

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