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Doom Collector's Bundle

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the ultimate Doom collection for PC, containing all three Doom classics. The gaming addiction that took computers by storm back in the early to mid 1990's has returned once again in this awesome Collector's Bundle, which contains Doom, Doom 2, and Final Doom. Sure, these games are old, but hey, when it comes to Doom, I have NO problem being nostalgic! Doom rocks!

And for all the religious fanatics who protest against Doom because it contains violence, gore, and satanic imagery, let me say this: ID Software could have just as easily created a first-person shooter game where you go to heaven (instead of hell) and kill angels and God (instead of demons and zombies), but they didn't. So be grateful, you zealots, and shut the heck up!

By the way, if you're a true Doom fan, please stay away from Doom 3. You'll probably end up being disappointed like I did. Doom 3 is just a clone of Resident Evil and every level is totally dark and boring. Please, do the right thing, and stick to the original classics in this bundle!

Enough said.

Doom is great. this collector's edition.... maybe not

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: June 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Doom is a great game. it was the most advanced of its time (early 90's) and probably the only really good game back then. however, this collector's edition box really is nothing. in the box: one doom collector's edition cd. that's it. there is nothing else in there but the box. no certificate, although the paper in the case labeling it "DOOM collectors edition" has a number on it, but it is barely noticeable. however, if you have never played DOOM and want to experience, then buy it. it has extra chapters that are not found on the shareware version. meh, but i returned it and got black and white instead. the CD only holds 108 megs of data and can run on my AMD k6 2 350 MHZ with a SiS 530 integrated graphics chipset with 8 megs of shared grafix RAM. good game, bad package.

DOOM Returns

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

DOOM was the first PC game i ever played,i got this bundle and
i love it...again.

Not much of a bundle, just Doom1, Doom2, and Final Doom

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

What more can Doom offer? In this bundle, not much, but just incase you missed the Doom craze back in 1994 - 1997, here is the plot of it. You are a lone soldier sent out on a first person shooter to annihilate creatures, goat headed demons, imps, zombie soldiers, and huge cybernetic spider masterminds. So what do you get with this "Collector's Bundle?" all of the official Doom releases, starting with the Ultimate Doom, which is the original 27 levels of Doom, plus an extra tough 9 additional levels. Then when you defeat that, move on to Doom 2, which is 32 levels with new monsters, such as the Chain Gunners, Pain Elementals, and the Arch Vile and others, but still the same old weapons and graphics. The levels are incredibly detailed with 100s of new wall textures, where you actually believe you are in a city slum overrun by monsters, and you go to the lair of the monsters to destroy the big bad bosses. Finally included on the single CD-ROM that comes in this bundle is Final Doom. Most Doom players missed out on this because it was an expansion pack released for Doom 2, which contains 64 new levels! However, they are nothing you should go running to it just adds to the longevity and difficulty of Doom. This bundle is pretty bad, especially when it comes in a box and not a single jewel case (because everything is on a single CD-ROM)!

The Ultimate Gaming expirience

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you are looking for the game that started all the first person shooters, look no further than DOOM. I just recently bought this, and I love it. I have been a DOOM fan scince 93', and cant get enogh of it.
I like all the new fps games games too like Halo and James Bond, but I think I'll stick to the classics.If you like this game then I suggest you check out the four books they have also.

The best FPS games of all time now in one collectors edition

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The Doom games have and always will be some of my favorite FPS games ever. They are all still fun to play after all these years and if you enjoyed them back then, you will most likely enjoy them now. Now the reason I bought this is because I had misplaced my old Doom 2 floppys and since my original Doom is on floppys I decided to just get this to have them on one cd. The collection is pretty cheap by todays standards at around $15. However, the contents of the collection basically use the old saying, "You get what you pay for." In this case the games themselves are great and you get Doom 1 through Final Doom so you will be kept busy for a while. It is a bit disappointing that no physical manuals are provided and that the games come in a simple jewel case and use the old Windows 95 launcher but its still worth it. Along with the games you also get some preview material for Doom 3. Since I already own Doom 3 I have never looked at the preview material so I don't know how good it is. Anyways despite the skimpy case and not getting any manuals, the games themselves are what make this worth buying.

A newcomer's point of view

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm a late bloomer to the Doom phenomonon. My previous experience with the game consisted of playing the shareware version of the first game when I was eight years old, and playing bits and pieces of Doom 2 at a friends house. Other then that, I have not played the Doom games. But when I saw the box containing all three games for only fifteen dollars, I decided, "What the heck?" And bought the games to try them out. My first impressions are recorded below.

Ultimate Doom:
The origianal game. I started up a new game and started blasting through the martian base. The first thing I noticed was the re-made music. When I first played shareware Doom, the music creeped me out. Here, it's too rock-n-roll for my tastes, getting rid of the suspenseful tunes. Aside from that, I was having fun killing everything in sight. The first high moment was when I confronted the Cyber-Demon in the tower of Babel (quite cool). By episode three, I was starting to notice that the levels were all acting the same. Kill beasts, find key cards, escape level, repeat. I was dissapointed by the severe lack of any kind of story. I decided that the first game was OK, but it desperatly needed any kind of story. The fourth episode, Thy Flesh consumed was hard, and a bit disapointing.

Doom 2:
After finishing Doom 1, I immediatly jumped into Doom 2 and started playing. But by level 2, I was very dissapointed. Find key cards, blast enemies, escape level, repeat. It was exactly the same as the first game. I was quite dissapointed until I watched a screen with text telling me about what was going on. Delighted that ID was trying to tell a story, I continued blasting through the game, eager to see how the story would turn out. Doom 2 does have more memorable moments then the first game. My favorites included fighting ten hell knights and a cyberdemon all at once, and fighting the cyber demon and the final boss of the first game at the same time! There were a few annoying levels near the end, but the final confrentation with the games final boss was amazing. I also liked that after you won the game, you got to kill all the charachters endlessly for your amusent. My final analysis was that while it was essentially "More of the same", it did offer some nice changes in scenery and the attempts at an actual story were well appreciated. But some of the music was awful. Some of the tracks sounded like tropical music, which does not fit into the game!

Final Doom:
Oh man, I gave up after dying the tenth time on the first level while playing on the easiest difficulty level. This chapter was way too hard, and I have yet to complete it. I did cheat my way to the last level, which was pretty cool (Fancy fighting off seven cyber demons at once?)

Doom 3 preview content:
I only browsed this stuff for about ten minutes before quitting. A bunch of screenshots you've seen before, three wallpapers that are OK, and a non frightening trailer. I liked the creepy sound effect that played when you switched menus.

Final analysis:
These games are fun, but the simplistic gameplay gets annoying after a while. There were lots of moments where I had no clue where to go next. I think a "Go here" feature would be nice to have in case you get hopelessly lost (it would be optional of course). The graphics were OK, but I just focus on gameplay (which I think is more important then graphics). I dont think there was a single moment where I got scared. A bit creeped out, but never scared outright. These pixelated beasts are not very threatening in todays world of frighteningly realistic beasts in movies and games. My first impressions of Doom is that it's getting a bit old, but still has its charms and of course, lots of demon killing action. And face it, getting three full length games for under twenty dollars is a very hard bargin to beat. I recommend this set for anyone who loves the origianl games and want to have them all in one set.

Doom collectors edition review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ok, this is quite simple :)

I first played doom and doom 2 when they came out all those years ago and I was hooked from the word go. Over the years. . like many I suspect I misplaced the original disks and recently decided to play the games again as in a few months I will be able to play Doom 3.

One of the things I remember about the Doom series is the music. . it set a great atmosphere. On playing this particular format I noticed that the music had changed. In the configuration I was only able to set the number of channels for the game music, sound effects etc. There was no way to select the appropriate sound card option i.e Ad Lib sound blaster or pc speaker.

The game instead comes with this horrible very un tributery old bit like sound that you cannot associate with a sound card. Not only that but on opening the box all I actually saw were two disks in a plastic case. Ok, it only cost me 16 dollars but I would at least expect to find some form of manual. For this reason I cannot give this version the five stars that it deserves for being a real masterpeice of a 3d shooter.

I do not recommend this one to anyone unless they are prepared to either listen to the music that this game offers or like me are prepared to go without music.

OH MY GOD

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I DID IT, I BEAT DOOM 2 ON THE SECOND HARDEST DIFFICULTY LEVEL, WHEW it took me about a month to though. Being a younger gamer I never had the chance to play these classics (hmmmm, it doesnt warp my mind like so many people thought, weird) But I love em, doom 2 never got repetative, don't know why, I guess it was the brillant level design and well paced difficulty (at least on the first four difficulty settings , good luck trying to get through the hardest) the first one got a little repetative after the first 2 acts (I HATE cyberdemons). If the graphics are too hard on your eye go to fileplanet and download the latest version of jdoom, it will ease the pain.

DOOM Rules Forever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I just got this pack a few days ago and I love it!
I dont care if it just has the cd(like that other guy pointed out)it still has all the doom games on it. In my opinion this
pack rules

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