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Wasted opportunity

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 18
Date: October 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'm a big Doom fan, and I'm glad to see it back on the shelves in any form, but this bundle is nothing more than a wasted opportunity. It's The Ultimate Doom, Doom 2, and Final Doom thrown onto a CD with some PDFs instead of tangible manuals. That's it. No extras, no features, no new levels, no new anything. Generally "Collector's Edition"s have some sort of exclusive content which help justify their name; this package would be more accurately described as "Repackaged Edition."

To make this a worthwhile purchase, Activision could have done any number of things. They could have included the Master Levels; that's an omission I just can't understand, since they're not available in retail anymore and the CD certainly has lots of extra space. They could have included the early alphas and beta versions of Doom to show what the game looked like during its development. They could have included any of the Doom posters which were made, or a pewter Doom-monster figurine, or an updated version of the Book of id which was included in the id Anthology package years ago, or scans of concept drawings for the game, or, most notably, any of the new Windows or hardware-accelerated versions of the Doom executable which have been made since the source code was released years ago. Sadly, the package has none of these.

If you've never played any of the Dooms, then this certainly is worth buying simply because it's cheap. For people like me who own the games, however, it is nothing more than a waste of twenty bucks.

Doom

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: April 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First of all I won't tell you about the game, because we all know it's the best, I'll tell you about what comes in the package. Nothing, save the cd. No printed manual, no artwork, no key guide, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A COLLECTOR'S EDITION!... And if you plan on playing this with a mouse you'd better think again because doom95 (the windows 95 launcher) doesn't support usb mouses and practically all new computers come with usb mouses. However the great free program jdoom (jdoom.newdoom.com)adds mouse support, improved graphics, quake style console, and even updated polygonal graphics! The horrible part about this is that the average customer won't even think to download jdoom... The games themselves are great but the company didn't put any effort into this. This is in no way a "collector's edition" it's just repackaged old software.

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.

Well it's Doom...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: February 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My title says it all. This game was one of the high points of my childhood. I remember playing the orginal Doom at a friends house when I was about 7, and then rushing home to download the shareware version with my dad, saving up my money, and buying the full version of The Ultimate Doom. I still have that CD. It's better than this.

Pros: All 3 Doom games in one package.
Only $10 (At Wal-Mart, it's $15 elsewhere)
Doom 3 trailers, but then again, Doom 3 has been out for months now, so it's hardly necessary

Cons: No special jewel case
No manuals
No special add-ons, new software, or information
Only 1 CD. I would have preferred a different CD for each game
Nothing extra. NOTHING.

This package could have been a lot better if it had contained the following: Jewel cases, multiple CD's, extra information on the Doom series, mods, and manuals. I would have gladly paid $50 for it.

I'm also having some trouble installing it. I have an orginal Pentium that I tried installing it on, but apparantly I need Direct X 8. For what, I have no idea, but it won't support it. Beware if you want to play on an older PC. I installed it on my Windows XP machine, and I can't even get the mouse to work. Also, I beleive that the Doom 95 Interface is complete crap. It's way of launching games has never worked for me, and the backgrounds of my desktop often bleed through.

One other problem. The music sounds a lot tinnier than I remember it. Maybe I'm remembering wrong... but it sounded so much nicer before.

In the end, it's worth the $10 I spent on it, but it could have been so much more.

I thought the "wasted opportunity" guy was a big complainer

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 17
Date: October 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

(...)picked this up at Fry's yesterday and they literally couldn't have done less. It's a regular game-sized box, with the following contents:

(1) CD

Yup, that's it. And there's nothing special on the CD, either. Just DOOM. Not even an accelerated port of it - not a problem for me, as they're all over the net, but c'mon. No 3d accelleration out of the box? Gaaaay. Just their last "doom95.exe" Windows port.

Again, they literally could not have done less. As "The Complainer" pointed out, they could have included a poster, or a soundtrack CD, or a T-shirt, or a pewter Cacodemon (oooo! I want that!), or a tin box, or FREAKING ANYTHING TO MERIT THE "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" MONIKER, but no.

Seriously, though, having said all that, I'm not bitter - it was (dollar amount), and I wanted the games. The price was fine, and I lost my original DOOM][ CD long ago - I needed these games and will probably play them more than most other games I own currently or that I get as gifts this holiday season. They're the real stuff.

Game(s): 5 stars
This edition release: 1 star

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!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Doom was and still is a great game. You get all the orginal Dooms on the CD. A warning to you windows XP/2000 users, the mouse wil not work. (...) I highly recomend getting it. (You will need the Wad's on the CD).

I only have one bad thing to say about the bundle: You don't get any of the CD tracks that came with the orginal Doom!

On the good side: I'm having more fun playing it than I did Doom3. I know it sounds crazy but it is true. Doom1 just had better level designers behind it.

All in all if you played the orginal Doom I would recommend getting this just for kicks.

thy flesh consumed

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i played doom as a young kid when it first came out (i'm 20 now, so do the math) with my dad. i thought it was wild, but then it sorta got lost in the shuffle.. new computer, all that stuff..
so i bought the collectors edition.
now i remember what all the commotion was about.
let me just say this. even if youve played doom before, go ahead and hop into Doom 1, and play Thy Flesh Consumed on Ultraviolence. scared the bejeezus outta me. those first two levels. absolutely diabolical. not to say that the rest of that mission isnt equally as challenging, but those first two made my jaw hit the floor.

oh and a word of advice to those who decide to get jDoom or something up that vein. Dont reprogram the controls to use the mouse. Using todays control structure, i BLEW thru doom on the hardest difficulty with almost no issues at all. you need to be on keyboard ONLY.

The greatest game of all time

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Doom is the only PC game that perfects the balance between Technology and Design. The game is very close to flawless overall. The Art is incredibly well done. The technology was a significantly ahead of it's time in 1993. The Gameplay... PERFECT!Level design can't get any better then this, lots of tricks and traps especially in Doom 2. It's all put together to make an immersive experience. The weapons are all great. Even the fist can be fun to use. The super shotgun in Doom 2 is quite possibly the greatest weapon in any video game ever. You can actually kill like 7 or 8 zombies grouped together with the thing. The monsters are amazing. Everyone has a favorite, some say its the Mancubus in Doom 2. Some say its the cacodemon. I say it's the Cyber-demon. I remember the first time I heard the chyber-demon. I literally almost pissed my pants in terror. It was the PC fight of my life and to this day he still offers a pretty cool fight. The sound is perhaps perfect, this game took many songs from such bands like Alice in Chains, Metallica, Slayer and Pantera. And it fits the levels perfectly. The weapons all sound satisfying and powerful, not weak like some in Doom 3. The monsters sound cool, all memorable. Even the noise you hear when the door opens and closes is memorable. This was the best multiplayer action game back in the day also. I remember playing through serial ports and the internet with Doom and Doom 2. It was extremely fun, addicting, and something people have never seen before. Co-op was great too.

As for the collection itself, it comes with Ultimate Doom which is essentially doom with an extra chapter "Thy Flesh Consumed". Doom 2 and Final Doom. It also comes with a preview of Doom 3 which is pretty much useless now that the game is already released.

The thing is, they should have included so much to this to become a decent collectors edition. There should have been a Doom poster, a Doom soundtrack and which songs the game took from. The development of Doom such as interviews of what it took to make Doom, a closer look at the guys who made Doom, pictures of the development like John Romero sculpturing the Baron of Hell demon. There should have been a cd for each Doom that looked like the cd of Doom back in it's day. There should be a strategy guide of Doom 2, yes there is one. There should be the regular Doom manuals. Even a Doom t shirt would have been sweet. They also should have added some of the best WADS ever released from Doom/Doom 2. WADS are modifications made for Doom by fans, it could be levels, new monsters, new sounds etc An example is the Simpsons mod. If it had all these in the collectors edition then it would have been perfect.

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)!

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