Doom 64 - Nintendo 64 Review - HD
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Doom 64 is a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo 64 that was developed and published by Midway Games on March 31, 1997. It is a sequel to the Doom series, taking place after Doom II.
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Doom 64 review on the nintendo 64. Recorded using a dazzle and on original real console hardware and game cartridge.
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imo this aged way better than goldeneye DUE to the sprite based models. I can play doom, duke nukem, blood, shadow warrior etc. and the graphics won't bother me a bit.
man not only that, but the way fps works in goldeneye as compared to this game is something else entirely
Hands down my favourite version of Doom. I loved the eerie background ambience and dark tone. It perfectly captured the feeling of being alone in some kind of hell dimension. Really sent chills down my spine. And the controls were just sublime (after some tweaking), so much better than fumbling with directional keys on a keyboard (which was standard back then).
It's also remarkable how well it still plays. Quiet ironic that a game that was outdated even before its release is actually more playable today than several other games that really pushed the boundaries back then.
only doom i like is this one. doom 1 always sucked to me.
Excellent review. I enjoy Doom 64 to this day. I like that they delivered a completely new experience to the N64 rather than just another port of the PC version. Similarly, the audio changes really add to the atmosphere of the game. The music isn't pumping you up with MIDI guitars or toe-tapping techno, but rather setting a mood of creepiness and dread (much like Quake II for the N64). There were some amazing FPS titles for the system and this is one of the best IMO.
Quake 2 is amazing too on n64 I just haven't had time to cover it yet
I put my DooM 64 into my RED ALL-STAR BASEBALL 2001. Switched the stickers cleanly and slapped on the top label! RED CART DOOM64
Ninja Grinders how did you switch stickers without damage
+Azrubel Fisker a very small amount of wd-40 on a razor...and alot of patience. then use a glue stick to put it back on.
It should have been in a red cart to begin with
do that a few more times... sell them on e-bay...
Ka-ching goes the manchine gun!
Easily one of the best Doom games and easily one of my favorite games ever.
Amen to that brother, love this in a big way
@suicidesqueeze this is also one of my favorite game ever created😁
Try the remake on the switch its fun
Simplistic? Not really, the older FPS games had puzzles and labyrinthine levels which were puzzles in themselves, and having to weave you way around enemy projectiles circle strafing enemies in sometimes large areas while keeping an eye on your health and strategically picking up health. Nowadays shooters are more straight forward linear affairs with stop and pop gameplay funneling you from one set piece to another. If anything, games have gotten more simplistic, not more complex. It'd have been nice to have gone more down the path of FEAR-like AI or Rainbow SIx type planning, but now things are more streamlined so everyone can enjoy them.
You clearly have no idea what he is talking about. He's clearly talking about xp, bonuses, teams build, load outs, accessories, leveling up your weapons, secondary functions, so on and so on! This was a simpler time in shooters.
Great review of a wonderful game that as an older player at this stage of my life (62) I now remember with fond memories playing on it's initial release on N64 with my young son back in the day, along with such other greats as Turok, Golden-eye and Quake. I remember giving my son, who at the time was 10, an N64 game player for Christmas when it first came out and we were immediately addicted as a father son team playing games on the platform. I should be ashamed of myself for introducing my impressionable young son to the wonderful world of "evil" FPS games! :-)
I believe I became even more addicted than he was! I remember many late nights staying up until 3 and 4 am playing this dark and thoroughly engrossing game.
I would rate Turok as my favorite but this game was definitely a very close 2nd place!
Thanks for the memories for this old man's memory bank.
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DOOM 64 is very nostalgic for me. I love this game.
Necesary Evil i love it too :) so much nostalgia with it as it was one of the 4 games i got with the console to begin with
***** I first played this in 1997 on a vacation at a lake house here in California, the place had a N64 with like 3 games and the only one I cared about was DOOM 64 lol..at the time I was like 12 and only had SNES but I grew up playing the PC DOOM games, anyway I spent the weekend stuck on level 2 LOL but even then there was something about the game that I loved and I knew the challenge could some day be handled with patience...
Here we are in 2015 and I just bought DOOM 64 and I am actually good at it finally haha
Thanks for showing this old gem some love.
Necesary Evil Have to disagree with you on the music, the PC version of doom had a rocking original sound track that suited the game.
Excellent review. Honest, well written, intelligent and appealing! As a retro gamer, I'm surprised I've never played this. It's next on my list for sure!
TheGebs24 thank you so much - let me know how you find it when you play it. if you like doom then this is a must
***** I love Doom. I'll let you know what I think. Cheers.
***** My boxed copy arrived today :)
When I had this game, I only made it to level 13. Every time I got to that level, I would get sick.
TheGebs24
You've never played it ? Lol it was one of my first games on the n64
It's a joke how good this game looks compared to Hexen 64.
Much better fps than Goldeneye and the Doom 64 EX mod makes it hi def, uncapped framerate and k/m controls. Midway really went above and beyond with this game.
Big fan of doom but I feel this was the best graphically and sound wise, if doom 2 was remade using this engine it would be insane. I do have one question... why is it that id never speaks on this doom and nowhere in dooms history is this game mentioned? It's like id is ashamed of it I don't understand why
SeriousBeats357 whats more surprising is that doom 64 2 was cancelled even before it got properly underway
***** That sucks. I would've paid for a game like that, especially if they had Aubrey Hodges on board, and put just as much effort into the levels as they did with this game.
Space Void Studios Aubrey Hodges has a site where you can buy his soundtracks, I ended up paying the man £50 for all the DooMs and Quake soundtracks he did for N64 and PS1
Great tip! I'll have to check that out
here is where you can buy them. www.aubreyhodges.com/
"To win the game you must kill me, John Romero."
I loved this game as a kid. I still have the cheat code memorized ?TJL- BDFW BFGV- JVVB i havnt played it in decades but i doubt i will ever forget that code.
bewareoblivionisathand :v
@@alecdavidoff8602 that's turok 2 seeds of evil. But still awesome
@@salsashark8876 Yeah I know, but it´s a cheat I have not forgotten, just like those old folks and its Contra´s 30 medal cheat
@@alecdavidoff8602 Up up down down left right left right b a start.
0073735963 is the code for Mike Tysons Punch Out. It's either Mike Tyson or the fighter before him. For some reason I always remembered this. Your comment reminded me but I'm sorry for going off topic.
This was a game was enjoyed by my friend's whole family lol. Who says rated M games can't bring the family together?
Lieutenant Yoshi i played doom with my dad when i must have been about 8 or 9 :)
+N64 Glenn Plant I just got back to playing this game and sadly I can't since the lighting is too dark in the game. Back in the day the room was enclosed with no windows.
Your reviews are very well done. I enjoy them very much.
I grew up playing Doom on the SNES and it quickly became one of my favorites. I never heard of Doom 64 until many years later when I didn't even had a Nintendo 64 anymore. What I expected when I heard of it, was Doom on the Quake engine (but I realized of that expectation much later) and when I saw those outdated graphics in comparison to Goldeneye (which was my favorite game in the N64) I didn't even bothered with getting it. Curiously, what changed my mind about it was when I saw some footage of someone playing it on RUclips and had this red bleeding transition effect at the end of the levels, which no emulator was capable of displaying it. I got the game just to see that effect for myself and I ended up getting a game that would become one of my favorites. Then I understood the approach, it's Doom with different levels, custom scripting and graphics, but still behaves and looks like classic Doom.
A little thing: Midway actually planned to include multiplayer (and as a leftover, there is code to define different colored marines, which you can see in the opening sequence) but they ran out of cart space and time was running short, so they scrapped the idea. It's a pity, one of the strongest points of Doom on the PC was the multiplayer.
Brilliant review!
Why is no one talking about this
One of the best installments of Doom up to the current release...
i played it as a kid and after the 6th level i gave up. it was too damn hard at the time.
So go now and play it again, you won't regret it :)
Would love for this to come out on the 3DS. Doom 64 was one of my favourite N64 games.
+ll WARGUNNER ll Yes! I'd even sent in a suggestion to id software!
I started playing this just recently and was impressed with the quality. They could probably have gotten away with a straight-forward port of the original, but I found myself playing an original game with great qualities. Especially the level design and music made this a good and very distinct experience, and I have to say that it's rare to see a game with colored lighting from 1997 that doesn't look like a christmas tree.
storerestore haha you know thats one very good way of putting it! the atmosphere in this one is top notch
You'd think it'd be a version of the fantastic PS1 port of Doom 1 & 2 (or maybe PS1 Final Doom), but instead of porting their earlier work, Midway/Williams created one of the best games on the N64
Fantastic review as always! I remember renting this for the 64, and having read nothing about it, really having it be a totally welcome surprise with the new levels/content. It took a bit to get back in the flow again, since I was playing a LOT of Quake online at the time, but even then it gave me some great nostalgic feelings for the series as a whole. And honestly, I liked a LOT of the visuals better than the PC counterpart, especially the pre-rendered looking enemy sprites.
I always thought Doom 64's story was that the UAC blew up the moon bases from the first Doom game in order to kill the monsters Doomguy forgot to kill, but after this, something's bringing them back to life, so Doomguy is sent to kill them and find out who or what's bringing them back to life.
Nice Review, I took it to the next level by getting the first accurate 100% secret walk trough on RUclips.
I actually always liked the sprite based enemies in this particular game. They are true to the original.
man how cool are the originals though - such awesome games
Not sure why you say fps games got more complex. Old school fps have vastly more complicated map desing than any contemporary fps.
Indeed
I believe he means that the overall story and mechanics have become more complex in contrast with run and gun blaster with no story
or barely any story
Doom 64 was the first Doom game I ever played and owned. Over the years I was shocked over how underrated it was. Nobody talked about it. When it finally dropped on the Xbox One, nostalgia struck me like a train. What a great game.
Amen to that! I think it’s aged brilliantly too
I just finished this game, and am now starting to play Doom Eternal. Got to say that Doom 64 still holds up for me. It scratches that killing demons in a beautiful gory blood bath, just as much as Doom Eternal does.
I remember the warning when you turn on the game, they tell you that this game is dark, very dark. It truly is a dark game, most of it is in the lighting and background "music". It kept all the aspects that made the original great but added a darker, more horror aspect that we have known with Doom 3.
This is my favorite console version of old school Doom. I still dust off the old N64 and replay it to this day, as it brings back such fond memories.
me too cro, me too :)
I know Im some years of but I still felt that I needed to post a comment. I remember myself in this story. We (me and my brothers) got a 64 for chrismas 97 an ALL games where sold out. Lyckely for us our mom knew the guy in the toy store so he was kind and lend my mom a "show copy" of a game which was.... MRC! The evening was saved. We later went out to buy our first game. I was the one who got the mission. I went to the mall to se what I could find. We wanted Goldeneye but it was weeks before it would return in stock. I chose Doom 64. Took my bike home (it was dark outside) and was so eager to try the game!! But we had played some Goldeneye with friends before and the game couldn't really replace it. It felt... Old... We also got stuck (didn't know there was a button for running) so we left it back and bought Super Mario 64. Im really eager (again) to try this game out. Im pretty sure I bought it a while ago... Maiby after Im finish with Shadow of the tomb radier. Or maiby in a retro evening with my brothers!
That sounds kinda like what happened to my parents, Goldeneye was OOS everywhere so we got doom 64 before Goldeneye instead too
Very well said. You sir have an excellent skill in language, and have used it to nail a perfect review for this game. I couldn't agree with you more.
same as you i expected ocarina of time a present from my uncle but instead i got doom 64. i was also disappointed at first but the more i was playing the more i like and in the end finding out what a masterpiece it is. i have done 100% on watch me die difficulty, till today it remains one of my all time favs...
Thanks for taking the time to produce this video. 🙂
Thanks for watching Fenton 👍
@@n64glennplant do you have any videos planned for the near future?
I still play this from time to time, got the n64 for christmas when i was a young lad and this came with it, my Uncle became obsessed with it and some of my fondest memories as a child was watching him and my Dad swap the controller back and forth as the played it, great times!
Loved playing this game as a kid, had really dark visuals and the music was sick. The Quake port on the N64 was also good, loved that ambient soundtrack. N64 limitations were its blessing in the end.
Oni64 you know thats one very good way to look at it, it made devs work around it which made a lot of creativity come to light
this is the best doom games that was ever made for me, i still have my N64 and this game and i play it often and i believe with the music on this game is more scarier than the other doom games but still today in 2017 this game is still my game today
Fun fact: this was actually Doom 3 but was ignored by the world as time went on. Had it on Ps4 recently and loved it.
You said the music was like no doom before ( as well as lighting ), but PSX version was like this before hand.
There is a fan made PC port of this game called Doom 64 EX. It's exactly like the N64 version and best of all you get to use a mouse and keyboard. I played it myself and it's a very good game. The atmosphere of this game feels like Bungie's Marathon. A quiet "empty" feeling with eerie background music. It's a very unique game in the Doom franchise.
I loved this game. When I first got it, I loved that eerie feeling I got when playing it. The ambient music really did add to the mood. Great, classic game!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who always reset my Doom 64 controls to a Turok-style setup back in the day! Haha, this brings back memories. My most-played N64 game.
When I bought Doom 64, it wasn't my favorite game on the N64. But now it's the only game I keep going back to. No other Doom has such a sinister atmosphere that inspires me. I agree that the AI could be better. Not that I want them to duck and cover, but rather to make it out of corners and chase you through the level if necessary.
Midway had originally planned to put multiplayer, more weapons, and more demons, but them being a regular game company, they wanted to meet deadlines so it ended up being scrapped.
I think they might have known the engine looked a bit outdated as well. This is why they made new sprites and probably why they rushed it a bit to release.
Midway's late nineties output is absolutely ace! Chicago proud.
Midway and CM punk make Chicago proud 👍
"Screw collage, why be nothing in collage when I can be the king of high school forever."
Playing games from the 5th generation of consoles today, it's the games that were "out of date" or "yesterday's news" at release that actually hold up the best. Doom 64 is one of those games. The frame rate is high because of the lack of polygonal enemies, and the 2D sprites themselves look better today than any of the blocky 3D models from other games.
I was in middle school when this game was released and I was highly influenced by the gaming press (the actual magazines as I wouldn't have Internet access until November '98). This game only generated marginal reviews from most of the outlets at the time so I passed over it.
When I finally picked it up around 2009/2010 I was blown away. Great atmosphere, great game play, impressive graphics... just an overall pleasure.
Today I'd much rather play stylized games from that era than envelope pushers. Back in 1997 I balked at games like Symphony of the Night that didn't have "advanced 3D graphics". Now those types of games are the most desired.
would love to see an hd port of this. You're right, this game deserves more love.
They need to make Doom 4 like this, dark and creepy; also they should include the nightmare imp and unmaker
Guess you got what you wished for friend
On the critcism of the game being dark, try Doom 1 or 2 with Chocolate Doom. You'd be shocked at how dark Doom genuinely is on the original engine without all of the fancy renders and source ports that upped the lighting effects. It was such a scary game at the time for a reason, and not just because of the enemies that jump out at you.
Having gotten this recently for the original console, this game surprisingly holds up very well, even when compared to the recent remaster. And with the Retrobrawler controller it feels really good. Definitely holds up better than the other N64 FPS games, in my opinion.
I’m sorry I don’t know how this game could have flopped I have a personal relationship with this game. I love it and played it for years. I still want to play it and i would play doom on the hardest difficulty. I never got to play hardcore mode. I wish Doom 64 2 existed. Doom64 will always be a treasure. I played it because my uncle had the game and I quickly fell in love with it as a kid
I was so excited for this game back them, I borrowed it from a friend, I played it not too much, I don't remember why, and I never played it again, until now, I must say that the game is slow at the beginning , but once you go to hell the games becomes the real DOOM , level desing is amazing, and frame rate is smooth , light effects are amazing, it's indeed the classic doom I have played so far. What I don't like is that some puzzles are very complicated compared to doom 1 and 2 .
How do I remember Doom 64? Well, in my household we had a Sony PlayStation and gaming PCs back in 1997 so unfortunately I didn't get a chance to play Doom 64 back then. I'd seen all kinds of reviews though and desperately longed to play it because the graphics looked far better than Doom 1 & 2 which my brother and I played almost daily in online coop mode. I'm playing it now though via the several fanmade PC ports (specifically Doom 64 Retribution). Overall I'm very much enjoying it. I get the feeling that Doom 64 was meant to bring in new players to Doom but failed. ID Software was too busy showing off Quake/Quake 2 and GoldenEye was catching our hearts and nostalgia back then.
I was a big Doom fan growing up and it's one of the only computer games i ever really played...I have always wanted a copy of Doom 64 but i haven't been able to find a copy yet
This is my favourite doom game out of them all by far. Love everything about it. Absolutely fantastic review of this brilliant game! Summed it up so well :)
This game had so much atmosphere. My favorite FPS game on the N64, behind GoldenEye of course, tied with Perfect Dark..
Another great review..
Boy have things changed since last year. Now DOOM 64 is possibly one of the most important DOOM games of all time because it’s an immediate prequel to DOOM Eternal and everyone was playing the remaster of DOOM 64 in anticipation of DOOM Eternal
I know right, but so glad this is getting the respect it deserves now
@@n64glennplant I played the hell out of it a few months ago on switch, couldn’t put it down, and since the visuals aren’t as dark you can see everything now and truly appreciate how good it looked for the time.
This is one of the very few Doom titles that I haven't played yet (and thankfully, it was recently released on Steam). When I got my N64, the games I bought for it were Goldeneye and Banjo-Kazooie and ended up skipping Doom 64, but I remember talking to a lot of my friends at the time and them saying just how awesome it was, but I was too busy playing 007. I kinda want to play it now though, if for nothing else but to say I played all of the old school Doom titles.
I replayed it through the Xbox one release this year and it’s just as good as I remembered
@@n64glennplant Awesome, maybe I'll go ahead and get it.
Given how the old Doom Games have stood the test of time, Doom 64 has a strong following to the point where it's being sold for modern systems, and the new Doom games are huge hits with modern gamers.
I think it's safe to say that the "King of High school" came out on top in the end.
Bloody love this game.
It's in my top 10 N64 games of all time no questions asked.
Such a classic
These reviews are just excellent.
Doom 64, such a great game. To think it was made for console, N64 of all of them. It pushed the Doom experience about as far as youd like to. Great mood, atmosphere, graphics, sound. The only thing I disagree with the video on is Mr Plant saying the "flat" aka 2D sprite enemies were somehow a problem. To me it keeps the game Doom-like by keeping enemies as 2D sprites. They did a great job upgrading the enemies slightly, just enough but kept them recognizable. Also they kept the same sound effects. Definitely the true "Doom 3" game.
>describes DOOM as a series that lost its luster
>checks video release date
>2013
>well dude I got good news for you
Haha man I know what a come back right
I gotta say, that cartridge looks badass. Like if one of the wrestling tights designers from the WCW days spray painted an N64 cartridge.
One of the only pieces of media that truly scared the shit out of me as a kid....the music and sound effects man....
Graphics still hold up today, imagine playing this 20 years ago
That looks amazing I cant believe i never heard about it till now, downloading it as I type this :) Thanks for the heads up Glenn :)
My absolute favorite Doom game. I remember renting this and was blown away. I then found it at a bargain bin for 20 bucks and played the heck out of it trying to find every secret I could.
You know what makes this game so special ? The level design and ambient soundtrack. It was just so different for Doom. The earlier levels were military bases and the later levels in hell were the real gems on this masterpiece.
Sure the gameplay was same old Doom, but that didn't matter. Play through this game at night, by yourself and feel the mood Midway created with this game. You will feel it. It's an extremely dark depressing game, but that's what I loved about it. Still holds up til this day. And thank goodness for Doom64 EX which makes this game look even better on PC.
And I'll always remember the cheat code no matter what : ?TJL BDFW BFGV JVVB
ENJOY EVERYONE !!!
I like that you don't have to use the joystick.. using the d-pad to move and L + R buttons to strafe works perfectly
dude 7th grade..I love this game..i remember it costing 79.99 dollars which was a LOT of money in 97 for a game...these cart games were expensive but it was worth,it..i still,have the same exact copy from 97 and still works great! dope review btw man
The nostalgia, god i miss this game so much.
My favorite N64 game, along with Conker, Starfox 64 and Perfect Dark. Still one of my favorite videogame soundtracks.
Makes one wonder in this day of retro games why Doom 2 for N64 wasn't re-released? Sad.....
I completely love this game. My older brother was way better at it than I was though, so a good deal of my nostalgic memories for it involve watching my brother play through it. It's later, not so nostalgic memories that I beat the game.
So yeah, sound effects were awesome, and I totally fell in love with the music from the start. My favorite thing though is the level design. I used to (and still do, actually) create Doom 2 maps and as a mapper I can appreciate well designed levels. Doom 64 did excellently at it.
ImperatorScab i love how the doom mod scene is still alive as ever :)
You are correct! To anyone that is unaware of it, go download Zandronum and use the program Doomseeker. (It comes with Zandronum)
There are still plenty of people out there playing Doom online and there are several very awesome mods for it out there.
Thanks this video brought back some fun memories. I picked up Doom 64 on its release and never owned Goldeneye until my friends gifted me a copy when the next console cycle began. Doom 64 was a fun overall refinement of the original Doom with a soundtrack that grew on me as I played though it. My only gripe I had with this version is the CG- rendered monsters looked a little more cartoony to me vs the clay model-based monsters in the original games.
Great vid Glenn, you cant go wrong with a bit of Doom and Doom 64 is definitely a underrated hidden gem on the N64 and the Doom franchise, I recently picked up Doom 3 BFG edition and I was thinking it was such a shame that they didnt include Doom 64 as they threw in Doom 1 and 2, it would be so awesome if they re-released it for download or something.
Great review! As a fan of Doom I loved this game as a teen, it was one of my favorites, I remember renting a couple times before my dad got it for me and eventhough I played Mario Cart, Goldeneye and Turok with my Friends I played this one a lot by myself. This and the PS1 version were my favorite due to the atmosphere and soundtrack.
tbh its only the more recent dooms that i haven't liked, back then they were stellar but seemed to get bogged down when moving to real 3d as we know now
Looking forward to play Doom 64 on my Nintendo Switch Friday.
Will be 🔥
While I can see your point on the lackluster AI, Doom has always (until Doom 3) relied upon the hordes-of-enemies style of AI, which I think is what Doom is best at. GoldenEye employed different combat mechanics that encouraged smarter AI scripting in response to the player's greater control and tactical options (sniper rifle, grenades, full freedom of aiming). With this in mind, Doom 64 is a run-and-gun shooter while GoldenEye requires planning and careful aim. Excellent review, all in all.
That is interesting, I never knew that Doom 64 is its own game and not just a port of the classic and I'm pretty sure most people don't know, thats probably the reason why this gets so overlooked. This really deserves a rerelease somehow or atleast a release on the virtual console if Nintendo would finally get their shit together.
Amen Glen you pretty much summed up my feeling on this game and where FPS have gone. Great review of sadly ignored game. At the same time I had this first then moved onto Goldeneye and although Goldeneye blew my mind at the time this really gave me plenty of "OH SHIT RUN!" moments.
sadly never played doom 64 on original hardware, but i've checked it out on emulator and it looked pretty amazing! i've been trying to get actual game for a long time but it's quite rare in my country (although not very expensive) :( great review as usual btw :)
I love the fact that someone ported doom 64 for pc. It's awesome and I love it.
This game was so much fun then as I'm sure it is now.
Great review. I recently got into Doom and have played both the 2016 game and the original Doom, so I've been interested in Doom 64. Sadly it seems like the game is pricey to get, so who knows when I'll ever be able to play this without going the emulator route.
Just download Doom64 EX for pc, it's an awesome experience. I still play it today
i own this gem...i almost bought it in 1997...and i just bought it last year:D
DooM 64 was the first game i bought for the system.
i could get any other title but i was so hyped for it and couldnt resist.
It was the first game I got With my N64 back in 99 and I thought was Brilliant, specially the sound track. It's doom on steroids😈
MyGamingcareer great way to put it!
this was the first FPS i ever played and i was blown away at how good it is but it was also very hard
This one will always have a place in my heart
by far the best doom.
The fact that I got this game on the Xbox series S of all consoles
I completed the Xbox version again during lockdown. Great time
I'm fine with it not being just a port, but not having the Doom music really kicks it down a notch. They went the Doom 3 route (well, you could say Doom 3 went the 64 route since it came after) and made it focus more on the spooky darkness instead of being a heavy-metal-infused grindhouse bloodbath.
Still, all I have to do is sit my laptop next to me, load up to Doom soundtrack and it's like I'm playing Classic Doom all over again.
By that time the PS1 version also did not contain the original Doom music, but ambient music more similar to this.
I honestly enjoyed doom 64 more then original Doom, I liked the darker atmosphere and the music is better. And weapons have more impactful sound effects. I found the levels easier to navigate, and the difficulty curve wasn't as much. It offered me enough challenge but it didn't get frustrating.
the dark citadel. The best level IMHO. The music, the sense of lonelyness...it was terrifying!!!
yeah man thats one of my fav levels too
I'm sure I've got this game lying around here somewhere, feeling the urge to give it another go now after watching this.
Great graphic and soundtrack, amazing atmosphere. Fast action, no frame rate drops, interesting and fun to use weapons. The only problem I have with this game is level design. I was never fan of this box levels, like go up down left right, find blue key, find red key, find yellow key. After 10 levels doing same thing it become very boring and repetitive. If this game have progression levels like Goldeneye this game would be 10/10 for me.
They should have included multiplayer, but it is a very interesting game. The lighting, the special scripts, the atmosphere, the ambient soundtrack. And there are quite a few levels. Some of the traps though are just brutal and mean-spirited.
Nintendo, Bethesda, and WB need to work together and bring this one back. Be it for an N64 classic or a digital rerelease.