Oh, bonus fun: SmoothDoom, also linked in the Doom WAD Club thread, has an option to make the Super Shotgun gib enemies at point-blank range (normally impossible due to the way the gibbing mechanic works), which makes it even more satisfying to use, like god drat.

That said, there are defintely situations where the regular shotgun is preferable, but it tends to happen more in fan-made map packs than the main game from what I've seen. At point blank, one blast from it does as much damage as a rocket. So unless you're trying to deal with enemies at range, there's no reason not to use the SSG. It actually does something like 3x more damage overall than the regular shotgun while only using 2x the ammo spread's wider, but 20 pellets instead of 5. The Super Shotgun is loving awesome and I miss it horribly every time I can't use it (like when playing Doom instead of Doom II for instance). There's also a high-res sound effects pack linked over in the Doom WAD Club thread in Retro Games, which is pretty sweet. MAP01's music is definitely my favorite classic Doom tune, and it sounds even better with the high-res music packs I played through with ( these are awesome by the way, and totally worth downloading kickass sound while staying 100% faithful to the original tunes). There are also some REALLY GREAT levels in the mix. Still, it's not as if I didn't enjoy blasting my way through it.

Half the game feels like Thy Flesh Consumed to me. I feel like Doom II has more un-fun levels scattered throughout than the original game, from my experience with it over the last few weeks. It is more Doom as Jacob said, and that's good but I think the level design suffers somewhat overall. I don't personally watch LPs where they cut out the commentary during cutscenes, but I understand the appeal, and now that I have a computer that can probably render much faster, I'll consider it moreso than before.'ĭoom II. The plot has more bearing on things, is better, and has proper cutscenes, so if I do it for any of them, it'll be that one. The story in that game is pretty inconsequential and even the protagonist himself ignores most of it, so viewers aren't missing much if we talk over anythingĭoom Eternal: Maybe. Given that the later Dooms are a bit heavier on story, will there be cut and uncut tracks for those, or just single videos?

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