This combination quickly creates a total badass feeling. The new soundtrack impresses with new midi metal tracks that underline the fast and brutal action very well. Even if the general gameplay is simple, it's never stupid. The basic pacing and the fights are just as fun as in the first part. There is no need to look for cover and you move through the levels at lightning speed while slaughtering everything that comes into your sights.Īrmor, ammunition or health are lying around in every nook and cranny of the levels, but you have to keep a close look out for the really good stuff because there are some secrets hidden in the levels. The general gameplay remains the same as we already know from Doom. The well-known arsenal of weapons from Doom has remained the same, but has been expanded with the aforementioned double-barreled shotgun, with which you can take on stronger opponents and is very popular.Īnother innovation is the Megasphere, also known as Megahealt, which increases both health and armor to 200 points. The multitude of different opponents with their different attack patterns forces you to rethink, which is definitely pleasing.ĭue to the new and different opponents, id Software has also increased its arsenal to compensate. Overall, the variety of enemies has almost doubled. Pretty much all of the enemies from the first part are back in the game and boss opponents from the first part are now more common.īut Doom 2 also gives us new enemies such as the Mancubus, which is big and slow but does a lot of damage with its two powerful rocket launchers, or Arch-vile, who can unleash painful fire attacks. In Doom 2 we go through 32 levels with clearly predefined exits, collect key cards to unlock new areas and slaughter tons of enemies. In addition to new monsters and levels, Doom 2: Hell on Earth offers the double-barreled shotgun, which is still well-known and loved by many people.īut does a double shotgun barrel make everything twice as good?ĭoom is known for its brutal action and Doom 2 is in no way inferior. So if you're looking for a story-focused game, you definitely won't be happy with Doom 2. You could, and some people might find it bad, but that doesn't bother you at all and still doesn't play a role in Doom. The plot is given just as much emphasis as in the first part. So it's time to kick their asses again and free humanity from their torment.Īnd that's pretty much it for the story, which is presented in the game as a very short text summary. So it was only a matter of time before id Software released a successor, which was released a year later, in May 1994.Īfter we had already successfully freed the two moons of Mars in the first part, the demons have now settled on Earth. With the uncompromising gameplay, the monster design and the graphics and soundtrack that were considered stunning at the time, Doom is still legendary today and will probably always remain so. As already mentioned in my review of Doom (1993), Doom is known to be a milestone in video games.
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