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The game that started it all...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 18
Date: March 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

After a hard day at work, there's nothing more satisfying than planting your good old double barrel in an imp's belly and giving him the heave-ho. Doom was the beginning of a new era in PC games. It's graphics engine technology and style have shown up in almost all first person shooter games released since it's original debut. It's enduring legacy is due to the fact that the authors kept the game strategy simple: find the bad guys and blow them to tiny bits. No complicated keyboard/mouse movements or hard to use weapons, just lock, load, and kill or be killed!

Here is why people have still been playing it since 1995

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 18
Date: December 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The original Doom was such and incredible first person shooter they had to make a totally new 32 level Doom with lots more monsters, such as the Chain Gunner, the Pain Elemental, the Arch Vile and others, but still the same old weapons and graphics. My second point is the fact that they are still selling Doom 2, they are no longer selling the original Doom except for in a bundle. So since 1995 and the game is still around and selling strong, must mean something! So what is Doom 2? In Doom 2 you are a soldier just coming off of a mission in space (Doom 1), so you must return to planet Earth only to discover it has been taken over and then from there go into the heart of it all, Hades and destroy the monster behind it all. 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. With that being said, why are people still playing it? Because Doom 2 is the surface beneath it all is a whole community that supports Doom 2 by creating new levels, some easy and simple, others 64 levels of pure pain continuing the saga or starting a new saga, with new enemies, new wall textures and fun. There are even expansion packs sold with 1000s of new levels to keep you playing forever beyond the original Doom 2!

One of the best FPS ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Well, let me tell you. I've had Doom II since it came out. And, it is by far the best shooter I ever played!

Story - 7/10

It goes like this: You just returned from the moon which was infested with monsters, and you come back, and what do you know? There are demons everywhere! They came strait from the depths of Hell. They killed almost the entire human race. Now, it's up to you to save the Earth!

Graphics - 8/10

Meh, it came out in what, few years back? What did you expect? But, I guess they were ok back then. Hey, I'm not complaining. So, the graphics aren't too shabby when it comes to the blood and gore! :-)

Sound/Music - 10/10

The music is pretty catchy! I love the music. The sound is very good also. It's really not that bad. And, when you fire your gun, or the monsters see you, the will make noises! And it makes this squishy sound when you hit a monster with a rocket up close!

Controls - 10/10

The controls rock! The moving and shooting are so easy to use! Don't even have to aim, just point in the direction and BOOM! The moving is good. Just move with the arrows. Also, you can run when you hold shift + up/down arrow.

Gameplay - 10/10

Man, the gameplay is just unbelievable! This game has 32 all-new levels! Also, with 7 weapons and a NEW WEAPON!!!! The super-shotgun. And you have new demons too. The guns are: the pistol, the shotgun, the super-shotgun (the new weapon), the chaingun, the rocket launcher, the plasma rifle, and the all mighty BFG 9000! Which when you fire it at an enemy and hits them, it will hit nearby enemies to! Well, the object of this game is to blast monsters through out the level and find the exit. Then, you progress to the next level. All the way till the last one. There are also 2 secret levels. There are many verities of monsters BTW. Oh, and each level has three hidden key cards to access doors that were previously locked.

Replayability - 10+ /10

This game has so much replay value. I mean when you beat the game once you think your done right? Wrong! There's so much fun in blowing up those little suckers! I have had this game for a long time and I still play it!

Difficulty- 8/10

There's 5 different kinds of difficulty: I'm too young to die! (Easy), Hey, not to rough (Medium), Hurt me plenty (Hard), Ultra-Violence (very hard), and Nightmare (unfair).

Extras - 9/10

You can also make your own levels using a WAD creator. A WAD's are the level files. You can also play WAD's that other people made. I love makeing my own levels. It adds more fun to game if you beat the default 32 levels alot.

Rent or Buy

Definitely buy! It's so good of a game! And besides, I don't think you can rent PC games. Well, maybe you can I don't know.

Overall - 10/10

I give this game a 10/10 because it's the best game in the world! Trust me on this one!

the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I`m from Spain, so my english is not quite good. So I`ll be brief; it is the best game EVER.

DooM 2: Hell on Earth

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is great!!! (...)The game is really fun and has some great graphics for a game made in its day. One last thing, the last boss, Tchenobog, is just a wall orniment, use the cliping code to see the 'true' boss behind him.

All-time favorite.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is my all-time favorite DOOM title. In fact, this was actually the first DOOM game I played in the series. After playing DOOM2, I wasn't too excited about the first DOOM. This game is truly legend and is still fun as hell even after all these years. 32 levels of blowing stuff up.

Buy this game before it becomes a rarity. Or just buy this game just 'cause I said so. You won't regret it.

Still the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This landmark FPS has likely owned more of my life than any other single activity, no exaggeration. Of all the Dooms currently in full release, this is my favorite. It's larger, it's harder, it's eviller, and it's got more lovable carnage than you can shake a chainsaw at.

During the peak of the Doom craze in the mid/late 90s, I was part of that group of hopeless addicts who lived and breathed Doom day in and day out, loving it all the way (at least until I developed chronic headaches and had to give it up). What gives Doom 2 such a charm for me? Well, it has everything the first game has, except possibly the "classic" feel that still sends me back to the original on occasion. Now, some have complained that not enough new things were added to this game. I have decided, however, that the real important change is in the style of level design. They are more maze-like, they are much more difficult, and the puzzles are more complex. And, as the later levels attest, they are much, much weirder. For the level-builders among us, the new triggers and the higher 256-linedef visibility limit allows us more possibility for design than the original. The super-shotgun is a fantastic edition, allowing the player to economize bullets when facing enemies such as the demon/specter and the chaingun zombie. Some of the added enemies are rather annoying, such as the Revenant, the Pain Elemental, and the menacing Arch-Vile, who may be the most dangerous enemy in all of Doom. And then there's John Romero's head and the now-famous backwards announcement that greets players as they come upon the huge demon face in level 30...

After Doom 2, the flood of FPS's looking to capitalize on the craze traded in long-term gameplay value for nice-looking graphics and a few bells and whistles here and there. (A true heir would not appear until Half-life.) Doom, obviously, is very primitive compared to what we have today. But it has stood the test of time better than any other shooter, unquestionably. Years later, it's less about winning the game than it is about the sheer fun of shooting up a roomful of monsters. There's something undeniably pleasurable about the primal act of pulling a trigger and blowing away a demonspawn. Doom speaks to the animal within you. Therein lies its true worth.

Download a Port !!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Buy this game for the .wad file. You only need the doom2.wad to make a port to work. If your Windows XP makes Doom lose sound or plays slow you NEED a port, they are made for Windows.
There are many ports out there, all free.
I suggest a port like GZDoom if you have a faster computer. Anyone who complained about graphics, wont be complaining anymore.
If GZDoom runs slow, use ZDoom a more basic version. ZDoom still supports high resolutions and both ports greatly enhance many aspects of gameplay.

[...] Many of these maps contain cut-scenes that actually show you a movie in game that progress story.

I may also mention you can play Doom online against other people very easily with Skulltag or ZDaemon.

This is the game to have!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I remember at one time I was addicted to Doom. To me it wasn't only about how fast you can complete the levels, it was about besting your score of each level. I miss it and I hope to get the Doom 3 XP version soon after it comes out. I do agree with other reviewers the graphic for the game were outstanding for its time(came out in the mid 90's me thinks). Anyway if like a good challenge then get a hold of Doom. If you like Wolfenstein these games are on the same level and very much addictive. Good fun.

The doom series is the master king series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am going to review both doom 1 and 2 in this review.y?because I want to.doom is the best silliest, gameplay game of all time and doom2 has great missions!just buy it. I reccomend it.:)

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