


Published: 22 January 2017 2:26 pm Users Reviewsīefore I got to try this gem I only knew it and its predecessor from magazine- (preview)s during the 1994 era.Ĭountless times we would oogle all the game's screenshots and I couldn't believe how realistic the game(s) looked. See Also: Legendary Game Developers: id Software Trust me, play one and then play this one. This is another one of my favorites that I still own and play. While not as highly awarded as its progenitor, it was still named Game of The Year twice and is featured in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die. The biggest difference being that Doom II is played through levels that make one big episode, as opposed to separate episodes. Including the pressing of switches and collection of key cards. Utilizing the same 3D graphics engine and 2D sprites for enemies, Doom II looks and plays much like its predecessor Doom. Which makes reaching your goal more difficult, but never fear, the super shotgun is here! So reload, saddle up, and save the remnants of humanity. These new hellspawn have more advanced attacks than their Mars brethren and will possess the bodies of human survivors. You’ll square off against some familiar baddies on your home turf, but this time they brought friends. Unfortunately, hell has beaten you back home and destroyed the majority of it.

Playing as the same sole surviving space marine, you have escaped the horrors of mars and arrived back on Earth.

Unlike most sequels, this one is actually good. Published by GT Interactive, it was released for DOS in 1994, just one year after its predecessor. Doom II adds one new weapon to the players arsenal the super shotgun, several new demon types with more advanced attacks than those of the first Doom, such as the chaingun-toting Heavy Weapon Dudes, the skeletal Revenants who launch homing missiles and the sinister Arch-Viles who have a highly damaging fire attack.Doom II is Id Software's follow-up to their award winning Doom. Unlike in Doom, which is divided into three episodes, the 30 levels of Doom II (plus the 2 secret levels) form one long episode. The game play once again consists entirely of navigating the hero from first-person view through 3D environments and shooting at the demons while attempting to find your way out by flipping switches and looking for keys. It's your task to bring down the force field around the last operational star port to allow the remnants of mankind to escape to the stars.Doom II looks and plays very similarly to its predecessor, utilizing the same 3D graphical engine with 2D sprites for enemies. After having single-handedly saved Mars from demonic threat, you return to Earth, only to find out that the demons have already invaded it, killed most of its inhabitants or possessed them. 5 /5In this sequel to the original Doom, you play the same hero - the last remaining space marine.
