Doom
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Doom

id Software

1993•Shooter•PEGI 16•About 7 hours

Taste attributes: actionhorrorscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplebig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and unsavoury: a simple shooter, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very simple · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

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About This Game

In the future, humans have left Earth and settled throughout the galaxy. On Mars, the Union Aerospace Corporation has established a radioactive waste facility and allowed the military to conduct teleportation experiments on the nearby moons of Deimos and Phobos. Hours ago, the base on Mars began receiving incoherent distress messages from Phobos, while Deimos has disappeared completely. With all attempts to establish contact failing, you and your team have been dispatched to investigate. Upon arrival, you secure the perimeter as the rest of your team enters the facility. As you stand guard, your radio crackles with the sound of gunfire, cracking bones and blood-curdling screams and eventually falls silent. Alone, with no way off the planet or means to defend yourself other than your trusty pistol, there’s only one way out - into the complex of death and the horrors that await you within....

Summary: IGDB

Story

The player takes the role of a marine (unnamed to further represent the person playing), "one of Earth's toughest, hardened in combat and trained for action", who has been incarcerated on Mars after assaulting a senior officer when ordered to fire upon civilians. There, he works alongside the Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC), a multi-planetary conglomerate and military contractor performing secret experiments on interdimensional travel. Recently, the teleportation has shown signs of anomalies and instability, but the research continues nonetheless. Suddenly, something goes wrong and...

Screenshots

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Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionHorrorScience fictionMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evilFish out of water/culture clashHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySelf destruction/implosionUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

MazeFuturisticCompilationSharewareSilent protagonistOne-man armyMeleeReal-time combat

Details

Developer
id Software
Publishers
id Software, Imagineer
Released
10 December 1993
Series
Doom
Platforms
Windows Mobile, PC-9800 Series, Linux, DOS
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective
First person
Time to beat
4h rushed, 7h normally, 15h complete
Age rating
PEGI 16
Taste scores
How we score
Source
IGDB

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