Retro game: Doom II

Doom II is a video game of the first-person shooter genre that was developed by ID Software for the PC (DOS, Windows 95, Mac OS), GBA, Tapwave Zodiac, Xbox Live Arcade, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 platforms. This is the second sequel of the saga, a game that has its differences with the previous installment from what I got to read, since I did not have the opportunity to try the first edition. The plot of this game goes unnoticed since it concentrates more on the gameplay and other aspects of the game, but nevertheless it is important to mention that this game or what I understood is that the planet earth is invaded by aliens, who killed many people and that is where our character that we control intervenes, who must exterminate them to save the planet, where he must go through various episodes or levels (scenarios). The truth is that it was a difficult game for me to understand since I'm not a big fan of retro games but sometimes it is important to vary what we play because in many things we can surprise with what we find and in general terms I can tell you that I had a good experience with this game. It is important to mention that in 2019 was made the re-release of this game, with better gaps as they added new levels, online multiplayer mode and cooperative mode, but for this post I'm going to focus on the original game.

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Its gameplay is very simple to understand, the game is direct where the main objective is to go through each level and go killing each of the enemies (aliens), using various weapons either to shoot or explore to annihilate the opponents. To overcome the levels that has some difficulty as we move forward, as I mentioned, we must make our way by getting rid of enemies to reach a switch and activate it, so that everything is over, plus it is important to review each of the places of the levels as we can find resources that will help us move faster in the game, such as keys that allow us to open doors or packages to regenerate the health of our character as this does not happen automatically, something that gives more entertainment to the game or at least from my point of view.

The controls are also quite simple, where the player can control the character using keys to go forward, backward, right and left, as well as run and jump, it is that simple and not complicated, but of course for the battles we must also press a button for the shots. The artificial intelligence is frantic because when the enemy detects our presence they attack us like crazy and therefore we do not have time for anything, but to shoot and make the movements that I described above to stay alive, and thus move forward more and more in the game until you can finish it if I'm honest I did not achieve it. The game itself can be somewhat tedious due to the repetitive levels, as well as frustrating because of how difficult it can sometimes make us find the keys because the sites are very intricate but nevertheless I liked me in general, only it was improved levels as I said is usually repetitive.

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In addition, the game has a good amount of weapons that we acquire as we progress through the game. Among these weapons are a chainsaw, rocket launchers, pistols, shotguns and experimental technology ray guns, which although they are few compared to the games of the time, I can tell you that for that time it was a pretty decent number. Anyway, the gameplay of this game is not perfect, but it is interesting and entertaining, I do not think it was bad what I saw in this game.

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Its graphics can be said to be good because the game has excellent animations, especially at the time of death, shooting and other moments. What are the designs of the enemies are quite good, they are very well designed for the time when the game was released. Another of the things that stand out quite a lot are the visual effects as we can see many details at the time of the fights as the abundant blood that we see in the scenarios when we kill the monsters, the effects in the shots, explosions, among other things; everything was well created for the moment. For the aforementioned graphic section what makes the game very interesting and with great variety in the moments of the battles, something that I think is positive. What is the fluidity of the game is quite good and more when you meet the necessary requirements, do not notice much errors that although these always exist in video games. In short, a graphic section that is 'more than decent for players to enjoy much of what they see.

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As for the sound I can tell you that it had effects that used to be unpleasant, I did not like them at all but you have to understand the time when the game was released, however, and comparing with games of the time, the sound effects disappointed me. What stands out quite a lot in the game are the musical themes of the soundtrack, since for this installment new themes were added that give us a little more fun as we advance in each of the levels, with themes that give us much more expectation to those that make us relax a little to calm down after the intense fight with enemies. A game that even though the sound is not perfect, it has things that make the game interesting in this aspect.

In conclusion, Doom II is a game whose strong point is the gameplay, because of the simple controls where the player must concentrate on advancing in the game and fight with the enemies, where we see that they are quite frantic fights by the number of enemies that attack us when they detect us, which increases the adrenaline and the desire to keep playing. As for the graphics, it seems to me that it is a game well worked beyond some details could be better. The sound is what disappoints me the most because of some things that sounded bad, however it is not bad at all and even more because of the fantastic soundtrack and musical themes. For all these reasons, I invite you to try this game and let us know what you think of it.