➤ Doom II simply the FPS! 🎮

A great game of the past is back in the limelight thanks to a conversion dedicated to the Microsoft console and available on Xbox Live. At a cost of 800 Mp it is in fact possible to buy the entire package that contains the 32 levels of the original Doom II: Hell On Earth and the 9 schemes of the new Doom II: No Rest For The Living.

History made pixels

As for Wolfenstein 3D and for Doom itself, also in this case it is a real leap into the past that after our test was still very funny. It is evident that the entire content is absolutely dated but it is also true that walking through the narrow corridors amidst the screams of the enemies is nothing short of exciting. The product available for download is absolutely faithful to the first version that appeared on PC back in 1994 as a sequel to the first Doom, which confirmed the great love of gamers for this fps and this setting.

For the uninitiated, Doom II is part of the first-person shooter genre, in each level you fight face to face with demons and monsters who are waiting for nothing but to do the skin while we look for the way out of the maze / stage. The opponents waiting in the individual levels must be eliminated by force, or with our fists or, more easily, through the different firearms that you can meet gradually during the game. The difficulty of Doom II, although it is possible to choose between 5 levels of challenge, is never a big problem, after all it is a title that has its age and today's users are certainly more savvy than in the past. An important facility stands out and is the ability to save at any point in the level, without the adventure ever becoming frustrating.

Xbox 360 achievements

The 200 points are not difficult to obtain by completing the two episodes of the game, although it is necessary to replay the title by changing the level of difficulty and face many matches in deathmatch. In addition to the normal scores for the objectives, you can also unlock 4 prizes for the avatars, 2 celebratory t-shirts and 2 Marine suits once the No Rest For The Living chapter is finished.

Hand to the pad and go to frag!

This version of Doom II provides support for the coop both with the shared screen, which as proven does not generate any kind of slowdown of the game engine, and online via Xbox Live, and here we actually found some lag problems , and we can only confirm that playing with friends is always rewarding in any case. The multiplayer does not stop at the cooperative mode but obviously provides the classic deathmatch challenge, against other players, in this case the only problem is to find online opponents, we have had some difficulties. From the graphic point of view there is not much to say, the conversion did not bring any improvement and the textures make you smile as well as the poor definition of the polygonal models of the enemies, but the feeling has remained the same and all lovers of the original version do not they can only be satisfied. The graphic interface is elementary but absolutely functional, showing us our state of health, ammunition, the type of weapon and the state of our armor. A forerunner "hud" that only a few years ago has been abandoned by the most innovative productions, which now tend to show less and less information on the screen, making it rather "live" to the character, such as the view that is changed once the protagonist is injured. In reality, something similar exists in Doom II as well and the screen turns blood red when our man's health deteriorates visibly. As we have specified a few lines above the title ID Software was born for PC but the conversion for Xbox 360 was very successful, obviously we are not talking about the graphic level but we are referring to the controls, now perfectly calibrated to the joypad of the Microsoft console. It is evident that it is a bit strange nowadays to move the character but not being able to jump or raise and lower the view, in essence if an enemy is above or below us it is possible to shoot him since the aid in aiming will do target the bullets but it is not possible to aim them accurately. The sound is something superb, or rather absolutely archaic but, thanks to the absolutely successful midi of that time, the leap into the past is more than complete, introducing realistic sounds would have made no sense and would have distorted the essence of Doom II.

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Doom II it is a blast from the past, the celebration of a masterpiece that has been able to entertain gamers from all over the world, marking the development of first-person shooters in the years to come. This version available for download via Xbox Live is an obvious tribute, without any ambition to improve the product by adapting it to the needs of the modern player, the only contributions are the control system set for the pad and the cooperative mode. Simply Doom II.