Everything looks a bit more devilish as well with the higher resolution with details on monsters more apparent the lighting effects as well have been faithfully reproduced here. Motion controls have also included in the game, but you’ll hardly need them, you can’t look up and down instead, you use them to turn left and right. The Switch version of the games runs just sublime holding a steady 60fps framerate I did find it a little dark in handheld – even with the in-game brightness options tweaked as well. The length of the game is fine, as long as you know what you’re getting when you buy it. There are 30+ levels to work your way through, with some new ones exclusive to this release. Doom had these before, but instead, now you’ll find that you’ll flip a switch and have to see what triggered before time runs out, or flip a second switch to get what you want.ĭoom 64 is also a singleplayer only affair, something that in the split-screen Nintendo 64 era didn’t go down so well. There’s still the red, yellow and, blue keys to get through doors but now there are switch and teleport puzzles thrown in.
While the combat is the same, the game has more of a puzzling way to get through the campaign. Instead, the tighter levels are filled with ambient music and growls to creep you out – it’s not very metal. Demons all sound different, the weapons effects are different, and there’s no thumping soundtrack. The levels are rendered with proper 3D now and feature amazing moody lighting effects. What Doom 64 does differently is how it looks. Doom 64 as a shooter, very similar to other Doom games, but it’s level designs, and puzzles give you a different experience. The games give out the minimal story, none in fact – you pick up your shotgun, and off you go blasting. Perhaps that judgement was a bit unfair because Doom 64, despite being just a little bit different to other Doom games, and a bit behind console FPS games at the time still manages to be a bit of fun.ĭoom 64 isn’t a port of Doom, but instead apparently a sequel to those games. Compared to GoldenEye, and even Turok, Doom 64 looked a bit old hat. However Doom 64 is very different from other Doom titles, and it’s a bit of diamond in the rough.ĭoom 64 released before GoldenEye 007 in America, but here in PAL regions we got it after, and it was a bit forgotten about.
All the demons you know, and love are here, as are all the weapons, and it looks like a Doom game. Doom 64 is an odd game, but make no mistake – it’s still Doom.