Gaming

When I first played DOOM I was a bit afraid of the monster sounds. I would usually ask my little sister if she could color her things in my room so I wouldn't be alone while playing. I was way too bad to ever finish the game back then. I used to ask my father to make me "untötbar" (unkillable) because the word "unverwundbar" (invulnerable) was too difficult for me.

But I really like the reboot and DOOM Eternal especially.

I think my favorite aspect(s) about DOOM is that all of the games are good, they are all worth playing, and they are all representative of the peak of 3D technology from their respective release eras.

Aside from that, every DOOM short of DOOM 3 satisfies my primal need to violently, quickly, adeptly slaughter demons (which has needed far more satisfaction in recent years for some odd reason). I recently finished a nightmare DOOM 2016 playthrough and loved every minute beginning to end, yet again. I’m now in the depths of a nightmare DOOM Eternal playthrough and I can’t get over how addicting the game is. You CANNOT beat the game without engaging with every single one of the combat mechanics, but it’s up to you, your skills, and your digital (read: finger) dexterity to determine when and how you do that. It’s nothing but flawless game design, gorgeous visuals, technical mastery, and some of the best instrumental heavy metal there is.

Doom 2 just because of the Super Shotgun and: "oremor nhoj, em llik, tsum uoy, emag eht niw ot"

Outlier in that my favorite was doom 1. Probably its second episode was my favorite, but they're all good.

The graphics at the time were amazing. The skyboxes for some reason really made an impression on me. There's like green mountains in the background of episode 1 I think. As a kid I used to think about exploring them.

The first time I beat the third episode without cheats, I finished off the spider mastermind with exactly 1% health left. Memorable as shit. (I think the game might do the thing where the last few percents of health count more, so it feels exciting when you just barely hang on. If so, it worked.)

I remember thinking my older cousin was so cool because he could clear all the levels without cheats.

Playing it now with mouse look and wasd it's a much easier game, but back then as a child with keyboard only it was daunting.

Doom2's level design had more confusing and frustrating parts for me. Also I didn't get a copy of it until several years later, so it didn't have the full magic of youth.

Doom 3 I don't remember very well. I liked it but it didn't have staying power.

I didn't finish the new dooms. They're fine but I never really clicked with them.