DOOM 2D

dr_st · Post by **dr_st** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:17 am

Has anyone played it? What are your thoughts?

Interon 2.0 · Post by **Interon 2.0** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:11 pm

Hmmm... I've never heard of it before at all.

Dopefish · Post by **Dopefish** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:28 pm

I have no interest in it.

dr_st · Post by **dr_st** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 2:02 am

Oh, I can provide a link to check it out.

http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?gameid=2828

At first it's funny. Then it's annoying. If you last through the annoying stage it's fun.

Post by **emmzee** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 8:12 pm

Played it awhile ago ... I really wanted to like it, but didn't ... it just wasn't any fun IMHO.

Same with Halflife 2D btw ... didn't like that too much either, the controls were kinda shoddy, though it certainly looked good. Maybe I'm just too critical

cramhains · Post by **cramhains** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:06 am

Never heard of it.

cramhains · Post by **cramhains** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:14 am

It's very hard.

dr_st · Post by **dr_st** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:42 am

Yeah, it is.

cramhains · Post by **cramhains** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:46 pm

How do you finish it? First you down then shoot two guys then you go where?

dr_st · Post by **dr_st** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:04 pm

Which level are we talking about? The game has 19 levels.

Otto · Post by **Otto** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:16 pm

Never heard of that before

Where can i download it?

Otto · Post by **Otto** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:17 pm

Never mind.. found it

cramhains · Post by **cramhains** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:28 pm

The first one in the demo.

Otto · Post by **Otto** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:57 pm

I think it's crap

cramhains · Post by **cramhains** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:00 pm

Yes it's crap.

dr_st · Post by **dr_st** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:55 am

No, it's not. And I'm the evidence.

It has some really nice things to it. Some puzzles are interesting, there are cool secrets, a few funny gimmicks, a challenging and interesting last level, good fun in two-player mode.

Edit: not to mention - kickass music!

Then again, it probably could have been done better (i.e more user-friendly), even at the expense of staying faithful to the original DOOM games.

dr_st · Post by **dr_st** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:09 am

cramhains wrote:The first one in the demo.

Go into the water, all the way down and to the left. Jump up into a secret room to get a chainsaw. The chainsaw makes things a lot easier in this level and in many subsequent levels. Now swim up in the water to where you saw that imp and a switch earlier. Hit the switch, return to the starting point and go up through the now opened door. You will have to kill an imp and a demon (killing the demon is piece of cake with the chainsaw, nearly impossible with the pistol). At the far right press the button to drop the red key and return to the starting point again. Continue to the right over the water and press the button to open the red door. Now, jump into the wall on your left, there is a secret room there containing a shotgun, which is also very helpful. A hidden teleported next to the green armor will teleport you to the exit room where you'll have to kill two imps and a zombieman. Jumping and shooting them with the shotgun works best here.

cramhains · Post by **cramhains** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:00 am

Thanks!

Thunderdog · Post by **Thunderdog** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:16 am

Doom 2D is the meaning of life.

dr_st · Post by **dr_st** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:34 pm

Some people actually bothered to make levels for this game. Some of these levels are quite cool. All in all, the game allows for deep strategies, much deeper than in the simple action game. Even the first level can become frustrating if you don't have a plan. I suspect that most people who gave up on the game very early did so because of the first level.