matze79 wrote on 2025-01-02, 22:46:
Hm still better then Doom 4.
i hate the items popping out of enemies.
No idea why they did copy Bodycount.
That's how I felt about Doom 4 as well. It seemed to be successful on its own, but it doesn't feel anything like the original Doom. I guess I should have expected that. Id Software sequels never seem to have any consistency; Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3, Quake 4, Doom 1/2, Doom 3, Doom 4, Heretic, Heretic 2, Hexen, etc.
I had similar feelings about Quake 2. I loved Quake 1 and had plenty of jump scares while playing it. But Quake 2 felt wide open and boring. I do know that Quake 2 was never intended to be the sequel, but this kind of uncomfortable change feels like the norm rather than the exception for this company.
My favorite games are all the earliest ones; Doom 1/2, Heretic, and Quake. I never enjoyed any of the sequels. Return to Castle Wolfenstein was also good, but it wasn't ever trying to be a direct sequel to Wolfenstein.