doom learning curve

[instagib]

my family has played many fps games but no matter what i can't get him to understand the basics of doom

Edited March 21, 2020 by instagib
I forgot to say that other people tried

[instagib]

i need some tips

[Deleted_Account]

To defeat the Cyberdemon, shoot at it until it dies.

[instagib]

  On 3/21/2020 at 11:55 PM, User Name said:

To defeat the Cyberdemon, shoot at it until it dies.

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amazing. you should be a teacher

[Deleted_Account]

  On 3/22/2020 at 1:55 AM, instagib said:

amazing. you should be a teacher

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Thank you.

[SirJuicyLemon]

  On 3/22/2020 at 2:23 AM, User Name said:

Thank you.

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  On 3/22/2020 at 1:55 AM, instagib said:

amazing. you should be a teacher

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He didn't get the reference, that's sad

But we shouldn't worry, he will eventually get it

[instagib]

  On 3/22/2020 at 2:51 AM, SirJuicyLemon said:

 

He didn't get the reference, that's sad

But we shouldn't worry, he will eventually get it

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ah now i feel pretty dumb

[instagib]

does the reference have something to do with the doom comic

[fufu]

  On 3/22/2020 at 3:00 AM, instagib said:

does the reference have something to do with the doom comic

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[instagib]

oh i completely forgot that was a thing

[instagib]

anyways I'm mapping, bye

[Archanhell]

Easy, tell this to them:

"In Call of Duty, you fight germans/nazis (I forgot this, I think it's nazis) russians and other armies. Right?

Well, imagine all of them are demons, and you have to kill them all, no trail.

Basically, while on Call of Duty you are a soldier, on DooM you are a much more badass space marine that rip and tears through their preys as if it was their cotidian life, now go and learn how to play you m—"

That will for sure teach them how to play the simplest FPS ever (If we talk about DooM I and DooM II, if 2016 and Eternal... ...Eh, still works).

 

 

 

if it doesn't work, give up

Edited March 22, 2020 by Archanhell

[Egg Boy]

Interestingly, I had a friend over a while ago and he wanted to play Classic Doom on my PC, so I let him and he died multiple times on E1M1 on UV. Mind you, this guy is pretty good at counter strike, and much better than me at aiming and positioning. But I suppose Doom is much different, aiming isn't so important since there's auto aim, its more about dodging projectiles and using the right weapon at the right moment. Its kind of a first person bullet hell, so in that regard, I'd recommend telling someone new to focus more on dodging than on aiming. Obviously this only applies to classic Doom, as 2016 and Eternal are completely different beasts.

[Maser]

  On 3/22/2020 at 4:42 AM, Archanhell said:

Easy, tell this to them:

"In Call of Duty, you fight germans/nazis (I forgot this, I think it's nazis) russians and other armies. Right?

Well, imagine all of them are demons, and you have to kill them all, no trail.

Basically, while on Call of Duty you are a soldier, on DooM you are a much more badass space marine that rip and tears through their preys as if it was their cotidian life, now go and learn how to play you m—"

That will for sure teach them how to play the simplest FPS ever (If we talk about DooM I and DooM II, if 2016 and Eternal... ...Eh, still works).

 

 

 

if it doesn't work, give up

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If that's the example you're gonna use, why have them play classic Doom?  It would make more sense to have them play classic Wolfenstein.  Most of the people I have tried to get into classic Doom really don't bitch at the difficulty, but rather bitch about how ugly the graphics look. 

[instagib]

  On 3/22/2020 at 7:13 AM, Maser said:

 

If that's the example you're gonna use, why have them play classic Doom?  It would make more sense to have them play classic Wolfenstein.  Most of the people I have tried to get into classic Doom really don't bitch at the difficulty, but rather bitch about how ugly the graphics look. 

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yeah most people i know either don't know what doom is or just hate the outdated graphics

[Archanhell]

  On 3/22/2020 at 12:20 PM, instagib said:

yeah most people i know either don't know what doom is or just hate the outdated graphics

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  On 3/22/2020 at 7:13 AM, Maser said:

 

If that's the example you're gonna use, why have them play classic Doom?  It would make more sense to have them play classic Wolfenstein.  Most of the people I have tried to get into classic Doom really don't bitch at the difficulty, but rather bitch about how ugly the graphics look. 

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If they are gonna complain for the looks of a game without even delving deeper into the game, then I do not know what to say, that is just shameful :p

And I do not know you, but from my point of view, classic Wolfenstein is more boring than classic DooM having seen how it is driven and all, but right now we are talking about DooM and not Wolfenstein so (?)

 

[instagib]

  On 3/22/2020 at 4:41 PM, Archanhell said:

 

 

If they are gonna complain for the looks of a game without even delving deeper into the game, then I do not know what to say, that is just shameful :p

And I do not know you, but from my point of view, classic Wolfenstein is more boring than classic DooM having seen how it is driven and all, but right now we are talking about DooM and not Wolfenstein so (?)

 

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if they are complaining about graphics then I guess they shouldn't be taught how to play in the first place

[instagib]

  On 3/22/2020 at 5:27 AM, Egg Boy said:

Interestingly, I had a friend over a while ago and he wanted to play Classic Doom on my PC, so I let him and he died multiple times on E1M1 on UV. Mind you, this guy is pretty good at counter strike, and much better than me at aiming and positioning. But I suppose Doom is much different, aiming isn't so important since there's auto aim, its more about dodging projectiles and using the right weapon at the right moment. Its kind of a first person bullet hell, so in that regard, I'd recommend telling someone new to focus more on dodging than on aiming. Obviously this only applies to classic Doom, as 2016 and Eternal are completely different beasts.

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btw i turned autoaim off and somehow I'm better at aiming

[Maser]

  On 3/22/2020 at 4:41 PM, Archanhell said:

 

 

If they are gonna complain for the looks of a game without even delving deeper into the game, then I do not know what to say, that is just shameful :p

And I do not know you, but from my point of view, classic Wolfenstein is more boring than classic DooM having seen how it is driven and all, but right now we are talking about DooM and not Wolfenstein so (?)

 

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I only brought up Wolfenstein because you brought up CoD and how you kill Nazis just like how you do in Wolfenstein.  Although there are 2 secret levels in Doom 2 where you kill Nazis. 

[noisebloom]

If the OP is serious...

 

I highly recommend this WAD skill progression list by @xvertigox:

 

 

[instagib]

  On 3/22/2020 at 7:59 PM, noisebloom said:

If the OP is serious...

 

I highly recommend this WAD skill progression list by @xvertigox:

 

I've played doom my whole life but I might try this

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[NoXion]

  On 3/22/2020 at 5:09 PM, instagib said:

btw i turned autoaim off and somehow I'm better at aiming

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I always turn that shit off. It sucks. I hate the idea of the computer deciding for me where my shots will go.

 

[instagib]

  On 3/22/2020 at 11:23 PM, NoXion said:

I always turn that shit off. It sucks. I hate the idea of the computer deciding for me where my shots will go.

 

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yeah same