Do modern first person shooters mess up skill when playing classic doom

[Oldschoolgeek32]

So recently, I've been playing a lot of call of duty (lmao) recently and when I came back to playtest wads by fellow mappers and wad authors, at first, it was alright, but then. I started observing my skill when it comes to playing doom and I seem to have a decrease in terms of like moving around, navigating + shooting. is this just something I'm just feeling or does modern shooters affect skills when going back to Doom?. I playtested a few wads and I started seeing that I wasn't really doing that well on UV, and even on HMP even on the smallest amounts of enemies so I am kind of worried

 

Any response or advice would be gladly appreciated.

[D4NUK1]

For me it's the inverse, playing Classic Doom mess up how i play mostly 3D Shooters, trying to aim while moving  and without using the 3D Y axis, it's hard to aim a certain enemies, or just miss up rockets or plasmas shoots. 

 

[BoxY]

I think it's more likely that you're just a little rusty, if I don't play Doom for a while I always play a bit sketchy for a couple of hours until I start feeling the groove again.

[ZeroTheEro]

I don't notice any difference, but that might be because I suck at the modern shooters (multiplayer).

 

for Counter-Strike however, I am consistent.

 

 

 

 

[The Lone Wolf]

@jamondemarnatural same

 

[Pseudonaut]

If you've lost skill, it's from lack of time spent playing Doom, not directly caused by playing other games.

 

18 hours ago, Oldschoolgeek32 said:

I playtested a few wads and I started seeing that I wasn't really doing that well on UV, and even on HMP even on the smallest amounts of enemies so I am kind of worried

 

Keep in mind that the difficulty of wads (UV or otherwise) varies by a lot. For example, I think Sunlust on HNTR is harder than Plutonia on UV, and many wads exist that are harder than Sunlust.

[Azuris]

18 hours ago, Oldschoolgeek32 said:

So recently, I've been playing a lot of call of duty (lmao) recently and when I came back to playtest wads by fellow mappers and wad authors, at first, it was alright, but then. I started observing my skill when it comes to playing doom and I seem to have a decrease in terms of like moving around, navigating + shooting. is this just something I'm just feeling or does modern shooters affect skills when going back to Doom?. I playtested a few wads and I started seeing that I wasn't really doing that well on UV, and even on HMP even on the smallest amounts of enemies so I am kind of worried

 

Any response or advice would be gladly appreciated.

 

It is because they have so different gamestyles that you get used to the other one.

 

I was pretty ok Playing Quake 3, haven't played it much for a decade and now getting in they just Destroy me...

 

[seed]

It might just be because your brain switches to a different mode in order to adapt to the new environment.

 

I notice this too when I go from Doom to a more modern shooter, it makes my brain split in half initially.

[Weird Sandwich]

11 minutes ago, Azuris said:

 

It is because they have so different gamestyles that you get used to the other one.

 

 

Yep, classic Doom plays so different to modern FPS that they're almost different genres. Doom is all about lightning fast movement and dodging projectiles, compared to modern FPS that emphasize aiming and prior positioning. They're very different skillsets, so if you try to play both the same way you'll have trouble. If you can separate both styles in your mind you should be able to avoid any loss of skill (apart from normal sloppiness from being away for long lengths of time).

[SilverMiner]

Some time ago there was a gap when I didn't play Doom wads at all and I played Counter Strike: Source instead (I had deleted CSS cuz it makes my eyes hurt very badly)

And it left a big positive effect on my Doom skills: now I play on UV easily in Zdoom. My skills in PrBoom+ still suck

[Oldschoolgeek32]

17 hours ago, seed said:

It might just be because your brain switches to a different mode in order to adapt to the new environment.

 

I notice this too when I go from Doom to a more modern shooter, it makes my brain split in half initially.

I agree, it does leave a lasting effect when switching from one game with different shooting mechanics (in this case, Modern Warfare 2, I've been playing it so much lol) to a game like Doom which has completely different mechanics. My guess would probably be is that through time and how the brain adapts, I should be able to get the hang of it and arrange my skill at Doom and maybe try to balance it out because I really want to enjoy both games :) 

[idbeholdME]

Doesn't happen to me as I play Doom on keyboard only so playing newer shooters doesn't interfere in any way :P

 

I have built up such a mechanical memory of playing Doom that I can go years without playing and jump back again at any time, playing like I never stopped playing I feel.