How do you like your Doom

[Soupcan pyro]

I recently followed a "Make GZDoom look like Chrispy Doom" video, and I really think its kinda cool. With mods and custom maps, it kinda reminds me of indie games like ultrakill with downscaling on, or dusk at 800 x 600 (playing on a potato rn). Anyways how do you like your doom? You like it smooth and sharp? Chunky and pixelated with a side of a limited pallet? Texture filtering? Or extreme lighting and 3d models? Maybe if I find any interesting Ill check them out

Edited December 26, 2023 by Soupcan pyro
Added examples of indie games

[OceanMadman]

Give me all those vanilla looks, except for limited frames and low resolutions, and I'll be happy :)).

[nathanB404]

I like my doom dark n griddy

[faceplant641]

I sometimes like how GZDoom makes a high-contrast skybox look, or an area with a lot of dark shapes with bright or neon accents, but for my day-to-day dooming the vanilla look with modern resolutions and framerates is my preference.

[Grieferus]

Enhanced vanilla.

What I mean by this, is palette tonemap on, but dynamic lights on as well. Adds a whole new level of fanciness to your normal vanilla coloration.

[Kan3]

I can't help myself when I see dynamic lighting and dark hellish-medieval or libraries and such I just melt <3 Don't really care about too other stuff like fancy weapons or HUDs

[Agent Strange]

If I'm going through a random WAD or doing a replay of the official maps, then I'll almost always use a Vanilla+ set up. 

[WhateverComic07]

depends on my mood honestly. Sometimes I just want mostly vanilla looking, othertimes I give it the full Brutal Doom treatment. Typically I'd say I fall more towards vanilla though.

[CacoKnight]

This way https://rentry.co/doomconfigs

Edited December 29, 2023 by CacoKnight

[prfunky]

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I like my Doom with funny looking monsters.

[maxmanium]

8 minutes ago, prfunky said:

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I like my Doom with funny looking monsters.

 

Doom in an alternate universe be like:

[ApprihensivSoul]

As I get older I like mine having more of a vanilla tone, but in 800*600, often with a gray crosshair like Build Engine games.

[Grieferus]

1 hour ago, Agent Strange said:

If I'm going through a random WAD or doing a replay of the official maps, then I'll almost always use a Vanilla+ set up. 

Vanilla+?

[Remilia Scarlet]

Texture filtering, truecolor, dynamic lights, no mods at all, mouselook, and a bit of extra gore from the engine itself.

[faceplant641]

1 hour ago, prfunky said:

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I like my Doom with funny looking monsters.

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Cyberguy.  I like it.

 

[JustHeziel]

Taken from my own profile description:

 

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DSDA-Doom = <3
Lullaby.pk3 = <3 (GZDoom required).

Autoload:
>doom_colored_blood.deh
> friendship ended with doom_wide.wad, now not-even-remotely-fair-wide-onlyhud.wad is my new default hud ;) .
>SD21-Classic.wad (Smooth-Doom but DSDA-compatible).

 

[yakfak]

have lately been liking 640x400 fullscreen with messy mouse movement

[Naarok0fkor]

Full of targets & ammo...

[Gmg]

Vanilla with high resolution and high gamma.

[Agent Strange]

3 hours ago, Grieferus said:

Vanilla+?

 

Yeah. Just another way of saying Vanilla Enhanced like you did earlier 

[s4f3s3x]

I like it Software at 640x400, crunchy. It gives the visuals of the game a distinct personality.

I might go high-res (2560x1600 or 3024x1890) for some heavily detailed modern maps or just for shaking things a bit, but I usually go back to the pixelated look as it seems much more organic this way.

I go widescreen 'cause I have a laptop and as much as I love to play retrogames in their original 4:3 aspect ratio, it looks too constricted on my 14'' screen.

No matter the resolution, I keep the 35 fps cap. Feels grounded and movie-like.

Edited December 27, 2023 by s4f3s3x

[BBQgiraffe]

anything with the limited palette and and aspect ratio is good by me

[Grieferus]

29 minutes ago, Agent Strange said:

 

Yeah. Just another way of saying Vanilla Enhanced like you did earlier 

Welcome to the club, buddy.

[Cutman 999]

Basically, like how woof looks. The original aesthetics of the game, just with widescreen. 

[fruity lerlups]

8 hours ago, prfunky said:

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I like my Doom with funny looking monsters.

god i loved playing the Survival Complexdoom server on Zandronum, was amazing

[lokbustam257]

Prefer to look at the game at 640x480 or 800x600 in software mode enabled. Also disable auto-center-when-firing feature in a source port if it has one alongside most graphical enhancement a source port has. For some reason, I like the black bars the 4:3 resolution gives.

Edited December 27, 2023 by lokbustam257

[Stroggman]

I like it in open gl using dsda-doom, just using colored blood deh and thats it

[Chookum]

I flitter between DSDA-Doom and GZDoom. DSDA Doom stays palettised on hardware rendering mode, and GZDoom is allowed to go a little wilder with effects, particles, modifications and the like.

 

When playing windowed, I want the window to be 720p (1280 by 720) for either port. It's a nice, round resolution that records cleanly.

 

In GZDoom I use damage numbers mostly for figuring out the raw numbers on weapons mods without having to open SLADE each time.

Edited December 27, 2023 by Chookum

[ASD]

DOSBox. Autorun enabled with joyb_s

peed 29. No other tools used that make gameplay easier.

[Murdoch]

I am a "vanilla plus" fan - 4K resolution, no annoying FPS limit, but everything still good and pixelated.