Why was Doom made?

[Tmansdc]

Why do you think Doom was made? I think it was to have fun.

[mr8]

To avoid loosing nerves when Windows crashes ?

[DoOmEr4LiFe]

they wanted to make a game better then Wolfenstein

[diluted]

Why do you think Doom was made? I think it was to have fun.

the idiocracy of this post is unnerving, its irrelevance its quite jolting also, dear god, no wonder why i barely BARELY BARELY come here

[deadnail]

Why do you think Doom was made? I think it was to have fun.

No I certainly don't, Godammit. That was only a partial purpose to the creation of Doom... barely a guideline if not a goal that would be eventually reached from patch to patch.

Was Doom invented to be a big seller? No. If it was they would have made it have more mainstream content. If you read the Doom Bible they fill it with ideas and concepts that they wanted to put in the game. The very first title of Doom was, "Its Green and Pissed" and was supposed to be about aliens. The game was not planned as a big seller because it followed very few traditions to games that have already sold big. What they tried was just too different from the norm. They would have rather made a game they liked than a game you liked.

Was Doom invented to be technological showcase? Absolutely. If you follow the track record of Carmack this is all he does with his time on Earth. He'd rather code than breathe. He just continuously proves time and time again that he is the best programmer in the world when it comes to building game engines and he loves to show it off. That is what he does, he makes engines. If they didn't have any talented artists in the company than all of their games would've looked like shit but still have had great engines.

They still need to get a dedicated musician instead of hiring people on a per-game basis (Bobby Prince, Reznor, SM), though.

Was Doom invented to be a fun game? Without a doubt I can say the answer to that one is no. Don't get me wrong, it is a fun game, but in the way that they intended. They thought the multiplayer would've taken a major backseat to single player... and they were exceptionally wrong. Even in the last official release of Doom it is still pretty unfriendly to multiplaying... no kill messages, no on screen timer, and not every powerup respawns. Looking back at Catacombs 3D and Wolfenstein... I can say that the fun factor was an accident. I never had fun playing those games, and I never had fun playing Quake either. They're just too slow, too monotonous and too damned boring.

Doom is action packed, fast as hell and can have sprawling maps with many clever routes or requirements to finish. Neither of those other three games can due to engine limitations.

The accidental fun of Doom is that it is pure hardcore speed and action. Many have tried to clone the idea, clone the graphics and clone the art but they've all failed.

They brought some of it back with Quake II. The level design got a helluva lot better and the action was more intense.

Don't even get me started on Q3A, the game that should've been a downloadable patch addon to the DM of Quake 2 since that's all it is... with a new graphics engine.

When Nintendo made Metroid they didn't invent the side scrolling adventure genre, they reinvented it.

When Konami made Silent Hill they didn't invent the survival horror genre, they reinvented it.

When id Software made Doom they didn't invent the fps genre, they reinvented it in a way that hadn't been done before. It was faster, longer, harder and Godammit it was more fun because of it.

Nobody's perfect, though. Ever played Silent Hill 2? Eigh! Same goes for Q3A. =)

[RESOL]

DOOM was made for one reason and one reason only. So gamers could having fun blasting away the demons instead of humans.

[danarchist]

DOOM was made for one reason and one reason only. So gamers could having fun blasting away the demons instead of humans.

Basically, Doom is my output for disposing of evil. Since I dont have the firepower or the guts to take on any polititions or dictators, It's the only way. Also, the one job I think would be coolest would be a demon hunter. hehe.

[999cop]

dude doom was made for myself to play, dont ya get it

[DiSTuRBeD]

Doom was the last truly original game that made it. Every game that's popular these days are just a ripoff of some other game, and the best a game like that can do, is reach up to the same level as the game it's ripping off :(

[Lüt]

the idiocracy of this post is unnerving

You mean idiocy.

its irrelevance its quite jolting also

It's one of the few relevant posts we get.

[Sephiroth]

doom was made to make all those horney bastards happy... oh wait that is why porn was made. ok doom was made to make all the horney demon rapers happy

[Ralphis`]

Boy aren't you funny seph.

[Kid Airbag]

idiocracy

A government run by idiots?

[danarchist]

idiocracy

A government run by idiots?

i.e. America

Doom was the last truly original game that made it. Every game that's popular these days are just a ripoff of some other game, and the best a game like that can do, is reach up to the same level as the game it's ripping off :(

COUNTEREXAMPLES:
Planescape: Torment - The Planescape setting is like no other.
Crazy Taxi - I love this game.
The Sims - But it gets boring real quick.
Hmmm...Can't think of anything else...

[Sausage_KGB]

They made doom so they can prepare us if we go to hell. So start practicing while you still can. d:1

[deadnail]

idiocracy

A government run by idiots?

i.e. America

COUNTEREXAMPLES:
Planescape: Torment - The Planescape setting is like no other.
Crazy Taxi - I love this game.
The Sims - But it gets boring real quick.
Hmmm...Can't think of anything else...

You know, I can't trust the logic of anyone that actually enjoys playing Crazy Taxi for longer than four minutes... considering in that amount of time you can beat the game seventeen times.

[danarchist]

You know, I can't trust the logic of anyone that actually enjoys playing Crazy Taxi for longer than four minutes... considering in that amount of time you can beat the game seventeen times.

Even though it is a quick play, its fun as hell. I spent half of my 2-hour pass at Gameworks on that. :D

[RusseII]

Why do you think Doom was made? I think it was to have fun.

are we getting bored here people? cause I don't see many posts like this around. :P

[DiSTuRBeD]

COUNTEREXAMPLES:
Planescape: Torment - The Planescape setting is like no other.
Crazy Taxi - I love this game.
The Sims - But it gets boring real quick.
Hmmm...Can't think of anything else...

Crazy taxi : Well, i haven't played it, but from what i've seen, it's sorta cramageddonish.

The sims : Oh, reality tv is selling like hell. Let's make a game like that!

Planetscape : Now let's see, mix an FPS with Ultima Online and you have this game. AKA everquest; anarchy online maybe? nothing to see here folks, moving on...

One could argue that Doom was just an imporvement over Wolf3d, BUT the improvement was not only graphics; gameplay was a LOT more intresting and varied.

Go to the underdogs and get an old old game Called UTOPIA. This is really an original fun game :)

[DooMBoy]

Why was Doom made?
So we gamers could have something to occupy our time with, and to show the world how good games can get. :)

[Zaldron]

You fucks...this was an easy question :

$$$$$$$$$$

DEVELOPER NEEDS PROJECT IN ORDER TO SELL A GAME AND BUY FOOD. IS THAT HARD?

[Kid Airbag]

Why do you think Doom was made? I think it was to have fun.

are we getting bored here people? cause I don't see many posts like this around. :P

Make some yourself.

[pilottobombadier]

Why did they make Doom...hmm...why does a dog lick its own nads? Because it can. Therefore, they made Doom because they could.

Now, for original games, you left out Syndicate (I don't THINK it was based on anything...GTA, is a similar principle, though, only more free-form), Super Mario Brothers (NES, not arcade), Metal Gear, and as much as I dislike it, Descent as well(I don't THINK there was a game like it before), AND last but not least, XS, the first true Arena-style fps SO FAR that I know of. Oh, and I'm probably forgetting one or two games, but I'll remember when someone gives me hell about it.

[Naked Snake]

the idiocracy of this post is unnerving

You mean idiocy.

its irrelevance its quite jolting also

It's one of the few relevant posts we get.

I like spinning quarters on my desk. WHEEEEEEEEEE!

[Sephiroth]

if u are a old ass gamer u know atari had the Mario brothers first! nintendo just stole them so they where not original, but it sure was fun to play. another mario question is what type of message is the game sending, think about it: flying turtles, mushrooms give powers, the coopa, princess "TOADSTOOL", the happy mushroom guy/people, strange and bright colors, flying raccoons(last i checked racoons cant fly so why does mario grow a coon tail and fly?), floating question mark boxes and more turtles. the whole game seems like one great big acid trip! kind of like alice in wounder land

[pilottobombadier]

Yeah, but Lewis Carrol apparently did NOT write Alice in Wonderland et al whilst opiated out of his mind. He wrote it in an abstract form for a completely different reason...

[RusseII]

DEVELOPER NEEDS PROJECT IN ORDER TO SELL A GAME AND BUY FOOD. IS THAT HARD?

AND PR0N.