DOOM

34 hours playtime

25 of 46 achievements

I finished DOOM and came close to completing all the single player stuff. I’m missing 4 or 5 collectibles and optional objectives, I hope to return to that stuff in the next days. Still missing a lot of multiplayer (and DLC, and arcade mode) achievements, but those can wait.
The game was great. I loved Doom 1 and 2 back in the day – and it’s baffling how much this feels like those. I played Doom 3 when it came out for, I don’t know, maybe 10 minutes, so I don’t know much about it, but I’m told it’s closer to Dead Space. Well this one isn’t. It’s fast-paced mindless slaughtering, and it’s so full of nostalgic moments, and it made me recognize so many things that I still remembered as clunky 2D pixel sprites … I was a little afraid they’d botch this game, but I really feel they didn’t. It’s a modern game, 20 years of computer graphics and gameplay happened in the mean time, but it’s all nicely added without losing the “spirit” of the game … Yeah I’m raving. I realize I’m probably a little over the top, and I’m sure there are lots of people who absolutely hate this game and say it’s nothing like 1 or 2 at all (definitely not like 3).
The shortest summary I can give for anyone who loved 1 and 2: The achievements for unlocking all runes and all weapon upgrades are named IDDQD and IDKFA. And those names are perfect: when you go back to the first levels after unlocking all that stuff, that’s just what it feels like. It’s just so much fun … (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, google it. And don’t tell anyone. Being too young is the only excuse – in my childhood, those were the true konami codes.)

So … this leaves me with 1 screenshot left for the monthly challenge. I don’t think I’ll find a game to grab this fast … meh, maybe I’ll just play some more DOOM.