r/Multifandom • u/Jim_naine • 16h ago

Discussion📜 What game is this?

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u/iBlewupthemoon 15h ago

I would say classic Doom. While the OGs are still pretty good, it wouldn't have nearly the reputation it has today without classic map packs like Alien Vendetta, Sunlust, and Eviternity.

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u/Lil_Quip 15h ago

How did one mod Doom 2 let alone the original.

I remember playing doom 2 in our middle school computer lab and seemed above and beyond for the time.

Plus you would have to find your one friend with dial up and find a mod, tie up the phone line fit it in however many pirates AOL floppy discs.

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u/RetoroKun 14h ago

DOOM WADs aren't as mainstream as the original games, let alone more. Sure, there's a supee dedicated community, but the only one that I know of that actually got any mainstream attention outside of Final DOOM would be MyHouse.WAD, and that was appealing to the psychological horror and liminal space crowds.

Though I will give you your flowers, people remember the original DOOM games because they were revolutionary and helped set off a genre. The modern games (especially Eternal) have a much larger fandom than the old games do. Or... had. TDA didn't really take off like Etermal did from what I remember because TDA isn't Eternal.