Two More Months

It's big and scary. You know what that means? Kill it!

In two more months, Doom (2016) will be released. I personally can't wait because this game has been my most anticipated for many years. However, I had to wait for around eight years when it was officially announced back in Quakecon 2008. Quakecon is basically a yearly event where id talks about their upcoming games and it's a LAN party for gamers to play. id Software was busy with RAGE while they had another team working on Doom. Until 2016, there were so many issues the game was going. Id Software stated many times the next Quakecon would announce more information about Doom, but they always fail to keep their promise until Quakecon 2014.

Eventually, around 2013, there were news the game's original direction wasn't up to par and there were many inner struggles which led the team delaying for any public information to be revealed. This brought up a lot of concerns to fans and gamers alike. Now fast forward to 2016, the game's about to come out in two more months and there's a decent amount of public information where people can read them to get a taste of the game if they feel like it. It's just crazy how the situation is drastically different today versus back in the previous years when id was always constantly hiding Doom information from the public.

As a fan, it's obvious I'm looking forward to it. This game had a big impact on my life as it was really my first video game I played while growing up. I played a lot of educational games before Doom, but I won't count that as real video games. I never thought playing the original Doom would give me an idea of what I would want to do with my life once I gotten older. I'm sure my life would've been very different if I didn't play this game.

Super Shotgun is a fan favorite.

There were so many things that struck me. I loved the action, pacing, levels, monsters, weapons, and the list just goes on. It was really something I wouldn't ever believe to witness because I was around five or six years old when I played this game. This game made me realize how video games can just be an awesome and complex source of entertainment.

It's crazy how I started so young with the original Doom. I probably started with Doom II around nine to 10 years old. I eventually played Doom III at 12 years old. Now I'm 24 and I'm about to play the new Doom game in a couple of months. Man, it's been way too long since the last Doom game.

I have a lot of interests in playing the campaign because I always believe Doom strives well when it comes to the single player aspect. I did play the exclusive alpha of the multiplayer and it was really fun. There will be another one coming out soon which I cannot wait to try it out again. The game will have a public beta too and I hope that will come out soon because both the alpha and beta are really the closest thing that gamers can play.

There's an interesting feature called Snap Map where players can actually create their own maps and game modes. Apparently, it's a very complex tool where players will never run out of imagination as long they play around with the tools. I'm interested to see how the community is going to handle this type of tool because I generally don't really like doing theses type of things. I'm all about playing the "finished" content rather than making my own content when it comes to buying video games and playing them.

I hope you're not squeamish!

Technology advances.

These next two months are gonna be a slow one for sure, but I'm sure I'll keep myself distracted fairly well because I had to wait for eight years for this game to come out. Two months should be nothing. I believe if you are a gamer (especially a big shooter fan) and you're looking for some fun on May 13th, you should check out Doom. I think there is something that will appeal to you once you play it. I know for sure I'm going to play this game a lot on May 13th. I hope it will be a solid follow up to the older games because these games are definitely nostalgic to many gamers and some people may feel it won't live up to the standards of those games.

Everyone has their own opinions and I won't judge for them that. I am just pleased by everything I've been seeing and reading. I personally think this might be the best game that id will release in a long time. It's always great to see my favorite developer is making the right moves to be relevant in the gaming scene just like they once were years ago.