Recently revisited this game, its been over 15 years since I last played it after all. With a couple added mods just to give some higher quality textures and effects, this game still stands the test of time and does it well! Different from the more modern Doom games (2016 and Eternal) this is far more a horror-driven, atmospheric experience. Lots of narrow corridors or somewhat cramped rooms, and plenty of jump scares to compliment the hellish situation youre trapped within. Lights go out, darkness everywhere, vision turns red... even the sound design, while not entirely something to write home about, compliments the visuals and sheer tension youre in. Its edge of your seat sort of tension, unlike the experience of fast-paced movement and gunplay and quick-switching of Eternal, this is entirely the sort of 'whats next...?' anticipation, waiting for the next enemy to pop out or show its face.

playing on modern systems I do recommend finding a few mods for graphical quality and the like, but I advise highly against the mods to brighten the game up, or to allow the flashlight while wielding a gun. The experience this game provides is tension, and when you remove that atmosphere it just defeats the purpose. Hence, go for this base game rather than the BFG edition, then do a couple tweaks to get the resolution to your liking and turn down the lights in your room to immerse yourself in the joy that is putting yourself on edge, as you fight to stop a demonic invasion.

Recently revisited this game, its been over 15 years since I last played it after all. With a couple added mods just to give some higher quality textures and effects, this game still stands the test of time and does it well! Different from the more modern Doom games (2016 and Eternal) this is far more a horror-driven, atmospheric experience. Lots of narrow corridors or somewhat cramped rooms, and plenty of jump scares to compliment the hellish situation youre trapped within. Lights go out, darkness everywhere, vision turns red... even the sound design, while not entirely something to write home about, compliments the visuals and sheer tension youre in. Its edge of your seat sort of tension, unlike the experience of fast-paced movement and gunplay and quick-switching of Eternal, this is entirely the sort of 'whats next...?' anticipation, waiting for the next enemy to pop out or show its face. playing on modern systems I do recommend finding a few mods for graphical quality and the like, but I advise highly against the mods to brighten the game up, or to allow the flashlight while wielding a gun. The experience this game provides is tension, and when you remove that atmosphere it just defeats the purpose. Hence, go for this base game rather than the BFG edition, then do a couple tweaks to get the resolution to your liking and turn down the lights in your room to immerse yourself in the joy that is putting yourself on edge, as you fight to stop a demonic invasion.