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[Casual Hero]

Brutal Doom is very fun, but playing through the original maps in Brutal Doom doesn't feel quite right since they were designed for a specific set of mechanics.
Brutal Doom + Good maps made for it specifically = good times.

 

[Outlander]

 

[Udaller]

Seeing how nuDoom spooks older gentlemen, the series seems to have retained some of its original character.
Personally I prefer doom 3, the original one where you had to decide between flashlight or weapon, fully realising its rather mediocre.

 

[Manjuice Nutella]

It's strange that this whole Doom 64 resurgence is quite recent, at least considering the series that's almost as old as me.

Also Doom Eternal, from what I read on the web (damn if I'll be thinking about that game's drivel "lore"), apparently proves that nuDooms are a direct sequel of Doom 1 -> 2 -> 64. Then again, it kind of implies that all custom WADs are canon as well

 

[Lutte]

Doom 2's additional roster has been extremely helpful to the extreme amount of creativity that has been shown in decades of wad making, keeping Doom alive and well and giving it an unlimited amount of playtime. That's reason enough to vote for 2 over 1 despite some of the original maps being overgimmicky. Just the chaingunner alone multiplies by tenfold the amount of fun possibilities.

 

[Silentstorm]

Doom 64 since it actually felt like the real 2nd game(Doom 2 feels too much like an expansion pack, a big one mind you) with great looking enemies, secrets, great moody soundtrack and just plain fun still while giving a different but still familiar experience compared to Doom1/2.

But if we count everything, then DOOM 2 since it has so many mods and WADs out there, the content available is just staggering and thus, even with a lot of crap, there are some solid gems that could make Doom 2 the best...if we count mods.

 

[Ash]

Why no Doom 64 on the list? It's a great Doom game.

muh konsole gayme. It can't possibly be gud am i rite?

 

[Wyatt_Derp]

Doom on the Sega 32X. 'Cause screw dynamic lighting, full levels, and multiple enemy types per level.

 

[Impressive Organ]

Doom 2

Sandy Peterson did nothing wrong.

 

[Falksi]

I'm just replaying the first Doom mod-free after not having touched it for 30 odd years, and it's held up fantastically. Took me a short while to get past the jarring inability to look around, but once that hurdle was out the way I was having a blast.

It's frightening at how many FPS games have been released over the years, yet totally missed the mark trying to mimic what Doom does best, and that's give you genuine jump-scares. I'm having a better survival-horror experience on this than I've had with most survival horror games.

 

[Ash]

Disagree. What Doom does best is core gameplay, especially combat and level design. Most FPS (or games in general, but most obvious with FPS) 2000s onwards chased realism and graphics, not giving a shit for gameplay nor even trying to mimic the solid standard set by Doom. Even Doom 3 abandoned all substance. Thankfully 1993-2000 we got many "Doom clones" that did follow those standards, often with their own twist or iterations, and what a good time it was.

Obviously not all FPS has to follow the Doom formula. System Shock (a little bit of everything), Half-Life (Realism, Scripting, platforming), Doom Eternal (Arcade Arena), Call of Crhulhu: DCotE (Survival Horror sort-of) are all worthwhile FPS alternatives. But Doom or the classic id software design formula to me still arguably stands as the best (Doom I + II, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Unreal etc).

 

[Parsifarka]

Too late to vote in the poll but it doesn't matter as the correct answer wasn't there: Final Doom.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

DoomRL if it counts
otherwise
Doom RPG

 

[curds]

Doom 1, 2 and 64 are my three favourite first-person shooters, by far. Hard to pick the best out of those three.

Doom 1 for level design, Doom 2 for pretty much just as good level design with new weapons and foes, Doom 64 for great atmosphere and use of colour.

 

[Arbiter]

Episode 1 of Doom is fantastic throughout, the level design sort of drops off a little in E2 and E3, but whatever. The overall quality level is still pretty high even with the shit maps here and there.

EP1 is an amazing showcase of Romero's skills. E1M1 was the last one to be designed, showcasing capabilities of the Doom engine to new players.

 

[Arbiter]

I believe that Doom 1 is the best Doom game that I played, I like D1 levels much more than D2 ones, especially Romero's EP1. I might change my mind when I get to play Doom 64 which is now available on PC.

BTW, are there any Doom multiplayer servers that support spectators?

 

[Tweed]

Oh man, that's a shame. The summary at their lore page sounded interesting with the return of Strelok and Degtyarov etc. Gave the impression they did their homework.

DoomRL if it counts
otherwise
Doom RPG

Doom with the DoomRL Arsenal mod is best doom.