![]() ![]() Here’s another screenshot from “Doom” (1993), again played using a modern “source port”, showing one of the game’s many action sequences. Yet, clearly, it was very much considered to be a horror game during in the early-mid 1990s. Likewise, the game’s graphics – once considered the cutting edge of realism – are now a gloriously cartoonish example of “retro pixel art” too. The empowering fast-paced action gameplay makes the game feel thrilling rather than terrifying. Anderson directed a sci-fi horror movie called “ Event Horizon” which covers some of the same general concepts and themes as the older “Doom” games… and it is an utterly terrifying film! So, there was clearly a lot of potential for horror.īut, if you play “Doom” (1993) these days, you’re unlikely to find it very frightening. As you can see, some locations in the game clearly take influence from the horror genre.Īnd, with monsters that looked like something from a heavy metal album cover, gloomy lighting in some areas, gruesome background details and a story involving scientists on Mars accidentally opening a portal to hell, it isn’t difficult to see the horror genre influences on the game. This is a screenshot from the third episode of “Doom” (1993), played using a modern “source port” ( GZDoom 4.4.2). Other influences apparently included the classic comedy-horror movie “The Evil Dead 2” (1987) and the tabletop role-playing game “Dungeons & Dragons”. The game itself famously started out as a planned adaptation of the sci-fi horror/action movie “Aliens” (1986) before the developers decided to turn it into an original game instead. ![]() Most notably, this even included none other than Gabe Newell ( who worked on the Windows 95 port of “Doom”, before becoming a famous game designer in his own right). And with good reason! Although its 1994 sequel “Doom II: Hell On Earth” is, in my opinion, an even better game – the original “Doom” is still one of the best and most well-designed shooter games that you’ll ever play.īut, although I’d originally planned to write an article about why it isn’t really a horror game, I suddenly remembered that people once considered it to be genuinely frightening. These days, “Doom” (1993) is more famous for being the game that gave first-person shooter games the mainstream popularity that they still enjoy to this very day. At most, it’s a horror-themed action game. In particular, I’ll be looking at the genre-defining… first-person shooter game… “Doom” (1993).īy modern standards, this classic game isn’t really a “horror game”. Well, for this article in the second season of my “ Horror Videogames Series“, I thought that I’d talk about how and why the definition of what is considered a “horror game” has changed over time. ![]()
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