I’m really glad I came back to finish this; I liked it a lot better the second time around. I think this is a really solid entry that carries forward a lot of what made id’s Dooms great while also carving out its own identity.

The level design is really impressive and the music keeps the atmosphere up. The art style never really grew on me, but it definitely fits with the game’s overall aesthetic.

I’m really stoked that this was ported to modern consoles. It’s a hell of a Doom!

Confesso que joguei esse jogo pela platina, mas joguei algumas horas da "campanha", e não achei nada muito incrível comparado aos jogos anteriores. Teve sim uma evolução gráfica, com inimigos novos, entre outros aspectos positivos. Sobretudo, depois de ter jogado os games anteriores, parece que esse jogo "enjoa" rápido. Porém, em relação à esse porte da Bethesda, eu não gostei muito da adaptação dos controles, achei mediana comparado aos portes anteriores, mas como o jogo original (a versão de Nintendo 64) tinha os controles "difíceis", dá para relevar.

I first played this quite a long time after it released.
I didn’t like it.
Years later, I got it on my Switch and it sat there for months. Then BAM, I started it up after getting annoyed with DOOM 3 (that’s another story) and at first wasn’t impressed, then about level 3 it hooked me. The levels are really fun and the “new” graphics are good.
Would recommend to any DOOM nut.
I think it’s better than Final DOOM by a wide margin

Doom 64 takes most of Doom II's added mechanics—some of its enemies, the super shotgun—and reuses them in a game that hews closer to Doom 1's level design. Tight, packed labyrinths—although smaller ones than in Doom 1—define Doom 64. It's everything a sequel to Doom 1 should be: its level design ideology infused with new enemies, new weapons, and better rendering tech.

Can't believe I skipped this for 20+ years on the mistaken assumption that it was just a port of the original. It's no port; it's the second best Doom game released in the 90s.

It took me a bit longer to beat this game than I expected, but I liked it quite a bit in many ways.

What I liked about it:
-I'm delighted how much the gameplay mechanics of Doom 1 and 2 are still intact in Doom 64. It made the transition to this game pretty seamless and I didn't have much issue getting used to the game's feel.
-While the game has the same weapons that are already available in Doom 2, I did get a kick out of the Unmaker weapon and I find it especially fun after finding all of the secret amulets.
-For the most part, I find a good chunk of the game's levels to be really solid, what became the highlights for me were the game's "Fun" levels due to them providing a really fun challenge along with the Lost Levels campaign the Remaster provides, which I ended up liking more than the main campaign in all honesty.

What I didn't like:
- While I can appreciate the game for trying to lean toward a more horror tone, and I think it worked better when the game first came out, I'm not exactly sure if it really works for this kind of game these days. I was shooting and killing demons in the same manner as the previous games without issues with ammo or the number of enemies, so I never was exactly terrified of the game's enemies. Along with this, I never really felt disturbed by the game's environments or the soundtrack, in fact, I felt kind of annoyed by how it tries really hard to be scary, but not at the exact same time when looking past the creepy songs and bleak environments.

-While I did enjoy most of the levels, the level design really took a nosedive toward the final part of the game. Many of the endgame levels felt way too confusing and cryptic to traverse through, to the point where I kept using a guide to know where the hell I was supposed to be even going or where to find the next keys, which is not exactly fun to do. It really kind of impacted my enjoyment because of how frustrating those final moments of the game are.

-This is more of a personal thing for me, but I would really advise new players to go out of their way to find the secret levels and acquire the amulets because, without it, I had an incredibly tough time dealing with all of the enemies in the final level for how overwhelming everything was. It especially didn't help that once the final boss showed up, I didn't have enough ammo to take care of it easily, so I had to resort to cheats to even beat it because the only thing I had to fight back was the chainsaw, which didn't really help for how BS some of the attacks were. Though when I replayed the level with the game's really useful password system, things were a lot smoother and felt more satisfied with the ending than I did before.

-The super shotguns reload animation is not as satisfying as in Doom 2's (This makes this game objectively worse because of it)

Overall, despite some of the major issues I have with the game, I still have a pretty good time with it. Even with the game's flaws, it's still very much the classic Doom gameplay I've come to enjoy, just under a new coat of paint and some minor additions included. It's a nice refresher from the setting Doom 1 and 2 provided, while still feeling familiar enough to where I was still able to enjoy it for the most part. I am glad I bought the remaster, only because of the amazing Lost Levels campaign and some other great additions.

Отвратительный дизайн уровней. Я не знаю какой мудак их проектировал, но это просто ужас. Почти в каждом уровне одно и тоже - нажимаешь на кнопку в одном конце локации, чтобы что-то произошло в другом и иди ищи, что поменялось. Иногда изменения происходят блять без твоего ведома и это мне сносит башню от злости даже сейчас. Я уж промолчу про то, что почти все уровни крайне тесные и нередко возникали ситуации, когда пространства для манёвров тупо нет.
Финальный босс - это нахуй пиздец. Он запускает в тебя менструальные чаши от которых нельзя убежать и почти невозможно замансить. Лучше бы двух кибер-демонов выставили. Единственная рабочая страта против него - сохранить пару зарядом для БФГ, встать перед ним в упор и затанчить весь урон от него, с надеждой убить его первым. Тупо рандом.
Враги и оружие по сравнению с предыдущими играми - так себе, но это лично моя проблема. Хотя бы радует атмосфера.
Игра для фанатов. Если это ваш первый "старый дум", то даже не запускайте этот кусок дерьма. Даже для N64 есть шутеры получше (Turok, Golden Eye 007, Perfect Dark).