The foundation of classic Doom is solid, that remains a fact. I'm glad to have beaten Doom II... so that I no longer have to.
Being nice to this game because it introduces the super shotgun and some mainstay monsters feels like an act of blind devotion to me--those additions to Doom's iconography, immortal though they may be, cannot distract me from the fact that the fun was gradually being sucked out of the experience more and more by the level design as the game continued. They aren't ALL stinkers, but I won't be revisiting for full runs for a while on account of the ones that are. Momentum in Doom 1 is never halted like it is numerous times in the back half of Doom 2.
Being nice to this game because it introduces the super shotgun and some mainstay monsters feels like an act of blind devotion to me--those additions to Doom's iconography, immortal though they may be, cannot distract me from the fact that the fun was gradually being sucked out of the experience more and more by the level design as the game continued. They aren't ALL stinkers, but I won't be revisiting for full runs for a while on account of the ones that are. Momentum in Doom 1 is never halted like it is numerous times in the back half of Doom 2.