What Made DOOM (2016) A BIG DEAL?

Doom 2016 surpassed expectations and made multiple generations of fans happy. Let's talk about the how and why.

[MultiSapMan]

Doom 2016 and Doom eternal are FPS masterpieces and truly nothing less than works of art.
And the music of Mick Gordon is basically fuel to Doom's fire. Incomplete without each other. While Levy and Hulshult did an exceptional job in eternal, it wasn't quite the madness Mick Gordon had.

[micaiahflores]

It’s a $60 music album with a game attached to it for free

[TheBeardofDOOM]

Let’s not forget that it can run on a potato, so it was truly an all-inclusive experience.

[meteormedia]

Simply put: It was raw, visceral, uncompromising and hyper focused. It did everything exactly right. Personally I like Doom 2016 a lot more than Doom Eternal. It was a more focused experience, reduced to the parts that really matter without much extra fluff.

[justinreschke]

Soundtracks can really take a great game and turn it into an unforgettable experience.

[jakobnaval]

The soundtrack makes you wanna rip and tear, Mick Gordon really crafted a masterpiece of a soundtrack fitting as a slayer of demons

[klaytonfeldman]

I'm actually really loving this "video game essay" style video. As entertaining as the top 10's are, it's cool seeing how extensive you guys can get into a topic

[RacingSnails]

2016 showed me what I had been missing out on with all these years. Doom is one of the single-most satisfying shooter series that rivals even hand-to-hand fighting games in engagment and catharsis.

Dodging projectiles, an arsenal of several guns with unique utility, and struggling against hordes of enemies at a time. Oh, and fantastic music. Classic and modern both.

[reyco]

The game is a masterpiece. The elevator sequence at the beginning really set the tone for how kickass the game was going to be.
One thing not mentioned about the music, is how it was engineered to react to gameplay…looping calmer parts of songs until fights break out…then kicking in the adrenaline to match the insanity and speed of the action. Fuckin brilliant!

[irecordwithaphone]

The before you buy series is still one of the Gameranx hallmarks imo, along with the friday show. So never be ashamed that it's been going for over 5 years!

[RuiNunesDev]

I can’t stop thinking that I get stressed instead of having fun when playing Doom Eternal.

[etnieskid]

Doom 2016 really was a way to experience doom the way a lot of people experienced the original in 93. I wasn’t even born yet and didn’t play og doom until around 2010 or so. I loved it and still do but playing 2016 when it first came out was mind blowing. Still one of my favorite games of all time and one of my best gaming experiences

[tr-]

Argent Combat hits like a truck with the drop at the 3 min mark, definitely my favorite track from the OST

[justsomehalofan]

Doom 2016 is a prime example of how to do a reboot. By taking what made the orginal so great, building off of it, as well as taking a new spin on it. I hope Halo Infinite will do the same for Halo, and from what I have heard about it so far, it definitely is going in the right direction. Also next video idea: What made Halo a big deal.

[babblebabble]

I was born in 1993. To be honest, Doom, Blood, DN3D, Heretic these were my childhood. But especially Doom. When I saw that first teaser (should be 2015) with the classic door sound, I was f- shaken... After it came out, I was really glad that it didn't disappoint. There are probably two or three things that shook my generation anyway for the past 10 years: Doom 2016, Half Life Alyx... These were being waited for too long...

[Aragorn]

That main theme in Doom 2016 is a GOAT contender 🥰

[JODIO]

I just completed DOOM this year & stated Eternal not that long ago! Never played a DOOM game and This is the most satisfyingly brutal game I have ever played! HELLof fun

[arthurwild]

4:04 that's right. I really enjoyed just how simple and accessable and just fun DOOM was. A perfect power fantasy.

That's also why I do not enjoy Eternal at all.

[Alex-tnpv]

I thought eternal was too goofy and colorful.

[animegaming]

Doom with a call of duty format “could” be cool, especially now with eternal now, I’ve always imagined being a regular grunt getting overwhelmed with demons and the slayer comes out of nowhere and recks shop! Imagine seeing the argent energy weapons, seeing mechs take on Titans, trusting Hayden’s orders only to see that everything he says leads to disaster?! That would be cool