Brutal Doom, the mod that brings today’s trends to id Software’s 1993 opus

http://media.edge-online.com/wp-cont...rutal-Doom.jpgIt’s dark and hell is hot. That much remains the same.The thick metal door shunts away and you take a few steps forth. You hear the Cacodemon before you see him – he nearly takes a chunk out of you but you back up and boom, your shotgun silences the ugly bastard. The grey corridor runs red with the thick paint of his blood. You march a few paces on and a pack of marines rush you like rabid dogs. Their shotguns rack and blast; it’s deafening. You pull out your machinegun and its silver barrel starts to spin before unleashing a flurry of lead. Legs, arms and hearts explode as you fire in a circular motion, chipping the walls and ceilings along with the bones and brains. The scene is illuminated by your behemoth of a weapon, shining a light on the cold, dim corridor. You think it’s over but there’s two left: one is lying on the floor, shooting rounds at you from his deathbed. The other is still standing. You switch to your melee attack and kick the floored undead marine. You watch yourself brutalise the last man in thirdperson, like an astral projection, tearing off strips of meat like a bare-handed butcher.Brutal Doom is a gameplay mod for the first two games in the series like no other. Rather than tinker with the core map layouts and level design, it overhauls the gameplay to heighten and enhance the pace and punch of the game’s timeless loop of run-and-gun mayhem.

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