Yeah, I said it. What're you gonna do about it? I'll break out my BFG 9000 and blow your (bootay) away!

Okay, just kidding. I don't really believe Doom is superior to every FPS to come after. I mostly said that for an eye-grabbing blog title. But I still believe Doom is fun as hell.

I bought Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil for the Xbox off of Ebay for about $5, and it arrived today. I bought it partly because I liked Doom 3 and I was interested in playing the expansion pack. Partly because the Collector's Edition of Doom 3 (with the ports of Ultimate Doom and Doom 2) is a lot harder to find nowadays, luckily those games are included in Resurrection of Evil as well, along with Doom 2 Master Levels.

I haven't played a classic Doom game in, at least 5 years, probably longer. I remember I used to have the SNES version, the Playstation version, and the Windows 95 version. But I don't have those anymore. I never really got too far in the Doom games. I found them quite difficult, but I was younger and a less experienced gamer at the time. But I do remember loving them regardless.

So, when I popped in Resurrection of Evil, the first thing I did was I went to the classic Doom. As far as I've heard, they're identical to the original PC games, which is a very good thing. The controls are great, really work very well with the Xbox controller. Despite the fact that Doom is a 16-year old game now, it's still insanely fun in my opinion. I spent hours playing it today.

I beat the three episodes of the original Doom with little trouble (played it on the easiest difficulty, under the assumption that it would be harder than it ended up being), then I tried to move on to the 4th episode (from Ultimate Doom) but I got stuck on the second level. Moved on to Doom 2, also got stuck on the second level. Moved over to Master Levels, and what do you know? Got stuck on the second damn level. Lol. There must be something I'm missing, I've exhausted every possibility of where to go on these levels but I can't figure out where I'm supposed to go. Killing the enemies is no problem. I mow them down by the dozen with little trouble. But I can't find the key or the door or the passageway to advance through the level. The game makes you feel like a rat in a maze, but man, blasting the demons is still so much fun.

Still haven't played the actual Resurrection of Evil game yet. The classic Doom games add so much replay value to the package, no Doom fan should be without this game. By the way, they also have split screen gameplay for up to four players, co-op or deathmatch, which is pretty awesome. No online play though, but whatever, not like I care. Heh.

So all in all, really fun classic games. I've played games like Halo and Half-Life, and don't get me wrong, I love em. But the classic Doom games will always be fun to me.

P.S.: Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans. I'm cooking a big meal tomorrow. As a cook, it's one of my favorite days of the year. I love to cook, but I love to eat more. Can't wait.