The original doom games had less plot than the movie. The movie had none. Doom fans give it too much credit. Duke nukem, serious sam, quake, none of that had any real plot. But that wasn’t the point at the time, was it? It was just good fun. Any plot was just an excuse and then you brushed it off because who cares? “Alright I’m shootin demons, let’s go!”
Doom (the game) very much had a plot. It was short and basic. Something like 1 paragraph per episode and the 2 or 3 in the manual giving a little backstory.
But I mean, one of the Johns (Carmack or Romero, I forget who but probably Romero) has been quoted to say “story in a video game is like a story in a porno; everyone expects it to be there, but it isn’t needed.”
That’s exactly my point. There is a “plot” but is there, really? And nobody cares. It’s not the point. We’re killing demons, got it. Let’s fucking go! Honestly it was better than Wolfenstein which tried, and continues to try to make a plot and fails. I fucking hate modern Wolfenstein, constantly getting captured during cut scenes. Such cheap garbage.
The original doom games had less plot than the movie. The movie had none. Doom fans give it too much credit. Duke nukem, serious sam, quake, none of that had any real plot. But that wasn’t the point at the time, was it? It was just good fun. Any plot was just an excuse and then you brushed it off because who cares? “Alright I’m shootin demons, let’s go!”
Doom (the game) very much had a plot. It was short and basic. Something like 1 paragraph per episode and the 2 or 3 in the manual giving a little backstory.
But I mean, one of the Johns (Carmack or Romero, I forget who but probably Romero) has been quoted to say “story in a video game is like a story in a porno; everyone expects it to be there, but it isn’t needed.”
So 🤷♂️
That’s exactly my point. There is a “plot” but is there, really? And nobody cares. It’s not the point. We’re killing demons, got it. Let’s fucking go! Honestly it was better than Wolfenstein which tried, and continues to try to make a plot and fails. I fucking hate modern Wolfenstein, constantly getting captured during cut scenes. Such cheap garbage.