Doom II: Hell on Earth

Doom II: Hell on Earth

MS-DOS - USA - 1st edition.

Developer id Software Publisher GT Interactive Published 1994-10-10 Platforms DOS, Game Boy Advance, Macintosh Classic, PC-9800, Windows, Zodiac Genres Action, First-person shooter, Shooter Themes Horror, Science Fiction Series Doom Multiplayer Simultaneous co-op, Simultaneous versus Distribution Commercial, Open source

Doom II: Hell On Earth is a first-person shooter developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive for MS-DOS on 1994-10-10 and later ported to several platforms. It is the second game in the Doom series.

In the game's story, you play the same space marine as in the first game, only the demons of Hell have reached Earth through one of the Mars portals. Now you must fight them and destroy the huge demon in charge to stop them from destroying the planet.

Personal

Own?	Yes. Doom 95 CD port. And digital copy from Doom 3: BFG Edition on Steam.
Won?	Yes. Windows port. "Hurt Me Plenty" difficulty.
Finished	2002-11-26.

I bought Doom II after it was released for Windows 95 and played it all the time. I often turn on cheats just to plow though every level mindlessly while watching TV. Playing Doom II often reminds me of the music from Queen's Sheer Heart Attack album, which I listened to a lot when I first played this game. I still occasionally use ZDoom to run various Doom WADs and play the game passively with cheats.

Review

8	7	8	7	7

Best Version: Doom95 for Windows

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

• I enjoy pretty much all of the additions to the game. Each of the new enemies have their own quirks, the new weapon is pretty sweet, and the various upgrades to the engine are quite nice.
• The new maps are very well-constructed and professional and make good use of the new features.
• The idea of Hell breaking loose on a futuristic Earth is a pretty awesome idea, even if it doesn't look very impressive due to the weaker 3D of the time.
• Bobby Prince once again composed an enjoyable and fitting soundtrack.

Bad

• There are some new features to the engine, and a couple new monsters, but there isn't really anything fundamentally new about this game. Over all, it feels like less of a sequel and more like an upgrade or mod.
• The game allows save scumming. Ordinarily, I appreciate this, but, since the game is meant to be terrifying, and you can save and reload every time you get ambushed, it kills a lot of the tension.

Ugly

• Nothing.

Media

Box Art

This art was used for all ports and regions, just with minor variations to the layout. The painting with the space marine fighting the cyber-demon was painted by Brom, but the Doom logo was designed by Don Punchatz.

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  MS-DOS box.

Documentation

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  Game manual.

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  Masters of Doom. Describes the development process.

Graphics

• spriters-resource.com/pc_computer/doomdoomii - Sprites.
• textures-resource.com/pc_computer/pcdoom2 - Textures.

Videos

Review - German Peter.

Longplay - Ultra violence difficulty, 100% secrets, fast monsters.

Longplay - Nightmare difficulty, 100% secrets.

Map differences across versions.

Play Online

MS-DOS, Game Boy Advance (Europe), Game Boy Advance (USA)

Representation

Strong female character?	Fail	There are no women.
Bechdel test?	Fail	There are no women.
Strong person of color character?	Fail	The only human characters are white.
Queer character?	Fail	There are no queer characters.

Credits

Role	Staff
Programming	John Carmack, John Romero, Dave Taylor
Graphics, Art	Adrian Carmack, Kevin Cloud
Level Design	Sandy Petersen
3D Modelling	Gregor Punchatz
Music & Sound Effects	Robert Prince
Support	Shawn Green, American McGee
Business	Jay Wilbur
Business Assistant	Donna Jackson
Sound Engine	Paul Radek
Tools Programming	John Romero
Box Art	Gerald Brom, Don Punchatz

Links

       

• doomwiki.org - DOOM Wiki.