If you’ve seen id Software’s DOOM in action, you’d quickly realise that it has a certain vibe to it. Because when you’re stuck in a hellish dimension populated by the damned and impatient tweens who bargained their souls for quick-fire guitar lessons, you’d start to realise that DOOM is heavy on the metal, an intentional design decision according to the developer.
“Rock ‘n’ roll was our inspiration for everything,” creative director Hugo Martin told Game Informer as part of the February cover story feature on that game.
There is a lot of heavy metal in our hell, and that is intentional. When you look at the original Doom, we always said it looks like the kind of stuff a 15-year-old would draw on the back of his notebook during math class.
We really wanted the world to look like that–to have a personality that would shine through in everything we did. So we have a lot of skulls; it’s kind of over-the-top. A little bit of Castle Grayskull in there; it’s very He-Man.
Martin also spoke about another feature of the game, which hasn’t really had much of a presence in any iteration of DOOM: An actual story. While a rolling and rocking narrative won’t exactly be present, there’ll still be some lore scattered around for those players who are curious about how the world has gone to hell in a hand basket. “Story isn’t something big in a Doom game, and we’ve taken that approach,” Martin explained.
It’s not what people come to Doom for; they come to kill demons and blow sh** up in amazing ways. That’s really been the focus for us. That said, we’ve definitely infused some pretty good mystery and some fun things for players who want to find it and want to dive in and explore it a little bit.
DOOM is out later this year apparently, in the northern Spring for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. Amazon France reckons that you can expect the game to launch on June 30, if the rumours are true. A beta should be available before launch, so you can get a feel for id’s old-school shooter with new-school gory visuals. Because chainsawing demons in half, is an experience which never gets old.
Last Updated: January 7, 2016
Jan Prins
January 7, 2016 at 09:09
Hellknights! YAY!
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:13
Explains why no braincells are required to play the game 😛
I found it interesting that Doom was an accident, when they pitched the game they did not bother with the indented 3rd person as it was just a draft. But what they found was that by not having a 3rd person the frame rate increased. So they decided to keep the first person halving the production time and cost making it the original FPS.
Jan Prins
January 7, 2016 at 09:16
Wasn’t Wolfenstein before Doom? Just asking…
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:20
Not sure, I think they were competing back in 1992.
Mark Treloar
January 7, 2016 at 09:34
Nope Wolfenstein Came before Doom, think Blake Stone also released before Doom.
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:42
Ya the 3d FPS was Wolfenstein 3D 1992, Blake Stone was the same year as Doom 1993. Crazy Times. I wonder what all those kids are doing now 😛
Mark Treloar
January 7, 2016 at 09:48
Doom was released just after Spear of Destiny. That said Doom was where multiplayer really started.
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:52
I remember playing that on the Jaguar 64. WTF happened to Atari? 64 Bit was like Oculas Rift back then 😛
Mark Treloar
January 7, 2016 at 09:54
Apparently E.T happened to Atari.
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 10:09
and Alone in the Dark 🙁 What a waste
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 7, 2016 at 09:42
That’s right, by about a week hehe. Blake Stone was the boss. I actually played it again the year before last. Still fun as ever.
VampyreSquirrel
January 7, 2016 at 11:05
Yeah it was.
RinceThis
January 7, 2016 at 09:20
There is if you have a Bone? *runs
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:20
and the POWER of the clouds.
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 09:21
And DirectX 12
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:25
I dont do PCs 😛
RinceThis
January 7, 2016 at 09:21
Yeah, I suppose every cloud has a silver lining, or is that silicone lining?
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:24
More like
Cirrus
RinceThis
January 7, 2016 at 09:50
You being cirrius?!
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:51
Get in the Sky
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 7, 2016 at 09:54
That was… terrible.
RinceThis
January 7, 2016 at 09:58
GOOD.
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:49
Not so much silicone this far from Jo-burg ;P
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 09:14
Then I’d like to think dubstep inspired everything in COD
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:18
It was Far Cry 3 that jumped on that band wagon first. Hats off to them tho, they did have a crazy sound track including Die Antword.
COD was great, well COD MW 2 was thanks to Hans Zimmer. Then it went silly.
RinceThis
January 7, 2016 at 09:21
Far Cry3 was a bloody great game.
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 09:21
As was Blood Dragon.
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:22
Bwahahaha and Dragon Age.
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:46
Blood Dragon was better. With a better soundtrack.
RinceThis
January 7, 2016 at 10:02
You’re god damn right it is!
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 10:03
Best FarCry! Because 80s sci-fi
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:21
They did dub step first before it became a fad is what Im trying to say. FC3 owns FC4.
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 09:23
I meant COD being repetitive, hardly innovative, yearly release drab fodder for the unimaginative. Just like dubstep
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:27
My bad
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 09:27
Hahahaha
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:45
Die Antwoord. Crazy yes.
Good. No.
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:46
Crazy 😛
Mossel
January 7, 2016 at 11:07
That Skrillex in FC3 made it for me! What a sick tune!
Jan Prins
January 7, 2016 at 09:18
Come on. We both know it was Moms the world over that inspires everything COD
justlikemo
January 7, 2016 at 09:20
Yeh, Dont go there dear, looks scary,
DOnt hit that kid, thats enough!
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 09:20
LOL
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:45
Ah, because it’s the same thing OVER AND OVER again 😀
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 09:46
XD
Loftus
January 7, 2016 at 09:30
Rock ‘n’ roll for the new Doom, nice gonna jam some Buddy Holly, Elvis, Little Richard while hunting down demons.
Jan Prins
January 7, 2016 at 09:42
I was kinda of hoping for some Leon Schuster.
Loftus
January 7, 2016 at 09:53
yeh i can see how the “Fathers” of rock ‘n’ roll fall in the same category as Leon Schuster music. But each to his own. 😛
You can rip demon face off whilst jam ” Hier kom die bokke!” from Leon and i’ll kick demon @$$ while listening to some “that’ll be the day” from buddy. Even mental heads will look at us and go WTF?! man that is twisted. hahaha
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:44
To all the right-wing South Africans and uneducated idiots: Metal is NOT evil.
The more you know.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 7, 2016 at 09:45
It’s not? I mean… um… I’m not sure what I mean.
RinceThis
January 7, 2016 at 09:51
Go play with your D&D set and be silent!
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 7, 2016 at 09:53
You’re not my DM!
RinceThis
January 7, 2016 at 09:57
*rolls 1, stamps on his own foot while poking himself in the eye. Look what you are doing to yourself!
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:58
What did he poke himself in the eye with?
RinceThis
January 7, 2016 at 10:00
Well, certainly not his personality…
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 10:00
Hahaha.
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 10:00
3D printed D&D set. Oops he is still waiting for parts 😛
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 7, 2016 at 10:03
One thing I’m not waiting for is kicking your ass in pool!
RinceThis
January 7, 2016 at 10:03
ZIIIIIIIING!
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 10:04
I read: in the pool
and didn’t want to ask
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 10:06
same
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 10:06
I read that as kicking my ass in a pool 😛
Jan Prins
January 7, 2016 at 09:48
Would have been awesome if they could include some Christian metal in there as well. Tourniquet, Mortification, Vengeance Rising. Not because I want it all Christian-like, but those bands had some great tunes as well!
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:48
Demon Hunter . That would be perfect.
Jan Prins
January 7, 2016 at 09:50
I have not heard them… yet.
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:51
Dude. No.
It’s the only Christian metal band I’ve listened to, but to me it’s just a great metal band, regardless of anything else. Try Collapsing. Good song…amungst many.
Mossel
January 7, 2016 at 11:10
Check them out, not my favourite, but pretty good. See also Oh, Sleeper and Becoming the Archetype.
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 10:07
That would be fantastic 🙂 bible thumping tunes while chopping off heads with a chainsaw 🙂
Jan Prins
January 7, 2016 at 10:12
Psycho Surgery by Tourniquet comes to mind…
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 10:20
Sounds like a pig abattoir
Jan Prins
January 7, 2016 at 10:23
Silence, Lamb!
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:50
Racist 😛
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:53
Haha. I didn’t say white South Africans, or that most would be Afrikaans who feel that way…. 😉
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:54
I dont care, Racist 😛
Im filling a criminal charge at the police station you baboon.
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 09:55
The Penny has dropped on the Sparrow 😛
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:55
LOL
You’re not holding back today.
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 09:56
He’s just calling it as it is.
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:56
You primordial sludge one cell short of an amoeba
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:57
I’m a little hurt about the baboon comment, I’ve worked really hard on my eyebrows this year. 😉
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:58
Just be like me 🙂 Ginger for life 😉 refresh
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:59
It can be my 2016 thing
#browproud
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 10:07
I bet his phone line is as hot as some
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 10:10
*refresh
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 10:12
Bwahahahaha what amazes me is how an old bigoted estate agent with too much make up can suddenly become public enemy number 1 over night. How does that happen?
Is it a slow news month or something? No Zuma to focus on while he is on holiday.
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 10:13
Well being racist on FB is step one, defending yourself is step 2 and that’s all it takes it seems
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 10:15
She should do what the Americans do, say sorry and say you are attending racist rehab. Like Clinton had to go to sex rehab.
Or just say something insane like I DRINK TIGER BLOOD.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 7, 2016 at 10:34
I honestly thought it was an incredibly bad troll account at first & that it couldn’t be real.
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 10:43
Same, like that ANC official who works for arts and culture who said all black people should wipe out the whites like Hitler did with Jews. That has to be a troll.
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:56
Holding back on social media? Who would have thunk? 😛
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:58
No. You see, that’s where you’ve got it wrong.
On social media you have to make a huge statement about how upset you are, but keep it as ambiguous as possible so no one knows what you’re talking about.
And if they do ask what you mean, then you tell them you don’t want to talk about it.
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:59
like.. oVg 😛
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 10:00
Sounds about right.
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 10:00
😉
RinceThis
January 7, 2016 at 09:59
Shots fired! GITDS!
oVg
January 7, 2016 at 09:49
What is John Carmack up to these days?
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 09:53
A Daikatana sequel?
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:53
Oh Daikatana, you strange and wonderful thing.
Hammersteyn
January 7, 2016 at 09:54
I’m wrong, that was John Romero
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 7, 2016 at 09:53
Oculus Rift 😛
Jan Prins
January 7, 2016 at 09:54
Rolling around in his millions?
Captain JJ 4x
January 7, 2016 at 09:56
If he brings $100 over to SA in about three months he can be a multi-millionaire.
FreddyBear
January 7, 2016 at 10:00
Two Slayer songs inspired the music for the first doom games (one unused), them’s some old roots…
Rithveek
January 7, 2016 at 11:37
If there is any game which has the potential to earn as much or even more than GTA 5…than this is the one….????????????????.. DOOM GTA LEFT 4 DEAD AND HALF LIFE ARE THE LANDMARK GAMES OF ALL TIME..MORE U PLAY THEM, MORE U GET ADDICTED TO THEM.