It wasn’t the first scapegoat, just as it wasn’t the original first-person shooter. Its depictions of man-on-demon violence caused all manner of controversies and scandals. 25 years ago, Doom was the most shocking game ever made. For Doom, however, it’s the only reasonable approach. Normally, splattering the patient across the surgery walls would not go down well. Where most mod retouches perform their makeover with a scalpel, Brutal Doom opts for a sledgehammer. In a way, Brutal Doom does the same thing, only using a completely different set of tools. This is why there are swathes of mods designed to nip and tuck those ageing stars in just the right places so that your brain is tricked into thinking that this is how it played the first time around. Returning to a 20 or 30 year old game in its vanilla state can be quite a shock given the brain’s annoying tendency to polish the past. Many mods are dedicated to preserving the feel of a classic game, to finding a sweet spot between how a game originally played and making it tolerable to experience with modern hardware and expectations. To kick things off, we’re diving into the guts of one of the best mods ever created – Brutal Doom. Mod Focus is a new feature that highlights the best and brightest video game mods available on the PC.
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