Franchise that has stood the test of time and gained a new following with a successful reboot in 2016 and a sequel in 2020
Posted Date – Mon, 04/10/23 at 12:45pm
Hyderabad: When it comes to shooters, Doom is iconic. A franchise that has stood the test of time and gained a new following with its successful 2016 reboot and 2020 sequel.
With Mighty Doom, Bethesda is trying to bring some of the FPS magic to mobile and free-to-play (F2P) games. However, Doom’s iconic first-person perspective is lost in this translation, as the top-down (portrait-style) action here is more in line with DemonStar and Galaga than something in an FPS game.
Despite losing the FPS view, I really like this version of the game. So much so that the first time I booted it up, I played for almost four hours straight! The gameplay is smooth and simple, the killer (the protagonist) fires bullets continuously, and the player’s task is to aim, maneuver and dodge.
Every time you beat a level, the game gives you boosts to choose from, which stack on top of each other, meaning with a sufficient number of them, you can be unstoppable. My go-to combo is stacking bounces, ricochets, loose balls, and double shots – the room will turn into an endless game of Tetris/ping pong.
Mighty Doom’s strengths lie in its excellent enemy design, there’s always plenty of variety in the regular quests, and the way the bosses are designed is simply top-notch. The game has bonus levels during Easter, and they also have unique bunny-style enemies to fight. Every time I play, I look forward to the boss battle, hoping to encounter new abilities. This is a game that requires improvisation.
However, despite the game’s strengths, it lacks variety in the weapons it offers players, with the primary rifle, for example, staying the same no matter how many levels I beat. Second, the game has too many ads, and at launch, the ads were executed so poorly that there was no way to stop watching them other than restarting the game. The experience annoyed me so much that I would do anything to avoid the ads, as ad-based content unlocking for franchises like Doom and developers like Bethesda seemed like an unnecessary move.
Recommendable, if not for the ads. A great game for fans of old school experiences like DemonStar or Galaga.
