Comments on: 'Doom Resurrection' is Actually Pretty Awesome

By: erik

erik — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:16:47 +0000

now i see, i was too much excited about this release. On rail shooter for 8euros? WTF!? Not gonna buy. For me, this is the biggest dissapointment in iphone gaming

By: Appleman

Appleman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:45:45 +0000

The hilarious part is the people who wish it was free-roam like doom 3! xD!

Does nobody remember the fact that Doom3 was practically an on-rails shooter, it was the definition of linear. You people are whiners, Doom Resurrection is a genuinley good game, and the onrails+accelerometer is hundreds of times better than the virtual analog sticks like in Prey and RE, especially without a screen protector, the iPhone screen is not that slippery.

By: Adams Immersive

Adams Immersive — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:42:53 +0000

I'm enjoying it!

I do wish I could fully invert the controls (not just vertical) since it feels backwards to me. But I got used to it.

By: John

John — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:10:09 +0000

Unfortunately you're right. Being an iPhone developer it's increasingly obvious that it's going to be impossible to make a return on the development costs as the market doesn't seem to support $10 games.

I have a funny feeling these games will stop being made for the iPhone, the same way as a lot of types of games aren't made for the PSP as it's market seems to only support franchises and ports etc.

By: along123

along123 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:26:52 +0000

.. and, i like it.

By: T. Benjamin Larsen

T. Benjamin Larsen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:45:05 +0000

I bought it, as frankly $10 is about the price of a pint over here. I was really looking forward to seeing what id was able to do with the platform and this is certainly a huge achievement from a technological standpoint.

Unfortunately, to me, this game miss the target when it comes to the fun-part. I actually found Time Crisis to be a more entertaining on-the-rails shooter despite being nowhere near Doom technologically. So, I get the fact that they need to charge $10 for the job, but I'm certainly not convinced it's the right price-point when it comes to entertainment for your money. As a gamer I don't pay for technology, I pay for entertainment value…

By: Harmeet

Harmeet — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:09:14 +0000

Just finished the game (easy mode) pretty short but not bad Im going to try medium and hard but yeah its pretty short

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:52:51 +0000

Oh yeah, if only it was $2…

Do you know how much work it takes to make a game like this? $10 for 3 hours of (replayable) fun is plenty cheap in comparison to other forms of entertainment.

By: imadqamar

imadqamar — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:12:46 +0000

Although I've already replied above, but take a look at this:

"First-person shooter (FPS) is a video game genre which centers the gameplay around gun- or projectile weapon-based combat through the first person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist."

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter)

A game doesn't have to involve free-roam to be classified as an FPS; the POV aspect of it is good enough.

By: imadqamar

imadqamar — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:09:58 +0000

@spiffyone

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter)

I looked up its meaning
it doesn't necessarily have to involve free-roam to be classified as an FPS. Its an FPS on-rails, thats it. Its true that whenever you hear that a game is an "FPS", the first thing which is an obvious part of gameplay is free-roaming.. but by definition, its not true.