If you own either game already, you’ll get it for free.
Given the fuckups around definitive editions and the fact that there’s already so many great, free, open source Doom engines and content, this feels like a money grab and a step backwards.
Doom and Doom II get a ‘definitive’ re-release that’s packed with upgrades
Submitted 3 months ago by jay@mbin.zerojay.com to retrogaming@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/8/24216379/doom-doom-ii-definitive-re-release
Comments
breakingcups@lemmy.world 3 months ago
ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 3 months ago
How is a free update now somehow a money grab? This is definitely not a step backwards. They even made a new episode.
breakingcups@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You know what, you’re right, I may be too cynical.
ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
The Quake rerelease still offers the classic GLquake
FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s free and it’s not like Doom is a famously expensive series of games or anything; each entry is 5 quid at most unless it’s 2016 or Eternal.
viking@infosec.pub 3 months ago
I own both, but on a set of 3.5" floppies somewhere in my dad’s basement. If they even still work… Doubt I’ll be able to claim my copy somehow.
dan@upvote.au 3 months ago
I was going to say the same thing - will they send me a floppy disk with the upgrade?
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They should!
But ONLY if you write them a handwritten letter and mail it to them!
viking@infosec.pub 3 months ago
That would put me in a bit of a pickle, my last floppy drive went out of business sometime in the mid 2000’s. As soon as bootable USB sticks for recovery became viable, don’t exactly know when. But in my last 2 desktop computers I doubt I used the floppy drive once… Built them in mostly out of nostalgia. Or habit maybe.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I hope so.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 months ago
What if I want to keep the original version? Can I still access it? I’m getting sick and tired of my games being replaced with shit I never asked for, even if it is arguably a “better” game.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I read that it includes the original versions, which is something I’m also counting on.
Davel23@fedia.io 3 months ago
It's already out, checked my Steam library and both this and the original versions are there.
SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
You could check…
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 months ago
If I was at home I could…
CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 3 months ago
If you check the folders as well, all the .WADs are there for everything (if you want to use them with a different port/engine). Not sure if it detected which games I already owned, but my version is actually Doom + Doom 2 + Final Doom + Master Levels + Sigil + NRFTL + LOR (new campaign). Plus all the featured mods (from the recent console ports) and a regular user-driven mod browser.
It’s a pretty overwhelming update to the already decent Kex engine port that’s been on consoles for a while. They added a bunch of dvd-extras too like concept art and such. It’s not my favorite way to play but it’s still a pretty great free update!
FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yes, you can access it; all the WADs are still there.
mechoman444@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. Doom is the best game ever made.
Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I have been having an absolute BLAST with this new version since yesterday. The news of this and the subseauent drop as a free update for the versions I already owned on GoG and on the Switch just made my whole week, where I was bumned by the Helldivers bullshit.
A solid new port by Nightdive, implementing most of the modern mapping techniques, able to run a LOT of custom content that was created over the past 30 years. Plus extra artworks, bonus IDKFA soubdtrack by Andrew Hulshult, addon downloads on all platforms (with user sent ones on the PC), and 16 player multiplayer?
This is now the immediate response to anyone who wants to get into Doom nowadays. No need to fiddle with sourceports or go chase obscure mods, they’re ALL there. If you get more into Doom modding after that, you can go after all those things later. It’s great!
mechoman444@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Oooo not all the mods sir. Not all of them…
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
NICE! I may have to fire up Steam and check this out.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 months ago
What prompted this - did they find a machine that wouldn’t run it??
(Im joking, not really asking)
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
They wanted to make it closed source again
CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 3 months ago
QuakeCon 2024
Matriks404@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A new episode looks sick! It’s an amazing what they do with a freakin’ 30-year old game! I love seeing stuff like this.
Baggie@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
I tried it out for a bit. it’s not bad at all, but there’s a bunch of stuff in there that doesn’t gel with me personally. I had to turn the crosshair off because it was too high on the screen, and the autoaim was causing me to miss shots due to height differences. It’s neat enough and I’m sure it’s a great option for consoles, but I’ll stick to gzdoom myself.
turbodrooler@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Next up, Pac-Man-as-a-Service
SilentObserver@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Sweet! I haven’t played classic DOOM is quite some time. So this will be fun to check out since it’s already on my GOG.
EarMaster@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The MCU advertisement tie-ins are really getting out of hand…
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 months ago
will it run in a microwave oven?
moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Here’s a grey lining I saw on tumblr:
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MurrayL@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Except this new release doesn’t erase the existing game, and doesn’t prevent people from continuing to make mods however they want.
It’s a new version with new features and content, and they’re even giving it to existing owners for free, but people still find a way to complain.
ygpa@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Saw a similar complaint on cohost (too long to fit in a screenshot) cohost.org/lexyeevee/post/7224213-empty