This was a first-person shooter with soul, with not a trace of corporate sterility, and no sign that the developers reigned in their gory and glorious impulses at any time. It empowered the player, and made him or her feel like a true hunter in the most primitive, visceral sense. It felt like an arena shooter, not a clone of popular games in the genre like Battlefield and Call of Duty. More impressive than any of this, though, was that old school DOOM feeling it successfully lifted from the original games. Unlike many of this year’s offerings, it ran like butter on PC, despite its demanding eye-candy graphics. Even better, it didn’t take itself too seriously, as evidenced by the DOOM Marine’s habit of smashing anything that spoke too much. The story took cues from the Souls series, and was present if you looked, but unobtrusive if you just wanted to kill demons. Experienced art direction melded with heavy as hell music to produce an atmosphere that was decidedly metal.
The gameplay was quick and reactive, the pacing nearly perfect, and the level design effectively flawless. It blindsided gamers and critics everywhere, most of whom expected it to be yet another mediocre offering from iD Software, a legendary studio which had begun to fade into obscurity.ĭOOM ended up being anything but mediocre much like its hellish setting, it was a watertight experience. DOOM boasts one of the best shooter campaigns ever, and arguably the outright best of the past few years. Even though 2016 had plenty of impressive AAA titles, this was no accident. Ultimately, though, DOOM squeaked ahead of every other game this year. As it was too close to call, we held a runoff vote, which was even closer than the original nomination process. Nearly every person had a different pick: only DOOM was nominated more than once. 2016 was unusually contentious among the Gamer Professionals staff when it came to deciding our Game of the Year.
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