Doom clone
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Doom clone is a term used to refer to a computer game with similar gameplay as the 1993 first-person shooter Doom. That is, the player explores a three-dimensional world seen through the eyes of the protagonist, and uses various weapons to kill usually monstrous enemies. Due to the widespread popularity of Doom, many games that featured a similar first-person gameplay style were compared to it, usually unfavorably. During the 1990s, most such games were generally considered to be merely clones of the original Doom.
The genre has grown and developed considerably since then, with games like System Shock, Duke Nukem 3D and Half-Life distinguishing themselves from Doom with new innovations in gameplay, presentation and technology. As a result, games in this genre are now known as first-person shooters. However, "Doom clones" was the more common term until the late 1990s, and is still used occasionally, mainly in reference to early first-person shooters.
In modern usage, the term sometimes has negative connotations. The gameplay in Doom (as well as many of its clones) was relatively simple-minded, mainly relying on "shooting everything that moves", and featuring dumb enemies that do little but move towards and shoot at the player. Reference to Doom is sometimes used to contrast with modern first-person shooter games which usually involve more strategy-oriented gameplay and enemies with sophisticated artificial intelligence (for example, ).
Although the simple-minded action in Doom has become less popular with time, some games such as Serious Sam (2001) have deliberately returned to it.
Doom-likeness is sometimes also associated with the game's "2.5D" graphics, as opposed to full 3D which was introduced with Quake (1996).
List of games
Among the games commonly counted as Doom clones are those based on the Doom engine, which include:
Games that use different engines include:- Blood (1997)
- (1995)
- Duke Nukem 3D (1996)
- Rise of the Triad (1994, based on the engine of Wolfenstein 3D)
- Shadow Warrior (1997)
- Witchaven (1995)
See also
References
- Turner, Benjamin & Bowen, Kevin (December 11, 2003). [Bringin' in the DOOM Clones]. GameSpy.
- [Google Groups Usenet archive]
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