What are you playing? (2024 Edition)

[Sulphur]

That's always been my take on it. I liked Wolf 3D and Spear Of Destiny, but the Descent demo was out by the time Doom released and I never had the slightest shred of interest in it.

Same, really. I liked Wolf a lot, enough to beat mecha-Hitler and laugh at it as a pre-pubescent kid. When Descent came around after, it almost felt mind-expanding in comparison. It took the question of 'how do you navigate real three-dimensional spaces in a fun way?' and answered it with 'By removing gravity and giving you space sim controls, duh! Also lasers, machine guns, rockets, secrets in the walls (ceilings and the floor, depending on how you choose to look at everything), and an adrenaline-pounding end to each level'.

Doom was never going to rate in comparison.