Doom's 2016 reboot could have been an utter failure. After a mixed reaction to Doom 3, id Software went back to the drawing board and stayed there for a long time. Struggling to find a place for the classic shooter in the modern gaming climate, the studio initially started work on the colloquially-titled "Call of Doom." Taking a page from the gritty, realistic military titles of the day, this version would have seen fighting across grey cityscapes and lots of ducking behind waist-high walls. Cal...
Doom's 2016 reboot could have been an utter failure. After a mixed reaction to Doom 3, id Software went back to the drawing board and stayed there for a long time. Struggling to find a place for the classic shooter in the modern gaming climate, the studio initially started work on the colloquially-titled "Call of Doom." Taking a page from the gritty, realistic military titles of the day, this version would have seen fighting across grey cityscapes and lots of ducking behind waist-high walls. Cal...
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