App Review

Doom Classic

The gates to hell have once again opened! Doom is back, this time on iphone but keeping all its original glory. Doom is the first person shooter that defined a future generation of shooters.

You play as a space marine who is stationed on mars, it is your mission to destroy all the alien scum and prevent them from invading earth.

Doom Classic is in 3D with a retro feel to it, it has 4 episodes to play across 36 levels, each increasing in difficulty the further you get into the game.

When you open the game you are presented with 6 options ;

1. Resume Game ; Continue your game from where you last left it

2. New Game ; Start a new game

3. Demos ; This plays videos to show how to play the game

4. Multiplayer ; Join up with up to 4 players over local wifi to play co-op campaign, or deathmatch against each other

5. Website ; This directs you to the developers website

6. Options ; Choose from 3 different control types, and customise the interface to suit yourself

During gameplay the controls are very easy to master, simply use the onscreen joypad(s) to move your character around the levels, press the shoot button to fire weapons, to open doors etc just touch them onscreen as your character walks up to them.

Dotted around each level are many pickups eg. weapons / ammo / health / armour, you WILL need these to survive the latter levels. All the original weapons are still here as well to add even more gore to the gameplay, like the chainsaw and the Bfg 9000.

Overall, if you liked the original, you'll love this version which has been ported over to iphone, it looks and plays great ( if you like retro gaming ), and allows you to play music from your ipod list if you so wish. There are plenty of single player levels to keep you entertained for many hours, and the multiplayer will also add longevity to its lifespan.

I'd rate this game 9/10