Take a look and listen for yourself in the trailer below. Pushing the original Doom engine to its limits. Those new blood effects? Absynthium - Doom II Music Pack That fancy new Spider Mastermind with telekinesis, homing missiles and spread shots is entirely DOS compatible.

Case in point: Brutal Doom.ĭoom 4 Vanilla uses none those modern fripperies. Levels can be larger, monster AI can be more complex and effects can be vastly more detailed and messy. The vast majority of modern mods for 'classic' Doom are based on heavily upgraded open-source versions of the game engine. What would Doom look like if it came out twenty-three years ago? And just how old would that make you feel to see it in action? Doom 4 Vanilla, released yesterday, is an impressive 'demake' mod for Doom 2 that boils down everything it can from Id Software's series reboot while adhering to the limits of Doom circa That means new monsters, guns, music, art and levels.