It's amazing. It takes a while to get used to the controls. It's quirky, a bit frustrating when you pick it up at first, but once you get the hang of it, man it's sweet. This is the real deal. No "looking up", no "high res textures", no nothing. Just the good old fashioned Doom, in all its oldness. Nitpick: when level selecting, could you make Hurt me Plenty the default difficulty setting? Thanks Bethesda! EDIT: Please, make the game go landscape without need of phone settings. Thanks.
Reviews for DOOM
← Back to DOOMI absolutely love the game. Runs excellent on my Pixel 2. Controls took a little getting use to. At first I was fumbling around and thinking that it was going to be impossible to play, but I kept working my way through a few levels and somewhere around the 4th or 5th level I got the hang of the controls and now it's just second nature. So glad I can play Doom wherever I go.
This is a phenomenal arcade style shooter and is very reminiscent of the arcade shooters I played in my childhood. I never played the original version, but the port is very easy to pick up and play, but is extremely difficult on higher levels so if a new player I recommend playing on the first two difficulties at the top. This game has a lot of secrets and can be hard at times, but overall an amazing game that I highly recommend if you like arcade style shooters.
Great, classic experience held back by finicky touch controls. I much prefer to play DOOM on my phone with an attached controller, such as a Razer Kishi or Backbone. With a controller, however, the experience is greatly improved. The only thing I'm really wishing for is some longer aspect ratios. Phones are getting 'taller' and it'd be awesome to take advantage of the extra screen space. All petty issues aside, great port and a bona fide classic.
Not the best port I've seen, but it could be worse. The touch controls are difficult to get used to when you're used to mouse and keyboard. Sound effects are a little off too. Death cries and door open sounds are deeper than they should be. If you have access to the original IWADS and a source port, do that. The best way to legally get the Doom IWADs is to buy it on Steam. Normally I'd give this a 2/5, but it's DOOM so I'll add another star.
The game doesn't lag, runs well, doesn't drain my battery incredibly fast. I had a lot of fun playing it and didn't see any problems. A lot of people are complaining about having to log in or create an account but you just have to enter an email address and you're done forever. My only complaint is you shoot snd aim with the same part of the screen making aiming difficult at times.
Very good, but NEEDS better controller/key mapping support. Having played most of the doom games out there, this rendition definitely holds up nicely...With a few caviots. Control over your experience is incredibly limited. As somewhat of a power user, I enjoy being able to have fine control over my experience through tweaking settings: graphical, gameplay and otherwise. When I just want to relax, I want to be able to set a controller profile, max my settings and go, both things absent here.
This WAS a great port to play with the Razer Kishi phone controller. It worked for years, then at some nebulous point in the recent past some update happened and now the game (AND Doom 2) will only display upside down. This makes it impossible to play with a controller, and therefore impossible to play because the touch controls are not an option. This really, really sucks because until it's fixed the game might as well not exist anymore, and it wasn't this way even half a year ago.
EDIT: THEY FIXED IT!!! It no longer forces itself to be upside down, THANK YOU!!!! Back to 5 Stars STILL Opening Upsidedown, rendering it Impossible to play with a controller case such as Kunaii, Kishi, or Backbone. Hey Devs, when are you going to fix this? I haven't been able to play either game in forever!!! I was hoping this would be resolved quickly and wouldn't have to resprt to 1 star but this is bad. You need to fix this.
Same exact port as the Switch (for better or worse) except here the controls are incredibly floaty and inconsistent. Aiming is a struggle and is more responsive to "flicking" the camera, but this doesn't feel natural. Sensitivity settings are tied to both movement and aiming, which kinda sucks. Having the option to adjust each axis separately would be nice. BNET login thing is really silly, but it's not the worst thing in the world if you know your login.
This isn't the Nightdive remaster, so you're not getting both Doom 1 + 2 and the Legacy of Rust expansion. If you want a portable rendition of that, get the Switch version. Nevertheless, this is a nice port. It contains Ultimate Doom, and all the really popular map packs (Plutonia, SIGIL, etc.) are available to download for free. This game would benefit from gyroscope controls, though. Otherwise, you really need three fingers to play properly (one to walk, another to aim, and another to shoot).
This game is great, just one thing that I'd love, more customizable options. Like being able to move around the joystick and shoot button, making the joystick stay in place, and changing the sizes of them. Another thing that could be added is, multiplayer. Multiplayer is essential when it comes to doom, it doesn't need to be added, but I'd be an insane edition. Thank you for spending time to read this, have a good rest of your day.
This is honestly a great way to experience DOOM nowadays! Though I will admit that the touchscreen controls are a bit akward to get used to if you're used to games like this on other platforms. The game works great with my PS4 controller, though occasionally the inputs will get stuck for a few seconds, but it isn't that much of an issue for me, but I hope the guys at Bethesda will patch this up soon. Overall, It's still a really fun game to play despite its minor quirks. I'd definitely recomend!
Overall the game is a really fun experience. It is just like the original and the controls are alright, however there is a bug that will not let me load my game saves. Whenever I press "Load", the game either crashes or freezes. In my opinion, this ruins the experience. I have heard other people have had the same problem. If you fix this bug, I will update this review.
It was pretty good The few problems I did have where the controls. When you first play the game, they feel super wonky, but when you play more you get used to them. I also encountered a bug that happened way more times that I would have been fine with where the joystick part of the screen merges with the aim and shoot part seemingly at random. This bug lead me to quite a few unfair deaths. Overall its doom, and it's on your phone.
Been a big fan of Doom for a long time. This is a great port for some quick demon slaying. If it had controller support, it would be 5 stars without hesitation. Controls are still usable, it just gets frustrating during intense moments. On my Chromebook, the wasd keys work for movement, but no keys are mapped for aiming or shooting. It's actually more convenient to play on my phone. Overall a great port and still a fun game after all these years. Edit: Bluetooth controller support added, 5 stars
I'm playing on a pixel 7 pro. The issue i've run across is if I try using my 8BITDO GAMEPAD. As far as I can tell there's a button for everything except shooting or using your currently equipped weapon, so when this bug gets fixed i'll be happy to give a 5 star rating. Also this bug, glitch, or whatever you wanna call is also in the mobile version of Doom II as well, so it'd be nice to see the problem fixed on both games please. Other than that still a awesome timeless game full of fun.
Can't believe they actually got around to fixing the game. A great improvement overall. All the other problems I had were fixed. The new interface is strange. Okay for the most part but it lacks the aesthetic the old one had. Still gets the job done. However, all the weapon models are slightly off to the right. I couldn't tell before but I can now. Please fix.
Overall, the ports for both this and Doom II are great, as far as mobile ports go. They run well, you've got all sorts of add-ons to play, and it looks great. My only issue is that you can't adjust the controls outside of changing sensitivity. The controls aren't horrible, but they would be much better if I could move around and alter the size of the buttons.
This is DOOM. It plays nicely (as it should for a nearly 30 year-old game), but sadly... I think this game hits below what it could. You can't move the interactive buttons from the left side of the screen to the right. I don't know what kind of monster-mash hand they expect me to have, but I really would like to move the buttons around at the very least. Also, sometimes 'always run', despite being turned on, sometimes stops. I don't even know if it's a glitch or if I did something.