I'm a huge fan of single-player FPS games. I grew up playing Doom II, Duke3D, Unreal, Half-Life, Serious Sam, etc. I love this genre of games, but 45 minutes into Doom I can tell I'm not going to get any enjoyment from it.

Doom seems to be confused about what it's trying to be. It's too slow and the environments are too cramped for it to be a good deathmatch/arena shooter(like Doom I & II, Unreal or Quake 3), and the enemy placement is too chaotic and the environment is too open for it to be a good linear/corridor shooter(like Half-Life or Gears of War). Depending on your upbringing, when you see an enemy you will either (a) circle strafe, which doesn't work well in Doom because you are slow and the environment keeps getting in the way, or (b) duck for cover, which doesn't work well in Doom because randomly spawning enemies will quickly flank you.

I'm a huge fan of single-player FPS games. I grew up playing Doom II, Duke3D, Unreal, Half-Life, Serious Sam, etc. I love this genre of games, but 45 minutes into Doom I can tell I'm not going to get any enjoyment from it. Doom seems to be confused about what it's trying to be. It's too slow and the environments are too cramped for it to be a good deathmatch/arena shooter(like Doom I & II, Unreal or Quake 3), and the enemy placement is too chaotic and the environment is too open for it to be a good linear/corridor shooter(like Half-Life or Gears of War). Depending on your upbringing, when you see an enemy you will either (a) circle strafe, which doesn't work well in Doom because you are slow and the environment keeps getting in the way, or (b) duck for cover, which doesn't work well in Doom because randomly spawning enemies will quickly flank you.