I liked Doom when there were only it and Wolfenstein 3D (well, there were Ultima Underworld too, but I hadn't a PC yet and I played games I found on PC's at the university) , but Hexen I bettered the engine and used it far better too (Hexen II, despite the better Quake engine, was quite meh, Heretic II OTOH was IMVHO much better than Quake II, whose engine it used). Many years later I found Ultima Underworld given as a gift with a magazine and despite it was already ten years old I found it really wonderful. Year after, while I feel nostalgic for old games like Syndicate, Duke Nukem 3D and others, I by no means miss Doom, it was useful to boost 3D first person (being frantic and immediate it helped more than the much better, but more complex UU), but nothing more.







