Doom II
Doom II: Hell on Earth original PC game by ID Software. Game Boy Advance port by Torus Games and published by Activision in 2002.
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Player's Review
"SEQUEL TO THE MOST LEGENDARY ACTION-SHOOTER OF ALL TIME!
Hell's fury has been unleashed. Billions are dead. To save humanity from certain extinction, you'll have to battle the most powerful demon scum to ever walk the Earth...alone. Blast your way through id Software's original mind-blowing, adrenaline-pumping, record-breaking sequel. It's your bloodiest demon slaughter yet. Now in an explosive handheld version! Battle gruesome demons across all of the original DOOM II® levels!"
The Gameboy advance port of Doom was largely taken from the Atari Jaguar with cut down textures and geometry making it more suited to home consoles. The GBA conversion of Doom II however is taken directly from the pc original with all the game assets moved to the Southpaw Engine (custom engine also used in other gba first person games) and much more comparable to the original than the previous game was. Even the hud manages to show everything and nothing lost to the small screen. The music seems to be played better and the resolution may even be higher although the resolution is dynamic changing to on screen action although initially lower when playing on Nightmare difficulty which fortunately I'm not. The controls feel odd after playing the first game and not nearly as smooth making it more difficult to aim.
As with the previous longplay, the aim is to get 100% secrets shown on all levels (not kills or items) but some levels just wont allow it like the two that are split into two levels and levels with no secrets still show as none found. A couple of levels have been altered and no way to reach the original secret areas.
Overall, It's Doom Ii as known from the PC. Some levels have been cut down which messes with the stats at the end of the levels but it's mostly all there including the music and textures. I have lowered the gamma slider which by default is set to help it visually on the non backlit gba and can be reduced for the backlit version. It's still overly bright but better than no adjustment at all.
00:00:00 Titles
00:01:00 Map 1: ENTRYWAY
00:03:15 Map 2: UNDERHALLS
00:07:36 Map 3: THE GANTLET
00:11:55 Map 4: THE FOCU
00:15:50 Map 5: THE WASTE TUNNELS
00:22:50 Map 6: THE CRUSHER
00:30:00 Map 7: DEAD SIMPLE
00:32:40 Map 8: TRICKS AND TRAPS
00:39:25 Map 9: THE PIT
00:49:12 Map 10: REFUELING BASE
01:00:15 Map 11: 'O' OF DESTRUCTION
01:07:32 Map 12: THE FACTORY
01:15:16 Map 13: DOWNTOWN
01:26:15 Map 14: THE INMOST DENS
01:32:26 Map 15: INDUSTRIAL ZONE: A
01:40:14 Map 16: INDUSTRIAL ZONE: B
01:49:45 Map 33: WOLFENSTEIN (Secret)
01:56:20 Map 34: GROSSE (Super Secret)
01:59:18 Map 17: SUBURBS
02:07:50 Map 18: TENEMENTS
02:16:30 Map 19: THE COURTYARD
02:25:42 Map 20: THE CITADEL.
02:35:15 Map 21: GOTCHA!
02:44:30 Map 22: NIRVANA
02:50:25 Map 23: THE CATACOMBS
02:54:34 Map 24: BARRELS O' FUN
03:01:35 Map 25: THE CHASM: A
03:09:55 Map 26: THE CHASM: B
03:16:20 Map 27: BLOODFALLS
03:22:10 Map 28: THE ABANDONED MINES
03:29:40 Map 29: MONSTER CONDO
03:39:45 Map 30: THE SPIRIT WORLD
03:48:36 Map 31: THE LIVING END
03:58:50 Map 32: ICON OF SIN
04:00:40 Ending / Credits
Hell's fury has been unleashed. Billions are dead. To save humanity from certain extinction, you'll have to battle the most powerful demon scum to ever walk the Earth...alone. Blast your way through id Software's original mind-blowing, adrenaline-pumping, record-breaking sequel. It's your bloodiest demon slaughter yet. Now in an explosive handheld version! Battle gruesome demons across all of the original DOOM II® levels!"
The Gameboy advance port of Doom was largely taken from the Atari Jaguar with cut down textures and geometry making it more suited to home consoles. The GBA conversion of Doom II however is taken directly from the pc original with all the game assets moved to the Southpaw Engine (custom engine also used in other gba first person games) and much more comparable to the original than the previous game was. Even the hud manages to show everything and nothing lost to the small screen. The music seems to be played better and the resolution may even be higher although the resolution is dynamic changing to on screen action although initially lower when playing on Nightmare difficulty which fortunately I'm not. The controls feel odd after playing the first game and not nearly as smooth making it more difficult to aim.
As with the previous longplay, the aim is to get 100% secrets shown on all levels (not kills or items) but some levels just wont allow it like the two that are split into two levels and levels with no secrets still show as none found. A couple of levels have been altered and no way to reach the original secret areas.
Overall, It's Doom Ii as known from the PC. Some levels have been cut down which messes with the stats at the end of the levels but it's mostly all there including the music and textures. I have lowered the gamma slider which by default is set to help it visually on the non backlit gba and can be reduced for the backlit version. It's still overly bright but better than no adjustment at all.
00:00:00 Titles
00:01:00 Map 1: ENTRYWAY
00:03:15 Map 2: UNDERHALLS
00:07:36 Map 3: THE GANTLET
00:11:55 Map 4: THE FOCU
00:15:50 Map 5: THE WASTE TUNNELS
00:22:50 Map 6: THE CRUSHER
00:30:00 Map 7: DEAD SIMPLE
00:32:40 Map 8: TRICKS AND TRAPS
00:39:25 Map 9: THE PIT
00:49:12 Map 10: REFUELING BASE
01:00:15 Map 11: 'O' OF DESTRUCTION
01:07:32 Map 12: THE FACTORY
01:15:16 Map 13: DOWNTOWN
01:26:15 Map 14: THE INMOST DENS
01:32:26 Map 15: INDUSTRIAL ZONE: A
01:40:14 Map 16: INDUSTRIAL ZONE: B
01:49:45 Map 33: WOLFENSTEIN (Secret)
01:56:20 Map 34: GROSSE (Super Secret)
01:59:18 Map 17: SUBURBS
02:07:50 Map 18: TENEMENTS
02:16:30 Map 19: THE COURTYARD
02:25:42 Map 20: THE CITADEL.
02:35:15 Map 21: GOTCHA!
02:44:30 Map 22: NIRVANA
02:50:25 Map 23: THE CATACOMBS
02:54:34 Map 24: BARRELS O' FUN
03:01:35 Map 25: THE CHASM: A
03:09:55 Map 26: THE CHASM: B
03:16:20 Map 27: BLOODFALLS
03:22:10 Map 28: THE ABANDONED MINES
03:29:40 Map 29: MONSTER CONDO
03:39:45 Map 30: THE SPIRIT WORLD
03:48:36 Map 31: THE LIVING END
03:58:50 Map 32: ICON OF SIN
04:00:40 Ending / Credits
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