20th July 2004, 12:20 PM
A Black Falcon Wrote:If you look at just about any site's 'best PC games ever' lists, Doom and Quake almost always rank quite highly... but they haven't stood the test of time?
And if you want id games that aged well, I think Commander Keen is still good... :)
Best PC games lists are always a joke. Doom was a novelty. The gameplay was never more than that. Id Software does amazing graphics with very simple gameplay that doesn't totally suck, that is why so many people love them. Commander Keen is good is you never had a console and couldn't play something far superior like Mario or Metroid, etc.
The only thing I'll give id software credit for is coming up with gameplay ideas that (even though they couldn't pull off well) other developers can run with and improve upon.