How Doom 3 Dodged the Survival Horror Bullet

Examining the off-brand Doom

Josh Bycer
Published in
5 min readApr 6, 2021

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It is funny how both Resident Evil and Doom had major resurgences over the last decade after some misfires. I’ve already spoken a lot about RE, but today, I want to talk about how id Software had their heart (and shotgun) in the right place with Doom 3 despite making some rookie mistakes in its design and implementation.

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Josh Bycer
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Josh Bycer is the owner of Game-Wisdom and specializes in examining the art and science of games. He has over seven years of experience discussing game design.