While the original two DOOM games were attempting to create a horror experience, it certainly wasn't regarded as being all too scary. It was DOOM II's fantastic refinement of the video game shotgun that set the standard on how powerful these guns would be going forward, so it was expected that DOOM 3 would further iterate on this idea.To the dismay of certain fans, DOOM 3 decided to take a different design philosophy as opposed to the first two games. Shortly after the original DOOM was released, DOOM II hit the scene with arguably the greatest video game shotgun of all time: the "Super Shotgun." Further refining the original DOOM shotgun's mechanics, the Super Shotgun was essentially a double-barreled weapon that sported a massive damage output at the cost of using more ammo than its single-barreled sibling. With a decent spread and damage output, the shotgun was the key tool for dispatching lower-tier foes and even worked as a fantastic chip-damage weapon if the player could properly utilize circle-strafing and other popular techniques. RELATED: 5 Retro Shooters Doom Fans Will Enjoy Back in the classic DOOM games, the shotgun was a powerful "workhorse" weapon that was great for most situations. In particular, one issue is still a constant cause for debate to this day, that being the infamous design changes to the shotgun. There's no mistaking that DOOM 3 isn't a passionately designed game, but there are a few nagging issues found within the game to this day. DOOM 3 had plenty of issues, yet it's still a well-designed horror shooter experience helming tons of amazing ideas within it.
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Despite being hailed as a cult-classic among certain subsets of shooter fans, DOOM 3's radical design changes from the original two games and previous expansion content has left it being the black sheep of the series by the mainstream crowd. Released sixteen years ago, DOOM 3 has remained a controversial entry in the beloved DOOM series.
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