Brutal Doom is quite possibly one of the greatest game modification projects we’ve ever seen. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s the same Doom we knew and loved from the early days of PC gaming, with the violence and action dialled up to 11. The guns have been made more powerful, the gore effects have been expanded, ragdoll physics have been added, the music improved, the sound tuned and so much more. Let’s take a quick look at the current form of Brutal Doom in the most recent trailer below.
OK, if that video didn’t get you in the mood for some hardcore FPS violence, nothing will. So what is the talented modder SGtMarkIV doing this time? He’s taking Doom 64, often regarded as one of the greatest Doom games of all time, and giving it the Brutal modification it deserves.
To celebrate this announcement, Sergeant_Mark_IV has released the first early alpha screenshots of the project. This may not be as exciting as the video above, but given that he’s quite an active modder and often updates on the progress of his mods regularly, we can no doubt expect to see a featured video in the very near future.
Brutal Doom 64 is expected to have new special effects, improved particles, new lighting, more detailed gore, upgraded sound, extra and improved weapons animations, new monsters and even stuff that was cut from the original Nintendo 64 version. Overall, it may turn out to be the greatest Doom game ever created. Sure, we know there are more modern ones, but they’re just nowhere near as fun as the older ones.
The question is, what other games could be given the brutal makeover? Let us know in the comments which games you would like to see given this extreme treatment.
If you want to play the original Brutal Doom, you can download it from Moddb here.
