Poll: Doom or Duke, Which Do You Prefer?

[Tuesday Night Fever]

I'm gonna have to say Duke.

I liked Doom and Wolfenstein... but neither of them really had the same kind of impact on me that Duke Nukem 3D had. Compared to Duke Nukem 3D, Doom and Wolfenstein had way less interesting level design, less interesting enemy design, less interesting weaponry, and they were completely void of the low-brow humor that my much-younger self thought was hilarious.

As for the music... sure, Doom had a great and memorable soundtrack... but Duke had his theme covered by Megadeth... so... point for Duke in my opinion.

 

[SilkySkyKitten]

Doom, no doubt.

I love Duke Nukem 3D as much as a lot of people out there. But when it comes to which one of the two is truly the superior game Doom wins by a landslide. It's just more fluid, more well designed, more memorable in its enemies and soundtrack and levels. Yeah, it may not have the humor or charm that Duke 3D has, but considering I've only played through Duke 3D once but have replayed Doom too many times to count... yeah, Doom just wins. Hands down.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I have all these games and think Doom is more fun, in fact, I might play it now.

 

[karma9308]

Doom. Doom today, Doom tomorrow, and Doom the day after. A Doom in every pot, and a Doom in every garage.

Specifically Doom 2 and Final Doom. I need my double barrel. Hell, that's all I ever use. Screw the BFG, it's more fun to run up to a Cyberdemon with a double barrel shotgun, blast him, and run off before he blows your ass up and then rinse and repeat.

...I need to go play Doom. Nobody open the door.

 

[Nazulu]

I really enjoyed both when I was young, probably still really enjoy them now since I haven't played them for ages. However, for some reason Doom stuck with me longer.

While Duke introduced me to a censor my Dad put on the game in which I easily guessed the password in one try so I could pay women to 'jiggle it'. Doom scared the fuck out of me with some of the textures and sounds, while also confusing the hell out of me with some of the map designs. That's not a negative by the way, I really love a good challenge, though I reached a point where I just found it impossible, and that's when I learned about cheats because I brought it up in school.

 

[Foolery]

Neither. I'm a Wolfenstein fanatic. I'll take the Nazi-killing action of B.J. Blazkowicz any day over Doom and Duke. Thanks for putting it in the poll. Looking forward to New Order.

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

To be completely honest with you, I've never really played either of them. I was always more familiar with the clones: Hexen and Blood. I did play a couple of the later Duke games though, Land of the Babes and Time to Kill, as well as Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

I'd guess from the early games though, from what I've seen, I'd have to say Duke 3D, since it seems very similar to how Hexen plays. Can't be too sure, though.

 

[Glaice]

Doom, because highly mod friendly and because Doomguy is silent outside of pain and death noises. Also Duke comes off as a Hollywood chauvinist with a massive ego which turns me off deeply.

 

[A V K]

Doom is great, I played it loads as a kid.
...But Duke 3D is amazing, one of my all time favorites, I still play it very regularly.

 

[sky14kemea]

Here lies Sir Necro'd Thread.

Kross rest his soul.