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05-18-2005, 10:32 PM
Gamespot has posted a preview (http://www.gamespot.com/mobile/action/doomrpg/preview_6125669.html) of id Software's upcoming mobile handheld title, DOOM RPG.
id Software's Doom all but invented the PC first-person shooter genre. After posting on his blog, detailing his foray into J2ME programming, John Carmack has begun work on a Doom RPG. Just a few weeks into coding, the game is looking excellent. Carmack has repurposed the original Doom sprites and UI, crafting a sizable RPG, the plot of which expounds on those of the three FPS Dooms. Weapons and monsters from the entire trilogy have been included, and each monster is vulnerable to a specific weapon. Doom RPG plays a lot like its realtime predecessors, minus the fast-twitch gameplay. Set to launch in October, in conjunction with the film, Doom RPG should be playable by anyone who's bought a handset within the past year.
id Software's Doom all but invented the PC first-person shooter genre. After posting on his blog, detailing his foray into J2ME programming, John Carmack has begun work on a Doom RPG. Just a few weeks into coding, the game is looking excellent. Carmack has repurposed the original Doom sprites and UI, crafting a sizable RPG, the plot of which expounds on those of the three FPS Dooms. Weapons and monsters from the entire trilogy have been included, and each monster is vulnerable to a specific weapon. Doom RPG plays a lot like its realtime predecessors, minus the fast-twitch gameplay. Set to launch in October, in conjunction with the film, Doom RPG should be playable by anyone who's bought a handset within the past year.