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Doom and Doom II get a ‘definitive’ re-release that’s packed with upgrades (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you own either game already, you’ll get it for free.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Given the fuckups around definitive editions and the fact that there's already so many great, free, open source Doom engines and content, this feels like a money grab and a step backwards.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How is a free update now somehow a money grab? This is definitely not a step backwards. They even made a new episode.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

You know what, you're right, I may be too cynical.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

The Quake rerelease still offers the classic GLquake

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

The games cost like $2 on Steam. They probably lost money doing this if anything especially since they gave it away free to people who bought the previous releases.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It’s free and it’s not like Doom is a famously expensive series of games or anything; each entry is 5 quid at most unless it’s 2016 or Eternal.