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‘Doom’ Started Over Because It “Wasn’t ‘Doom’ Enough”
It’s been almost two years since Bethesda told us id Software had scrapped an earlier version of Doom so the team could start fresh on what would eventually become the game we were treated to just last week. They didn’t go into much detail, just that the decision had been made because the game “did not have a soul.”
That’s not a particularly revealing statement, but in an industry that’s become obsessed with cramming all the polygons into their games in a silly pursuit of photorealism, it’s good to know Bethesda is looking for that sort of thing in their games.
“We weren’t happy with the game that was being made,” Bethesda marketing VP Pete Hines told Polygon. “We decided that it wasn’t Doom enough and needed to be thrown out and started over. Some folks left and some faces changed at the studio. Out of that change—which was not easy for those guys to go through—some amazing things happened.”
When they realized the Doom they had might’ve been too heavily inspired by modern shooters like Call of Duty — if you need an idea of how much it had strayed, taking cover was a thing — the decision was made to start fresh.
Sometimes, a seemingly disastrous setback can be a very good thing.
While you wait for Alien: Romulus, the folks over at Devilworks have cooked up their own slice of “mockbuster” fun with Alien Hunt, and we’re debuting the trailer here on BD this morning.
This brand-new sci-fi horror from director Aaron Mirtes (The Bigfoot Trap, Painted in Blood) is set for its US premiere on May 14, and you can find it on digital thanks to Devilworks.
You can exclusively watch the official trailer for Alien Hunt below, which looks to combine elements of Alien and Predator. This particular “mockbuster” has very little interest in hiding its inspirations, with the alien designs plucked straight out of H.R. Giger’s beautiful brain. Hey, if you’re going to pull from other movies, might as well take from the all-time greats!
In Alien Hunt, “On a hunting trip in the wilderness, a group of siblings discovers an abandoned military outpost on their land, but is it what it seems?
“Their trip takes a sinister turn when they find themselves facing off against a relentless army of extra-terrestrial beings. Suddenly, the hunters become the hunted.
“The formidable squad of alien soldiers will stop at nothing to wipe out the enemy and in an all-out, brutal battle for survival, it’s kill or be killed in Alien Hunt.”
Barron Boedecker (Escape Pod, The Bigfoot Trap), Brent Bentley (The Perfect In-Laws, Haunt Season), Deiondre Teagle (The Visitor, Painted in Blood, Death Ranch), Chelsey Fuller (The Bigfoot Trap, The Silent Natural), Jesse Santoyo (A Nashville Country Christmas, Potter’s Ground), and Adam Pietripaoli (The Bigfoot Trap, The OctoGames) star.
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