Has Mario Kart lost its style?

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Doom
Survival Horror is a great genre. But Doom was never meant to be that kind of game. Doom should just be about you, a double-barelled shotgun and an endless stream of cannon-fodder to obliterate. We had several iterations of old-school Doom before the series' reinvention on PC and subsequently Xbox. But it wasn't the same.

Too much flashlight-waving, darkness probing and cheap scares made some players start walking backwards through rooms. Why? Because so many things were programmed to jump out from behind you, it was actually easier to play it like that. A return to straight blasting with stunningly-rendered evil monsters running into your crosshairs would have been enough. Maybe next time.

Justin Towell
Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.