The mid 90s is a period in gaming industry, when the FPS genre started to flourish. In 1993 id Software released Doom. Subsequently, Doom 2 went into the production, followed by other so called “Doom clones” such as Heretic and Hexen, which were released soon afterwards. While considered copies of the original Doom, both games introduced new elements of gameplay into the genre, such as flying, powerups, magical items and ability to play with three different character classes, virtually creating three games in one. Id Software didn’t let the world wait too long and in 1995 they released Quake – the game which completely revolutionized the idea of creating FPS games. What happened afterwards is now history…
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