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*** But that shouldn't be too hard, as the resident [[Artifact of Doom]] gives you a not-so-subtle hint on how to kill it.

** Heck, the Cyberdemon from the ''original'' Doom can get like this, straddling the line between this and [[Wake Up Call Boss]]. Once you get past his [[Oh Crap|giant roar]] and [[Hell Is That Noise|KATHUNK-KATHUNK-KATHUNK]] footsteps, he's less of a boss and more of a [[Damage Sponge Boss|circle-strafing target]] because, unlike the Bruisers, there's only one of him and he hangs out in a much more open arena. His rockets are definitely faster than the fireballs you've been dodging up to this point, but after a while you will find yourself filing them under [[Painfully Slow Projectile|Painfully Slow Projectiles]] all the same.

* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]]: The finale for the [[Game Boy Advance]] edition of ''Doom'' shows the ending picture from ''Ultimate Doom's'' fourth episode, with the marine carrying the severed head of his luckless pet bunny, but it doesn't show the cutscene from episode three that gives the picture its context, leaving new players wondering why the hell Doomguy is just holding some rabbit's head.

* [[Complacent Gaming Syndrome]]: Dwango5, [http://www.doomworld.com/10years/bestwads/1995.php according to Doomworld].

** The 3DO version comes dangerously close to being worst. In addition to cutting several levels and monsters, it also has serious frame rate issues. You can either shrink the screen down (making it virtually impossible to see anything without bunching up to the TV), or you could make the window bigger (which caused the frame rate to drop into ''single digits'' at points). The only thing saving it is [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|the awesomely remixed soundtrack.]]

** Keep in mind that most of console ports (except for the SNES version) were based on the [[Atari Jaguar]] version; Romero, Carmack, and id Software developed the Jaguar version themselves.

** And for some people, the four novels based on the original game. The demons were changed to aliens and the Doomguy was forced to have a female Marine tagging along with him, then her plus a Mormon soldier and a teenager on Earth. That's ignoring how the third and fourth books really went off on a tangent about faith and the soul.

* [[Special Effect Failure]]: The Windows port, Doom95 (which incorporates ''Doom, Doom II, Ultimate Doom and Final Doom'') makes full use of Windows' facilities, including using hardware acceleration (where available) to implement the "partial invisibility" effect. Unfortunately, on some graphics cards this doesn't work properly, and Spectres (and players using the Partial Invisibility power-up) are even ''more'' conspicuous than other creatures. Lampshaded in the Doom95 manual. ''"Due to all of this new hardware tech, the previously-nearly-invisible Spectres are now in the realm of sorta-invisible. To make up for the difference, please close your eyes when you encounter them."''

** The UAC of ''Doom 3'' aren't geniuses, but they aren't responsible for the fiasco that unfolds. {{spoiler|Betruger specifically went against orders and forged a pact with hell that blindsided them, as proven by the two representatives who actually DO come from corporate HQ, who wind up helping to save the human race by containing the problem to Mars. While they SHOULD have gotten rid of Betruger earlier and shouldn't have been dabbling in all the things they were, they took fairly sane precautions that were deliberately undermined by treason from within rather than their own stupidity.}}

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* [[Narm Charm]]: The hero falls in toxic waste while fighting some zombies. When he climbs out, he delivers a hilariously deadpan PSA about pollution.

{{quote| "Now I'm '''radioactive'''! [[And That's Terrible|That can't be good]]!"}}

 

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