Footage Emerges from Canceled Doom 4 Game

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After more than three and a half decades, Doom is still showing the world how to make incredible first-person shooters. Along with such other highly praised titles as Half-Life, Quake, and GoldenEye 007, id Software's original 1993 release has gone down as one of the most influential FPS games of all time. The reboot from a few years ago has renewed great interest in the franchise, but what hit the shelves and digital storefronts back in 2016 was almost not what fans were going to get.

Many are perhaps already aware that there was a fourth Doom game in development. However, the project was scrapped, and the team began reworking the project into what would become the reboot that players know and love. Now, some footage from the canceled Doom 4 has been unearthed, and has been shown off by the YouTube channel NoClip. The video shows a number of aspects from the game's early development, which includes some play footage, animations, and tech demos, such as lighting effects and depth of field.

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There are also a few early portrayals of some of the «glory kills» that would be reworked for the reboot. While generally this scrapped game would have more of a Call of Duty vibe about it, many will still see elements that would survive and make it into the 2016 release, such as the animation which shows what would have been the opening cut-scene.

NoClip specializes in video game documentaries and behind-the-scenes footage. Recently, the team was able to show off a demonstration from the cancelled «Ravenholm» Half-Life project, which was being developed by Arkane Studios.

As well as this latest video, some images from the called off Doom 4 emerged a few months ago, showing some of the Resistance