The Nightmare Comparison: Vanilla Doom/Doom 2 vs. BFG Edition Doom/Doom 2

 

Something I noticed a while back but finally just decided to display. The differences between "The Ultimate Doom" and "Doom II: Hell on Earth" in their original v1.9 forms, vs. the same games from their "Doom 3: BFG Edition" forms. Imp fireballs are normal speed as opposed to 50% faster (which would also apply to the Cacodemon). Hell Knight fireballs are normal speed as opposed to 33% faster (this applies to the Baron of Hell as well). Demons and Specters move and attack at normal speed as opposed to twice as fast. This is a significant change to the difficulty of Nightmare!, as it was meant to be extremely tough. Slower fireballs and slower moving/attacking Demons/Specters mean that you don't have to react nearly as quickly. No word yet as to why these changes were made. The thread on Bethesda/id's Forums can be found here: http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1420518-doom-1-doom-2-changes-to-nightmare-difficulty/