When comparing Descent vs Doom, the Slant community recommends Doom for most people. In the question“What are the best and the most revolutionary games of all time?” Doom is ranked 2nd while Descent is ranked 62nd. The most important reason people chose Doom is:
Doom was the game responsible for the explosion in popularity of the FPS genre. Doom was so revolutionary and influential that, for a generation, games in the First Person Shooter genre were known merely as "Doom clones".
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Pros
Pro Unique play style
Unlike most first person shooters at the time, this game sees the player in a ship that is flying around, while it is a first person shooter, there is a bit of verticality to the play.
Pro Easily customized controls
There are a ton of settings for the user controls, which is nice as there are a lot of controls for the game. This way users can adjust to their liking and playstyle.
Pro Responsible for popularity of the FPS genre
Doom was the game responsible for the explosion in popularity of the FPS genre. Doom was so revolutionary and influential that, for a generation, games in the First Person Shooter genre were known merely as "Doom clones".
Pro Impressive graphics
Doom had impressive graphics at the time.
Pro Fantastic soundtrack
The DOOM soundtrack is classic and it'll have you headbanging through the levels.
Pro Pioneered Networked Multiplayer
Doom was pioneering its immensely popular Networked Multiplayer mode.
Pro Unprecedented support for customizing the game
Cons
Con Gameplay gets stale
There is not a large assortment of enemies to be found and the gameplay is basically the same throughout other than the amount of enemies, which can get old.
Con Difficult to play online
While there may be some workarounds, the original release did no support any online multiplayer due to so few having internet back in 1993.