#PAIN ELEMENTAL DOOM 64 SERIES#

Is that just me? It has a sadder expression on its face, smaller horns, those silly little t-rex arms and a much bigger, more soulful eye. The Pain Elemental also always struck me as a whole lot cutesier than the Cacodemon. Instead of fireballs, this creature spits Lost Souls, smaller enemies resembling flying, flaming demon skulls. So in Doom II, a creature clearly related to the Cacodemon was introduced, the outrageously named Pain Elemental. I think that's all a lot more interesting than burping fire, but what do I know? In case you were curious, The Astral Dreadnought is a monster that lives on the astral plane and eats people's astral projections, which become trapped in a plane of reality that exists only within the Astral Dreadnought, so it actually kind of works as a mobile jail for psychic travelers. It's not like Doom was obscure enough for this to slip under any major publisher's radar, either, but get away with it they did nobody remembers what an Astral Dreadnought is, but everyone thinks of the Cacodemon as a world famous icon of gaming culture. How the heck did they get away with this, anyway? This technically means that the Cacodemon was designed by artist Jeff Easley, but I'm pretty sure he never got any Doom money. Granted, the most 'creative' demon in Doom actually wasn't original at all besides the similarities to a Beholder, its design is literally just another Dungeons and Dragons monster, the Astral Dradnought, cropped down to its face. That's okay, though sometimes it's the little things in life that really make you smile. It's a big round devil head and it can fly.

And instead of various eye-beams, a Cacodemon spits purple fireballs, or 'plasma' as they call it, and well.that's it, really. Like the Beholders from Dungeons and Dragons, a Cacodemon is just a huge, balloon-like sphere of meat with a big, toothy maw a single eye in the center, though instead of a Beholder's many eye-stalks, a Cacodemon has an array of horns and spines. Yes, Cacodemons! Probably the most iconic creatures in the Doom franchise, though admittedly that's not a very tight competition most of Doom is populated by rather conventional looking demons and devils when compared to these big, bloated cyclops heads.

#PAIN ELEMENTAL DOOM 64 SERIES#

While I haven't personally kept up close with this series over the years, I played quite a bit of Doom, Doom II and Doom 64 back in the 90's, and who doesn't love a good Cacodemon? One big downside is that they're too easy to block, even unintentionally.If you didn't know already, a new Doom landed this year, around the same time Animal Crossing also stopped in to give everybody something to do through the end of the world. While it makes them underpowered when alone, they can be a total pain when in groups. No other enemy requires you to hug its face as much as the Pain Elemental does since there's never a reason to get out of melee range once in it. On the other hand, I really like how unique the classic one is in terms of play style. From a player perspective that's great, but from an enemy balance perspective it can be a bit limiting. Given the cramped nature of Doom's hallways, though, it can lead to a lot of infighting due to walls blocking spawns. Getting close is dangerous and Lost Souls need to be dispatched of quickly if you want to survive.

On one hand, I like how much larger of a presence the N64 one has.

If you're not sure what the difference is, they nerfed its health from 100 to 60 but made it attack like crazy.Д¬an be blocked making it entirely uselessД«locking Lost Soul spawns causes absolutely massive damage to those unfortunate enough to be close by Let's assume we're using Doom 64's Lost Soul since it's an actual enemy and not a moving wall.

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