It's out. They did a fine job with the controls. I recommend setting it to "always run", then using the left trigger as a brake (for both moving and turning). Motions are progressive (with the analog sticks) regardless, so you'll get the feel of it quickly, and soon it feels spot on. You can weapon up and down with B and Y, or use the D-pad for quick select between categories. E.g., D-up is shotguns, D-right is bullet shooters. Pressing the same direction again goes to the next lower weapon of the same type. X is the map, which can be zoomed in & out with the bumpers. If you have an LCD or other TV/monitor without overscan issues, set the screen size to 7.
Playing the first level of Hell on Earth isn't much of a trial. It's short and we all know it by heart. But the first level of the new episode is also available, and that's very cool. It took me nearly an hour to get 100% kills and secrets. I played through it again in just under 20 min.
One nifty thing I noticed is that if you let it sit on the menu screen after you're done with the level, it will replay your performance, all of it. I just wish I could get the menu text and Doom II logo off the screen for that.
Perfect frame rate, of course. (Anything else would be shitty on modern hardware for this game.) The music we all know too, and the rendition is a step up from the original's, as I remember it. It's only about a 36 MB download. 800 pts ($10 US). I don't intend to buy it at the moment.
