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"Players can play the entire game from the map mode. Zoom in close enough and you can even see individual bullets flying around the levels."

I don't remember that from the original Doom? I didn't think you could see any other 'things' on the map, let alone that the bullet weapons are hitscan so don't have any projectiles flying about.

Am I misunderstanding what they mean here? Or is my memory just failing me?

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I can't recall if it required a cheat or not (secret stuff didn't show up on the map by default), but you could absolutely see every entity in the level from the map screen.

This included enemies, projectiles, powerups, bullet sparks and assorted decorations. Many of them were shown as little arrows indicating which direction they were facing.

From memory, "things" / entities aren't visible on the map by default, but toggle keys and/or cheat codes can make more stuff visible.

Projectiles (from the rocket launcher, plasma gun, and BFG9000) will fly around.

You can't see the projectiles from hitscan weapons fly across the map, but things like puffs of smoke on the walls where a weapon hits it are short-lived "things" and you can see them blink into (and out of) existence.

If I'm not mistaken, keying in "iddt" multiple times would show more and more detail, up to and including entities.

I definitely remember that from the original Doom. I don't recall if you needed a cheat code to activate, or if it was just an option.

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