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Doom Eternal

Developer: id Software Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
20 March 2020
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Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
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Doom Eternal is the closest thing to perfection you can get from a first person shooter.
With the amount of enemies, the fact you don't get much ammo and the sheer speed of how things went it made for the most engaging shooter I've played in a long time, if not ever. Whether I was shooting demons or looking endlessly for secrets, I was not once bored or out of the experience and I ended up getting all the little toy collectables, the albums, all the upgrades, did all the mission challenges and just overall did everything there was to do, I never do that shit in video games, collecting collectables is the thing that always keeps me far away from even attempting to 100% a game but here I actively looked for all of them.

This game feels like it was made to simply be a lot of fun and every decision made was to keep you engaged with it's combat which is very refined and feels a lot better than in Doom 2016, it's also more brutal, longer, more action packed and lacks the little moments of boredom that 2016 had in it.

I don't mind the addition of cutscenes and making the game...well not more story focused, but just have more story in general, personally thought the story was fine and that's more than I could ask for in a Doom game given that...I couldn't care any less about whatever was going on story wise in Doom 2016 (not necessarily a negative, the Doom Slayer himself didn't seem to care about it either) but here...well I also didn't care much but I was following the plot and not zoning out whenever someone was talking with me. Cutscenes being included also means that there aren't any parts where the game's pace slows the fuck down so that robot guy (forgot his name) can talk to you for 3 minutes in his office.

The multiplayer is cool, it's like reverse Evolve where there's 3 demons vs one Doom Slayer. It's a cool little time killer that I honestly didn't care much for but I enjoyed the little time I played with it and it’s a LOT better than the MP in doom 2016.

I remember when this game dropped, I downloaded it legally*n’t* to try it out for an hour or 2 before I bought the game, what happened is that I beat the game and didn't play anything else until I made sure that I had beaten it because it was just that mind blowingly good and addicting.

Now I got the game on steam and replayed it, just as good as the first time, maybe even better. I also got the DLC which I’m looking forward to playing.

My only issue is that the gameplay loop has been so perfected that there really is nowhere to go but down from here if they choose to make another Doom game anytime soon, if it becomes any more complex it'll be too much but if the next one goes for something a little more back to basics it might seem like a downgrade, and if they add nothing then it’ll feel pointless.

But at the same time it says a lot about how much I loved a game if the only negative I have about it is that it’s so good no sequel can even dare to match it.
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Do you have problems? Do you often feel frustrated at the end of the day with the state of the world around you? Do you oftentimes feel as if you are slowly drowning amidst an ever-connected world that is slowly eating itself alive? Do you find yourself frustrated by the lack of control you have over your life? Are you one of many unfortunate souls who is perpetually glued to the familiar glow of a blue screen, hoping that it might offer some sort of truth in your life? Have you woken up recently and discovered that the world you once knew seems to be disintegrating at a rapid rate due to some microscopic killing machine that can't be bought, bargained, or reasoned with? Does the uncertainty of life get you down? Does existential dread leave you with a frown? Have you lost faith in yourself, the people you love, or other things important people told you were worth caring about? Do you have demons? Are they the things that you are always waging a silent war against despite your best wishes? Do you feel overcome by that battle and feel it futile in the long run?

Well you're not the only one who has problems. Doomguy has problems. Doomguy fights demons. In fact, he fights a hell of a lot of them and from what I can gather, he seems to be pretty damn good at fighting them. Doomguy doesn't get bogged down in the crippling and troubling reality of human existence because Doomguy ain't got time for that shit. Doomguy's far too busy ripping and tearing his demons to pieces, eviscerating the slightest hint of their puny, pathetic existence. And you would think that he might eventually be crippled or hindered by the burden of being Doomguy, but no, Doomguy simply does. In the face of a chaotic and unpredictable world that is falling around him, he does not falter. Doomguy isn't troubled or terrified by the void because he is the void—the void for all those horrible, evil things of which he is absolutely sure will stand in his way. Doomguy isn't disturbed by this. He knows exactly who he is and that he is necessary. No demon, no matter how gruesome or massive will faze that guy, because that guy knows a solitary truth: whatever unimaginable evil that might stand in his way isn't resilient or stubborn enough to survive like he is. For those unimaginable evil things aren't so terrifying after all. Though they may look menacing and treacherous, Doomguy knows the thing that they fear. It is the thing they are plagued by late at night when they are trying to rest beneath their unholy headboards. It is the thing they check for beneath their beds every night in terror. It is Doomguy and it is no one else.

Be like Doomguy. When the world's got you down and existential dread is making you frown, remember that you're not the only one who fights demons. Let them know you ain't in to negotiating. You're the one that those demons get to negotiate with.

Oh, and if the state of the world has you feeling anxious or sad right now, please play Doom Eternal. There's nothing more pure and cathartic than shaving a demon's face with a chainsaw. Nothing will get your mind off of the world faster than Doom Eternal. Like a righteous needle of adrenaline being injected directly into your eyeball, it'll get the job done.
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Possibly the greatest FPS of all time
builds on everything established in the Doom 2016 reboot to its fullest extent, punchy weapons, frantic gameplay, kickass story and an awesome gibbing mechanic to boot it feels like a true revival and progression of fast paced boomer shooter gameplay
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cactushroom 2023-03-03T23:46:00Z
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Gameplay is so good
Fuck the story I didn’t pay attention to anything.

But this game has the best flowing combat of any game. Guns are satisfying to shoot, and you being forced to constantly be on the move makes the game flow like no other.
Incredible combat, mid story
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Things I've Learned
- marauders are Public Enemy Number One

- archviles to an extent too; those two enemies brought the game a little too one-dimensional for me. maybe it’s a skill issue, but they feel like enemies that you need to take care of first and, in the marauder’s case, one specific way (super shotgun + ballista). I love the versatility of being able to approach a scenario however I want to, and these two enemies brought that element to its knees.

- I like the feeling of being challenged and overcoming challenge, but dislike failure due to challenge. a few times is okay, but all of my fun dematerializes if it happens more than “I feel it should” (wherever that boundary situates itself).

- I need to take time to understand the information a game gives me and learn the systems it has. jumping in all willy-nilly might initially feel better, but taking a breather to conceptualize mechanics will feel more satisfying and allow me to play better as a result. (notably: weapon wheel and flame belch/chainsaw)

- once you get into the flow of this game, it kicks so much ass. as much as this game does, it still manages to be incredibly fun once I was able to digest everything that felt new to me.

- STOP UNCONCERNEDLY SCROLLING THROUGH THE WEAPONS AND FIRING WHATEVER I LAND ON! that is exactly how we Completely Waste a total of 14 BFG shots. I still prefer 2016’s “use an entirely different button” approach, as it gives the BFG a much greater feeling of weight and power to it. sorta like a big red button under a glass case with the label “EMERGENCY ONLY” written above it. might be a little much doing this for the BFG given that the crucible already does this, but it still feels like too powerful a weapon to be lumped near everything else. (see: point above about utilizing weapon wheel, however)

- this game and DOOM (2016) feel like two different flavors of DOOM. put the good elements from each together and you have an easy 10/10 game. this game’s movement did make going back to DOOM (2016) a sluggish battle, but I’d much rather be in DOOM (2016)’s world.

- sometimes I just want to shoot demons!!

- I got lost. too much, which for the most part I blame on myself. either way, getting detracted from the experience because I didn’t see the grabbable wall or couldn’t find that switch/punchable block that was hiding in plain sight is something I wish didn’t happen in this game. not sure this game needed platforming sections in general.

- that section where you become a revenant and can use its abilities was way too short and underutilized. I’m glad they built off of it for multiplayer, but you’re just gonna put something that cool in and only use it for one incredibly short section?
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GalacticHole 2022-02-05T18:13:06Z
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this was the second shooter I had ever played (the first being DOOM (2016)). if anything here sounds unexperienced, it's because it is.
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afalter Doom Eternal 2023-03-22T02:48:37Z
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SirDanksalot Doom Eternal 2023-03-21T16:26:12Z
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Chair1059 Doom Eternal 2023-03-21T00:17:23Z
2023-03-21T00:17:23Z
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jojobobee Doom Eternal 2023-03-20T19:22:24Z
2023-03-20T19:22:24Z
4.5
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nautical Doom Eternal 2023-03-20T02:44:18Z
2023-03-20T02:44:18Z
4.5
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macguffin69 Doom Eternal 2023-03-19T15:55:33Z
2023-03-19T15:55:33Z
4.5
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bluedream Doom Eternal 2023-03-19T04:11:29Z
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chespin321 Doom Eternal 2023-03-18T23:51:58Z
2023-03-18T23:51:58Z
3.5
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Its_Yassine Doom Eternal 2023-03-18T22:06:39Z
2023-03-18T22:06:39Z
4.5
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Cake6 Doom Eternal 2023-03-18T20:19:18Z
2023-03-18T20:19:18Z
4.0
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starwalk Doom Eternal 2023-03-18T15:04:21Z
2023-03-18T15:04:21Z
4.5
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habobo Doom Eternal 2023-03-18T03:08:28Z
2023-03-18T03:08:28Z
4.0
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  • vibrii 2022-07-16 05:43:58.46317+00
    ^ had this opinion of 2k16 but this game did them much better imo with the new blade animations looking way better and the new dashes speeding up the overall pace of combat
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    • Randomico 2022-08-03 02:30:08.447258+00
      agree
      also, there's a rune that makes glory kills faster
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  • emrephones 2022-10-11 17:52:58.694477+00
    too much parkour
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  • Convalescence 2022-10-26 18:46:34.265872+00
    I never understood the gripes with glory-kills in these games. Feels like it's a reasonable gap in combat to take a quick breather/reset before continuing with the combat. Plus you can pretty much completely forego glory kills if you want.
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    • Convalescence 2022-10-28 21:05:30.726063+00
      Like if you're playing quickly enough to be annoyed at glory-kills being pacebreaking, then you're presumably playing well enough to do without glory killing at all, or hardly at all, imho.
    • Bagman 2022-11-04 00:42:25.096114+00
      Glory kills do change the pace of the game compared with games like Doom and Blood. Blood even has the mechanic where enemies sometimes drop health pickups.
    • Convalescence 2023-01-29 21:04:02.652049+00
      I agree they change the pace, but not in the most detrimental way. I’ve rarely felt like they got in the way of my enjoyment. Plus with flame combos and ice grenade combos you can often get away with not using glory kills at all since enemies almost always drop health anyways. I just find the discussion surrounding the faults of the glory kill system are often overstated, especially given how varied the combat is otherwise.
    • cringeybabey 2023-02-21 17:55:35.499604+00
      yeah if glory kills don't feel like a nice breather then you should probably turn the difficulty up. the game is the most engaging and balanced on the harder difficulties anyways.
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  • Splinteredsilhouette 2023-02-01 20:56:44.967438+00
    I'm only a few hours in, but this doesn't seem as good as 2016.
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    • cringeybabey 2023-02-21 17:54:18.205067+00
      in my experience this game takes more time to grow on you than 2016. after beating both multiple times I vastly prefer it now.
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  • Boffy 2023-02-24 04:28:47.811902+00
    As much as I love 2016 and prefer it's less cartoony / more gritty look compared to Eternal, I definitely have found myself having a lot more fun
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  • DavidthePearce 2023-03-15 22:42:55.294911+00
    I prefer the "shoot demon until dead" simplicity of '16 more. Eternal puts greater emphasis on weak-points and weapon situational utility, which undoubtedly makes it a more compelling gameplay experience, but deep in my heart I just want to use biggest gun and kill demon.
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    • DavidthePearce 2023-03-15 22:44:09.115479+00
      Eternal is definitely the better of the two, '16 is the one I prefer playing.
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