It was never as big of a gap as it seemed. It's probably the most divisive preference prequel vs. sequel games ever, and for obvious reasons.
In reality both are amazing games and I can see literally any pov for preferring one to the other. Unless it's just complaining about issues that can be debunked easily in Eternal's case, which come up a lot.
the one thing I dislike about this game is the collectibles system. In Doom Eternal, all the collectibles are very straightforward and simple to get, never breaking the pace, cause they realized that having to spend 5 minutes just walking around looking for a fucking lever isn't incredibly fun
i still prefer Eternal tho
In reality both are amazing games and I can see literally any pov for preferring one to the other. Unless it's just complaining about issues that can be debunked easily in Eternal's case, which come up a lot.