DOOM Eternal

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  1. res0nancer
    Jun 5, 2023
    7
    Хорошее продолжение игры 2016 года, в котором расширили геймплей, давая возможность насладиться буквально мясом под жОсткую музыку. Devil May Cry от мира шутеров.
  2. passionne
    May 30, 2023
    7
    The good :

    - frantic action. - excellent optimization. - ray tracing reflections are awesome : they can be further improved with the following commands in the console : r_raytracedReflectionsTemporalUpscaleQuality=0 and r_SSRMinSmoothness between 0 and 0.5 - interesting story which gives the genesis of the deamons, hell and chaos. - sounds and music are excellent. - no woke    The good :

    - frantic action.
    - excellent optimization.
    - ray tracing reflections are awesome : they can be further improved with the following commands in the console : r_raytracedReflectionsTemporalUpscaleQuality=0 and r_SSRMinSmoothness between 0 and 0.5
    - interesting story which gives the genesis of the deamons, hell and chaos.
    - sounds and music are excellent.
    - no woke propaganda which is very rare for an american game.

    The bad :

    - the textures resolution could have been better, even if they are not bad.
    - the action is so intense that the game becomes quickly tiring.
    - the difficulty is quite high : at the beginning, the game is easy but it becomes more and more difficult and at the end, is a nightmare. I was forced to enable the god mode to finish the game.
    - the platforms stages are frustrating.
    - the oppression and threat atmosphere is not present, contrary to its predecessor Doom 3.
    - no weapons sensations (no recoil...).
    - no manual save.
    - very repetitive.

    One of the best FPS on PC.    … Expand
  3. ilovegamedemos8
    May 22, 2023
    7
    i havent played this but it looks heckin fun yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
  4. TwoBe
    May 22, 2023
    7
    This wasn't as good as the previous one, I hated that they just throw at you the same exact waves of daemons/monsters over and over again, it gets boring and frustrating after a while and as with the previous instalment there's no story here just aim and shoot.

    The graphics are amazing, if you though the previous Doom had great graphics you are gonna be surprise of the detail and    This wasn't as good as the previous one, I hated that they just throw at you the same exact waves of daemons/monsters over and over again, it gets boring and frustrating after a while and as with the previous instalment there's no story here just aim and shoot.

    The graphics are amazing, if you though the previous Doom had great graphics you are gonna be surprise of the detail and quality of the graphics here. I wish other games would have the same dedication to the visuals, the game runs very smoothly for such quality.    … Expand
  5. SergeiZ
    Mar 18, 2023
    7
    The game is good but worse than the previous part.
    What are the problems:
    1) It became more arcade. In terms of visual design. Where all bonuses and weapons used to be on the ground, now they hang in the air and are huge so even the blind can see them. 2) Fights have become chaotic. In the last part, the fights were too slow for me, it seems to go faster here, but because of the    The game is good but worse than the previous part.
    What are the problems:
    1) It became more arcade. In terms of visual design. Where all bonuses and weapons used to be on the ground, now they hang in the air and are huge so even the blind can see them.
    2) Fights have become chaotic. In the last part, the fights were too slow for me, it seems to go faster here, but because of the abundance of flowers and enemies, it is often perceived as a "heap".
    3) There are many small flaws in the game design that don't make the game bad, just make it a bit more awkward. For example exams. In the last game, you had to get runes in such trials. If a player has lost, he can restart the test. If you lose in Doom Eternal, you're save will load BEFORE Trials is activated. +1 key press +1 loading screen. Not that bad, but still a drawback. Tests used to be more diverse. Now - just kill all demons. Boring. etc.
    4) I really don't like the plot changes.
    5) Separately, I mark adding an excessive grotesque, which is simply unnecessary. But he is.

    The rest is hurricane action, it is interesting to play on the Nightmare, in some places the game is even difficult.

    Conclusion:
    Good action but worse than the prequel.    … Expand
  6. NyanFish
    Feb 19, 2023
    6
    Ого
    Виды 10 на 10
    Стрельба 10 на 10 Проработка всего 10 на 10 НО ПОЧЕМУ ТАК ДУШНО? Я казуал получается, я сдался на последней миссии и не смог пройти на хардкоре, плюньте в лицо А так то поставить на тяжёлоный и нормально пройти и наслодиться игрой, эпик зашкаливает 6 из 10    Ого
    Виды 10 на 10
    Стрельба 10 на 10
    Проработка всего 10 на 10
    НО ПОЧЕМУ ТАК ДУШНО? Я казуал получается, я сдался на последней миссии и не смог пройти на хардкоре, плюньте в лицо
    А так то поставить на тяжёлоный и нормально пройти и наслодиться игрой, эпик зашкаливает
    6 из 10
  7. farrrullll
    Jan 27, 2023
    7
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  8. SirFranzALot
    Jan 16, 2023
    7
    I have to confess that I'm not a big fan of Doom. And Eternal didn´t change a thing. To me it´s just a generic boring shooter which feels quite a bit to long. To monotonous and after playing Doom from 2016 I really don´t see enough differences. None related to the gameplay, which is okay but in my opinion it should've developed furthermore. What bothers me more is that the levels are justI have to confess that I'm not a big fan of Doom. And Eternal didn´t change a thing. To me it´s just a generic boring shooter which feels quite a bit to long. To monotonous and after playing Doom from 2016 I really don´t see enough differences. None related to the gameplay, which is okay but in my opinion it should've developed furthermore. What bothers me more is that the levels are just the same as in part one. A space station there, a little bit of Mars here and even the hell ist back.
    But technically its a great game and there is nothing to complain about. And it´s performing incredibly well when it comes to FPS.    … Expand
  9. GuiBio
    Dec 29, 2022
    7
    Good Hardcore shooter, blood, heavy metal and violence. Simple formula, amazing game
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    Nov 27, 2022
    7
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  11. D3D11
    Oct 8, 2022
    6
    The problem with this game is that it is called DOOM for a reason which is beyond me, because it is nothing, but Quake 5 arena which pretend to have a story and gameplay.

    If you familiar with the original Doom series, you know that most of the fun came from exploring the levels, because level design was a separated profession back then, whereas nowadays they ask the cleaner lady to do    The problem with this game is that it is called DOOM for a reason which is beyond me, because it is nothing, but Quake 5 arena which pretend to have a story and gameplay.

    If you familiar with the original Doom series, you know that most of the fun came from exploring the levels, because level design was a separated profession back then, whereas nowadays they ask the cleaner lady to do the job.

    The mechanics is the following: you go in a perfectly linear level, and time to time you enter arena fights, exactly and precisely like in Quake 3 Arena. It is fun at first because of the game mechanics which is entirely optimized for this, but it gets old very fast.

    Even the design is entirely Quake. Some pickups, monsters and weapons are like in the original, but they couldn't capture the essence of the design, so it is like that and not like that at the same time. They have reduced every classic thing to a mediocre one. Just why? They had the original, how the "hell" they could mess it up? It is not as if they had to reinvent the wheel.

    Adding lots of Super Mario-like platform elements is also devastating. You are the Doom guy, Super Mario and Lara Croft at the same time. It is anything but funny.

    The other thing is that the gore is missing. They use weird colors and schemes which makes the gore not bloody at all. It is not scary, not disgusting, not realistic, nothing, like a cartoon or something. You explore the hell and the entire hell itself isn't scary at all. In the big soui-harvester you find about 8 souls which is tortured COVERED BY BLANKETS. I suspect this is because of the huge censor, so it is Disney-Quake, targeted the younger age group, which is completely unnecessary, since the true fans of Doom are 30-40 year old guys, and there is no reason to think that youngsters would not jump into it. According to the original Doom, it is mandatory to build the entire game on horror elements.

    And the typical "realistic" color scheme: everything is brown, gray, brown, gray, and brown. Congratulation.

    We have to mention the absolutely, devastatingly bad sound-schemes. This applies to the 2016 Doom too. In the original Doom you cold recognize every monster, every pickup, every event, every weapon by their unique and absolutely amazing sound (which was made from free sounds). Now you have a mediocre sound-soup, in which you can't recognize nothing. It is one of the biggest disappointment in the game. I simply can't imagine how they could NOT make real sounds. They would just have to copy the original, upgrade it and that's all. Same with the soundtrack. They asked the cleaner lady to make this too.

    The monster design is also mediocre. You going to find hard time to make differences between them, in most cases. Hilarious.

    The story is also boring and technically non-existent. It is just a cliche-war.

    I was so badly expected something like the original "Hell On Earth", where you can explore huge cities with tons of explorable areas and huge, open-ground fights. What a complete disappointment, compared to that. Even the original developers realized that they have to make bigger areas instead of tunnels.

    The only thing which is left is to give the game to the modders and let them to make something meaningful out of it.

    I gave it 0 points because this is not a 7.7 point game, but a 6 arcade whatever.

    UPDATE: after 20+ hours, if you learn all the trick finally, such as quick weapon change, quick aim, and get used to the game mechanics, the game going to be more enjoyable.

    However, there are times when you quiet boringly killing monsters at nightmare difficulty.

    While I stand for everything I say, if you master the game, it is going to be better eventually, so I gave it a 6 point instead of 0.

    It is true that the game itself rocks. It really has some unique characteristic, which makes it one of the best in the genre, but this is because the competition is so LOW.

    So regardless of everything said, I recommend this game.    … Expand
  12. Rob-Piton
    Aug 2, 2022
    7
    good quality "fast food" in games, well done, but it is still can be boring
  13. Yhiz
    Jul 25, 2022
    5
    Not bad, was fun for a bit but got boring rather quick. Graphics are really nice, game runs well but falls off from there. Storytelling wasn't the best although maybe thats because I've never played any other doom game, and it becomes very repetitive and boring. Its not a blast to play, its the kind of game I would play when I'm bored perhaps. I think I had more fun with metal gear risingNot bad, was fun for a bit but got boring rather quick. Graphics are really nice, game runs well but falls off from there. Storytelling wasn't the best although maybe thats because I've never played any other doom game, and it becomes very repetitive and boring. Its not a blast to play, its the kind of game I would play when I'm bored perhaps. I think I had more fun with metal gear rising than this, and thats a ps3/360 game released in 2013 for £20. This game has close to no replayability because of how the gameplay is the exact same the entire way through with different settings and gimmicks to come with it. I got the game for £15, which I think is somewhat worth it but DO NOT buy it for £50. £15 is a fair price for something like this, although I think most of the focus went into the graphics and the marketing material. RTX, DLSS, millions of graphical settings to play with except RTX has some major problems so I figure its only there for marketing.

    Overall, only buy if you find the game under £20. Anything over and its a complete waste of money because the gameplay loop gets boring very quick. People can praise the game all they want but in the end they probably completed it once and never even touched it again.    … Expand
  14. Devastator1988
    Jul 17, 2022
    7
    An action packed FPS that is full of gore and violence. But the constant lack of ammo makes it a bit frustrating if you dislike glory kills that give new ammo.
  15. BulgarianCritic
    Jul 9, 2022
    7
    The game play is fluid, fast paced and action packed which is awesome. There is also a lot of quick time decisions you need to take in regards to which weapons you need to use when you fight different enemies and the environment that you fight them in. The story is alright for the type of setting that this game is in, I love the hilarious moments when doom guy just goes to the humans andThe game play is fluid, fast paced and action packed which is awesome. There is also a lot of quick time decisions you need to take in regards to which weapons you need to use when you fight different enemies and the environment that you fight them in. The story is alright for the type of setting that this game is in, I love the hilarious moments when doom guy just goes to the humans and does whatever the **** he wants in order to destroy the demons. There are some issues with getting stuck on objects and the game requires you to have a Bethesda Account which is the biggest piece of **** choice that they can make.I understand that you may need it for the Multiplayer portion but I lost my bloody save files for singleplayer due to the companies ****ty choices. Buy this when it's off 50% or more.… Expand
  16. IdleSpace
    Jun 3, 2022
    7
    Наверное я просто слишком люблю дум 2016 и не могу от него абстрагироваться, но играть в это и уж тем более на максимальной сложности просто скучно.
    Темп боя ужасно рванный, ты не будешь истреблять демонов ради их истребления и иногда подпитки ресурсами, ты будешь их истреблять исключительно ради ресурсов.
    Карманы думгая стали катастрофически маленькими. Без прокачки туда влезет лишь 12    Наверное я просто слишком люблю дум 2016 и не могу от него абстрагироваться, но играть в это и уж тем более на максимальной сложности просто скучно.
    Темп боя ужасно рванный, ты не будешь истреблять демонов ради их истребления и иногда подпитки ресурсами, ты будешь их истреблять исключительно ради ресурсов.
    Карманы думгая стали катастрофически маленькими. Без прокачки туда влезет лишь 12 патронов дроби.
    Хочешь больше? Исследуй карту, занимайся платформингом, рви темп игры еще больше.
    Проблема игры в том, что она не дает тебе выбрать стиль игры с любимым набором пушек, а определяет его за тебя - крутись как белка в колесе, бесконечно используя ВСЕ виды оружия и ВСЕ способности, обязательно исследуй все уголки карты, иначе проиграешь.
    Чтобы единая формула игры вдруг не сломалась, тебе всегда услужливо подбросят пачку хилым мобов, спаун которых тут бесконечен.
    По прокачке - от неё стало зависеть слишком много и она просто стала перегруженной.
    Кому то нравится платформинг, но у меня кроме смеха и огорчения крутящиеся в воздухе огненные цепи (на манер супер марио брос) не вызвали никаких других эмоций.
    Обучение тоже стало очень лояльным - перед встречей с каждым противником тебе услужливо покажут мультик, как его правильно убивать/где его слабые места .
    Для меня это минус, т.к. в моем представлении хорошая игра всегда предоставляет игроку хоть немного свободы исследования процесса. Этот же момент немного переходит мою внутреннюю черту.
    Музыка мне не запомнилась, но тут на вкус и цвет. Но что не на вкус и цвет - мне одному показалось, что у музыки низкий битрейт? Звучит поносно.
    Не смотря на все вышеперечисленные недостатки (субъективные, разумеется), игра запросто найдет своего пользователя.
    Техническое исполнение на высоте, и, в целом, описанные проблемы не столь критичны.
    Просто не ожидайте тут увидеть тот самый дум, который заставил вновь почувствовать вкус классики на современный лад.
    Эту игру можно считать своеобразной эволюцией серии, просто она не для меня.
    Попробовать её однозначно стоит.    … Expand
  17. Klewer
    Apr 27, 2022
    7
    A great action FPS that is ruined by a few game breaking bugs that force you to restart entire levels. Still not patched after 2 year, so be warned.
  18. jorge1102
    Mar 7, 2022
    5
    Player needs to find a way to pass the mission

    fighting is difficult

    Variety of weapon modification options
  19. ErdemMT5
    Jan 23, 2022
    7
    Doom eternal, is a power fantasy-fast paced fps game.
    I think, Doom's first person shooter experience is almost perfect. There is a lot of unique enemy types whic has all unique ability and animation set's. All the enemy's has their own weak spot's and fighting styles. By dint of the enemy variotions and the doom's fast paced gameplay, Game doesn't get bored players untill the next new    Doom eternal, is a power fantasy-fast paced fps game.
    I think, Doom's first person shooter experience is almost perfect. There is a lot of unique enemy types whic has all unique ability and animation set's. All the enemy's has their own weak spot's and fighting styles. By dint of the enemy variotions and the doom's fast paced gameplay, Game doesn't get bored players untill the next new mechanic. Doom's tempo doesn't interrupted until last few hours of the storyline.
    Almost each chapter has their own new unique mechanics. And with these new mechanics, game still staying fresh untill tempo starts stumble. In the last quarter of the storyline, game's tempo interrups suddenly. Game begins to show no more new mechanics, and this problem becomes much more boring as much as you play without new mechanics. The worst part of the game is definitely level design.
    generally, level design of the doom divides into two parts. The combat areas and the paths leading combat areas or final objectives.
    The combat area's has no lacking part. They are full of nostagic, fast pace supportive level designs. But the second part of the level design is completly disaster. Game never supports the player to find them way. the interactiveble elements of the environment which used for the puzzle and plartforms are never shown spesificly. And as a result of such a lacking level design work, player's, even can suffer too hard to only find a way, and can waste too many minutes while searching a singel clue for puzzle or plartforms.
    Doom's second part of the level design is %100 percent garbage work. And this lacking deserves at least -3 point.    … Expand
  20. abotogar
    Dec 20, 2021
    7
    have decent graphics and gun feel is good, story is mediocre, and online muliplayer doesn't work for me.
    the game is exremely fast with so much animations in your face making it hard to see what is going on, platforming is boring and sometimes confuses me, and there is a consistant lack of ammo at almost the end of each fight, not every time there is small minions to kill to get ammo, not    have decent graphics and gun feel is good, story is mediocre, and online muliplayer doesn't work for me.
    the game is exremely fast with so much animations in your face making it hard to see what is going on, platforming is boring and sometimes confuses me, and there is a consistant lack of ammo at almost the end of each fight, not every time there is small minions to kill to get ammo, not sure if this is intended or a bug.
    i understand why alot of people like this game, but it is not perfect as some people claim, i found doom (2016) to be more consistant and focused, with doom eternal looks better of course, more colorful and more enjoyable gun experience but it adds to much unnecessary stuff like platforming which make it unfocuesd.
    another thing, the game like to keep conecting to the internet alot even when playing the campaign and i found that to be annoying.
    i didn't want to finish the game because it became annoying than fun at certain point.    … Expand
  21. MaxmilianKohler
    Aug 28, 2021
    5
    This game is pretty bad. Story is nonexistent. At mission 3 they started giving me 6 ammo to kill 30 enemies, even after I chose all the ammo upgrades. Then I got to another area where the path forward was completely hidden. I had to look up a guide on how to proceed... And then again, another path forward extremely esoteric, and again and again... wtf. I find so many things about thisThis game is pretty bad. Story is nonexistent. At mission 3 they started giving me 6 ammo to kill 30 enemies, even after I chose all the ammo upgrades. Then I got to another area where the path forward was completely hidden. I had to look up a guide on how to proceed... And then again, another path forward extremely esoteric, and again and again... wtf. I find so many things about this game way more annoying than Doom 2016. The people saying this game is better are out of their damn minds. It seems like there are so many poorly designed things in this game. Many really frustrating/annoying and buggy things that make me think very poorly of the people that made this game.

    If you want to collect all the items/secrets it's pretty much required to use a guide. Even with them being revealed on the map it's still extremely obscure how you're supposed to get to many of them.

    I see later on that you're supposed to use the chainsaw to get ammo, but that's a really bad mechanic due to the fact that it only regens 1/3 and you need 3/3 to kill big guys, so you can't just waste it on little guys to get ammo or you won't have it when you need it.

    Difficulty level of certain parts was just ridiculous. I've been playing competitive FPS games at a high level for over a decade. I had to BOTH set it to the easiest difficulty AND choose the special armor option that basically makes you invincible. There's just too much going on at once, too fast. Two bosses plus 15 different enemies shooting, throwing, and charging you from all sides. Pure chaos. The way the battle was designed just completely zapped my interest.

    I found it more enjoyable on the lowest difficulty where I could actually focus on using the many tools they give you, rather than just running around trying not to get hit. They even nerfed the BFG to the point where it only kills small to medium enemies.

    The last fight was dumb and more of the same chaos. I was glad when the game was over. I definitely regret buying this game.

    Ancient Gods DLC 1 is just more of the same but more fighting, harder enemies, and new enemies. And even more problems that constantly make me say "what a garbage game".

    Ancient Gods DLC 2 - finally they do something right. The sentinel hammer is good design. And they finally make the auto shotgun usable in certain situations. Final boss fight was incredibly boring and a total waste of time.    … Expand
  22. CoreGamer1408
    Aug 13, 2021
    6
    OMG WTF!? Doom Reboot was fun enough in the gameplay department. Doom 3/BFG had a solid atmosphere. The simplistic nature of all the previous DooMs' was why they are fun. Eternal has got no fun factor or atmosphere. Melee kill a demon/creature and it explodes like cartoon pinata. I want blood, I want guts, not cutey colored lights ffs. Eternal basically came across as Quake on x2 speed.OMG WTF!? Doom Reboot was fun enough in the gameplay department. Doom 3/BFG had a solid atmosphere. The simplistic nature of all the previous DooMs' was why they are fun. Eternal has got no fun factor or atmosphere. Melee kill a demon/creature and it explodes like cartoon pinata. I want blood, I want guts, not cutey colored lights ffs. Eternal basically came across as Quake on x2 speed. Ammo was low so ammo soft locking was problem. It was a chore to play, had no atmosphere, zero feeling of being a bad ass like 2016 Reboot. Plus the DooM Guy aka regular joe is now some epic Master Chief character the DooM Slayer. Oh no CoD type story cutscenes BS. Thanfully 2016 kept that crap to minumn and told the lore in optional text. Yeah it looks ok and runs at solid 60 FPS. Came across as nothing special. This reminds me like mobile game setup, whoa.… Expand
  23. tigermetals
    Jul 4, 2021
    7
    7/10

    TL:DR way too difficult, only for hardcore FPS gamers Pros: + adding dashing and double jump off the bat + still has some epic fights like in 2016 + a lot of cool things to do outside the campaign + new weapon abilities + entertaining scenes & dialogue + easier to upgrade guns than in 2016 Cons - Imbalanced overwhelming comically hilarious difficulty. Even with mods and    7/10

    TL:DR way too difficult, only for hardcore FPS gamers

    Pros:
    + adding dashing and double jump off the bat
    + still has some epic fights like in 2016
    + a lot of cool things to do outside the campaign
    + new weapon abilities
    + entertaining scenes & dialogue
    + easier to upgrade guns than in 2016
    Cons
    - Imbalanced overwhelming comically hilarious difficulty. Even with mods and toggling easy, the last few levels were completely bananas. The difficulty is great for hardcore FPS players, not fun, and inaccessible for everyone else.
    - ammo is scarce for the number of demons you have to deal with.
    - A giant toolbox to manage during intense fights, not a big detractor but could be streamlined like in DOOM 16.
    - Buff Totems - a hidden totem on the map that spawns and buffs current demons until you find it and destroy it. The demons are so strong they can kill you late game on easy if you can't find the totem in time.
    this should be something you can turn off.
    - certain runes should not be runes but in the game already, ie "better air control", how about just make that a thing in the first place.
    - the upgrade system is more convoluted than 2016

    Other thoughts:
    I installed mods to try to mitigate the difficulty and it made things ok until the last few levels where things became overwhelming again. You have to be some sort of hardcore genius to play this game even on normal (hurt me plenty) without mods. And I would not recommend this game to my worse enemy on console due to the controller. This could have been a 9 or 10 but the devs got in their own way imo    … Expand
  24. Azuris
    Mar 26, 2021
    7
    You have to learn how this Game wants you to play it, but when you into those Mechanics, it is really a great Game.
    Also you're getting some old school Level Design and many Details.
    The Engine is running great. Edit: I sadly have to lower my Rating from 9 to 7. The DLCs are bad, they feel like a 90s third Party Expansion Pack that doesn't understand what makes the Game Fun. The    You have to learn how this Game wants you to play it, but when you into those Mechanics, it is really a great Game.
    Also you're getting some old school Level Design and many Details.
    The Engine is running great.

    Edit:
    I sadly have to lower my Rating from 9 to 7.
    The DLCs are bad, they feel like a 90s third Party Expansion Pack that doesn't understand what makes the Game Fun.
    The Encounters are lacking Balance.
    Also the Blood Maykr and the Cursed Prowler, they are just annoying, taking the Speed out of the Game.    … Expand
  25. philzlz
    Mar 18, 2021
    6
    The game runs incredible well and looks the part. Unfortunately I thought the 2016 Doom was better, I wasn't a fan of the constant ammo shortage and movement focus. While I get what they are going for id rather just shoot demons and shut my brain off for a few sessions. Using the chainsaw and glory kills just gets annoying after a while.

    The soundtrack on the other hand was just    The game runs incredible well and looks the part. Unfortunately I thought the 2016 Doom was better, I wasn't a fan of the constant ammo shortage and movement focus. While I get what they are going for id rather just shoot demons and shut my brain off for a few sessions. Using the chainsaw and glory kills just gets annoying after a while.

    The soundtrack on the other hand was just awesome, the heavy metal electric guitar riffs pump you up and you get into a kind of trance like state while running around the map.    … Expand
  26. Maurenos
    Mar 9, 2021
    6
    This is not the game you wanted. It's not a good sequel of 2016 Doom but something in-between. You jump on poles, ledges do somersaults and dash through the air. Your ammo depletes fast and you have to switch weapons constantly to survive. Even though it's a dynamic shooter, the game constantly encourages you to move from place to place in order to stay alive and kill all these demons.This is not the game you wanted. It's not a good sequel of 2016 Doom but something in-between. You jump on poles, ledges do somersaults and dash through the air. Your ammo depletes fast and you have to switch weapons constantly to survive. Even though it's a dynamic shooter, the game constantly encourages you to move from place to place in order to stay alive and kill all these demons.

    I'd say the game did not fulfill my expectations. The whole new platform-like movement system is just too absurd for a shooter game and that's why I'm giving it only 6. The previous game was better since it focused on one thing that counts in such games: SHOOTING.    … Expand
  27. NIKDERSAR
    Mar 8, 2021
    5
    Игра дико затянутая и надоедающая в конце настолько, что хочется уже побыстрее просто пробежать все эти тестные и однообразные арены до очередной хреновой вставки.
    Постоянная нехватка патронов и дебильнейшая механика их добывания с помощью бензопилы. Мобы с идиотическими механиками их убийств(надеюсь в реальном аду нет этого урода с зелёным глазом). Неинтересные боссы с дурацкими и    Игра дико затянутая и надоедающая в конце настолько, что хочется уже побыстрее просто пробежать все эти тестные и однообразные арены до очередной хреновой вставки.
    Постоянная нехватка патронов и дебильнейшая механика их добывания с помощью бензопилы. Мобы с идиотическими механиками их убийств(надеюсь в реальном аду нет этого урода с зелёным глазом). Неинтересные боссы с дурацкими и сложными способами их убийств. И всё это справлено каким то дичайшим сюжетом, в котором даже сам властитель ада сломает голову и тоннами бредового текста - спасибо, что сделали из шутера, который по заветам Кармака должен быть лучше порнухи, унылый, однообразный, многочасовой отстой!    … Expand
  28. tacsquid
    Feb 6, 2021
    6
    I really wanted to like this game. I only played it for about 90 minutes and returned it so maybe it gets better later on. There were a significant number of jumping puzzles and with a double jump and double dash it got stupid fast. Having to figure out how to double jump to a platform that drops into lava in one second and then in that 1 second find the next spot to jump too oh too lateI really wanted to like this game. I only played it for about 90 minutes and returned it so maybe it gets better later on. There were a significant number of jumping puzzles and with a double jump and double dash it got stupid fast. Having to figure out how to double jump to a platform that drops into lava in one second and then in that 1 second find the next spot to jump too oh too late you hit the lava. Do all that jumping **** again. I played up until I got to a level where literally I did like 30 minutes of jumping puzzles. I wanted to quit but couldn't because i wasn't sure if it was going to save what checkpoint I was at and force me to restart the stupid jumping puzzle heavy level. I cannot emphasize how much I **** hated the jumping and dashing puzzels.

    On top of that instead of bringing in new colors and environments it's "hell on earth" so instead of being new and exciting it's the same dumb browns and reds because they brought hell to earth. Such a dumb design decision. Weapons feel under powered and are not satisfying and you carry a hilariously small amount of ammo for each one. I paid like $96 for the game with the year one stuff and honestly I'd probably never play this game again the jumping and dashing puzzles annoyed me so much.    … Expand
  29. bblz
    Jan 21, 2021
    6
    I started this game having no expectations and it turned out that this hardly is a near-perfect game like the reviews would suggest.

    Starting out with the good - the graphics and sound are decent and the game feels very smooth. The soundtrack is easily the game’s best part, furious industrial metal that goes really great with fast-paced arena combat. When Doom Eternal is at its best,    I started this game having no expectations and it turned out that this hardly is a near-perfect game like the reviews would suggest.

    Starting out with the good - the graphics and sound are decent and the game feels very smooth. The soundtrack is easily the game’s best part, furious industrial metal that goes really great with fast-paced arena combat. When Doom Eternal is at its best, you're jumping above demons, freezing them, chainsawing, blowing up and tearing to pieces. If you execute your combos perfectly, the game rewards you with almost a blissful state of zen in the middle of tearing down hordes of screaming demons. The catch is, this doesn't happen very often and everything else about the game is an afterthought.

    The story is completely artificial and a poor excuse for the gameplay. You start out in sci-fi facilities, then go through Oblivion and Skyrim-like towns, through hell, which, and I really wish I'd be joking, is now a factory and a power plant and ends in some sort of futuristic place that looks like it belongs in Destiny more than here. The main protagonist gained a base, which looks sort of like a mashup between Doom's sci-fi interiors with Warhammer. You can definitely tell Bethesda's influence in the form of Elder Scrollization of the whole game, which starts at the environment, goes through the story and ends with the NPCs, most of which have terribly weak and infantile design. On top of that the main antagonist is now some kind of a levitating mech. Who the hell thought that mashing all this stuff into a single game was a good idea?

    Combat got really complicated, with you having to juggle between several abilities that have cooldowns like dashing, throwing a grenade, setting demons on fire, glory killing or chainsawing them with artifically small amounts of ammo in your pocket forcing you to cycle weapons all the time. Instead of focusing on mowing down demons as fast as possible, you're now managing the health, armor, ammo, cooldowns for skills and later on also a special weapon, which I won't spoil here. There are new enemy types like the marauders that slow the combat down to a halt due to their mechanics. When you're not in an arena, the game becomes sort of a quasi-platformer puzzle where you have to climb walls, double jump and dash through pits and level geometry which more often than not is frustrating.

    On top of that the attention to detail in this game leaves a lot to be desired. The cutscenes are completely disjointed from the gameplay. After a fight, you're suddenly yanked from where you're standing, something happens in the environment with the camera pointing at it and then you're suddenly placed in a completely different place than you were standing before. Level design suggests to you that certain areas are accessible, while in reality you're going to bounce away from an invisible wall. The game lacks any pacing and a feel of progression. You're dropped straight into a hellhole in the middle of something and there is literally no introduction - you grab a shotgun and kill the first hell priest, one of your main objectives of the game like it's nothing.

    Summing it up, it's a lot like Doom 2016, just much more complicated in every aspect, partly in more interesting ways but mostly more irritating with a setting that doesn't fit the series at all. It’s a part-platformer, part-Doom, part-Quake, part-Elder Scrolls hodgepodge of mismatched elements that gets really confusing at times. And despite all of its grandiose the game still comes as very shallow. Don’t buy it for the full price, it’s not worth it, but if you’re able to get it on a sale like I did, go ahead. It’s still a decent title, which has its better moments but it's definitely not a hit like the reviews make you believe it is.    … Expand
  30. TheBigD-SMC
    Jan 16, 2021
    5
    FUN BUT DUMB.

    This game is LOTS of fun. There isn't any mood, and it's just one arena battle after another. On one hand, that sucks; but on the other hand, it is FAST action, and FULL of action. Way more difficult than predecessors. On the flip side, THIS STORY IS JUST MIND-BENDINGLY STUPID. I mean, they started putting some sort of interesting story together in 2016, but this one is    FUN BUT DUMB.

    This game is LOTS of fun. There isn't any mood, and it's just one arena battle after another. On one hand, that sucks; but on the other hand, it is FAST action, and FULL of action. Way more difficult than predecessors.

    On the flip side, THIS STORY IS JUST MIND-BENDINGLY STUPID. I mean, they started putting some sort of interesting story together in 2016, but this one is just amazing in its ridiculousness. It feels like the story from the original Doom back in the day (90's?); like, they made a neat game and said afterwords, "Oh yeah. We need some story here. Where's Hobo-Carl? Give him a pen."

    So as far as FUN goes, I give this game a solid 7/10; the relative scarcity of non-arena action pulls it down. As far as the rest of it goes? Christ... 2? 3?

    So is it worth buying? If you're looking SOLELY for action, then yes. If you're looking for an engaging game that pulls you into it? Firm no. (I'm SLIGHTLY glad I bought it; thank God it was on sale for $20.)

    REVISION: All of the above is still the same, but I can't play this any longer. Got to 2/3 through, and it's just the same thing: arena battle over and over and over. Got bored. Not gonna finish it.    … Expand
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#12 Best PC Game of 2020
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 61 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 58 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 61
  3. Negative: 0 out of 61
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 22, 2020
    80
    The murderous amok simulator returns and is even more furious than before. Fantastic presentation and great fighting system are harmed only by annoying platforming sequences. [Issue#302]
  2. PCMag
    May 1, 2020
    90
    If you're looking for a deep and thought-provoking gaming experience that changes your outlook on life, look elsewhere. However, if you want a fast-paced, visceral shooter full of non-stop action and outrageous violence, you can't do better than Doom Eternal. If you liked 2016's offering you will love this follow up. It's a hell of a good time.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Apr 19, 2020
    77
    Like Jason Statham’s character in Crank, Doom Eternal needs adrenaline every waking second. So long as you drown hordes of demons in their own blood, it feels like a perfect GOTY contender, but during quiet moments, Doom Eternal withers and forces you to ponder unpleasant questions. id Software needs to course-correct, otherwise we’ll be playing Super Doom Slayer’s Bros in a few years.
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