DOOM Eternal

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  1. FarkyJTV
    Mar 21, 2020
    6
    this a downgrade in every aspect possible.
    level design is way worse.
    survival aspect of the game through glory killing to get ammo is annoying as F.it really slows down the pace of the game. a lot of reused assets even in the soundtrack. you will recognize 2016 doom only in the end 2-3levels when you have all the uprade.(ammo,health,suit,character) story is nice addition but not in    this a downgrade in every aspect possible.
    level design is way worse.
    survival aspect of the game through glory killing to get ammo is annoying as F.it really slows down the pace of the game.
    a lot of reused assets even in the soundtrack.
    you will recognize 2016 doom only in the end 2-3levels when you have all the uprade.(ammo,health,suit,character)
    story is nice addition but not in this way.
    i gave new ori 9 and this is defo in the 5-6 only.@
    buy only on sale.its not a good buy for full price.    … Expand
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. dopp
    Apr 25, 2020
    6
    It's not fun to count every single bullet in DOOM game and to run every single corner in search of bullets instead of fighting. There are other issues too, even music is worse than in DOOM 2016. "Rip and Tear"? No, more like "Jump and Search ammo"! Disappointed.
  5. DavyTheIncredib
    Mar 28, 2020
    6
    A game that is perfect in so many ways, but is ruined by bad design decisions. What ID software did with the graphics is amazing. The fact that it all looks so good and runs so well on moderate hardware is mind-boggling. The feel of the weapons, the way enemies disintegrate when you shoot them ... this game really had the potential to be a very good game. But most of the time when i playA game that is perfect in so many ways, but is ruined by bad design decisions. What ID software did with the graphics is amazing. The fact that it all looks so good and runs so well on moderate hardware is mind-boggling. The feel of the weapons, the way enemies disintegrate when you shoot them ... this game really had the potential to be a very good game. But most of the time when i play this game, i am just frustrated. Apparently they thought adding some super mario/tombraider elements to the game would be a great idea. More often that not, you will be retrying jumps for the 10th time, climbing walls etc ... It pains me to say ... but Doom 2016 was a much more engaging and fun game. Doom Eternal could have been a much better game than Doom 2016 if they just stuck to the formula. In the end ... its supposed to be Doom. Not some platformer kind of game with some occasional shootouts.… Expand
  6. Chris_Nails
    Mar 28, 2020
    6
    It's too repetitive. Shoot, run outta ammo quickly, chainsaw your ammo back. Repeat.
    The levels are just too linear.

    I guess they tried to shoehorn too many mechanics and got this mess as a result. Let's get down to moddibg!

    Buy it on sale.
  7. Bubber
    Apr 24, 2020
    6
    Very nice, fast and smooth gameplay, just the way it should be. However I don't like the platforming, pretty sure no one asked for that. And what is the deal with the ammo? Why do I have to use the chainsaw on monsters to get ammo? This makes no sense. Also why can't he carry more ammo when he can carry lots of guns plus a chainsaw, but then only a handful of shotgun shells? This isVery nice, fast and smooth gameplay, just the way it should be. However I don't like the platforming, pretty sure no one asked for that. And what is the deal with the ammo? Why do I have to use the chainsaw on monsters to get ammo? This makes no sense. Also why can't he carry more ammo when he can carry lots of guns plus a chainsaw, but then only a handful of shotgun shells? This is ridiculous. Lastly not too fond of the whole arena battle thing, that's not a Doom game.

    Not bad, but overall disappointing.    … Expand
  8. cringeyboi555
    Jun 27, 2020
    6
    The marauder sucks, there's no gameplay variation, some weapons feel very overpowered, and the multiplayer is worse than doom 2016's multiplayer. Doom 2016 was amazing, because it kept the fast paced gameplay of the first 2 games and added some modern elements. There is almost no gameplay changes in doom eternal. The only thing that stops me from giving a negative review is that the gameThe marauder sucks, there's no gameplay variation, some weapons feel very overpowered, and the multiplayer is worse than doom 2016's multiplayer. Doom 2016 was amazing, because it kept the fast paced gameplay of the first 2 games and added some modern elements. There is almost no gameplay changes in doom eternal. The only thing that stops me from giving a negative review is that the game looks and runs well, and the game can still be somewhat fun.… Expand
  9. Erunamo
    Mar 20, 2020
    6
    There is some good and bad in this story...

    Good: The game runs extremely good. Some weapons feel great. The combat has a crazy pace of the old Quake and Unreal Tournament games. Bad: The story seems a little off, as if it should not be shoved in your throat so much, Doom 2016 did this much better. You are forced to use the weapons THEY want, not the ones you do. The ammo economy    There is some good and bad in this story...

    Good: The game runs extremely good.
    Some weapons feel great.
    The combat has a crazy pace of the old Quake and Unreal Tournament games.

    Bad: The story seems a little off, as if it should not be shoved in your throat so much, Doom 2016 did this much better.
    You are forced to use the weapons THEY want, not the ones you do.
    The ammo economy is painful, boring and annoying. You basically always run out of ammo for multiple weapons, resulting in you having to use the chainsaw or using some stuff you dont like to use.
    The platforming is just too much... it is great to have mobility and to sometimes have to reach something. But the double jump, double dash into a dash recharge and another double dash into swinging on a bar and then catch on a wall is simply not something you enjoy, let alone want in a DOOM game...

    I am not really happy with my purchase, I wanted to support the devs by buying for the full price, but I should not have.

    The team clearly did not know what they wanted to create, so they made something you sorta enjoy sometimes, but lots of other times you just roll your eyes with a "oh god, not this again..."    … Expand
  10. 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
  11. 5teve
    Mar 21, 2020
    6
    Good, but actually worse than the previous version. Too many fiddly controls, and genuinely appalling platform run and jump bits come close to ruining the game entirely. It's still great fun when it remembers what it's supposed to be.
  12. FifthWheel
    Mar 31, 2020
    6
    Doom Eternal is probably best summed up in one word, "confusion." It retains a lot of Doom mechanics and adds on with even more mechanics, upgrades, and puzzles. Early on, you can't hardly take two steps forward without seeing some tutorial for a new mechanic. There is a LOT more to try to remember when playing this game. The environments, while pretty, are extremely confusing to navigateDoom Eternal is probably best summed up in one word, "confusion." It retains a lot of Doom mechanics and adds on with even more mechanics, upgrades, and puzzles. Early on, you can't hardly take two steps forward without seeing some tutorial for a new mechanic. There is a LOT more to try to remember when playing this game. The environments, while pretty, are extremely confusing to navigate despite them being linear. There are lots of environmental puzzles and not as much in the way of corridor shooting. On one occasion I encountered a bug where a puzzle was slightly bugged and I was stuck as I didn't realize I was experiencing a bug.

    There's too much story in this game. While Doom 2016 mocks its own story by letting you ignore it, showing the Doom guy rage on the environment while characters talk, Doom Eternal is a parody of itself in this aspect by including crazy priests, humans that are in awe, and demons that are literally so scared of you they hand you weapons. It slows the game down and just comes off as weird.

    While it's somewhat fun, it's definitely not as well polished as Doom 2016 and tries to add too much, ultimately making it a bit of a slog to get through and a confusing mess. It's also much, much harder than Doom 2016, which isn't a bad thing, but if you were expecting Doom 2016's difficulty again, you're in for a rude awakening.

    Overall, fans of Doom 2016 will probably enjoy this, but classic Doom fans might not.    … Expand
  13. Djanni
    Mar 22, 2020
    6
    ID does not understand DOOM 2016, while DOOM eschewed all but the necessary, Eternal is bloated with unnecessary elements, the constant cutscene that have no purpose, the low amount of ammunitions around that with the low ammo capacity even with full upgrades and the enemies being made with brick walls renders the game a constant scrap for ammo, the gimmicky shoulder weapons, theID does not understand DOOM 2016, while DOOM eschewed all but the necessary, Eternal is bloated with unnecessary elements, the constant cutscene that have no purpose, the low amount of ammunitions around that with the low ammo capacity even with full upgrades and the enemies being made with brick walls renders the game a constant scrap for ammo, the gimmicky shoulder weapons, the gimmickier boss fights that then get repurposed as regular enemies, all the useless weapon progression, the focus on a boring story.
    And while the platforming is good, the core gameplay is good and the game runs smoothly on a mid tier machine from 4 years ago, but this is still overshadowed by the bloat.    … Expand
  14. Lytbringr
    Mar 22, 2020
    6
    Having just played Doom 2016 with my wife I gotta ask id why they changed some of the things they did. The FIRST level had me fighting Cacodemons, an enemy from mid-2016, extra lives seem out of place,, and hand-holdy, like they knew the game was too hard at first. Why can't I one-punch stagger base zombies or imps any more? I can punch a concrete wall, but have to bunch zombies half aHaving just played Doom 2016 with my wife I gotta ask id why they changed some of the things they did. The FIRST level had me fighting Cacodemons, an enemy from mid-2016, extra lives seem out of place,, and hand-holdy, like they knew the game was too hard at first. Why can't I one-punch stagger base zombies or imps any more? I can punch a concrete wall, but have to bunch zombies half a dozen times to stagger, 2016 they were legit fodder. In 2016 keycards were attached to bodies and had a story, here the first one I found was just... floating in a garage. I feel like rather than continue to do new things, id felt a need to bring in some old (or antiquated in this case) elements. I find it hard to see this real and sometimes surreal apocalypse setting, followed by a neon green 1up in an elevator shaft. Adding climbing while removing crouching seems odd, and why is your icon on the green map ALSO green? In 2016 you were yellow. Thank you for sharing this video, I think part of my problem comes from having played the previous title all week, so some of the new/odd-feeling design choices hit harder. I miss punching, though.

    Tl;Dr: They tried to hard to do some weird stuff, and it hurts the game coming from 2016.    … Expand
  15. loevenbalk
    Mar 23, 2020
    6
    First, two quick things about me to show you my bias going into this.

    1, I am fundamentally disinterested in FPS games, first-person viewpoints, challenges that test speed and dexterity, and break-neck pace in my games. However... 2, Doom 2016 forced me to reevaluate all of those preferences with such persuasion that I've slowly started branching out from my comfort zone of strategy    First, two quick things about me to show you my bias going into this.

    1, I am fundamentally disinterested in FPS games, first-person viewpoints, challenges that test speed and dexterity, and break-neck pace in my games. However...
    2, Doom 2016 forced me to reevaluate all of those preferences with such persuasion that I've slowly started branching out from my comfort zone of strategy and management games.

    So it's safe to say that I was looking forward to Doom Eternal. Jaded as I've become from watching the video game industry load me up with hype time and time again, I've started to expect disappointment in places where I really shouldn't. But Eternal was not one of these places. When I replayed the predecessor last year I had such a good time with it that I didn't have the heart to uninstall it and free up space on my SSD until Eternal was released. Now I'm wondering whether I should uninstall Eternal and load up on some more of its predecessor because that particular fork of lightning did not strike the same place twice.

    Now, to be clear let me just acknowledge this. I think the devs made the game they set out to make. The game is polished and everything that you might want to work perfectly in a Doom game does so here. So in that sense I cannot fault the product. This is not an absolute failure, which is of course why I havn't scored it as such either. The arcady feel that they are going for is evident right from the get-go with the colour scheme. And it is perfectly understandable why. The 80s are delightfully retro at this point, and as we have seen from the mainstream media, if you do it right this formula is almost guaranteed to deliver success.

    But this game fails to deliver on several of the core premises that made its masterful predecessor appeal to even a sceptic like me, and the switch to a more arcade feel in this game is one of the first things that let me know changes were coming with this game. Changes I was scared of because 2016s release really didn't need many to be a 10/10. While the audio-visual feedback of slashing gore fed to me through a tube made of unholy metal tunes was the primary source of my enjoyment, several other pieces also played a pivotal role. Like the fact that almost nothing would break the pace. I felt like I was actively part of the speed metal giving me a rush as I was storming through the levels grinding my way through this demon or that. Even picking up little stashed away toy dolls wouldn't slow down my pace. My silent and faceless protagonist would simply pick it up, admire it for a bit, and whoever wanted that fan servicing would have had it without players like me feeling slightly short changed after discovering a secret location.

    In Eternal the pace simply isn't the same. While the combat may be slightly more chaotic (in a good way) and certainly more rapid, the additions to traversal mechanics alone make sure of that, anything that doesn't revolve around turning demons into goop with a bulletstorm actively feels like it is there to power you down. Picking up toy dolls stops your movement dead. Using almost any elevator locks you in place, and you can't even change weapons while riding it. The tutorials, that still show up half-way through the game, pause the action and hits you with an info dump in a text prompt. Everything about this makes me think the developers forgot their winning formula of minimalistic and unobtrusive story telling of 2016. I am met with an expositional dump in every mission, which really isn't all that interesting.

    The storyline of 2016 was mediocre, and relatively speaking it was the weak point of the game, but it didn't matter because the protagonist showed you with almost every one of his scripted actions that it wasn't what was important - shooting demons in their stupid faces was. In Eternal the story line makes up almost a fifth of the runtime of the game - which is substantially increased if you're a veteran speedrunning through the action and not mucking about like a casual like me. I haven't tested it, but it seems most cutscenes can be skipped but this doesn't excuse the fact that the story line is put into more of a central position in this game, and it is worse than the already mediocre story of the predecessor. 2016 showed us that the way to solve that issue isn't to introduce a skip button, but to layer the exposition into the background of the action.

    Now, is all this to say that I didn't enjoy Eternal at all? No it isn't. I am simply trying to qualify why Eternal failed to wow me in the way that 2016 did. It invited me to come play with toys I had overlooked. Eternal on the other hand is loaded with attempts at fan service, so perhaps this game simply wasn't aimed at drawing in newer players.    … Expand
  16. EnigmaXtreme
    Mar 24, 2020
    6
    Sometimes it’s better to have a game that only just meets expectations, gets average reception, doesn’t set the world on fire but mildly singes it, that way you are not expected to exceed even that with your next game. Take Doom, the 2016 version, being the first iteration in well over 12 years, and already one version, one horrible, uninspired, carbon copy of Resistance version meeting aSometimes it’s better to have a game that only just meets expectations, gets average reception, doesn’t set the world on fire but mildly singes it, that way you are not expected to exceed even that with your next game. Take Doom, the 2016 version, being the first iteration in well over 12 years, and already one version, one horrible, uninspired, carbon copy of Resistance version meeting a bloody chainsaw in the backroom, the series already had high expectations with the original titles being the trailblazers they are and recent Mods like Brutal Doom

    But, let’s get back to the future expectations here, obviously, after DOOM 16 became such a big hit, winning awards from all publications, there were obvious expectations to top themselves with the sequel, more weapons, more glory kills, ballsier enemies, essentially making the whole game Bigger, and Better.

    Well…..they got the Bigger part down

    Booting up DOOM Eternal for the first time, my excitement and anticipation soon turned into confusion, into frustration and finally boredom. It seems that in an attempt to make a Bigger sequel in DOOM Eternal, the guys at ID threw everything at the wall and hope to god it stuck and well, I may want to recommend less fat in their diet because a lot sure did stick.

    It actually starts off on a positive note, throwing out the pitiful pistol and starting you off with a shotgun and chainsaw, the chainsaw even has a regenerating single gas tank so you aren't scouring the map for them again, but soon enough things start to fall apart.

    One of DOOM’s weaker areas has always been narration, it was never a priority during the more halcyon days of the internet, fearing a distraction from all the demon-slaying and bloodshed, the Doom story was tucked away in a tiny little corner where no one could find it, like, the original DOOM had a story, no really, I think it involved a pet bunny or some **** and does anyone even remember DOOM 3’s story? Did you collect all the PDA’s just to get every riveting moment of it, he said with sarcasm dripping from his fangs. The best example of DOOM’s approach to narration was the number of times Doom Slayer showed he really did not give a **** about it in DOOM 2016, pushing monitors away, stomping at energy cells and doing everything except giving Samuel Hayden the middle finger.

    DOOM Eternal, on the other hand, proceeds to cram more narrative than anyone ever wanted or needed, I mean, previous DOOMs did have a story for people who wanted it badly enough, if you looked hard enough. But this time, we are introduced to so many characters and diety’s that mean absolutely nothing, at one point DOOMSlayer even bows to one, so we go from an unstoppable killing machine to this?

    What’s worse is that some enemies require strategies to take them out, waiting for the right time, their eyes flashing green or some **** like that and it honestly frustrates me, with DOOM 2016, he was an unstoppable force, punching through anything everything he deemed fit, now he can barely get past a shield while Orange Ghost Dogs bite his face and the BFG barely tickles, oh and if he wasn't already there, I’d tell the Arch-Ville to go to hell, demon summoning, bullet soaking prick that he is.

    Which brings me to the Weapons, all the standards are there, Shotgun, Super Shotgun, Shotgun 64, Pulse Rifle, Chain Gun, but they have seemingly added more additional weapons and attachments, adding a missile launcher in both hot and cold, and while you need Glory Kills to get health, chainsawing is really the only way to getting a vast quantity of ammo and then use the flamethrower to get more shield and then, of course, there’s Hell Punch and when you are not fumbling with your controller trying to figure out which weapon to use in the heat of the battle. You are plummeting to your death in one of the games many, MANY platforming sections, with a double jump and air dash in place, DoomSlayer spends countless parts of each level, clinging onto walls, dashing in mid-air, and missing floating platforms which just make the gameplay more like a Metroid Prime than a Doom.

    Look, I’m not happy saying all this, Doom Eternal had been on the top of my hype list for months, I had spent all that time absorbing the Animal Crossing meets Doom posts like a god damn memewhore, this WAS my game for 2020 and I am absolutely heartbroken that I didn’t enjoy it more, look I will give it credit, the game at least looks bloody amazing at least, but in an attempt to go harder than before, the guys over at iD went way too overboard, in the end, this has been the most disappointed in a game I have felt in years, with one simple reason.

    It should have been better    … Expand
  17. spoty1
    Mar 29, 2020
    6
    This game is huge disappointment, first of all, the platforming (mainly jumping around) shouldn't have been in a game like this from the start, bet in DOOM eternal is bizarre and annoying, you need to jump and combine double jumps and super jumps and to add insult to injury, sometimes you died after bad jump and the saving point is few monsters back... and the level design sometimesThis game is huge disappointment, first of all, the platforming (mainly jumping around) shouldn't have been in a game like this from the start, bet in DOOM eternal is bizarre and annoying, you need to jump and combine double jumps and super jumps and to add insult to injury, sometimes you died after bad jump and the saving point is few monsters back... and the level design sometimes force you to walk a few minutes to try to jump again .... other than that, the battles themselves are great, but the bad platforming strange level design constantly ruining the game experience, solid 6 to my opinion.… Expand
  18. Hahaxd
    Apr 3, 2020
    6
    punch is too weak some glory kills are extremely weak game is extermly buggy and it **** up your progress and ruins your fun it just feels like game was not ready but they still released it anyway difficulty is another problem the gap between ultra violance and nightmare is too big and anything besides nightmare is kindergarden doomslayer feels weak adding more lore was a good ideapunch is too weak some glory kills are extremely weak game is extermly buggy and it **** up your progress and ruins your fun it just feels like game was not ready but they still released it anyway difficulty is another problem the gap between ultra violance and nightmare is too big and anything besides nightmare is kindergarden doomslayer feels weak adding more lore was a good idea milestones finding sentinal battery so you can unlock stuff was fun too dash platforms keeps game fresh you can do some badass **** with it lvl design was good it's more arcade like because of doom 2 soundtrack is awesome again only problems are bugs which ruins all fo your fun new weak point stuff which is completely horse **** because they can still os and slayer feels weak because of this weakpoint stuff forcing people to use specific gun makes game boring I know dev want to make gameplay fresh but it's not the way and lvl design is good every level feels unique but something feels wrong like game gives you all of this mobility and puts me in a cage so o can't use it (not for all levels ) it's a good game but not the one I hyped foe btw people in comment section doom was never about survival and performing is pretty fun if we ignore puzzle sections… Expand
  19. 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
  20. howardjmoon
    May 15, 2020
    6
    Brilliant, frenetic combat that plays perfectly only my creaky 6 year old pc without even having to touch the settings. Great art, great soundtrack, the works. I would give it a 10 if they included a "skip the annoying platforming section" button. There's a LOT of platforming in this game, I recall more time missing jumps than blasting demons, and I just want to blast demons, not playBrilliant, frenetic combat that plays perfectly only my creaky 6 year old pc without even having to touch the settings. Great art, great soundtrack, the works. I would give it a 10 if they included a "skip the annoying platforming section" button. There's a LOT of platforming in this game, I recall more time missing jumps than blasting demons, and I just want to blast demons, not play Mario in hell. I can see why ID included platforming for pacing reasons, and it's great for folks who enjoy jumping puzzles, but for the rest of us out there it's very close to a game-breaker. For me the combat is so good I will keep gritting my teeth through those stupid platforming sections, waiting for my next dose of beautiful ultraviolence.

    **UPDATE** After completing the campaign and now half way through it again the jumping puzzles still annoy the heck out of me.    … Expand
  21. Shuffleblade
    Apr 8, 2020
    6
    On any kind of higher difficulty Doom Eternal is ♥♥♥♥, don't buy it

    Doom is all about the gameplay and the action, Doom 2016 is a game i thoroughly enjoyed; this game however has made many gamedesign decisions that totally ruins the gameplay. In this game there are more than 10 different weapons however due to designdecisions they have very limited ammo. While taking away the feel of    On any kind of higher difficulty Doom Eternal is ♥♥♥♥, don't buy it

    Doom is all about the gameplay and the action, Doom 2016 is a game i thoroughly enjoyed; this game however has made many gamedesign decisions that totally ruins the gameplay.

    In this game there are more than 10 different weapons however due to designdecisions they have very limited ammo. While taking away the feel of being able to freely shoot whatever is ahead of you they thought it was a good idea to add many strategic decisions in a game that is incredibly high paced. Which weapon should you choose for this situation? While running and gunning for your life you need to decide which weapon fits the situation best among more than ten different guns, which modification on the gun fits best AND you also have SIX different offensive abilities on separate cooldowns to keep track of and to keep using.

    You need to keep making these strategic decisions because the game forces you to do so, while limiting ammo so weapons arent as effective and designing enemies that you need to counter which particular weapons or abilities this game forces you to play the game the way it was meant to be played or die. When your weapon runs out of ammo you will automatically switch to your weakest weapons which idiotically enough uses the same ammo as more powerful and better weapons. If you like to pickup a gun and shoot things in the face until they die and just keep shooting until everything is dead this game is definitely not for you. This game is for those that want to be real tactical and strategic about the fights while playing at high speed. The enemies and bosses aren't meant for you to defeat in a way that is fun for you, they are designed to be defeated in a specific way, with specific weapons and abilities which frankly is not fun.

    It is hilarious to me that critics did not see the genius of Doom 2016 until they saw the communites reaction. Now Eternal is released and everyone gave it raving reviews because they think they were supposed to?    … Expand
  22. Yellowlobster
    Jun 3, 2020
    6
    Игра годная, но у нее есть свои хорошие, нейтральные и плохие стороны. Плохих, к сожалению, гораздо больше, чем хотелось бы.
    Плюсы:
    + Графика. Хорошая и вполне тянет на не самых сильных машинах. Отлетающие куски от демонов - вообще шикарно. + Геймплей. Главный и очень веский плюс. По сравнению с думом 2016, он стал разнообразнее и интереснее, а некоторые раздражающие элементы (вроде    Игра годная, но у нее есть свои хорошие, нейтральные и плохие стороны. Плохих, к сожалению, гораздо больше, чем хотелось бы.
    Плюсы:
    + Графика. Хорошая и вполне тянет на не самых сильных машинах. Отлетающие куски от демонов - вообще шикарно.
    + Геймплей. Главный и очень веский плюс. По сравнению с думом 2016, он стал разнообразнее и интереснее, а некоторые раздражающие элементы (вроде рунных испытаний) переработали. Поначалу чувствуешь себя пианистом-неумёхой ввиду обилия клавиш и привязанных к ним способностей, но, когда привыкаешь, играть становится динамично и весело. Хотя, конечно, малое количество патронов иногда подбешивало.
    Нейтралы:
    ... прыжковые головоломки в духе игр-платформеров. Скажу так, они меня не раздражали, но и не радовали. Не могу понять, зачем их вообще добавили.
    ... интерфейс и "аркадные" элементы дизайна. С одной стороны, цветастые интерфейс игрока и ящики патронов, а также подсвеченные секреты и подбираемое оружие облегчают ориентирование в бою. С другой стороны, они же вырвиглазные, господи.
    Минусы:
    - подача сюжета. Не скажу, что сюжет тут хороший или плохой - такая же прямая линия, как и в думе 2016, только с в разы большим размахом. Но воспринимается он гораздо хуже - катсцены в большинстве своем скучные, а вне катсцен подача довольно навязчивая. Единственная годная катсцена в игре - интро, а финальная так вобще полное разочарование.
    - обучение. Если хотите играть в этёрнал как в дум 2016, отключайте обучение сразу же. Оно здорово подрывает динамику, ибо разрабы решили, что на минуту переносить палача в стандартную "тестовую комнату" при подборе каждого нового механического элемента - норма.
    - элементы дизайна уровней. В целом, уровни здесь сделаны хорошо, но некоторые вещи просто ужасные. Замедляющая фиолетовая жижа и "головоломки" с водой и химзащитой - это худшее, что можно было сделать в думе, особенно учитывая то, что они встречаются между боями (за всю игру только один раз фиолетовая слизь появилась в боевой сцене) и просто тратят время игрока. Кроме того, некоторые арены тесные.
    - боссы. Честно, большую часть времени в боях с последними двумя боссами вы будете тратить на то, чтобы чистить арену от миньонов, которых они призывают (ага). Битва с финальным боссом мне показалась и вовсе затянутой на время вдвое дольшее, чем стоило бы, да и напряжения никакого. И хотя вот обычные враги стали интереснее, по сравнению с думом 2016 боссфайты упали в качестве. Возможно, дело в выбранной сложности (играл на сделай мне больно в обе игры), но в предыдущей игре все три битвы с боссами были гораздо напряженнее.

    В звершение скажу, что играть в новый дум нужно ради игры. Он не имеет атмосферы и ощущения целостности прошлого дума, но крошить демонов тут всё же поинтереснее.    … Expand
  23. zzz_DeV1L_zzz
    Jun 7, 2020
    6
    The game is upset. I don’t know why everyone likes her so much. As if in Doom 2016 they simply introduced DLC to the new interface, improved the graphon and added a small plot, so you can make another 100 games about Doom. The game has become brighter, which of course is a minus. I wanted to see the relationship between Hayden and the executioner, but in the game there is simply zero talk.The game is upset. I don’t know why everyone likes her so much. As if in Doom 2016 they simply introduced DLC to the new interface, improved the graphon and added a small plot, so you can make another 100 games about Doom. The game has become brighter, which of course is a minus. I wanted to see the relationship between Hayden and the executioner, but in the game there is simply zero talk. Some NPC killings, after 30 minutes already become bad and have to take a break. In the middle of the game it was already so boring that I really really wanted to finish it as soon as possible. In Doom 2016 I felt the strength of the executioner, that he really is invincible, in this game, even at normal difficulty, with the slightest error, he loses all hp. Could tell more the story of his ordinary life, but got a couple of minutes of videos that tell the story very briefly. A lot of minuses, but still playable, so 6.… Expand
  24. purrrpurrrraw
    Nov 27, 2020
    6
    Well, Doom 2016 was an incredible game. This game feels like a clone of it with arcade.

    Horrible boss fights. Also for the game that forces you to swap weapons - it's so inconvenient to do so.

    Doom guy is slower and half the weapons are useless.

    Multi-player is kind of a joke.
  25. Kuner
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Rarely have i been so split on a game. On one hand you have an interesting combat mechanic and novel approach to resource management in shooter games, and on the other hand it just doesn't feel right. In theory, everything about this game is great, but in practice it just feels wrong. The resource management mechanic forces you to play one way and one way only. Full risk, into the fray,Rarely have i been so split on a game. On one hand you have an interesting combat mechanic and novel approach to resource management in shooter games, and on the other hand it just doesn't feel right. In theory, everything about this game is great, but in practice it just feels wrong. The resource management mechanic forces you to play one way and one way only. Full risk, into the fray, shooting, ripping, burning, jumping. It's wonderfully intense, but it's also extremely monotonous. The old doom games featured variety, and by spreading limited ammo around the levels, and actually fare more complex and rewarding system of resource management. They tried to reinvent the wheel here, and I commend them for it, but it's just not for me, I found myself bored with the repetitive combat arenas, constantly sawing through demons or ripping them apart, then going on youtube to look up the solution for another annoying puzzle or platforming section where I overlooked one tiny hidden ledge to hold onto. The puzzles in the original doom were a lot more fun, since they emphasized actual exploration, while constantly under threat and forced to battle monsters.
    The story here is also more than questionable, but i'll admit that blowing a hole into Mars was pretty damn awesome.
    This isn't a bad game by any stretch. It's incredibly well made and ambitious. It's just not a great doom game.    … Expand
  26. Chelovek91
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    Игра очень перегружена. Я могу понять зачем вводить необходимость постоянной смены оружия, но как будто этого было мало нужно еще и использовать несколько умений с откатом по времени. Такое должно быть актуально на высоких сложностях, но низкий дпс из-за этого не исправить сменой сложности. Если игрок не завсегдатай спинномозговых мультиплеерных шутеров, каждый бой будет для негоИгра очень перегружена. Я могу понять зачем вводить необходимость постоянной смены оружия, но как будто этого было мало нужно еще и использовать несколько умений с откатом по времени. Такое должно быть актуально на высоких сложностях, но низкий дпс из-за этого не исправить сменой сложности. Если игрок не завсегдатай спинномозговых мультиплеерных шутеров, каждый бой будет для него утомительной и суматошной беготней от одного импа до другого в поисках вечно кончающихся патронов, потому что он хочет играть 2-3 пушками и не использует абилки. Это одна из претензий, но самая главная для меня. Из-за возросшего темпа все стало кислотно мультяшным, словно в мультиплеерной игре, многие ругали прошлую часть за "серость" но в этом хотя был стиль, атмосфера, в эти локации можно было поверить. Подытожив можно сказать, что все было подстроено в угоду новому геймплею, который можно охарактеризовать как спорный. Вся игра спорная и ни как не маст хэв, о чем кричали игровые СМИ на старте. Я убедился в этом на личном примере.… Expand
  27. hertzian68
    Nov 8, 2020
    6
    UAC megacorp brings about hell on earth with their neverending greed a la wallstreet/ central banksters. Then a marxist technosavior comes along, complete with sickle and hammer logo. So the wej central bank scam and its tools the monopoloy megacorps "fights" the wej socialism/communism to bring about a kabbalistic dialectic of the one world genteel slavery of materialism and atheism so aUAC megacorp brings about hell on earth with their neverending greed a la wallstreet/ central banksters. Then a marxist technosavior comes along, complete with sickle and hammer logo. So the wej central bank scam and its tools the monopoloy megacorps "fights" the wej socialism/communism to bring about a kabbalistic dialectic of the one world genteel slavery of materialism and atheism so a wej elite and wej middle class management can live as lords over everyone else who are just animals as per the Talmud which these people are brought up on. Sheesh gaming is so sjw one world occultist underworld order programming these days.
    --I generally don't like any of the new doom stuff, just blood and guts S&M with a headache inducing soundtrack. Plants and animals that are blasted with this type of noise get sick or crazy at a much higher level than no music, you are no different. At least Doom 3 had a creepy aliens type of story. This is just much more realistic gory space invaders level stuff. Refunded.
    --On a technical level I had no problems playing this game and it looks ok, the monumental type of level art is good, not as good as dark souls 3 but still pretty nice looking.    … Expand
  28. GlassCloud
    Oct 23, 2020
    6
    Great graphics and weapons, stupid jump puzzles ruined the game for me though, gave up in the end.
  29. lxRs451
    Nov 24, 2020
    6
    In 2016 i could play the way i want. In Eternal i have to play the way ID wants and while i respect it, understand the gameplay loop and can play through the game with no problems, i do not enjoy it very much.
  30. petriAND
    Dec 15, 2020
    6
    Well doom is doom a damon killer simulator and that is about it. Is fun and all but it has such a plain story almost inexistent even though is a way longer story and you can even call it a story.. i guess.. than the one they made in doom 2016. Combat is fun, animations are cool, the controls of the character feels old, without wheight like and that is all what i can say about this game.
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. M_Alex
    Apr 5, 2020
    5
    I've played all the major doom titles in the past, and I like this one least. Well, perhaps better than resurrection of evil, but that was a expansion pack. Its not terrible, and up to a point it was really fun. But the final third of the game is just tedious. The fights towards the end are boring, a typical rinse and repeat affair. The secrets, at first really on the nose, start beingI've played all the major doom titles in the past, and I like this one least. Well, perhaps better than resurrection of evil, but that was a expansion pack. Its not terrible, and up to a point it was really fun. But the final third of the game is just tedious. The fights towards the end are boring, a typical rinse and repeat affair. The secrets, at first really on the nose, start being irritating to get to, particularly those to which you have to fall down. The reliance on gimmicks is too much. The platformer sections are tedious. Doom 2016 was by far a better game.

    I'd say that before unlocking the Empyrean Keys the game is a solid 9/10. Then it's downhill, brutally.

    Other than that, ammo for the, erm, big guns is rare.    … Expand
  34. Achaern
    Mar 21, 2020
    5
    Maybe the game is amazing and I didn't play it long enough to know, but as it stands, it became clear this wasn't a game I was going to enjoy much, if at all. I returned it after 45 minutes of empty frustration.

    -You have to play it online. In fact, when you launch it, you get a Bethesda.net login prompt but your only options are to accept and make an account and always play online, or    Maybe the game is amazing and I didn't play it long enough to know, but as it stands, it became clear this wasn't a game I was going to enjoy much, if at all. I returned it after 45 minutes of empty frustration.

    -You have to play it online. In fact, when you launch it, you get a Bethesda.net login prompt but your only options are to accept and make an account and always play online, or to hit 'esc' and be offered the desktop. Now, I got around this by putting Steam in offline mode and this bypasses the login. But the game makes it extremely clear it's not the full experience unless you're online. I can make peace with being connected to servers, but the way they implemented this was poor.

    -The game isn't doom. It's called doom, lots of reviews saying it's doom, but it's Quake! It feels like Quake, you run like in Quake and the level design is much more like Quake with needing to find the right ledge to jump onto to climb up. You have a double jump now right at the start as opposed to unlocking it later, so the game puts you an area where you can get easily lost, running around looking for where to go right from the start. I spent 10 minutes trying to find how to get out of the hallway after the first room. That's mostly on me, but it was still frustrating.

    -You can fully, and easily, run out of Ammo. Even gas for the chainsaw, so you can be screwed and have no way to hurt anything, as the default punch does nothing but mildly stun the enemies.

    -The chainsaw and glory kills are teleports, you can literally skip 30' of space to do one, but there is no animation, you just *pop* to where the enemy is. I guess it's supposed to make the movement feel fluid, but it feels really jarring to me.

    -The users online mentioning that you have to use certain weapons weren't kidding. You start with the shotgun, there is no pistol. But, since there are RPG elements, the shotgun is weak and cannot even kill a former human with one shot (but you can kill Imps with one shot), since it's weak, you're always out of ammo.

    -The game puts you in greyspace tutorial arenas when it introduces a new concept. It does not let you play around in the real world to discover what it can do until after the rote tutorial. It can thankfully be disabled in the options though.

    -When you hit certain milestone checkpoints, like a certain ledge or location, the enemies often despawn behind you, meaning you never needed to kill them to progress, you just needed to 'get to that ledge' to save the checkpoint. Makes it feel more like you're checkpoint running than clearing the Earth of demons, since you don't always need to kill them to progress. I know you always had the option of getting keycards to finish levels, but this feels off somehow.

    -Based on the last point, sometimes you'll find doors you need to kill enemies until the door opens, but then the door might instantly close behind you, forcing you forward, always forward. I enjoyed being able to explore back through cleared areas in Doom, but that's no longer. I prefer agency.

    -Since you're out of ammo, and since the enemies are constantly spawning fighting each other, you feel like a man in the middle unless you draw aggro. If you draw aggro, you run out of ammo, so suddenly we're playing Doom where I want to find that cliff, get to that door much more than I want to stay and slay, and that's weird.

    -The story, what the heck (not hell). It starts in medias res, which doesn't work well for video games like this. Apparently some ancient king made the doom slayer and sent him against the demons or something. I know they got rid of the idea that you're a human marine in Doom 2016, but... but... now it's fantasy more than horror sci-fi. I don't get it. It feels like you didn't have the experiences from Doom 2016, like it never happened. Maybe it's filled in later but I dunno.
    -I felt sad watching the intro where it was explained that Earth has been overrun completely. That means you failed in Doom 2016 I feel. I know that's a strange hangup, but it just 'feels' off. Maybe that'll change as game progresses, but I had no reason to keep playing.

    So, there might be a great game in there somewhere and boy it's hard to ignore so many positive reviews, but it's clear this isn't a game nor experience I really need nor want right now.

    Game ran well on my GTX 1060 i5-4690 and 21:9 screen.    … Expand
  35. 123456
    Mar 23, 2020
    5
    Really wanted to like this game following the amazing 2016 DOOM.

    However, it just sucks. Almost without exception the new additions to the game suck. The storyline is this serious religious cult/DOOMGUY origin story (I have no idea if it is set before or after DOOM 2016) which you can either ignore or read all about in the codex, either way it doesn’t make a lot of sense so save    Really wanted to like this game following the amazing 2016 DOOM.

    However, it just sucks.

    Almost without exception the new additions to the game suck. The storyline is this serious religious cult/DOOMGUY origin story (I have no idea if it is set before or after DOOM 2016) which you can either ignore or read all about in the codex, either way it doesn’t make a lot of sense so save yourself the bother and skip school.

    The combat is similar to 2016 but with some more buttons to press. The flamethrower is quite fun, but the glory kills seem graphically toned down. The mechanic is also a little clumsy by forcing you into melee a stunned demon for the health they drop, you are almost always putting yourself in danger. This was also true of 2016 but due to the more cramped maps it feels more apparent.

    The part that absolutely ruins the game is the Marauder. This boss has no business being in this type of game at all. It’s like he escaped from Dark Souls. DOOM was about fast paced shooting, running from a ton of different types of enemies and using the terrain to your advantage whilst you pick off the demons. This guy is completely contrary to all of that, slowing the pace down and being so much more difficult to kill (not impossible by any means) than any other demon in the game, including bosses. In addition, if any other demons are present it’s even more challenging as he takes so much focus, again unlike another other enemy. It’s a huge speedbump in the gameplay.

    And then there is the platforming. Why did they add all this climbing and jumping and dashing – this isn’t even DOOM anymore it’s Spiderman. For every combat section there is a puzzle platformer or parkour section. These make sense in ruined city sections or areas which are supposed to be off limits, but I’m supposed to believe the only entrance to this floating temple or whatever it is, this religious hub, is asking people to bounce and swing and vault their way across platforms to get to church? It’s just designed for the sake of platforming, without any logic.

    It’s like they made the perfect DOOM in 2016 but they had to justify their own jobs so they added a load of unnecessary things to put a new spin on it, whilst leaving out some understated but powerful elements, but it’s totally unbalanced.

    For instance, in 2016 DOOMGUY was this hyper violent, no time for your bullsh*t character. He broke everything to that was key to the mission, didn’t care about the instructions or requests he got as everything was literally going to hell anyway. This wasn’t a lack of a script or story, it was a pretty powerful message, a middle finger to authority and matched the games intense violent combat with brutal, and often amusing, narrative. It was also very easy for the player to follow and enjoy and kept the fast pace.

    In Eternal you have a story that seems to be missing it’s beginning. Then DOOMGUY seems either stoned or bored by the whole thing, and there is no humour whatsoever. You lose control of your character constantly for these cutscenes to play out, interrupting the flow of the game as you just wonder around priests talking about something you didn’t research before the scene started.

    If you do like platforms and puzzles there are a ton of secret items to find which sadly has very little appeal to me, not because of the concept but just because the main game is so tedious.

    The music doesn’t feel like it kicks as much as 2016, but that could be because I’m not enjoying the game as much. It certainly doesn’t stand out though.

    Visually it’s very well made – if anything the later levels are overly done. It does create a real other worldly sense, but it’s not really a world I find appealing. The hellscapes return and look great, as does burnt out earth cities. The gothic citadels look very nice, but it doesn’t fit with DOOM to be wondering around a damp old castle when this is sci-fi horror.

    Sadly I can’t recommend a game I was desperately looking forward to in 2020, it takes a modern classic, tries to enhance it, and by doing so it wrecks what made it a classic to begin with.    … Expand
  36. fatehasfans
    Mar 21, 2020
    5
    So, after all the hype we get a below average generic bloatware shooter with a serious crisis of identity thrown in.

    How did they get it so wrong? Ofc they probably made a killing in terms of money (so maybe they didn't get it wrong) but the game is terrible, I'm sorry. It's hard to explain what exactly is wrong because there are just so many areas that feel off. No disrespect to    So, after all the hype we get a below average generic bloatware shooter with a serious crisis of identity thrown in.

    How did they get it so wrong? Ofc they probably made a killing in terms of money (so maybe they didn't get it wrong) but the game is terrible, I'm sorry.

    It's hard to explain what exactly is wrong because there are just so many areas that feel off. No disrespect to the creators and developers, I'm sure they put a lot of work into this game but I'm afraid it has the feel of a basement bin weekend Steam offer where I pay 5 dollars to install and then uninstall a dodgy FPS.

    Nutshell?

    - Gunplay: Generic and actually counterintuitive. Nothing feels consistent, ffs even thinking about it frustrates me. Pity I can't uninstall what's in my head! Gun progression should be punchy and satisfying from the get go. In Doom Eternal, start with shotgun and it's meh, switch to chain gun and it's meh and tbh I don't even know or care what the difference is in terms of damage because it all just feels meh. I don't have any affiliation to the weapons I'm picking up. It all feels the same - the weapons lacks any real identity, this stuff is supposed to be at the core of Doom. When playing it's just stop, start, stop, start, pop, melee, pop, pop, melee, pop, pop -- look around and everything is still alive/little happens, I want to turn it off already, feels like a chore!

    - Map design: it's like Resident Evil 1 meets Parkour only you can't parkour and 99% of the explorable areas are protected by invisible walls, yuck!

    - Actio ….

    ...nah sorry cba the game is just poor. Given the build-up, the hype, the people/company behind it, and the price and we get this bloated travesty? Utterly shocking.

    5/10

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  37. Grismar
    May 18, 2020
    5
    As a fan of both the original Doom and its sequel as well as Doom 2016 (Doom 3? What Doom 3?) I had high expectations, but along the lines of expecting a somewhat derivative Doom 2016 II. I expected a very similar game, with a story line set on Earth and a decent replacement of the silly snap map mechanic. Perhaps a bit more focused on PvP and the maps to back it up.

    If only we'd gotten    As a fan of both the original Doom and its sequel as well as Doom 2016 (Doom 3? What Doom 3?) I had high expectations, but along the lines of expecting a somewhat derivative Doom 2016 II. I expected a very similar game, with a story line set on Earth and a decent replacement of the silly snap map mechanic. Perhaps a bit more focused on PvP and the maps to back it up.

    If only we'd gotten that, Doom Eternal would have received an easy 8 or 9 from me. But with Doom Eternal as it stands, I can't go over a 5.

    Technically, it's fine. With the exception of many parts of the scenery that I should *clearly* be able to jump on (but am pushed off of by some invisible boundary), the game is technically solid. There's even a few very enjoyable elements like the satisfying sound design, the passable score - I preferred 2016's tunes, but Eternal's is on par with my expectations there. I don't care for the more arcade disco and video-gamey visual style, but I accept that his may just be age and style.

    But what is up with the insane forced game play loop? Since when is Doom primarily a puzzle game where I get forced to replay levels again and again until I find the one way the developers thought I should play the level, to get just the right amount from chainsawing demons and keeping my health up with a glory kill here and there. This from a fan that finished Doom 2016 on every difficulty level with every possible collectible and even attempting Ultra Nightmare more often than I care to remember.

    Apart from forcing players to adjust to a single, railroaded way of playing, what's wrong with this is that the mechanic makes no sense in the continuity of the game world and possibly even worse: it makes the otherwise satisfying glory kills all but obsolete. In 2016, a glory kill was a power trip - a dominant move putting your character deeper into the action, with a glorious fountain of blood, to be followed up with a spray of bullets and more ripping and tearing. In Eternal, it's what you have to do if you can't be bothered to pop over to one of the power-ups that are littering the arena or when you really need some health because the game forced you into a small room with a bad monster - picking you up from a low point instead of providing a high point.

    That may seem like a really long gripe for something that perhaps seems minor, but it's emblematic of everything that's wrong with Eternal. Eternal simply isn't Doom. It feels derivative not just of its predecessor, but of the genre as a whole and I would have been happy with it as a $15 Doom-wannabe from another publisher. As the latest offering from Id, it makes me sad that Doom 2016 was apparently the final version of Doom.

    And the worst thing: I don't feel like playing it through. I restarted at an easier difficulty figuring I might just give it a more breezy playthrough, but the problem persist and I find myself thinking I'd rather give Doom 2016 Ultra Nightmare another go.    … Expand
  38. Terrier
    Mar 24, 2020
    5
    The game is great but it is not the best Doom.
    First, it's frantic, the graphics are awesome, the scenarios are awesome, the soundtrack is awesome. There is a lot of lore and stuff.
    However, it is also a 3d platform game (some people are calling DOOMARIO), an fps that it is also a platform game. What could possibly go wrong? Simple: The control is horrible for some moves. This game    The game is great but it is not the best Doom.
    First, it's frantic, the graphics are awesome, the scenarios are awesome, the soundtrack is awesome. There is a lot of lore and stuff.

    However, it is also a 3d platform game (some people are calling DOOMARIO), an fps that it is also a platform game. What could possibly go wrong? Simple: The control is horrible for some moves. This game is aimed to be played with a joypad, but it is also a fps (so you want to play with a keyboard and mouse), so it is nonsense. For example, to jump and press the shift key to speed, it is really awkward without a joypad.

    Moves that you could do with Doom:
    - Jump
    - Double Jump (yes, I am not kidding)
    - Wall grab
    - Sprint
    - Double Spring
    - And all the combinations.

    At least we are free of wall-jump but it was lava (like Mario 64) and if you fall into it, then it acts exactly like Mario.

    I really enjoyed Jedi Fallen Orden as a platform-action game but it is not an fps game, while Doom is a FPS game.

    Also, this game forces you to run out of ammo every time, your main gun has only around 18 bullets max! and you need 1-2 bullets per enemy. You could get more ammo with the chaingun but sheesh, you must do it regularly. If you are a trigger-happy game then this game is not for you.

    I enjoy more watching on youtube than playing it.    … Expand
  39. ozzless
    Mar 25, 2020
    5
    Much worse than the 2016 DOOM. It's not real doom anymore, but some arcade style game. Jumping puzzles are a pain in the ass, it's no fun at all having to run across half the map to retry the jump only to fall down again (as there is no saveload for some reason). The combat is ok, but somehow feels downgraded from the 2016. The purple goo where you can't jump is another dumb idea in thisMuch worse than the 2016 DOOM. It's not real doom anymore, but some arcade style game. Jumping puzzles are a pain in the ass, it's no fun at all having to run across half the map to retry the jump only to fall down again (as there is no saveload for some reason). The combat is ok, but somehow feels downgraded from the 2016. The purple goo where you can't jump is another dumb idea in this game. Overall, it's hard to give this game more than 5 due to all the problems.… Expand
  40. Steyraus
    Oct 1, 2020
    5
    Personally this game was a massive letdown for me. While the first game was a ballet of blood and guts and effects the second game feels like a awkward game of checkers and balancing ammo and health and having the right Weapon at the right time. By no means a bad game but when everyone wanted more of the same we were given something completely different and I don't know why this is a hugePersonally this game was a massive letdown for me. While the first game was a ballet of blood and guts and effects the second game feels like a awkward game of checkers and balancing ammo and health and having the right Weapon at the right time. By no means a bad game but when everyone wanted more of the same we were given something completely different and I don't know why this is a huge disappointment from what the first game was in my opinion… Expand
  41. rootpl
    Apr 1, 2020
    5
    Very disappointing compared to 2016 version. Oh well it is what it is. Maybe next one will be better?
  42. 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
  43. CptAhnungslos
    Dec 18, 2020
    5
    Bought it full price, tried to get it running as intended, gave up after 59 minutes of tinkering, got my refund. Maybe I'll come back next year, when it's patched and on a sale.

    6 Month later, now it´s "free" on GamePass and I gave it another try.
    Technically impressiv, fun demon ripping and tearing BUT the jumping parts are so annoying, that I eventually gave up.
  44. adesr
    Apr 20, 2020
    5
    Doom 2016 was an awesome game, while Doom Eternal is just hmm... meh.

    I'm a big Doom fan, starting from the classics. I was totally in love with Doom 2016. It was an almost perfect Doom in every sense. In anticipation of Doom Eternal, I replayed the whole campaign in Nightmare the week before the release. I was in front of the Bethestda Launcher waiting for the countdown to hit zero at    Doom 2016 was an awesome game, while Doom Eternal is just hmm... meh.

    I'm a big Doom fan, starting from the classics. I was totally in love with Doom 2016. It was an almost perfect Doom in every sense. In anticipation of Doom Eternal, I replayed the whole campaign in Nightmare the week before the release. I was in front of the Bethestda Launcher waiting for the countdown to hit zero at midnight.

    Then I started the game and I really really tried to like it. I was fighting my inner self more than the monsters, trying to convince myself that the game had to be good, that the problem was with me. Unfortunately I couldn't win that battle and the verdict is that the game is just OK. So much wasted potential.

    Anyway, here are my lowlights:

    - The story is not connected to Doom 2016. They had so much good material to work on from the ending of Doom 2016. And there's not even a cinematic to start the game.
    - The graphics are disappointing for 2020. It's quite similar to 2016 and doesn't compare to other AAA games from 2020.
    - The Doomguy has no face in Doom 2016. He has a face in Doom 3 and in Doom Eternal. Guess which one of these games doesn't sux.
    - The style is very cartoonish, which doesn't work for Doom at all. WT* is going on with the bright and colorful loot items? I restarted the game multiple times and checked my graphic drivers thinking there was a problem with my rendering. And WT* is that question mark jumping up and down in secret rooms?
    - The game mechanics and mobility: this is where they ruined it all for me. "All you need is ammo", said Dr Samuel Hayden in Doom 2016. Now you need to be an acrobat to jump and grab monkey bars (WT*), climb walls, dash, double-dash, whatever.
    - The complexity: in Doom 2016 we had argent cells, weapon points, mods and runes. Eternal introduces life powerups and a complex weapon upgrade tree. You can put daemons on fire, or freeze them. Then there's the "blood punch", the "empowered demon", "secret gates", "slayer gates"... Oh my.

    This game is a solid "meh". 5/10. Wasted potential.    … Expand
  45. BFM
    Mar 27, 2020
    5
    This was very underwhelming.
    I didn't feel very immersed or interested in what was going on.
    The world looks uninteresting and uninspired, and besides from a few holograms that make announcements, it's all completely dead and non interactive. If you think that you could break glass, or that explosions destroy anything or make even a single object or piece of rubble fly through the    This was very underwhelming.
    I didn't feel very immersed or interested in what was going on.
    The world looks uninteresting and uninspired, and besides from a few holograms that make announcements, it's all completely dead and non interactive.

    If you think that you could break glass, or that explosions destroy anything or make even a single object or piece of rubble fly through the air, you are crazy.

    The gameplay is completely brain dead.
    You as much as the game just spams enemies at you, is as much as you just spam fire at them.
    The only skill you need is to walk in circles a bit, and press the chainsaw button when you need ammo, which runs out every 10 seconds.

    The gameplay is like meditation, your mind will wander anywhere else, but you will not be in this world, thinking about what is going on in it.

    And then the graphics ....
    what a disappointment.

    Sure - I made the mistake of playing this after Half Life: Alyx.
    But man ... it all looks so bad. The level of detail, the effects, the lighting ...
    it is all designed with the philosophy of a racing game,
    as in "They player is just going to rush by it, so no reason to put any work into what they will not look at."

    Even if your PC is a potato, you will have no problem to set every setting to Ultra Nightmare, and still get a framerate above 100fps at 1440p resolution.

    I really hope that this is the end of the current Doom reboot series, and that they will go back to the ambition and immersion that was put into Doom 3.    … Expand
  46. Halyo
    Oct 8, 2020
    5
    ADHD : the game.
    This game would have been good if the devs hadn't substituted good, intelligent game design for pointless, repetitive gimmicks only there to fill the APM counter for ADHD people.
    The maps with their ennemy placement are chaotic and it's a bit hard to get an overview, so the best way to navigate them is by moving around equally chaotically to the demons, and I guess that    ADHD : the game.
    This game would have been good if the devs hadn't substituted good, intelligent game design for pointless, repetitive gimmicks only there to fill the APM counter for ADHD people.
    The maps with their ennemy placement are chaotic and it's a bit hard to get an overview, so the best way to navigate them is by moving around equally chaotically to the demons, and I guess that would have been fine if the game didn't recquire you to constantly keep an eye on weaker demons, make a repetitive cutscene happen through either a glory or chainsaw kill and encourage "variety" for the sake of variety through gimmicks like the flamethrower. All these things are designed to make the game slow-down and re-orient the player, but in reality they only serve to further make you lose focus on your opponents and aim as well as they are over-stimulating for no reason.    … Expand
  47. Turulo
    Apr 23, 2020
    5
    Doom 2016 was way better than expected. This one thou didn't meet my expectations. It's just not fun.

    Somehow it looks worst than the 2016 version and silly like a comedy it's supposed to be hell like.

    The ammo mechanics which I thought would be interesting didn't work out. Out of ammo all the time with every weapon. And I play Doom 2016 in Nightmare level. So I don't know it's just not fun.
  48. Tomek34
    Mar 27, 2020
    5
    Too much is simply going on in this game. Hard to keep track of all the enemy movements and etc. The level design is totally surrealistic, liked more much the art approach/design from 2016 version.
  49. TheLeha
    Apr 12, 2020
    5
    Need more ammo, need normal graphics, and need
    remove stupid platforming!!!
  50. skeletorone
    Sep 8, 2020
    5
    DOOM Eternal is a major disappointment. It is overdesigned and frustratingly limiting. You are not the Doomslayer in this one. You are just a monkey that is supposed to jump through hoops and hurdles the game throws at you and you can't avoid it. In fact the game is entirely designed around that. The low amount of ammo you are allowed to carry feels wrong at every moment. It is not likeDOOM Eternal is a major disappointment. It is overdesigned and frustratingly limiting. You are not the Doomslayer in this one. You are just a monkey that is supposed to jump through hoops and hurdles the game throws at you and you can't avoid it. In fact the game is entirely designed around that. The low amount of ammo you are allowed to carry feels wrong at every moment. It is not like there isn't enough ammo available, it is the fact that the game funnels you into a very specific combat loop to acquire the ammo. The platforming sections are absolutely annoying and sometimes just badly designed. I remember one section where I clearly was able to reach a certain platform with double jump and double dash but the game uses an invisible wall to deny this because it is expected that the player follows a different path. That's basically DOOM Eternal in a nutshell to me. You are not allowed to do it your way because we [id Software] have this very narrow, rigid synergy designed for you. The platforming aspect destroys the idea of taking a breath between the combat sections and it completely killed my desire to explore the levels the way I did in DOOM 2016. Yellow monkey bars, Super Mario style fireball traps, purple goo that sticks Doomguy to the ground... Really? The upgrade system is bloated. Technically the game is fine. It looks good and mechanically everything works as intended. Sadly, it just isn't a fun game overall and it is certainly not "shooter perfection".… Expand
  51. paol0
    Mar 26, 2020
    5
    Doom 2016 had almost perfect level of consistency. Doom eternal is like very colorful Comander Keen mixed with hardcore lore and logic miss-steps.
  52. Faunymaroo
    Mar 29, 2020
    5
    It's totally fine if you have nothing better to play, but it has nothing to mark it out as fun or unique. A bog-standard shooter with a stupid story and very average graphics. It's like Bulletstorm but without the laughs and with duller weapons.

    I got the Doom Classic pack and I love it. Play the original, it's awesome, fun and atmospheric. Doom Eternal is trying too hard, and the level    It's totally fine if you have nothing better to play, but it has nothing to mark it out as fun or unique. A bog-standard shooter with a stupid story and very average graphics. It's like Bulletstorm but without the laughs and with duller weapons.

    I got the Doom Classic pack and I love it. Play the original, it's awesome, fun and atmospheric. Doom Eternal is trying too hard, and the level design is "put a bunch of monsters in a pit"    … Expand
  53. vunder
    May 12, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. overly difficult on normal mode, easy is not much different. heavy enemies are bullet sponges and the critical attacks to make them less lethal feels bad. the weapons feel weaker across the board. just not as much freedom in play style as the last game. all down time and exploration has been replaced with very poor platforming. entire game feels like a survival mode with constant scrounging for resources. not enough ammo and the guns are just to weak. glory kills should have given armor as well, the flamethrower is super annoying.

    the hub and the story are good, from an art standpoint its good, but i didn't want to buy a survival platformer with a doom backdrop and honestly with i would have just read the story online.    … Expand
  54. Francky
    Mar 28, 2020
    5
    Такое ощущение, что создатели вдруг решили: "Постойте, ведь игрок может просто начать бегать и крошить демонов, как и стоило бы палачу рока! Но ведь разве мы зря делали эти лишние механики ползанья по стенам, прыжкам и т.д.? Натыкате в игру побольше всяких испытаний и постоянно напоминайте игрокам, что без выполнения всей этой чуши прохождение не считается. Пусть эти сучки почувствуют себяТакое ощущение, что создатели вдруг решили: "Постойте, ведь игрок может просто начать бегать и крошить демонов, как и стоило бы палачу рока! Но ведь разве мы зря делали эти лишние механики ползанья по стенам, прыжкам и т.д.? Натыкате в игру побольше всяких испытаний и постоянно напоминайте игрокам, что без выполнения всей этой чуши прохождение не считается. Пусть эти сучки почувствуют себя гребанным марио"

    6 баллов просто за приятные анимации, сносную стрельбу и попытку показать себя олдовым думом.    … Expand
  55. T-Babyboi
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    Indifferent about it, at first was super exciting, then towards the end, it just.....died. Good for a younger gamer, but for me....just another game.
  56. aberro
    Mar 22, 2020
    5
    At first I was hyped about new Doom announcement, then after seeing trailers with **** rap music, **** slogans and **** skins, I became wary, and now, after 2 hours in game I'm kinda dissapointed. It's not, like, thrash bad, it's just... empty. Soulless. Like yet another pixelated platformer or yet another survival with craft. Developers tried to attract as many players as they can, soAt first I was hyped about new Doom announcement, then after seeing trailers with **** rap music, **** slogans and **** skins, I became wary, and now, after 2 hours in game I'm kinda dissapointed. It's not, like, thrash bad, it's just... empty. Soulless. Like yet another pixelated platformer or yet another survival with craft. Developers tried to attract as many players as they can, so they've just stuffed this game with everything, but ended up with just pile of garbage. Arcade shooter, mixed with mario brothers jumping, with mobile games grinding, points, bonuses, etc, with moba silly skins, and flavored it with hellish surroundings. Level design is mediocre, invisible walls here and there, but not where they need to be, which was mitigated by respawning. Constant mix of level styles is eye-poping, decorations and decals have no logic whatsoever, seems more like levels was randomly generated from presets. Once you finished yet another battle and stopped for a second, you realize that you feel almost zero immersion. This game is ok if you want to strain your spinal reflexes for hour or two after work, but nothing more. I've recently played Black Mesa and sometimes I forgot to eat and I underslept for three days - this is how good game should be played.… Expand
  57. 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
  58. 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
  59. Lizarino
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    TL:DR - Not as fun a game anymore, a lot of annoyances and downgrades from Doom 2016. I'd only recommend to buy it at -50% off or more.

    - Glory kills are terrible and so much worse than 2016 - Ammo is shared between some guns and is sparse - Enemies can CC and stunlock you - Game is harder than it needs to be on the earlier levels - So. much. parkour. It doesn't belong here and is    TL:DR - Not as fun a game anymore, a lot of annoyances and downgrades from Doom 2016. I'd only recommend to buy it at -50% off or more.

    - Glory kills are terrible and so much worse than 2016
    - Ammo is shared between some guns and is sparse
    - Enemies can CC and stunlock you
    - Game is harder than it needs to be on the earlier levels
    - So. much. parkour. It doesn't belong here and is just an annoyance
    - Too many upgrade currencies and menus get overwhelming
    - Bad UI makes knowing when things are off cooldown harder than it needs to be
    - Forced to use weapons you don't want to on a lot of enemies, like a rock paper scissors
    - No more normal multiplayer or snapmap from 2016, replaced by a mediocre battlemode
    - Has a battlepass system

    Although I do have a lot of complaints for the game, I do enjoy parts of it and they got some things right:

    - Good soundtrack as always
    - Really well optimised, can run on almost ultra at 144 fps which a lot of games can't really do. No fps stutters or crashes
    - Graphics look pretty good
    - They added a more prevalent story into this one, although no one plays this for the story
    - When in combat and I actually have ammo, it's really fun most of the time
    - The game has some customisation with skins and such, if you are into that (although they're not serious at all)    … Expand
  60. AllNewSuperfake
    Mar 24, 2020
    5
    If you like this playstyle and visuals, you are certainly in for a treat. But if you are not comfortable with it, you won't be able to force yourself into liking it.

    My problem here is that most of the time, especially whenever you get into a brawl (not shootout, there is surprisingly little shooting happening), you are no longer in control of your movement since you beam from place to    If you like this playstyle and visuals, you are certainly in for a treat. But if you are not comfortable with it, you won't be able to force yourself into liking it.

    My problem here is that most of the time, especially whenever you get into a brawl (not shootout, there is surprisingly little shooting happening), you are no longer in control of your movement since you beam from place to place, get stuck in animations that also reset the camera every time, and even when the action calms down you still get to do some light parkour that has the same flaw. It's like the game is constantly trying to play itself and I'm only in the way.

    It is technically flawless and certainly looks fantastic in a video, but I just can't get used to it, and I never really feel in control. While it certainly gives your actions a severe impact, it always left me feeling slightly disoriented, and while the constant finishers are very well done, you can only be impressed by them so many times.

    I'm also not too fond of all the tumbling fortnite-esque icons whenever you slay an enemy. In a DOOM game I expect the room to be littered with corpses when I'm done, not sparkling in rainbow colors. The visuals overall are are a little too playful for me, but that is once again up to your personal taste. Just be aware that it won't get better (or, depending on your view, worse). There's a lot of atmosphere, but it never felt scary or disgusting or at least claustrophobic.

    While the sound design is borderline perfect, the music wasn't too memorable either. To be honest: I have a hard time understanding the hype. But I guess 8-year-old me would have uttered a lot of "cooools" and "woooahs", so if you can get in that mindset (and I envy you for it), this is a game for you.    … Expand
  61. Onyxdreams
    Apr 30, 2020
    5
    Game COMPLETELY RUINED by gratuitous platforming that makes no sense.
    Save your money.
  62. patriarchy
    Mar 29, 2020
    5
    It starts with a bang but ends with a pathetic whimper. First half is built from decent arenas and rather thought-out encounters, second half is assembled from tiny killboxes you run around in circles which makes you feel like a weaponized hamster.
    Combat design is weird, glory kills and chainsaw seems forced upon by undercoocked ammo and health economy which means you never have the    It starts with a bang but ends with a pathetic whimper. First half is built from decent arenas and rather thought-out encounters, second half is assembled from tiny killboxes you run around in circles which makes you feel like a weaponized hamster.
    Combat design is weird, glory kills and chainsaw seems forced upon by undercoocked ammo and health economy which means you never have the opportunity to fully enjoy the game.
    Game tries to capitalise on the "edge" but the edge is dull, so many things are copy-pasted from Doom 2016 reboot it's hard to justify it as a separate game.
    Story is alright for the first half too, but then you're treated with Doomguy past which takes away from the experience rather than adds to it.

    I'd rate it as a typical modern experience: fleshed out for the first few hours to fool the reviewers but second half is just basically abandoned.    … Expand
  63. BreakerOne20
    Mar 20, 2020
    5
    I had high hopes for this one. The graphics, environments, and music are pretty awesome I must admit, but that is pretty much all this game is.
    Maybe I went in with the wrong expectations, but the gameplay is just too frantic. You run around trapped in circles in smallish arena rooms with very limited ammo trying to shoot demons that spawn from everywhere. When you run out of ammo (and    I had high hopes for this one. The graphics, environments, and music are pretty awesome I must admit, but that is pretty much all this game is.
    Maybe I went in with the wrong expectations, but the gameplay is just too frantic. You run around trapped in circles in smallish arena rooms with very limited ammo trying to shoot demons that spawn from everywhere. When you run out of ammo (and you will constantly) you have to cut an enemy with a chainsaw... which also has ammo... to get more ammo.
    The story is told using codex entries which disturbs the flow of the game. I felt like I really wanted to explore the cool environments for loot and lore, but there is none to be had.
    The platforming elements did not impress me.
    Maybe this is a really good shooter, but I don't really like "pure" shooters, and this was not the game to change my mind.    … Expand
  64. rage77
    Mar 21, 2020
    5
    Ok so after a number of hours in, I don't know where I am story wise, half way? 20%? 75%?

    I feel a bit disappointed. In DOOM 2016 I felt badass! All them demons were my **** and I was there to make them pay! Now I feel like I'm just doing jumping puzzles half the time which are increasing in difficulty so you barely know where the **** you're supposed to go and the rest of the time I'm    Ok so after a number of hours in, I don't know where I am story wise, half way? 20%? 75%?

    I feel a bit disappointed.

    In DOOM 2016 I felt badass! All them demons were my **** and I was there to make them pay!

    Now I feel like I'm just doing jumping puzzles half the time which are increasing in difficulty so you barely know where the **** you're supposed to go and the rest of the time I'm fighting for my ****ing life. I'm their ****ing **** now. I even went down in difficulty and it still feels hectic as **** and not that I am in any way shape or form in control of anything.

    I guess this might be purposeful. I could be squishy in the first half of the story for a reason and later go crazy bananas overpowered. I'm hoping.

    If not then this was a downgrade from 2016 for me. I can see what they wanted to do with the game. But I doubt this will pay off.

    2016 was a great balance of fighting, running and jumping.

    This is so off balance, it's like someone forcing you to have a paintball battle in a tiny little playground with swings, carouselles and slides but the floor is lava and pieces fall off if you stand still for one second.

    **** just too damned busy.

    My two cents.    … Expand
  65. PswayZ
    Mar 24, 2020
    5
    It's a decent game but it didn't feel like DOOM 2016. The combat felt like they really dialed it back for consoles. Even though Doomguy is faster (in theory?) It really slugs along. The biggest goof so far seems to be the ammo. There just isn't any ammo. No ammo, it becomes all run, and no gun. Having to chainsaw every minute and have no good melee mechanic (or pistol!) really sucks. IfIt's a decent game but it didn't feel like DOOM 2016. The combat felt like they really dialed it back for consoles. Even though Doomguy is faster (in theory?) It really slugs along. The biggest goof so far seems to be the ammo. There just isn't any ammo. No ammo, it becomes all run, and no gun. Having to chainsaw every minute and have no good melee mechanic (or pistol!) really sucks. If you run out of ammo, and there is a strong demon you can't chainsaw, that means it's time to start over. Which ruins the already slowed down shooting. So it goes from slower, to stopped. And don't get me wrong DOOM 2016 had it's issues with some checkpoints but it never felt like a chore to play. It felt like a challenge.

    The other issue immediately is the problem with the tutorials constantly popping up and cutscenes. This is DOOM not Metal Gear Solid. There is NO TIME TO BLEED. LESS STORY MORE SHOOTING. Demons are invading Earth. That's all we need to know. Doomguy doesn't have a single purpose except to kill monsters. I don't need to know anything else. Sure cutscenes are skippable but it feels weird having them at all. I was two hours in and I was STILL getting tutorials. IN DOOM. It might be some kid's first FPS but it sure as hell was obnoxious to be taught how to use a flame thrower in a literal simulated room an hour into the game. Come on ID, give us the guns and ammo and we point and shoot. That;s how this works.

    Other than that the graphics were improved and the music felt good but it felt like a hollowed version of the fantastic reboot.

    They should call this DOOM CASUAL because even on harder difficulties it's not hard because it's hard, it's just hard to want to keep your eyes open. Do yourself a favor and play DOOM 2016 and try Eternal back to back. The difference is night and day.    … Expand
  66. mddhead
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    Maybe it's cause I was playing with a controller on PC, but the game felt really boring and tedious. You're sure not there for the story, there's zero immersion dancing around the random jungle gyms and watching colorful ammo fly out of enemies. Sure is nice the demons set up flying gapple coffins all over hell or the unstoppable slayer would be helpless! Also when tf did he get a flyingMaybe it's cause I was playing with a controller on PC, but the game felt really boring and tedious. You're sure not there for the story, there's zero immersion dancing around the random jungle gyms and watching colorful ammo fly out of enemies. Sure is nice the demons set up flying gapple coffins all over hell or the unstoppable slayer would be helpless! Also when tf did he get a flying battle fortress?

    The worst part is that the main challenge, the main gameplay, is figuring out how to swap between around a dozen different weapons, powers and abilities- Because they all run out of ammo almost instantly. There's no satisfaction when you're dreading swapping every 7 seconds, and the first few hours are constant reading and tutorials.

    Played 6 hours and it was just a chore. Meh.    … Expand
  67. l4nz10
    Mar 25, 2020
    5
    If you loved DOOM 2016, stay away from this one.

    Doom Eternal is a nice game, but far from being a real successor of the great DOOM 2016. Devs have changed so much that it almost feels like it's a different game altogether. And even those changes are for the worse. I'll make a list to be more concise: - Gunplay style is now forced down your throat in a very specific way the devs    If you loved DOOM 2016, stay away from this one.

    Doom Eternal is a nice game, but far from being a real successor of the great DOOM 2016. Devs have changed so much that it almost feels like it's a different game altogether.

    And even those changes are for the worse. I'll make a list to be more concise:

    - Gunplay style is now forced down your throat in a very specific way the devs wanted: kill demon A with weapon X, shoot at weakspot B with weapon Y etc. You simply can't diverge from that equation or you'll die. The end result is a very repetitive experience that will quickly bore you.
    - Too. Many. Abilities. To the point if feels more like an MMO rather than an FPS. You have to be constantly on the look of your cooldowns and sequence your abilities correctly or, again, you'll die. This does nothing but add to the repetitiveness of the gameplay.
    - Platforming and puzzles are bad, dull and BORING. But the worst thing is they force you to break your flow. Your adrenaline is punching and you want to keep shooting demons? Too bad. Now solve this idiotic puzzle just for the sake of it or you can't move forward.
    - Immersion is completely ruined by the over-the-top arcadey style: floating weapons holograms, big question marks, big punching boxes and more floating objects and keys. In DOOM 2016 everything felt organic and part of the world. This game keeps reminding you that you are, in fact, playing a videogame.
    - UI is terrible, and a huge step down from the previous game. Honestly I can't comprehend why the devs decided to change the sleek and clean UI of DOOM 2016 to instead use a style that resembles something from the 90's (in all the bad ways).
    - The plot is rushed, poorly connected to the first one or straight-up retconning it. The start of the story doesn't make any sense with the ending of the first installment, and many plot points are completely left unresolved. Also, Eternal's plot is badly written and showed to you in even worse way: you have to keep finding journals to keep track of the story or you'll risk of not understanding any of it all. This is just poor directing.

    But this game has also some very good stuff: Game is amazingly optimized and graphics are insane, once again showing that Id Tech is a terrific engine. And the music is so damn good. Mick Gordon outdid himself once again. I desperately wanted to keep playing the game only for the music.

    Unfortunately, the cons far exceeds the pros, ruining what was an incredible reboot of the DOOM franchise. 5 / 10 A decent game but far from being a great game and the true successor of the first installment.    … Expand
  68. gyk
    May 2, 2020
    5
    In DOOM 2016, the story felt much better and the game felt more serious. Here they have simplified it for some reason. Even after looking at the selection of a new weapon, before you took it by actually lifting it from the body or picking it up from the floor. This gave realism, immersion. And now some ridiculous weighing icons in the air. This kills the whole atmosphere of the dive. AndIn DOOM 2016, the story felt much better and the game felt more serious. Here they have simplified it for some reason. Even after looking at the selection of a new weapon, before you took it by actually lifting it from the body or picking it up from the floor. This gave realism, immersion. And now some ridiculous weighing icons in the air. This kills the whole atmosphere of the dive. And there are a lot of little things like that. DOOM 2016 was head and shoulders above DOOM ETERNAL. All the good stuff was just flushed down the toilet. Yes, it's good. Killing demons is fun and the new mechanics are good. But the presentation of the story and simplification kill the whole atmosphere.… Expand
  69. Nifi
    Apr 1, 2020
    5
    After completing the campaign i can safely say combat is a HUGE step up from Doom 2016. Even though people complain a lot about the new mechanics being overwhelming, 2016's combat was too basic and slow (not saying it wasn't fun), so they fixed it.

    Unfortunately same can't be said for other stuff Story: 2016's story was side gameplay (if that makes sense). The kind of person who    After completing the campaign i can safely say combat is a HUGE step up from Doom 2016. Even though people complain a lot about the new mechanics being overwhelming, 2016's combat was too basic and slow (not saying it wasn't fun), so they fixed it.

    Unfortunately same can't be said for other stuff

    Story: 2016's story was side gameplay (if that makes sense). The kind of person who would play the 2016 and give it a 10/10 is generally bored of stories and just wants sheer gameplay. But in eternal, combat is background gameplay. And it tries to explain EVERYTHING. Stop, let the fans wonder why something happened or why someone did something.

    TL;DR: 2016: story for combat. Eternal:Combat for story

    Level Design: The familiarity of human engineering and the stranger environment of mars and hell made a great combo between feeling home and feeling lost.

    Eternals level design feels more like it was made for a Nintendo game.And between level platforming is really not what we asked for. The heaven like nature of sentinel prime and hell like environment of earth feels more like a fantasy game.

    Character design: 2016 Doomguys armor made him inhuman, you couldn't tell if the person under the armor was actually a human or not, which made him look stronger. Also he didn't speak even for once (again inhuman)

    Eternals Doomguy is much more human and the "Rip and Tear" removes a lot of motive from his actions

    Also change in demon design made them feel more like toys rather then actual demons.

    Other stuff: colored ammo drops look bad, less gory, rune system was better in 2016, GIVE ME MY GAUSS CANNON BACK

    5/10, 5 for beauty of combat, the flow, the power. 0 for story and other side elements    … Expand
  70. Chris12Redfild
    Apr 6, 2020
    5
    тот же самый дум только на стэройдах к прохождению только один раз не более
  71. ecto1a2003
    Apr 7, 2020
    5
    If this game was called anything else it'd be a 7 out of 10 for me, somehow the 4 year wait for this game has produced a game that feels like a rushed sequel with mario 64 platforming, music that goes unnoticed during battle instead of amping you up, bullet sponge enemies, terrible neon punch blocks, purple goo that exists to make sure you move at a snail's pace, secrets in plain site, mapIf this game was called anything else it'd be a 7 out of 10 for me, somehow the 4 year wait for this game has produced a game that feels like a rushed sequel with mario 64 platforming, music that goes unnoticed during battle instead of amping you up, bullet sponge enemies, terrible neon punch blocks, purple goo that exists to make sure you move at a snail's pace, secrets in plain site, map design that is call of duty levels of linear, and a giant hand wave of plot and story that wraps this crap sandwich together. Buy 2016 and play that instead.… Expand
  72. MCmetacritic
    Nov 10, 2020
    5
    This whole game feels like DLC, which is to say the story is very pat and thin while maintaining an air of fullness and profundity. The gameplay isn't bad, but is a step back from the previous game. Simplicity gave way to needless complexity. Predictably, Betheseda let greatness give way to mediocrity.
  73. Tronyx12
    Dec 28, 2020
    5
    The game is good. But thats it, its ok. What got me in Doom 2016 was the environmental exploration, there are some neat QoL improvements here, but also, it feels shallow. The new additions to the combat didn't click with me, and the way they told the story this time around also didn't peak my interest. All in all, fun combat, but not an improvement in any way to Doom 2016.
  74. jorge1102
    Mar 7, 2022
    5
    Player needs to find a way to pass the mission

    fighting is difficult

    Variety of weapon modification options
  75. 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
  76. Herrnewbenmeist
    Mar 23, 2020
    4
    I want to love it, but I've run into two game-breaking bugs that have ruined the fun for me.

    #1 Slayer gate keys do not appear. I tried replaying the level it happened on and it was the exact same thing, no slayer gate key. Then, I moved on to the next level, same exact thing. I searched online. Apparently if you use the mission select tool to go to an earlier level using the in-game    I want to love it, but I've run into two game-breaking bugs that have ruined the fun for me.

    #1 Slayer gate keys do not appear. I tried replaying the level it happened on and it was the exact same thing, no slayer gate key. Then, I moved on to the next level, same exact thing. I searched online. Apparently if you use the mission select tool to go to an earlier level using the in-game cheats the slayer gate key doesn't appear. The game encourages you to replay earlier levels with cheats on to find collectibles. I did that, had a blast. Then I played advanced the campaign which doesn't even permit the use of cheats. Apparently that's not enough. You have to go into mission select and disable the cheats you can't even use and aren't an option on continuation of the campaign. Because that makes sense.

    #2 I got the rocket launcher in the game. Sweet! I had to take a break. I exited. I opened the game later. It had saved my progress to the checkpoint after the rocket launcher, but the rocket launcher was gone. The spot where you pick up the rocket launcher had nothing. I looked online. It's another known bug! The solution is to replay the entire level...

    FFS did they even playtest this?

    Combat is awesome and fluid. They made movement wild. A lot the weapons so far are just repeats of the last game, hoping for some new stuff. There's a ton of unlockable abilities from your runes, suit, base, equipment. I really like the idea behind all the advancement. Level design seems good so far. I like all the bones of the game, but holy hell the bugs. Wait to buy this game. It needs to be fixed    … Expand
  77. avi-s
    Apr 13, 2020
    4
    An Abomination..
    They screwed this one up badly. Many design choices the devs made here did not sit right with me at all. The flow and mechanics from the previous Doom have been almost completely ruined and destroyed beyond repair. Could barely even force myself to finish the game.
    The gameplay is tedious, slower movement, no crouch, monotonous and cramped arenas, constant    An Abomination..
    They screwed this one up badly. Many design choices the devs made here did not sit right with me at all. The flow and mechanics from the previous Doom have been almost completely ruined and destroyed beyond repair. Could barely even force myself to finish the game.
    The gameplay is tedious, slower movement, no crouch, monotonous and cramped arenas, constant -forced-teleporting towards enemies to execute kills and refill ammo every few seconds. Badly designed platforming sections and vertical areas.
    The list goes on.. a story which they are trying to tell is told very poorly (as opposed to the much better minimalist approach from 2016), level and map designs are also a serious downgrade from 2016, graphics and artstyle , just the tone of the game in general are overly bright and cartoonish with hardly any convincing gore or horror elements to speak of. A Garish and obtrusive UI. The music score.. as one of the only remaining redeeming features, still somehow never seems to match the schizophrenic pace of the gameplay.. this time around.

    Eternal is overflowing with unnecessary gimmicks. Quantity over quality.

    After playing through Eternal, went straight back into the 2016 game to refresh my memory.. The difference is like night and day. Having played through 2016 multiple times, it is a far better game.

    Doom Eternal is an average shooter, at best. I am struggling, reaching, to award it a 5 outta 10.. As they've ruined one of the greatest FpS's of all time,. . .It's a Four! Absolutely appalling.    … Expand
  78. Rocharox
    Apr 3, 2020
    4
    It's a downgrade to the 2016 release. The LORE is idiotic and tedious. Boss battles that become regular enemies? NO AMMO.

    I really disliked it.
  79. faircritic
    Mar 25, 2020
    4
    Overhyped piece of generic crap.
    I don´t find it interesting, innovative, neither exiting. I´m amazed how low the press is always promoting garbage like this. Enemies are the crappiest design. This game is just another fps and inferior that the previous. I don´t giving a 0 because there's worse around, but this game is mediocre and more of the stupid same thing.
  80. sindrealmost
    Mar 23, 2020
    4
    Save your money, replay Doom 2016, they have added a ton of jump puzzles, more grinding for various upgrade points, the soundtrack does not stand out in the same way... but mostly they have ruined the combat pacing with jump puzzles double jump, double dash.. grab the dash recharge mid-air to dash again so you can progress. I hate jump puzzles and granted they make sense in some games... ISave your money, replay Doom 2016, they have added a ton of jump puzzles, more grinding for various upgrade points, the soundtrack does not stand out in the same way... but mostly they have ruined the combat pacing with jump puzzles double jump, double dash.. grab the dash recharge mid-air to dash again so you can progress. I hate jump puzzles and granted they make sense in some games... I would at least hope that a fast-paced FPS like Doom would have stayed away from them, I love bouncing around in combat... but this crap... I suspect they added it to strech out gameplay. The whole thing just feels *meh*… Expand
  81. angrywombat
    Jul 28, 2020
    4
    Nothing like Doom 2016, all the fun grinds to a halt as the designers force you to “play it their way” by using weak spots on enemy’s as the only way to kill them, super low amounts of ammo so you have to keep chainsawing then for more, uninspired levels too.
  82. Arkess
    Apr 1, 2020
    4
    Хотите поиграть в мясной шутер? не обольщайтесь - на 60% игра это тупорылый платформер, 10% сбор всякого мусора и 30% квейк-арен с мобами.
  83. Ramiro1992
    May 9, 2020
    4
    Another piece of crap by ID software. I have been playing this trash for a while and it started nice and funny until they decided to give me no more ammo. 16 **** bullets for the shotgun at max. are you **** kidding me ID? I can barely kill a few monsters with that poor ammount of bullets. This is by far, THE WORST PIECE OF CRAP DOOM I have ever played, and I have played every single oneAnother piece of crap by ID software. I have been playing this trash for a while and it started nice and funny until they decided to give me no more ammo. 16 **** bullets for the shotgun at max. are you **** kidding me ID? I can barely kill a few monsters with that poor ammount of bullets. This is by far, THE WORST PIECE OF CRAP DOOM I have ever played, and I have played every single one except Doom 4. ID **** up it's most important franchise. THis game is a blatant scam, they make a FPS filled with lots and lots of non stop action and too many enemies but they won't give the players ammo, I end up with the chainsaw with no ammo at all, despite having a perfect aim and ability, this game is pure crap. I was loving it until I ran out of bullets, amazing how ID **** up games so big. They ruined what could be one of the best doom games ever, the game forces players to play how the developers want, they force you to use those slow executions while getting shot instead of using your weapons, the game controls are a complete mess. The game wasn't even tested, or they tested it really bad. How the **** they forgot to give the player some damn BULLETS!! Without bullets I cannot do anything, I play it on survival caus I am too good, but without bullets I can just stand there and let the enemies kill me, what a piece of **** game this is. THe graphics are horrendous, not even close of what a 2020 game should look, I am running this trash with a 7 years old video card at full settings, it is that bad. After this tragedy the DOom Franchise is done, they ruined the whole game by not giving the players bullets. They **** up big time.
    4/10 (I would give it a 7 if I could, but I cannot play this game properly if I don't have a single **** bullet)
    I HOPE ID GIVES REFUND TO ALL THE PLAYERS THAT FOUND AMMO SO SCARCE    … Expand
  84. ICDP
    Jul 9, 2021
    4
    This is NOT Doom. It is Doom Raider, a cross between Tomb Raider and Super Mario jumpy climby platform puzzles and some Doom weapons and creatures.

    It misses the point of Doom where you shoot your way through hordes of increasingly tough demons with increasingly powerful weapons. This game has you constantly low on ammo and always doing the boring special takedowns so you can get the    This is NOT Doom. It is Doom Raider, a cross between Tomb Raider and Super Mario jumpy climby platform puzzles and some Doom weapons and creatures.

    It misses the point of Doom where you shoot your way through hordes of increasingly tough demons with increasingly powerful weapons. This game has you constantly low on ammo and always doing the boring special takedowns so you can get the ammo to fly out of a demons guts unitl you run out of ammo a few seconds later and have to rinse/repeat. Combat is literally a series of special kill animations that became boring and just destroyed thepoint of Doom.

    It has literally zero redeeming features.    … Expand
  85. Eastw1ng
    Mar 21, 2020
    4
    Giving it a 4 and not a 6 because of the fking annoying parkour swing garbage. Also the climbing is just fking tedeous and destroyed the fun. Besides the annoying new movement options, the game feels like people tried too hard to improve, while forgetting to actually add a good and motivating story (if even just a sliver of one). Also, WHO THE **** THOUGHT THE LOW AMMO CAP WAS A SMARTGiving it a 4 and not a 6 because of the fking annoying parkour swing garbage. Also the climbing is just fking tedeous and destroyed the fun. Besides the annoying new movement options, the game feels like people tried too hard to improve, while forgetting to actually add a good and motivating story (if even just a sliver of one). Also, WHO THE **** THOUGHT THE LOW AMMO CAP WAS A SMART IDEA?. They basically copy pasted doom and added some weird **** to it, making some on-rails weak story line to it. Shame...… Expand
  86. chumpwithnoname
    Feb 14, 2021
    4
    Doom 2016 was a masterpiece. This doom eternal is a Mario with guns and rainbow flashes.
    Also platforming puzzles in FPS (sic!) are straight time trash. I didn't buy this game to perform some fckn cryptic jumps. I've bought an FPS for fcks sake!
  87. dudemanbro
    Feb 3, 2023
    4
    The game requires you to get close to the enemy and melee them to get supplies. This means you DON'T want to blow up your enemy. It's ridiculous for an action arena shooter to have this concept. I consider the gameplay broken.
  88. inavatar
    Mar 21, 2020
    4
    Это что за аркада??? Это что за ЛГБТ-фонтаны с противников! Это что за унылые декорации! Первая миссия повергла в ужас. Визуально игра стала намного хуже по сравнению с 2016 годом. Появление новых пушек аля Серьезный Сэм??? вы что курили???Это что за аркада??? Это что за ЛГБТ-фонтаны с противников! Это что за унылые декорации! Первая миссия повергла в ужас. Визуально игра стала намного хуже по сравнению с 2016 годом. Появление новых пушек аля Серьезный Сэм??? вы что курили???
  89. DeathSpiral
    Jun 1, 2020
    4
    Game was decent, well made game for sure. Great action FPS. Various weapons and many customization. However, very unfriendly game UI. Also u have to die because you have no bullet! And you died until your precious life were completely gone! If this happened to you, you had to quit it and then started from checkpoint. Which you never know if you didn't play Doom before. Great game forGame was decent, well made game for sure. Great action FPS. Various weapons and many customization. However, very unfriendly game UI. Also u have to die because you have no bullet! And you died until your precious life were completely gone! If this happened to you, you had to quit it and then started from checkpoint. Which you never know if you didn't play Doom before. Great game for Doom/FPS lover. But painful game to casual player. Tortured myself to finish it. Game is 4 out of 5. Personal enjoyment is 0 out of 5. Total is 4.… Expand
  90. DrShepherdLIVE
    Jul 4, 2020
    4
    Why I give it a 4/10:
    Its like Fast Food. It tastes good and it smells good in the beginning. Its all made so you buy it.
    Sensational so to speak. And while playing it you think. "not bad". But you always wait for that "click" or that "wow" effect. But it never comes. Its all just a trick. Like Fast Food. You feel satisfied, but only for a couple of hours and then you are hungry again    Why I give it a 4/10:
    Its like Fast Food. It tastes good and it smells good in the beginning. Its all made so you buy it.
    Sensational so to speak. And while playing it you think. "not bad". But you always wait for that "click" or that "wow" effect. But it never comes.
    Its all just a trick. Like Fast Food. You feel satisfied, but only for a couple of hours and then you are hungry again and you body didnt even get enough vitamines and nutritions.
    Same can be said about DE. It is so hyped you think the game playing will be a great experience.
    But it is just playing Mortal Kombat for 20 hours straight.
    No real highlights in the story whatsoever.
    Beating monsters has to follow a rotation cause you need to use the chainsaw. You NEED to use that weapon and NEED to switch to a different one all the time.
    If you dont learn and train your muscle memory you will have a hard time beating the game on a higher difficulty.
    It feels like somebody fired the genius from the company and now the ones that are left are trying to fill up the gab of creativity and ideas whit whatever they have.
    Thats ID 2020.
    Game is probably a 6.5 but I see that all the fanboys are giving it a 10/10 which is nonsense. But it isnt a 0/10 either. So a 4 is low enough to not be unfair and not high enough to camouflage the hype and fanboying this game gets for no reason.    … Expand
  91. dominath
    Mar 22, 2020
    4
    I loved the last game... This Doom makes me feel that I'm from an action-fantasy anime of some kind with a pinch of extra glimmer and shine for kids to enjoy. I think the fans are very disappointed.

    PS: the soundtracks are still good tho.
  92. derBum
    Mar 21, 2020
    4
    Doom 2016 was better, well rounded and brutal.
    Doom Eternal....The new fighting system is great. everything else not. Its too neon pinky, loudy, trashy, with kiddie humor and metal power fantasies. The story really sucks and isnt better than Micheal Bay or Uwe Boll Movies.
    Doom Eternal is a pregnant crack whore with a face tattoo and crystal meth. Spectacular Sex, but you dont feel that    Doom 2016 was better, well rounded and brutal.
    Doom Eternal....The new fighting system is great. everything else not. Its too neon pinky, loudy, trashy, with kiddie humor and metal power fantasies. The story really sucks and isnt better than Micheal Bay or Uwe Boll Movies.
    Doom Eternal is a pregnant crack whore with a face tattoo and crystal meth. Spectacular Sex, but you dont feel that good afterwards.    … Expand
  93. ZeroBANG
    Aug 1, 2020
    4
    After being a huge fan of Doom 2016... i absolutely hate everything about Doom Eternal.

    - They dropped Snap Map, have not bothered to replace it with any other kind of Modding tools or support... BOOO! Companies like id and Bethesda in particular should know the immense value of a vibrant modding community, after the lackluster 2016 Snap Map i expected them to step up their game and    After being a huge fan of Doom 2016... i absolutely hate everything about Doom Eternal.

    - They dropped Snap Map, have not bothered to replace it with any other kind of Modding tools or support... BOOO! Companies like id and Bethesda in particular should know the immense value of a vibrant modding community, after the lackluster 2016 Snap Map i expected them to step up their game and learn from their mistakes, instead they just dropped it and did nothing.

    - Battlemode sucks ass. Maybe 1 in 10 matches results in something i would call "fun gameplay", you either roflstomp noobs or get roflstomped like the noob that you are.
    In comparison, Doom 2016's multiplayer was not well received but after the 6.66 patch that made the Season Pass content free and revamped the progression system i think it was really well rounded and fun mode. It was no Quake of course but it was worth playing an hour here or there... with Battlemode i just feel like i'm wasting my time to grind XP for that stupid Battlepass, it is not fun, it is not good.

    - Singleplayer, 2016 was a standout game, GOTY material, i played it start to finish at least 5 times and then some.
    I am not gonna while about running out of ammo in Eternal, instead i want to point out that it is indicative of the overall bad game design. The first level they hand you only 2 guns, you get the minimum amount of ammo pool from the skilltree which makes it that much more important to understand how the chainsaw works or you gonna have a bad time. Anybody coming from Doom 2016 who get interrupted by a tutorial screen about how a chainsaw works is gonna be arrogant enough to think "i played so many hours of doom, thank you i know what i'm doing" and then the game proceeds to kick your ass for it.

    Later i got the flamethrower, didn't understand why it only spat out a tiny flame, was i pressing the button wrong? Do i need to upgrade it? ... it felt wrong, a flame thrower is a weapon and it shoots out a consant stream of fire. So i thought it was just a weapon that sucked and played the next 3 levels without using it at all... well i had a lot harder time playing without the ARMOR that drops from enemies on fire... because that is the most intuitive thing ever, set a guy on fire, collect kevlar bits for your Space Marine armor totally a logical thing to expect what a flamethrower does, right?

    This type of gimmicky and unintuitive design is true for practically the entire game.
    They re-invented the wheel, added a ton of gimmicks that no one asked for ...when they had a winning formula already.

    I'm mad this is not the continuation of the 2016 game... but i'm more mad that the game is just and exercise in frustration.

    The level design is not on par with 2016, it is much more linear and interrupted by jumping sequences, there is even one level, i kid you not where you don't get to fight any demons, but have to listen to exposition and then collect a TON of CODEX ENTRIES... literally text, and if you want to have any chance of understanding what even goes on in this convoluted mess of a story then you better read all of it. ...and if you think remembering the names of the Hobbits is hard you have seen nothing yet.

    Doom 2016 literally punched the exposition in the face before the game even started, that was a mission statement for the entire game, there was a bit of story here and there but in Eternal it is constantly in your face, interrupting you and even better none of it makes any god damn sense unless you really dig into the codex text files... in my eyes when you make me read text in a videogame, you failed at making a videogame, i do not need a multimillion dollar game and year of R&D high tech CPUs and RAM and GPUs and 4K HDR 5.1 Surround Sound... to be entertained by TEXT... a storytelling format that works on a piece of PAPER.
    Do they think this is Mass Effect now? Codex Entries in a DOOM game, what a joke... if those existed in 2016 then they were not this annoying.
    Even reading them is a pain because of all the weird names.
    in 2016 we had a few places with buttons that you pressed and a Demonic voice would tell you a story, that was atmospheric and fit together with the interactive Metal soundtrack of the game so well they put it in the soundtrack.
    That demonic voice doesn't exist in Eternal. But i hear a lot of teenage girl voices recording log entries or playing holograms with the lamest cringy lines you've ever heard.

    ...and yet between the 80% of the game that are either lame, cringe or infuriatingly frustrating... there is some good DOOM gameplay trickeld in with it that is actually fun enough to keep me suffering through the bad, which makes me unable to drop it.
    But while i burned through 2016 in a mad rush and then played it 5 more times, it's been months and i have not even finished Doom Eternal yet.    … Expand
  94. centralohioguy
    Apr 27, 2020
    4
    It's an OK game, but there's too much jumping around. The graphics are nice, the enemies are varied, but to me, this isn't Doom because of the mechanics.

    Doom 2016 was WAY better, making this a disappointing follow-up.
  95. GoodMorningAss
    Apr 18, 2020
    4
    totally agree with this comment:

    I really liked Doom 2016 and hoped this would be a solid sequel.. But no. - I don't need MMORPG-like cartoonish design. - I don't need infinitely respawning monsters. - I don't want you to limit my ammo this much, only to force me to use specific gameplay features. - I don't want to see those rainbow fountains of ammo all the time. - I don't need    totally agree with this comment:

    I really liked Doom 2016 and hoped this would be a solid sequel.. But no.

    - I don't need MMORPG-like cartoonish design.
    - I don't need infinitely respawning monsters.
    - I don't want you to limit my ammo this much, only to force me to use specific gameplay features.
    - I don't want to see those rainbow fountains of ammo all the time.
    - I don't need whole game consisting only of arena-like levels.
    - I don't need you to tell me which weapon is right to use.
    - I don't need tons of abilities with cooldowns in a shooter.
    - I don't need big shiny question marks on secrets and arcade-styled powerups.
    - I don't need this much platforming.
    - I don't want this weird way of storytelling.

    I simply don't get why we couldn't keep the formula of Doom 2016, where it was so satisfying to crush monsters' sculls. Where is it all gone? And where is all this storyline coming from? Why do we need this generic fantasy nonsense in a Doom game, what is it, Harry Potter fanfiction? And also why do I need to watch monsters fighting each other without taking any actual damage? Is it supposed to be funny?

    Thanks, but no, refund, I will rather play any other Doom game. This one is not just a bad Doom game, this is not even a shooter. This is First Person Mario-Dota-Slasher, a new kind of genre, which I defenitely do NOT like. And it is a shame they spoiled great Doom series with this awful game.

    PS. What those positive reviewers are even talking about - "resource management", "strategic thinking"? How about this strategy - "press E for ammo, press C for health", does it sound smart to you? Resource management existed in classic Doom games where you had actually to learn level to find hidden ammo, or otherwise you would just die, because there was no infinite farming. Modern mass-market "gamers" would just cry, I believe, so here you have doom eternal.    … Expand
  96. Fox_Vanilla
    Mar 25, 2020
    4
    I wanted to love this game I really did. Doom 2016 was one of the best first person shooters I've ever played and sits alongside the original Doom and Quake, so I was expecting big things for Doom Eternal. However what was delivered is honestly a mixed bag. (I played Doom Eternal on Ultra Violence)

    The positives: -At times some of the most intense, fast paced FPS action delivered in    I wanted to love this game I really did. Doom 2016 was one of the best first person shooters I've ever played and sits alongside the original Doom and Quake, so I was expecting big things for Doom Eternal. However what was delivered is honestly a mixed bag. (I played Doom Eternal on Ultra Violence)

    The positives:
    -At times some of the most intense, fast paced FPS action delivered in years.
    -Amazing visuals, level design, great sound design.
    -Some great homages to the original Doom games.
    -Glory kills.

    The negatives:
    -The MARAUDERS. Easily the most frustrating and game breaking enemy I've ever had the displeasure of battling in a game. When you encounter one as a boss you think that's it but these guys later show up as regular enemies in the game. I have beaten Doom 2016 on Nightmare, Metro Exodus on Ranger Hardcore, Devil May Cry on Dante Must Die mode and none compare to the sheer frustration of encountering a Marauder on Doom Eternal. A Marauder makes almost every weapon in your arsenal almost useless and he can block a BFG blast. That's right. A NORMAL non-Boss enemy in a Doom game making the mother of all guns the BFG useless. Expect to die at least 10 times plus whenever one of these Marauders shows up. Expect to have your progress halted and the entire fast paced, fluid flow of Doom Slayer chaos reduced to a stall. The demons are supposed to fear the Doom Slayer yet I honestly end up fearing the Marauder for the frustration he is about to bring upon my game. That's NOT what Doom is supposed to be about. I replayed Doom 2016 several times, sadly I will not be replaying Doom Eternal, mainly because of these game breaking Marauders. Whoever thought the Marauder was a good idea was wrong. Easily the WORST enemy in a Doom game period. Fine for a boss, terrible for a regular enemy.

    -Platforming. Is this an Doom game or a Crash Bandicoot game? At times it feels more like the latter with multiple platforming sections which again slow the game to a stall, become frustrating and involve no demon killing. I want to shoot demons not swing on poles and climb walls. I wanted a First Person Shooter not a platformer. Some mild platforming is fine but Doom Eternal has too much.

    In conclusion: A mixed bag. At times Doom Eternal feels like the best of Doom and Quake 3 mashed together which is simply amazing yet it is too punctuated with enthusiasm killing enemies (MARAUDER) and platforming sections for Doom Eternal to rise to the top and reach first person shooter nirvana. Don't believe all the paid critic hype. Play for yourself and see.    … Expand
  97. jeff070496
    Mar 25, 2020
    4
    Combat is just not fun with the introduction of weak point, low ammo, constant use of chainsaw.

    OST is nonexistent.

    Tutorial at the beginning of the game feels a rush, too not-carefully made
  98. RaySTRM
    Mar 27, 2020
    4
    For me, this game SUCK than DOOM 2016. New mechanics not need, they make gameplay hard more.
  99. baskalex
    Mar 21, 2020
    4
    I LOVED 2016 version. I hoped for a great sequel and followed all the hype. And what we get is not a doom game, it's as far from it's 2016 predecessor as it can be. The pace is slowwww now. You are always distracted by some stupid notifications, camera flyovers and cutscenes. The "story" is a joke they made up to connect totally unconnected areas you are teleported all the time., the styleI LOVED 2016 version. I hoped for a great sequel and followed all the hype. And what we get is not a doom game, it's as far from it's 2016 predecessor as it can be. The pace is slowwww now. You are always distracted by some stupid notifications, camera flyovers and cutscenes. The "story" is a joke they made up to connect totally unconnected areas you are teleported all the time., the style is quite different. Gameplay is like ID devs had a brainstorm all the time and it was like "uh oh, lets add this thing and that and all this stuff on top". As a result we have 5 different upgrade systems - for weapons, for weapons upgrades, for the suite, for the runes, for the ship + all the cosmetics etc. And if in Doom 2016 it was quite clear and useful, here it's just a mess. Platforming ... why? Who wants jumps and ledgers and wall-climb in Doom? Then we have ammo-armor-health system. Could you imagine that you will be constantly out of ammo in Doom? So that instead of shooting demons and having fun you must constantly think when to set them on fire, when to use chainsaw to get ammo etc? And what if you are out of ammo AND fuel for chainsaw? That's it, you are dead.
    So for everyone who was hoping for a sequel for a great 2016 game, this is NOT it. It's sumthing slow, cumbersome and overloaded upgrade nonsense.    … Expand
  100. uphold-rascal
    Aug 16, 2020
    4
    Disappointing sequel.

    Doom 2016 was an exercise in restraint. Gameplay and story were streamlined. Doom Eternal developers thought that adding more game mechanics and things makes a better game but it makes the gameplay unfocused and frustrating. Too many mechanics (glory kills, blood punch, chainsaw, freeze bomb, flamethrower, dash) and you are forced to use them if you want to    Disappointing sequel.

    Doom 2016 was an exercise in restraint. Gameplay and story were streamlined. Doom Eternal developers thought that adding more game mechanics and things makes a better game but it makes the gameplay unfocused and frustrating.

    Too many mechanics (glory kills, blood punch, chainsaw, freeze bomb, flamethrower, dash) and you are forced to use them if you want to survive. There's too little ammo (your shotgun has 16 rounds at the start) so you have to constantly use the chainsaw animation to get more.

    Platforming is boring and doesn't add anything to the game other than padding the level length. The story is in your face and the writing is cringe-worthy.

    You can only start having fun after dropping to difficulty level, obtaining all the weapons and buying all the ammo upgrades.

    If you liked all the Doom games in the past 20 years, it will be hard to adjust to this. What's wrong if you just want to shoot a demon in the face without having to worry about all the additional mechanics.    … Expand
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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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