DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods Part One

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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 78 Ratings

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  1. justinjrthomas
    Oct 24, 2020
    4
    Far too much of this game is repetitive and grindy. Some parts aren't even fun and they feel like a chore. Unfortunately a huge step back from Eternal.
  2. Faxthtax
    Oct 24, 2020
    4
    Being off Doom for a while i had to get into the controls again, but damn this new expansions is HARD!!
    Even on easy the difficulty is disgusting. Just hordes of enemies is constantly thrown at you with a new breed of spirits that can take over Demons and make them three times stronger and faster and demands 3 times as much bullets. In the end i just got bored with it. Most new enemies    Being off Doom for a while i had to get into the controls again, but damn this new expansions is HARD!!
    Even on easy the difficulty is disgusting. Just hordes of enemies is constantly thrown at you with a new breed of spirits that can take over Demons and make them three times stronger and faster and demands 3 times as much bullets. In the end i just got bored with it. Most new enemies made for this pack is more or less rather annoying and frustrating.
    Base game was good but the this expansion was rather meh. It is aimed at hard core gamers which i am NOT...
    I will not stick around for Part II...    … Expand
  3. Gregiorp
    Oct 25, 2020
    4
    This is not fun compared to original (vanilla?) Eternal. There is no "challenge" besides having walls of demons thrown at you. Majority of the fights you wont even be able to see due to electric arcs, fire, smoke and just everything being in your face. You want to appeal to the Ultra Hardcore/Nightmare fan base leave that **** in difficulty modes. There is no time to plan or clever movesThis is not fun compared to original (vanilla?) Eternal. There is no "challenge" besides having walls of demons thrown at you. Majority of the fights you wont even be able to see due to electric arcs, fire, smoke and just everything being in your face. You want to appeal to the Ultra Hardcore/Nightmare fan base leave that **** in difficulty modes. There is no time to plan or clever moves due to you not having time to do anything. Also Marauders now there are two of them to remind you how they ruin the game when they are on screen. Hey ID nobody liked your stupid new demon deal with it and admit they are badly designed and remove them or nerf them.… Expand
  4. flippingheck
    Oct 28, 2020
    2
    For people who played on hurt me plenty on the main campaign this is going to give you a headache.

    Arenas are imbalanced, possessed enemies are the worse to deal with. Even on lowest difficulty this game just throws everything at you. Especially on a controller its all too difficult to do multiple things at once. The cutscenes are like something from ps3 days they are horrible tbh. All    For people who played on hurt me plenty on the main campaign this is going to give you a headache.

    Arenas are imbalanced, possessed enemies are the worse to deal with. Even on lowest difficulty this game just throws everything at you. Especially on a controller its all too difficult to do multiple things at once. The cutscenes are like something from ps3 days they are horrible tbh.

    All in all i had to refund this game as its completely missold it should have been called hard mode and i would have stayed away but to label it basically like a continuation of the campaign is decieving customers who loved the original base game which i did.

    This has left an overall bad taste for me and i doubt i’ll even bother when this is exclusive to xbox.

    This dlc is overpriced and is blatent deceptive marketing.

    Avoid at all costs if your not a nightmare or ultra player. So disappointed    … Expand
  5. IamFriday
    Oct 28, 2020
    2
    A horrible addition. It completely broke the concept of the game. Arenas are terrible, you don't have a Mets to jump normally,the main idea of doom is movement is life.But here they have inserted such levels that you are fighting on the heel of a wolf and you just have nowhere to Dodge and get away. There is an arena with fog, in which you can not see the enemies at all. Added new demonsA horrible addition. It completely broke the concept of the game. Arenas are terrible, you don't have a Mets to jump normally,the main idea of doom is movement is life.But here they have inserted such levels that you are fighting on the heel of a wolf and you just have nowhere to Dodge and get away. There is an arena with fog, in which you can not see the enemies at all. Added new demons that also spoil the game.For example, a flying Golden demon that can be killed when it catches a strong attack. Some balls that release smoke, remove health and slow down, they also can not be killed. Or just a blue spirit that infects monsters. Terribly shabby, it's impossible to play, arenas, new demons, music, everything is bad.I passed with disgust, if the second part of the add-on is the same, I will not buy it. Don't bury your thoughts in such squalor.… Expand
  6. kardasik
    Nov 12, 2020
    0
    Look, I loved Doom 2016 and Eternal, replayed both on Ultra-Violence many, many times. My issue with this DLC is that its difficulty is just completely unrelated to the level you choose. And you don't even realize it at first! The beginning seems fairly in line with what you see in Eternal: few extra lives make it difficult, so you have to struggle a bit. However, sometime in the middle ofLook, I loved Doom 2016 and Eternal, replayed both on Ultra-Violence many, many times. My issue with this DLC is that its difficulty is just completely unrelated to the level you choose. And you don't even realize it at first! The beginning seems fairly in line with what you see in Eternal: few extra lives make it difficult, so you have to struggle a bit. However, sometime in the middle of the first level you realize two things: 1. The battles are EXTREMELY long, with 5-6 waves of demons in a row with NO checkpoints; 2. There are basically TWO extra lives in the entire two-hour long level.

    Fine, you think to yourself, I'll lower the difficulty a notch. Does it help? It does, until you reach the next level, where you get the same thing with the charming addition of timed demons (if you don't do a specific action immediately after killing them they basically restart at full health), including the bloody four-stage boss! Eternal's extra life system was already designed stupidly in that if you ran out of extra lives during an encounter and died, they didn't reset. As a result you had the least extra lives specifically when you need them most. However, this was compensated by the ability to farm them. In this case? Well, you could try replaying the two hours of the first level with tight corridors for the two extra lives you get there, hoping you don't lose more in the process, but that's just masochism at this point.

    It feels like they outsourced the gameplay too: 1. all the new demons, including the bosses, break the pace completely by requiring you to basically stand in one spot; 2. the time to complete the DLC was clearly extended by saying "let's just throw in a bunch more demons into tight spaces, that's gonna be fun!"

    I understand that some people enjoy the nightmare-level difficulty that you can find in mastery levels, but what bright mind thought "You know what, let's have everyone pay for a chunk of the story that is exponentially harder than the main game even at the lowest setting, and NOT WARN THEM ABOUT THIS"??

    Eternal was fun, this DLC is just a chore

    P.S. The music score was apparently written the same way as the battles: the louder the better. At some point the screeches of the demons become mostly indistinguishable from the background music    … Expand
  7. Rcas
    Nov 19, 2020
    0
    Doom eternal was great but what is this l exactly. It’s okay to have demons thrown at you but this dlc strata to get annoying at some point the fights are long and with new enemies that are annoying to beat instead of fun. The final boss is so hardly unfair that at some point you don’t wanna play anymore but you have to, not because the gameplay or additions are good. Just because I spentDoom eternal was great but what is this l exactly. It’s okay to have demons thrown at you but this dlc strata to get annoying at some point the fights are long and with new enemies that are annoying to beat instead of fun. The final boss is so hardly unfair that at some point you don’t wanna play anymore but you have to, not because the gameplay or additions are good. Just because I spent 20 dollars on this thing.… Expand
  8. Shadowgg616
    Nov 2, 2020
    3
    Doom eternal is a fantastic game, I was hyped for the ancient gods part 1, and I even avoided spoilers. When I played it, and i usually go on "I'm too young to die" difficulty so I can learn what to do and where to improve. In this campaign, the only complaint I have is that the 2nd and 3rd level were way too difficult on my first try. Fog in one section of the blood swamps was worse thanDoom eternal is a fantastic game, I was hyped for the ancient gods part 1, and I even avoided spoilers. When I played it, and i usually go on "I'm too young to die" difficulty so I can learn what to do and where to improve. In this campaign, the only complaint I have is that the 2nd and 3rd level were way too difficult on my first try. Fog in one section of the blood swamps was worse than silent hill, and the trial of maligog was too much. The blood maykrs were really annoying (using more minor attacks than major attacks became annoying when I was waiting) and the samur maykr boss was infuriating. But the 2 marauders in level 1 were not difficult at all for me. And the set pieces and arenas are amazing, except the blood swamps(Called blood swamps, not a single drop of blood in sight). Platforming was fine, gameplay is good(sadly no crucible) but if I play on "too young to die" I don't expect to be rage quitting on the second level. All in all, it's not as good as doom eternal's main campaign, butis still good.… Expand
  9. eatmeallthetime
    Nov 6, 2020
    1
    You know how you're favorite part of Doom Eternal was the room that restricted your vision and had environmental hazards? How about doing it again when your file gets corrupted? Oh, and the part 1? That was something we added later when we realized we could screw your wallet at least twice... Seriously, Doom Eternal was my 2020 game of the year until this fart. The DLC tainted my love ofYou know how you're favorite part of Doom Eternal was the room that restricted your vision and had environmental hazards? How about doing it again when your file gets corrupted? Oh, and the part 1? That was something we added later when we realized we could screw your wallet at least twice... Seriously, Doom Eternal was my 2020 game of the year until this fart. The DLC tainted my love of the core... Don't buy.… Expand
  10. Inuarcer
    Jul 19, 2021
    0
    Its Doom Eternal - only with more Demons (because it's DLC). Its very hard but that is just fine.
  11. MaxmilianKohler
    Aug 28, 2021
    4
    I rated the main game 5/10. 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".

    DLC 2 is slightly better, but I still wouldn't recommend it.
  12. NikolayHin
    Dec 4, 2020
    2
    Дополнение проходится достаточно долго, но только засчет повышенной сложности и однообразности. То есть вот вам моб, убить его можно только когда он снял щит, и только определенным способом, а теперь сделай это 10 раз.
    Битва с босом? Вот тебе бесконечные мобы и 1 механика, как только добъешь боса, на тебе особых бесконечных мобов и новая механика, как и это закончишь - снова повторим    Дополнение проходится достаточно долго, но только засчет повышенной сложности и однообразности. То есть вот вам моб, убить его можно только когда он снял щит, и только определенным способом, а теперь сделай это 10 раз.
    Битва с босом? Вот тебе бесконечные мобы и 1 механика, как только добъешь боса, на тебе особых бесконечных мобов и новая механика, как и это закончишь - снова повторим механику из предыдущей фазы, так у босса по сути только 2 механики и но повторять их будут много раз, ещё и затянут телепортами босса.
    В целом скучно однообразно и затянуто - проходится через силу, сюжет такого не стоит    … Expand
  13. cavitae
    Feb 17, 2021
    0
    This DLC contains a bug which prevents players from completing the second level. Bethesda has acknowledged the bug on their forums since October but no fix has been released yet. As such, I urge you to learn from my disappointment and avoid purchasing this expansion since you may not be able to experience the content that you paid for.
  14. Donald_Jr
    Sep 2, 2023
    0
    Eu gostei bastante do Doom Eternal, assim como AMEI o Doom 2016. Mas essas duas Dlcs são foram bem mais ou menos. O pior mesmo é a dificuldade: Simplesmente IDIOTA! Ela NÃO EXISTE! Eles colocaram uns desafios completamente sem noção e sem cabimento. Até no Normal e no Easy são feitas umas coisas que parece que é só pra te sacanear.

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76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Nov 15, 2020
    70
    With three new enemy types and one (very challenging) boss in the mix, as well as three new perks to earn by completing the optional Slayer Gater challenges, it’s a familiar yet distinct experience. But it’s still best to play through Doom Eternal before trying this. [Issue#182, p.155]
  2. GameSkinny
    Nov 12, 2020
    80
    Doom Eternal's first expansion, The Ancient Gods — Part One, stumbles in a few areas, but it's ultimately a damn good addition to the foundation laid earlier this year. All said it's a ripping good time despite its blemishes.
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  3. Gamer.nl
    Nov 6, 2020
    70
    Quotation forthcoming.
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