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  1. Dec 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst than Doom 3 in my opinion, and Doom 3 is not even a proper Doom game, but I had way more fun playing it than this non-doom game.

    Let's get the one good thing out of the way quickly: The graphics are stunning. Way better than Doom 2016, and the framerate is so smooth that I have to wonder how the hell did they pull this off. Hats off to whoever made the graphics and the game engine.

    The music, is good also but none of the tracks has yet stuck to me. I couldn't get the music of Doom, Doom 2 and Doom 2016 out of my mind, I can't even recall the music from this one. Not bad but not very memorable for me either.

    Level design makes ZERO sense: Two titans, which I don't even know what they are at this point, are frozen in place right before one killed the other. I have to find a battery to put into the spear of one of the titans so that the energy lance will active and tear the sternum of the other titan open (mind you both of them are just standing still, like buildings). Then once all the guts spill out, I will jump into the hole in the titan's chest, to go through the titan, exiting through his back (or maybe his butt, I'm not sure), to fall into a platforming section that looks like Goomba's castle from Mario, with spinning chains of fire, enemies all over the place, while you wadle though a swamp with completely hidden tentacles that jump out and hit you while you are trying to shoot at other enemies, cause aparrently players like getting hit by hidden tentacles when they are trying to do something else. Does any of this make any sense to you? Cause it makes no sense to me. This is graphics driven game design: we want two titans in an epic pose, we want Goomba's castle, and we want tentacles, now make a level that has all of these.

    The fighting is simply annoying. I have to think: which weapon do I need to use to kill this enemy, where exactly should I hit the enemy (cause weakspots are fun in a doom game), when should I hit them in the weakspot perhaps they need to have their mouth slightly open or it doesn't work and you need to wait, do I have enough ammo to do that or will I run out of ammo at the worst possible moment (there is a serious lack of ammunition compared to every other doom game to force you to use all the weapons), oh and also check if you have armor, cause if you don't you should remember to set the enemy on fire before shooting them so that they drop armor shards for you. Oh and don't over-shoot enemies cause you'll easily lose the glory kill if you shoot them with two more bullets of the assault rifle (compare that with how lax Doom 2016 was when you overshoot a "blue" enemy). Also don't forget that you should not be very excited with the melee cause it sucks now. It's causing pretty much zero damage now unless you have done some glory kills when you get one strong punch that annihilates multiple enemies around you. So don't try to melee any low level creeps unless you are going for a glory kill, otherwise you'll lose that strong punch for no reason.

    Gone is the "I'll wreck everything" style of Doom 2016. Not only because of how puzzley fights have become, or how much platforming it now has, but from the second level already, the "doomslayer" bends the knee to someone. What the.... the guy that did not care about a single thing in 2016, now decides to show respect to someone who is telling him off at the same time for caring about humanity. OMG what's next? Discovering that the doomslayer has a character and feelings? Am I still playing Doom here?

    I'm not that far in the game but the lore has also gone off the hook. Not sure how they pulled that off but I constantly feel like I'm watching an episode of a series and slowly realizing that I must skipped over the previous episode. But I haven't, I played 2016, I read the lore, and I still don't understand half of what is going on. I'm being guided by green etherial dogs... I'm just lost trying to figure out what is going on when I should be running and gunning.

    I'll put difficulty at the lowest setting to speed things up and try to grind through the unbearable fights only because I wasted money on this. Hopefully the lore will be worth it. I was so excited for this game, now I'm more excided about Doom64 that I got for preordering this.

    Maybe you'll like this. Apparently many people like it. Just keep in mind that this is not Doom 2016. It is way more complex, you'll be thinking way more instead of enjoying raw violence. The similarities with Doom 2016 are: glory kills exist in both, it's the same universe (but I wouldn't say it's the same doomslayer), some demons exist in both games, and well that's all. The two games feel completely different. I was hoping for more Doom 2016, I got an annoying puzzle shooter.
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  2. Mar 21, 2020
    4
    Meh...It hasn't impressed me much. If you are expecting as good or better than Doom 2016, this is not going to deliver. Very disappointed. Graphics are cartoonish, too much damn jumping. Ammo management was irritating, although not impossible. This was a waste of my Saturday and 60 bucks.
  3. Mar 22, 2020
    0
    Dear top Zenimax executives! Please fire those "genius" people who decided to strip Doom player of ammo, and force him to run after mobs with chainsaw to get some. This completely destroys the gameplay, this is anything but NOT a legendary shooter game any more. This is not a Doom which I enjoyed since 1994. I played Doom 2016 with pleasure but I can't play this Mario Doom any more, andDear top Zenimax executives! Please fire those "genius" people who decided to strip Doom player of ammo, and force him to run after mobs with chainsaw to get some. This completely destroys the gameplay, this is anything but NOT a legendary shooter game any more. This is not a Doom which I enjoyed since 1994. I played Doom 2016 with pleasure but I can't play this Mario Doom any more, and I'm going for moneyback. Expand
  4. Dec 25, 2021
    0
    Have played Doom games since the 90's. Loved all of them, excepting Doom 3 - what were they thinking! Then came this. I am a casual gamer I admit but have, over the years, put in many hours with previous Doom FPS. Found this one too difficult even on the easiest setting. Not enough ammo or health to survive for more than a couple of minutes.
  5. Feb 17, 2021
    2
    Doom should not be a game where you constantly run out of ammo. Doomguy should be a real badass and not a guy who runs away from demons to find some ammo. Shotgun with 16 shells and machinegun with 60 rounds! Are you kidding me?!?! Didn't feel like Doom even in the easiest mode.
    Bought it on sale, played it few hours and dumped it. Doom 2016 is much better than this.
  6. Aug 26, 2021
    4
    Terrible platforming like in mario! So much addons, extra points etc.
    About 1/2 less ammo in 2016?! In doom?! Really?!
    2016 is much better.
  7. Feb 7, 2022
    4
    I don't like the platforming parts and the gun battles are too hard on normal mode
  8. May 17, 2021
    1
    This. Game. Sucks.
    Remember how much fun it was in the 2016 Doom game to run head-first into a crowd of demons and blow them all back to hell? Remember how bad ass you felt? Remember what it felt like, not to be playing the player-character in a shooting game, but to feel like you were playing the boss? Well say goodbye to that. This game is all about running around scared like Shaggy in
    This. Game. Sucks.
    Remember how much fun it was in the 2016 Doom game to run head-first into a crowd of demons and blow them all back to hell? Remember how bad ass you felt? Remember what it felt like, not to be playing the player-character in a shooting game, but to feel like you were playing the boss? Well say goodbye to that. This game is all about running around scared like Shaggy in Scooby Doo. The battle mechanics have been totally reworked so that only hiding and running will keep you alive. Oh, and the pointless platforming sections. Just a terrible, terrible direction for an otherwise great and institutional game franchise. Do not buy this game if you like having fun.
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  9. Dec 27, 2020
    2
    It is very hard and almost unplayable on ps4. Very frustrating game. I don't want manage weapon resources. I just want to kill **** mobs on easy without my ass catching on fire. Wtf. Why this game is so **** difficult. I am not a nerdy fps player. Painkiller was much more fun.
  10. Jul 17, 2022
    0
    I loved Doom 2016 but I gave up in Doom Eternal before getting the supershotgun. It is absurdly over complicated I don't think the developers understood what was fun about the original Doom. (Hint: Shooting monsters - which is a minor part of doom eternal and none of the challenge).

    There are so many controls that some have to be mapped to L3 and R3 which means that you are going to be
    I loved Doom 2016 but I gave up in Doom Eternal before getting the supershotgun. It is absurdly over complicated I don't think the developers understood what was fun about the original Doom. (Hint: Shooting monsters - which is a minor part of doom eternal and none of the challenge).

    There are so many controls that some have to be mapped to L3 and R3 which means that you are going to be frequently using up resources by accident - and there are LOADS of different resources. Armour tokens, weapon tokens, XP, Praetorian tokens it has more resources and more resource management than your average free to play mobile game - at least there they are the game. I don't know what neverending inventory management was meant to bring to Doom.

    The gameplay is a massive step backwards from Doom 2016 and it plays a lot more like Ratchet and Clank. Run around small arenas in circles looking for ammo and spend more time in weapon wheels trying to find something with ammo than actually aiming and shooting.

    Oh and the neverrending tutorials. I returned Xcom 2 for the same reason - a game, especially doom, shouldn't be stopping every 5 minutes 3 hours into the game with another tutorial. Is this really what modern gamers want?

    I absolutely hate Doom Eternal with a passion and it should be stripped of the name.

    It is 1/3 flight sim, 1/3 free to play mobile game and 1/3 ratchet and clank.

    The graphics and sound are amazing but the game is otherwise an enormous disappointment.
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  11. Sep 21, 2021
    2
    How this game is rated so high is beyond me really. This game is just so clunky and awkward. It’s just frustrating and annoying to play. Absolute garbage.
  12. Dec 23, 2020
    4
    This game is hard and frustrating, because you constantly run out of ammo. There are also some annoying jump and run elements, which don't belong in a FPS. Overall this game sucks.
  13. Dec 19, 2020
    4
    pretty poorly made, graphic is wonderful but overall color filter and light is really washed out,
    90% of the time you run out of ammo, and you have to jump left and right like super mario to find some, really frustrating.
    Difficulties are broken, normal mode is incredible difficult even for a good gamer(not in term of gameplay just in terms of ridiculous amount of damage and hp of
    pretty poorly made, graphic is wonderful but overall color filter and light is really washed out,
    90% of the time you run out of ammo, and you have to jump left and right like super mario to find some, really frustrating.

    Difficulties are broken, normal mode is incredible difficult even for a good gamer(not in term of gameplay just in terms of ridiculous amount of damage and hp of enemies), huge lack of things to do, just jumping like a donki kong platform, with never ending fights in single areas, just to fill the gap of short longevity.

    Really disappointed.
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  14. Jan 29, 2021
    0
    it feels like they handed off this sequel to some horrible, 3rd rate game studio deep in the forests of Russia or something. Everything that is fun in the Doom 2016 has been removed and replaced with confusing UI, repetitive game play, very linear level design. Most of the time i had no idea what i was doing. There was never enough ammo and even on the easiest level setting i kept dyingit feels like they handed off this sequel to some horrible, 3rd rate game studio deep in the forests of Russia or something. Everything that is fun in the Doom 2016 has been removed and replaced with confusing UI, repetitive game play, very linear level design. Most of the time i had no idea what i was doing. There was never enough ammo and even on the easiest level setting i kept dying from lack of ammo or falling off cliffs due to the horrendous jumping mechanism.

    FYI i played Doom 2016 three times and finished it 3 times due to awesome level and game design. Doom Eternal feels like a sequel with a new cast and new director and 1/3 of the budgeta
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  15. Dec 30, 2020
    3
    this game isn't the worst game I have played, but the most disappointing game I have played.

    the game doesn't feel like doom, it feels like destiny but you just so happened to be the doom slayer. The combat for starters is a lazy mess, my guess is that they tried to be resident evil, because you run out of ammo so fast, and dying is fine, but when I am about to hit the peak of the
    this game isn't the worst game I have played, but the most disappointing game I have played.

    the game doesn't feel like doom, it feels like destiny but you just so happened to be the doom slayer. The combat for starters is a lazy mess, my guess is that they tried to be resident evil, because you run out of ammo so fast, and dying is fine, but when I am about to hit the peak of the soundtrack, and i run out of ammo, I feel cucked, i then have to run over to the nearest enemy, try not to kill it, then use the chainsaw (which uses a god awful fuel mechanic) to get ammo which spews out colorful pretty ammo icons in complete contrast to the atmosphere. to further back my destiny joke in the beginning, i meant that as in... THE ENEMYS ARE SO GOD DAMN RECYCLED THAT ITS INSULTING, AND WHY IS THERE PARKOUR?! WHY DO YOU HAVE THIS, THIS DOESNT BELONG IN DOOM IT SUCKS SO MUCH, ITS NOT EVEN TASTFUL, AND WHY THE HELL IS THERE PUZZLES, we just done killing demons of hell and now the khan Mayker is like "HAHAHA! You'll never get past my lever pulley monkey swingy thing!" Also the story is god awful, I don't feel like i'm invading a castle, I feel like i'm going through the YMCA jungle gym because every thing is handed to you. This game is a mess and a complete stain on the doom series, although I still had fun in this game, when all the moons come together, this game is fun, the parts with the humans were my favorite part because its funny. But overall this game isn't good but still isn't the worst game I have played played.
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  16. Feb 3, 2022
    3
    A Complete Regret to Buy this Game.

    Not because of the gameplay which a hell lot of fun but due to the performance on PS4 is sucks. My PS4 is heating way too much which create a very loud fan noise the most than any other game I've played. Completely drop this game down, otherwise it will damage my PS4 for sure. Disappoint by the developer as they didn't optimize it well for PS4
    A Complete Regret to Buy this Game.

    Not because of the gameplay which a hell lot of fun but due to the performance on PS4 is sucks. My PS4 is heating way too much which create a very loud fan noise the most than any other game I've played. Completely drop this game down, otherwise it will damage my PS4 for sure.

    Disappoint by the developer as they didn't optimize it well for PS4 console but they even SELLING IT ON PS4. Are you suggesting to play it in winter season?
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  17. Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Wow, I can finally play red light, green light with the knight from dark souls!
  18. Aug 28, 2021
    1
    movement lag(slow down), made game completely unplayable for me on ps4 wtf
  19. Oct 29, 2021
    3
    Версия 6.66 сломал battlemode из-за нового демона . Баланса нету. Можно смело не играть в battlemode.только если уберут этого демона, либо поменяют его способности. Так ещё убрали щит у палача зачем то
  20. Mar 4, 2022
    0
    No matter how much i like the game, i simply can not support hypocrites, this game is supposed to be for everyone independent of opinion and nationality, and now it is just blocked in russia because trends.

    Im sorry,id software but this was a heartbreak for me, i bought this game with my own money, i suggested my friends to play doom eternal, but now you just spit in my face like that
    No matter how much i like the game, i simply can not support hypocrites, this game is supposed to be for everyone independent of opinion and nationality, and now it is just blocked in russia because trends.

    Im sorry,id software but this was a heartbreak for me, i bought this game with my own money, i suggested my friends to play doom eternal, but now you just spit in my face like that

    **** you, id
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  21. Mar 25, 2022
    0
    Worst multiplayer ever made. If I were a designer on the multiplayer I would be ashamed to have my name in the credits.
  22. Apr 9, 2020
    0
    If you're looking for a Doom 2016 experience, this is not it. The gameplay is so asinine and rinse & repeat that I barely want to keep finding imps and zombies to chainsaw for ammo, since the developers thought that would be fun to force players to do. Every new aspect of this game slows down the pacing, and that is not what a sequel to one of the best shooters should be like.
  23. Apr 12, 2020
    3
    Unfortunately, this is quite a different game from Doom: 2016. Rather than thinking "what gun is best to kill this bunch of demons" you will be thinking "which weapon has ammo" (because you run out very fast), or "will I chainsaw or flame this demon".

    It's constant farming, constantly low on ammo, constantly low on health or armour. I spend more time trying NOT to kill demons with shots
    Unfortunately, this is quite a different game from Doom: 2016. Rather than thinking "what gun is best to kill this bunch of demons" you will be thinking "which weapon has ammo" (because you run out very fast), or "will I chainsaw or flame this demon".

    It's constant farming, constantly low on ammo, constantly low on health or armour. I spend more time trying NOT to kill demons with shots because I need to glory kill, but by the time I glory kill I'm out of ammo and need to chainsaw, but then OOOPS can't chainsaw because out of fuel or the demon is too strong, aaaaand I'm dead.

    Loved Doom: 2016, finished it in a few days and immediately restarted on nightmare mode, now THAT was a fun challenge. This game however, is hard, but not in a fun way, and I'm so bored of it now I don't feel like finishing it.

    The game is so repetitive, chainsaw, glory kill, flame, glory kill, shoot an imp in the leg, glory kill, shoot some stuff, out of ammo already, chainsaw. The game forces you to play a certain way. Instead of choosing the gun you like, you use whatever has ammo, and let the game choose your next one when you run out in 4 seconds.

    Most disappointing game of the year.
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  24. Apr 1, 2020
    0
    A complete bastardization of everything that made Doom good. Cramped level design that impedes movement, ridiculously low ammo cap (less than 1/2 the ammo of 2016's Doom), teeeeeerrrrrible platforming, cutscenes (yes, really), melee that's worse than useless and the worst UI I've seen this year.
  25. Mar 23, 2020
    3
    I started out having an absolute blast playing the campaign but as you get towards the end it becomes less and less fun and more of a trial. You’ll notice that as you progress and get more powerful weapons and upgrades, you somehow become easier to kill. The combat is so focused on forcing you to desperately need ammo, health and armor that the focus on Demon slaying takes a back seat andI started out having an absolute blast playing the campaign but as you get towards the end it becomes less and less fun and more of a trial. You’ll notice that as you progress and get more powerful weapons and upgrades, you somehow become easier to kill. The combat is so focused on forcing you to desperately need ammo, health and armor that the focus on Demon slaying takes a back seat and you just run around the map, plinking away at the bigger demons while searching for small ones to glory kill for health, chainsaw for ammo or burn for more armor. It gets to the point of just being stupid. I’m at the Taras Nabad level and it’s become so irritating that I’ve lost any desire to keep playing. This garbage mechanic carries over to multiplayer as well making it a cakewalk to win as a demon. I played 4 games. One as the slayer and the rest as demons. 4 games is a total of 12 rounds. In 12 rounds I only saw the slayer kill 1 demon and that slayer was me. Unfortunately you have to kill both to win a round.
    I’m done writing about this massive disappointment. I REALLY regret buying this.
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  26. Mar 21, 2020
    4
    Let me start by saying i loved Doom 2016 the story was great and left you asking many questions and excited for eternal to answer them....THEY DO NOT! Eternal is nothing but a mass shoot fest with a wish wash story that leave you with MORE questions and answered NOTHING from the 2016 game.

    a few from 2016 are: -what happened to doom guy where did he get warped to? -what happened to
    Let me start by saying i loved Doom 2016 the story was great and left you asking many questions and excited for eternal to answer them....THEY DO NOT! Eternal is nothing but a mass shoot fest with a wish wash story that leave you with MORE questions and answered NOTHING from the 2016 game.

    a few from 2016 are:
    -what happened to doom guy where did he get warped to?
    -what happened to Hayden when he walked away with your sword at the end.

    and MORE added in eternal:
    -HOW THE HELL did u get a fortress
    -how did u get off mars
    -how and why is VEGA working in your suit n helping you?
    -how did the demonds get to earth
    -how and why is hayden split in two what happened!?!?!
    -where are all the people and ristance fighters?
    -how the hell did the deamonds build a huge ♥♥♥ fortess in artica in a matter im hrs!?!?!

    I dont know what bathesda is doing over there but there past few games have been nothing but train wrecks...and for me this is the LAST nail in the coffin for me and there games...its obvious there lack of story telling the past few games fallout 76 and now this they dont give a ♥♥♥♥ about people who play there games for story....only the mindless shooter fortnite/cod/ playerbase.

    game itself is not worth the price it is now...to me its a $20 game. no more no less...the gunplay is bland n boring click shoot, press e, chainsaw repeat...and when you get your sword that ADDS one more button press...v! The people complaining about ammo....i never had a issue chainsaw n bang! full ammo. Now dont get me started on the platforming...WHAT A STUPID addition! Most of the time i was raging just because i had to do this stupid ♥♥♥♥....

    We all know Bathesda will be themselves and say "oh we had a overwhelming response to ppl loving this game!" just like they did with fallout 76...and to why i didnt write a review is because i dont own the game on steam. but i can tell u this now that i finished it i got a refund on it because it is not worth my money.
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  27. Mar 26, 2020
    2
    After the masterpiece that was Doom 2016, I've been positively rabid to get my hands on this game. My disappointment knows few bounds. When I play Doom, I want to, you know, kill tons of demons. Imagine my surprise when I'm spending my time in jumping puzzle after jumping puzzle with controls and traction ill-suited for the task. So I find myself slowly slogging through the game forAfter the masterpiece that was Doom 2016, I've been positively rabid to get my hands on this game. My disappointment knows few bounds. When I play Doom, I want to, you know, kill tons of demons. Imagine my surprise when I'm spending my time in jumping puzzle after jumping puzzle with controls and traction ill-suited for the task. So I find myself slowly slogging through the game for the story. That is, I would be had I not been utterly defeated by one of the jumping puzzles. A game with the name "Doom" shouldn't have the story as it's main feature, nor should a frustrating jumping puzzle be the end of the game for a (former) fan of the series. Sorry, Id, I'm just not impressed. Expand
  28. Mar 20, 2020
    2
    During arena battles you're constantly out of ammunition which puts the whole fight on pause. Then in-between those you're forced to do first-person platforming which basically interrupts you getting to the next battle (FPS platforming has never worked and never will). These two major design flaws combine into one horribly paced game. Not sure what happened here, the first one (Doom 2016)During arena battles you're constantly out of ammunition which puts the whole fight on pause. Then in-between those you're forced to do first-person platforming which basically interrupts you getting to the next battle (FPS platforming has never worked and never will). These two major design flaws combine into one horribly paced game. Not sure what happened here, the first one (Doom 2016) had it right. Expand
  29. Mar 30, 2020
    0
    Doom Eternal is the most disappointing game I have ever played. The platforming is a disaster, the UI is garish and counter-intuitive, the cutscenes exist, melee probably should have been removed if they were gonna make it this weak. The dash, while good in theory makes normal movement feel slow which is exactly the opposite of how Doom should feel. And finally, the ammo management.Doom Eternal is the most disappointing game I have ever played. The platforming is a disaster, the UI is garish and counter-intuitive, the cutscenes exist, melee probably should have been removed if they were gonna make it this weak. The dash, while good in theory makes normal movement feel slow which is exactly the opposite of how Doom should feel. And finally, the ammo management. The max ammo you can hold has been cut by more than half since Doom 2016. Insecure fanboys will shout (and I mean SHOUT) all kinds of justifications about this at you, but the fundamental issue is this: Doom eternal wants you play the game a very specific way. For all the talk about how it's "strategic" it forces you to adopt one very specific strategy--use all the ammo in all your guns then hunt down trash demon and chainsaw it for more ammo. There's two problems with this. First, I don't want to be forced into a specific way of playing the game. Second, the game does a TERRIBLE job telling you that that's the intended way to play and even worse job encouraging it. If you're going to make killing imps/possessed the name of the game, you should make it so they don't stop spawning until the big baddies are dead. And should make sure that they aren't on the other side of the arena than the mini-boss enemies. Having to turn around and sprint away from a mancubus so I can chainsaw an imp in some odd corner of the arena isn't just a limiting design decision; it's an objectively bad one and on that runs counter to the supposed "keep pushing forward nature of Doom."

    The devs did a great job ensuring that each weapon has it's uses, you can't ignore any of them. In fact, the ammo limit hurts here, because often you're forced to use less-than-ideal weapons simply because they're the only ones with ammo.
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  30. Mar 20, 2020
    4
    I loved doom 2016 but sadly, this does not feel the same, it's a shadow of its former self. It feels like it was made by fans rather than creators, and what's worse, seems to be following the trends of other FPS games, rather than making its own path like before
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 48 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 48
  2. Negative: 0 out of 48
  1. Edge Magazine
    May 21, 2020
    90
    There aren't playstyles in modern Doom so much as players who use absolutely everything, and players who die. [Issue#346, p.84]
  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Apr 21, 2020
    80
    A love letter to the classic series written in blood, Doom Eternal is a fast-paced and utterly thrilling way to paint the town (and Mars, and ethereal realms) red. [Issue#174, p.89]
  3. Apr 14, 2020
    90
    I enjoyed the ending, but it was so long. I had to wipe the sweat off my forehead. But it felt so good to be done.