DOOM Eternal

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  1. 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
  2. TwoEars
    Mar 23, 2020
    7
    For me a step back compared to Doom 2016.

    * Limited ammo, chainsaw gets boring and repetitive * Cutscene story interrupts * We're supposed to take the story seriously now, but it's trash * Story connects badly with Doom 2016 * Doom Slayer speaks in flashbacks, serious misstep imho * Soundtrack much less hard hitting, few memorable songs * Too many jumping puzzles * Atmosphere is    For me a step back compared to Doom 2016. * Limited ammo, chainsaw gets boring and repetitive * Cutscene story interrupts * We're supposed to take the story seriously now, but it's trash * Story connects badly with Doom 2016 * Doom Slayer speaks in flashbacks, serious misstep imho * Soundtrack much less hard hitting, few memorable songs * Too many jumping puzzles * Atmosphere is somehow less intimidating than Doom 2016 and more cartoony * No pistol * Many weapons lack punch compared to Doom 2016 * Can't even melee some of the basic enemies to death, Doom Slayer feels weak * Some enemies are bullet sponges * Too much focus on playing "the right way" with tactical play and enemy weak points etc. * All guns in the game are revealed right away, no sense of discovery * UI is pretty bad and intrusive * Level design is overall worse Doom Eternal fundamentally misunderstands what made Doom 2016 so enjoyable for many; sometimes you just want to use the super shotgun, kill demons, feel powerful and listen to heavy metal. And Doom 2016 was also great because, while it did have good and interesting lore, it also laughed in the face of its own story. But with Doom Eternal we're suddenly supposed to care about the story. The setting and atmosphere is also much less intimidating, in Doom 2016 we saw the remains of a Titan and were told of the epic battle which ensued between the Doom Slayer and the Titan. This was a big deal and we wondered how the hell the Doom Slayer managed to defeat such a beast. In Doom Eternal everything is much less mysterious and intimidating, great beasts like the Titans are just casually walking around. For me about the only thing better with Doom Eternal, compared to Doom 2016, is the new graphics engine.… Expand
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Masterhummel
    Mar 21, 2020
    7
    It's alright, but i can't really warm up to it.

    It's very, very arcady. Some people might like that tho. The world design is great but neither the character nor items or consumables seem to fit in. Pickups are either super-bright, colored like candy or bob up and down while violently flashing. It might not sound severe but it is really irritating. Like... the chainsaw you rip out of a    It's alright, but i can't really warm up to it. It's very, very arcady. Some people might like that tho. The world design is great but neither the character nor items or consumables seem to fit in. Pickups are either super-bright, colored like candy or bob up and down while violently flashing. It might not sound severe but it is really irritating. Like... the chainsaw you rip out of a guys body in Doom 2016, or the rifle you tear from a dead soldies arms. In Doom 2020 they just hover on the ground in the dedicated weapon room at some point in the level, flashing wildly. This diconnect carries over into the sound design and animations. For one it's really strong and snappy but now and then you have this comical sounds - like when some headshots or ripping out a cacodemons eye will make an audible 'pop' sound that could come straight out of a kids tv show. It might sound super-petty but imagine listening to a metal opera and every now and then the lead goes 'hyuck-hyuck' like Goofy. Gameplay wise it's good with even more emphasis on movement and a lot more enemies to fight and manage. The pistole is now gone which ... i can understand, but the replacement is that you now always have 1 fuel for the chainsaw with which to kill lesser enemies. The resulting candy explosion is your main way of regenerating ammo. And that's something that does not work for me. When i fight a big demon it's just tideous to turn around and look for one of the endlessly spawning minor zombies so i can get some ammo back. By now every now and then when it happens i roll my eyes with a sigh. Doomguy itself started bulking and went from just an angry guy who had enough of this **** to stereotypic antihero with a heart of gold, that constantly gets told by everyone how awesome they are. They really go out of the way with pampering the player. Not my favorite design choice. All that said, it's still a good shooter. It's still an id shooter and they managed to get some fun new gameplay mechanics that act as modifiers on the existing combat. If everything of my complaints sounded like minor issues, you might want to give it a try.… Expand
  6. crnppscls
    Mar 22, 2020
    7
    Not what i expected.
    The game is totally over engineered. The devs must have sat round patting each other on the back for the ‘bit that they did’.
    This is what happens when you assign a game to a team that has no vision or bad project management. It’s hard to put my finger on what is exactly wrong with it because it is so well put together and runs like a charm. My gripes are solely    Not what i expected.The game is totally over engineered. The devs must have sat round patting each other on the back for the ‘bit that they did’.This is what happens when you assign a game to a team that has no vision or bad project management.It’s hard to put my finger on what is exactly wrong with it because it is so well put together and runs like a charm.My gripes are solely gameplay related and range from awful platform mechanics, clunky ui, difficulty presented in a much too frustrating way and the aforementioned over engineering.It just feels too much like a product and not a doom game… Expand
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. AngryShark92
    May 27, 2020
    9
    May 27th, 2020 - Revised to a 9/10, as Denuvo Anti-Cheat Software has been removed in PC Patch 1.1. Well done Marty, and the rest of the id team for listening to the community. Hoping for smooth sailing from here on out.

    May 15th, 2020 - Updated to a 0/10, you cannot add Denuvo Anti-Cheat software that has kernel-level access in a May patch when it did not exist in the original March 20    May 27th, 2020 - Revised to a 9/10, as Denuvo Anti-Cheat Software has been removed in PC Patch 1.1. Well done Marty, and the rest of the id team for listening to the community. Hoping for smooth sailing from here on out. May 15th, 2020 - Updated to a 0/10, you cannot add Denuvo Anti-Cheat software that has kernel-level access in a May patch when it did not exist in the original March 20 EULA, it is a breach of trust and should be considered illegal. I advise anyone on PC to steer clear of this game until this Denuvo Anti-Cheat software is removed. This software does not belong in a mostly single player experience. TLDR Points: + Gorgeous world design + Great difficulty balancing + Decent story with lots of lore + Superb in-game soundtrack + New demons are a lot of fun + Excellent gunplay + Incentivized exploration + Incredibly well-optimized performance + Listens to community feedback - Occasional crashes and bugs - Platforming gets annoying after multiple playthroughs - Melee attack rendered useless due to blood punch mechanic - Requires Bethesda Launcher - Soundtrack launch mess is disappointing - Twitch/Amazon Prime drops isolate parts of the community - Arcade-ish design is a bit of a step down from Doom 2016 - A few glory kill and unique death animations have been cut from the game Doom Eternal is an FPS experience unlike any other, and is quite the gem considering the state of the gaming industry at the moment. Fast-paced, smooth-running, run & gun/rip & tear gameplay that is an adrenaline pumping masterpiece that will fuel any power fantasy, and with an absolutely glorious soundtrack accompanying it, Doom Eternal is one HELL of a complete FPS package. I have to point out the aesthetically pleasing environmental design by the team at id software, it is an absolute treat to experience all the different areas of the game and the amount of detail that went into them. It is also worth mentioning that the team is also capable of listening to fan backlash and admitting where they went wrong and fixing it without condemning the community, there truly aren't many companies left that would do this for their games. As for negatives, some of the levels (looking at you Urdak) have an unnecessary abundance of platforming puzzles, the game has BSOD/crashed on me a few times and can cause corrupted save files, Twitch Prime drops are deeply disguised micro-transactions, and the colours of the pickups are starting to make me feel like this game is less serious than its predecessor. Overall, Doom Eternal is an absolute treat for FPS fans, and alongside its own predecessor, its one of the few good FPS games that have been released in the past decade, it is an incredible experience that I would recommend to any FPS fan. It is a 9/10 for me, the only major downside being the bugs and crashes that can occur and ruin Ultra-Nightmare runs, hopefully there will be a fix for this in the future. P.S. Thanks for removing Denuvo!!!… Expand
  12. faroukthehedge
    Mar 28, 2020
    6
    Good but not great.

    Pros: * Engaging combat loop that encourages you to use the right tools for the right times and target the right spots. * Large levels packed with optional content and reward exploration. * Beautiful scenary, visually gorgeous looking and varied environments. Cons: * Heavy reliance on locked and wave-based arenas to pad out the length of the game. * Combat    Good but not great. Pros: * Engaging combat loop that encourages you to use the right tools for the right times and target the right spots. * Large levels packed with optional content and reward exploration. * Beautiful scenary, visually gorgeous looking and varied environments. Cons: * Heavy reliance on locked and wave-based arenas to pad out the length of the game. * Combat loop can feel restrictive and repetitive with having to harvest resources from enemies all the time and watching the same animations all time. * Too much platforming that feels shoe-horned, not exactly bad platforming but it can become annoying if you're not into it. * Confusing story and plot, thankfully it can be mostly ignored. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to any FPS enthusiast, but not at its current full price.… Expand
  13. Kirrax
    Mar 26, 2020
    0
    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    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
  14. Lithariel
    Mar 22, 2020
    7
    I never played Doom 2016 when that came out and that "Glory Kill" Mechanic didn't look interesting to me at all. I also didn't that Level setup of having a "Arena" style room where you fight then exit into some connective corridor into the next "Arena" room.

    But i did play the original Doom and Doom II back in the day. Excessively. I seen Doom Eternal on YouTube where one of the    I never played Doom 2016 when that came out and that "Glory Kill" Mechanic didn't look interesting to me at all. I also didn't that Level setup of having a "Arena" style room where you fight then exit into some connective corridor into the next "Arena" room. But i did play the original Doom and Doom II back in the day. Excessively. I seen Doom Eternal on YouTube where one of the Developers showcased it, and praised all of those nifty "Combat Puzzle" like elements. The graphic looked super interesting, borderline gorgeous, in a style just like the Quake games where, if you ever played Quake 3 Arena ... some Levels here look directly from there. Broken Church Cathedrals, destroyed Cityscapes intertwined with weird demonic flesh growing. Scary and yet pretty. So what do i like about it? The Music is pretty good, if you like light, scary Metal, it fits right in with the Graphic theme ... which is also good. I like both quite allot, those where the main draw to this game. I also like all the different things you can do with the Weapons Alternate Fire, all upgrades. It really feels very good to shoot those Demons, seeing their body get ripped to into pieces, flesh flying off, revealing the intestines and bones underneath. What do i not like. The first thing i dislike, is those "Corridors" between two Combat Arenas. You can Double Jump, Double Dash(even in mid air), grab certain kinds of marked walls and crawl up like Spiderman (which doesn't fit into this game at all) and there are horizontal Poles that you can jump towards that then give you speed and height. I would like to just SHOOT DEMONS and not have to deal with a First Person Jump'n'Run, I not know those segments did bore me quite allot. They where not particular hard, just boring and annoying. Then the actual Demon Shooting. The "Arenas" in which you fight Demons are super tiny and once you are inside Demons will spawn all around you in waves and you get attacked from all possible angles. If you stay still for more then 2 seconds you probably die, so the name of the game is to keep moving around that Arena. But that's not all, the amount of Ammunition you can hold at first is VERY tight, so you permanently run low on it. This forces you to kill one or more of hose "Fodder Demons" with your Chainsaw, which is a skill that recharges with Demons you kill, meaning if you miss too much you are screwed. What the base Gameplay Loop in those Arenas is, is first seeing which Major Demon is around you. Then switching to a Weapon that allows you to hit that Demons weak spot, while dodging the Fodder Demons. When you start to loose too much Health you have to shoot one of those Fodder Demons, which then starts to blink so you can Glory Kill it to gain Health back(or, search for a Medikit in the area). You also have to keep an eye on your Ammunition and Chainsaw skill so if you run low on Ammunition (which you WILL constantly) you need to run up to a Fodder Demon and use the Chainsaw to gain Ammunition back. And lastly you have that "Flame Belch" shoulder mounted Flame Thrower that you can use to set Demons on fire which then drop Armor Tokens when you damage them, or kill them (though there are pickups too). Overall, i do not like those Jump'n'Run segments between two Arenas and i not like the Arenas size, they give me anxiety and claustrophobic vibes. Also I still dislike all those mechanics surrounding "Glory Kills" to regain Health, using a Chainsaw to refill Ammunition or to set Demons on fire using the "Flame Belch" Cannon. The combat is allot more frantic then it is strategic, though there IS a very Strategic gameplay as to how to beat those bigger Demons. Too bad, this disappointed me. What i wanted, was a simple game with challenging Levels that i can run through and kill Demons. Just like the Original Doom. And yet there are good starting points right here. Just trash the Jump'n'Run segments, ditch that "Arena" style combat and make a big Level where you let the Player run around, kill Demons, select upgrades and what not.… Expand
  15. Tawarus
    Mar 26, 2020
    3
    I don't like it. I love DOOM 2016, but this is Super Mario with shotgun. First two hours i was heavyly bored. No action, so much chanted music was heard only occasionally and jumping like a Super Mario, constantly out of ammo ... This is not doom feeling, lot off ammo loved gun an constantly action this i looking in DOOM game.
  16. ilezhnin
    Mar 25, 2020
    0
    Bethesda forgot how to make good games. They killed last good IP that they had. This game it is not Doom, this is Mario with MK brutality. Absurdly annoying gameplay!
  17. YourMumWashes
    Mar 26, 2020
    6
    I feel kinda disappointed. Its not game where you take weapon you choose and shoot demons with it. It is a game where you have to use exactly strict weapons on strict enemies (and their weak points) or else they wont die and you will lose ammo trying to kill them. Ammo which is so scarce that you have to chainsaw cannon fodder enemies every 10 seconds or so to just refill.
    Game is too    I feel kinda disappointed. Its not game where you take weapon you choose and shoot demons with it. It is a game where you have to use exactly strict weapons on strict enemies (and their weak points) or else they wont die and you will lose ammo trying to kill them. Ammo which is so scarce that you have to chainsaw cannon fodder enemies every 10 seconds or so to just refill. Game is too colorful and too cartoony, full of nonsense annoying platforming and other arcade elements (like +1 up lives). It is overwhelming in the beginning, it barrages player with tutorial messages for first few hours, as it gives player a lot of options and mechanics- dashes, double jump, grenades, super fist, different type of refilling health/armor/ammo (glory executions, flamethrower, chainsaw), enemy weak points. Add player character progression to that (runes, weapon mods, suit upgrades) and it can give you a headache. Especially that it is so easy to die if you dont manage different type of refilling your resources correctly. Where is the simplicity of Doom? I dont think i like they way they took with that franchise. After some time you will get used to this game mechanics (i still think gameplay is just weird), and you will notice that its not that bad, quite fun at times, but definitely its not what old fan would expect. Old Doom games (especially with mods like Brutal Doom) remain my favorite, and close second place is Doom 2016. This one is at Doom 3 level- solid, not terrible, but not great either.… Expand
  18. qdash
    Mar 25, 2020
    0
    I hate this game. Defenely. It's not Doom in every inch, in every fkn element of gameplay! It's not FPS, it's slasher with guns! Most of time you doing two things - jumping and ripping demons with hands or chainsaw, because you always out of ammo or health. This game designed as number of quicktime events, connected with stupid platforming - jump after jump after jump e t.c. Wow effect forI hate this game. Defenely. It's not Doom in every inch, in every fkn element of gameplay! It's not FPS, it's slasher with guns! Most of time you doing two things - jumping and ripping demons with hands or chainsaw, because you always out of ammo or health. This game designed as number of quicktime events, connected with stupid platforming - jump after jump after jump e t.c. Wow effect for youtube videos, but it's plays not as good as it looks! And they absolutely killed all atmosphere of original Doom series! Hey fat taco, it's isn't CARTOONISH VIOLENCE! Because it never was! It's post-truth of Bethesda marketing department and you KNOW it. This game is just pain in the ass, it's how it plays, without any balance and anything interesting if you playing on lesser difficulty than Ultra-Violence. It has no place for unique tactics or something, just quicktime events and jumps, because game is teleporting demons right in your face! For fans of Osu and other jerk off games, they absolutely ruined it. Exploring? Nooo! Jump by platforms and play goddamn arcade **** when shooting and close combat is 50/50. It's Doom? It's revolution of FPS genre?! Are you fkn serious?! Formula is simple - weaker Doomslayer, less ammo, more attachments and more HP to monsters! Doom '16 has a popular Arcade Mode - Doom Eternal is arcade mode only. "Geniously"! I hate how this guys declined everything from classic Doom games. It doesn't feels like Doom, doesn't plays like Doom, it's not Doom.… Expand
  19. bulrag33
    Mar 21, 2020
    0
    to make a resource for survival out of enemies is complete nonsense ... it’s exactly doomguy locked with demons, and not vice versa. well, platforming hammered the last nail to the coffin lid. it' not Doom, it's ****
  20. Bishy
    Jun 2, 2020
    3
    I have about 2 hours in Doom Eternal now. I've been looking forward to this quite a bit since I played Doom 2016. However, this game feels like just another shooter with a bunch of modern gaming BS thrown in - skins, gimmicks, fluff, etc.

    Start with the sound track - I think I haven't heard barely any decent music in the 2 hours that I've played so far. It hasn't ramped up once into the    I have about 2 hours in Doom Eternal now. I've been looking forward to this quite a bit since I played Doom 2016. However, this game feels like just another shooter with a bunch of modern gaming BS thrown in - skins, gimmicks, fluff, etc. Start with the sound track - I think I haven't heard barely any decent music in the 2 hours that I've played so far. It hasn't ramped up once into the great metal soundtrack that is supposed to come with it like Doom 2016 did. Next with the combat - it's functional. Doesn't feel as brutal as Doom 2016 was, but at least it works... until they put you in the purple goo that makes you move at a crawl, unable to jump, unable to dash (or boost or whatever), and fight tanky enemies... because for some reason, I want my mobility to be taken away in a doom game. Then some of the areas are incredibly cramped - both the arenas and transition areas. Who's idiotic idea was it to put me into a hallway with one of those spider demons with no room to move before I even had the boost function? Who's idiotic idea was it to take away my mobility so drastically in multiple parts of the game? It feels like I'm just grinding out from one area to the next. Add on the fact that there are now jumping puzzles. I play doom to fight, not to figure out how to jump around some falling platforms. There's a lot of this style of gameplay now - it's fluff. They're not fun, they're not challenging, they're not mentally stimulating, they just waste time. And then we get into the pacing. Doom 2016 didn't have a ton of lore/story in it which was fine for me. It would be fine with it too... if the cut scenes didn't cut into the combat and slow down the pace considerably. And the doom guy doesn't even seem angry any more. He just seems apathetic and doesn't want to listen to anyone. Doesn't do a ton of random smashing of anything unless it's a glory kill. Add in the puzzles from before and the pace slows down even more. Then also add in the fact that they actually encourage cheesing in multiple parts - sniping from a distance instead of the close up fast pace combat from Doom. I just... what? And then I'm really nitpicking here, but the textures, colors, and design used is just kind of arcade-ish and looks like a cartoon. This is not a doom game. I can still go back to Doom 2016 and get absolutely lost in the battle/chaos. In this, I feel more like I'm checking off lists and such like so many modern "shooters" feel. The brutality is gone, the fast paced combat is mostly gone and just replaced with frustration and cramped environments, it's just not good. I gave it 3/10 just for being functional. Other than that, I wish I hadn't spent 60$ on this. In addition, I forgot the greatest sin in this game. It requires a bethesda account to play, even though it's a single player game and the actual online portion of the game is heinously unbalanced and terrible to play.… Expand
  21. escknx
    Mar 20, 2020
    2
    Bethesda is a curse at its current state. Constant popups and weird color scheme, did you try to merge Fortnite and Doom from 2016? Its too arcade and cartoonish, I don't know who is the target player here but mine is refunded. Oh yeah, it requires Bethesda dot net login even if you buy it from Steam.
  22. StrikerFIN
    Mar 21, 2020
    0
    Over-bloated, over-designed crap, that completely misunderstood the spirit of the awesome 2016 game.

    - Out of ammo constantly, all guns. This is a design choice - Annoying tutorials that break the action. Yes you can disable, but you need to learn the new annoying mechanics - Using chainsaw, glory kill etc. isn't optional anymore. Main way to get ammo/health - Melee does no damage,    Over-bloated, over-designed crap, that completely misunderstood the spirit of the awesome 2016 game. - Out of ammo constantly, all guns. This is a design choice - Annoying tutorials that break the action. Yes you can disable, but you need to learn the new annoying mechanics - Using chainsaw, glory kill etc. isn't optional anymore. Main way to get ammo/health - Melee does no damage, unless enemies are staggered - Forced to use chainsaw constantly - Super annoying platforming, instead ditching it (already bad in 2016) they put it on steroids - More linear maps than 2016 - Ugly menus and HUD. No matter how much you change colors. Disabling it gimps your gameplay - Worst of all, the hideous red LOW AMMO bar, blocking your view (you'll see lot of that) - The font used everywhere makes Comic Sans look good - Literally, the UI designer must be blind or retarded or both - Confusing, nonsensical story nobody cares about.. constant cutscenes break the action - Doom guy isn't as brutal anymore, he calmly listens to the idiotic speeches the NPCs give - No pickup animation for guns, instead collect ugly floating neon icons -> teleport to tutorial - You're forced to use all guns, by being out of ammo constantly --> time for chainsaw - Ugly garish rainbow colored pickups pouring out of enemies - Guns are ugly 90's style floating pickups now, instead of grounded look of 2016 - Graphics not really that impressive, art style is cartoony compared to 2016. Technically maybe better graphics, artistically NOT better - Music is good, but not as good as 2016, Mick Gordon going through motions, nearly all of the riffs suck compared to 2016 Avoid and save 60€. The biggest letdown of 2020 so far, probably will remain the biggest.… Expand
  23. Shinod
    Mar 21, 2020
    9
    This game gives you and absolute adrenaline burst, gameplay is frenetic, fast and even more visceral than previous DOOM, there are changes on how you progress through the game that reminds me more to the Shadow Warrior remake back in 2013 (which was superb) than any other game of the DOOM franchise, for some people is bad for me is fine.

    There a plenty of upgrades you can do, very    This game gives you and absolute adrenaline burst, gameplay is frenetic, fast and even more visceral than previous DOOM, there are changes on how you progress through the game that reminds me more to the Shadow Warrior remake back in 2013 (which was superb) than any other game of the DOOM franchise, for some people is bad for me is fine. There a plenty of upgrades you can do, very similar to DOOM 2016 but with some minor additions. This game is a blast and totally worth it if you like blood, gore, fast paced shooting and to be out of ammo 45% of your time.… Expand
  24. Promotheus
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    I'm not sure what this is, but it certainly is not Doom. There is so much gimicky AAA-game garbage in this thing I don't even know where to begin. The fights feel like they are not about shooting and dodging, it's about quick time eventing your way through and using the weapons that you are supposed to use instead of finding your own strategy. Doom 2016 was something different from theI'm not sure what this is, but it certainly is not Doom. There is so much gimicky AAA-game garbage in this thing I don't even know where to begin. The fights feel like they are not about shooting and dodging, it's about quick time eventing your way through and using the weapons that you are supposed to use instead of finding your own strategy. Doom 2016 was something different from the original Doom formula, but it still was a good and entertaining game. The last stages of this game are soooo boring and you are so over the whole thing by the time you get there it's not even funny. I can't remember the last time I played a game this repetitive and uninspired. Instead of the near future-aesthetic of Doom 2016, we are now suddenly in some sort of Warhammer 40K-universe with knights and castles... Where did this come from? John Carmack said stories in games are pointless, but here we are dealt this clichéd and tripe garbage of ancient demons and artifacts, who gives a **** about this except a 13-year old who still will just play Fortnite anyway? I guess the worst part is that I've never felt this old when playing a game before. I feel as ancient as the Khan Maykr, and my torment when playing through this was worse than being in hell. This is what we get now. Doom was about using your wits and dodging the enemies. Now you have to push the R to make Doomguy flamethrower the demons and then kiill them so you get the armor shards.… Expand
  25. FULLYADAMATTACK
    Mar 22, 2020
    7
    The absolute beauty of Doom is how simple it is, and yet complete. Doom Eternal loses sight of this basic tenet of the Doom experience. Everything Doom 2016 focused on throwing aside story and unnecessary extra and getting to the main course. (illustrated in an early animation of doomslayer throwing away the story queues by use of force) But Doom Eternal seems to go the exact oppositeThe absolute beauty of Doom is how simple it is, and yet complete. Doom Eternal loses sight of this basic tenet of the Doom experience. Everything Doom 2016 focused on throwing aside story and unnecessary extra and getting to the main course. (illustrated in an early animation of doomslayer throwing away the story queues by use of force) But Doom Eternal seems to go the exact opposite direction. It's like they got a group of teenagers together in a room and asked them what they wanted to see in Doom and they all asked for more complication and unnecessary story. It's not a bad game. But it's not pure. It's not joyous. It's a very modern shooter with all the complicated trapping that come with that.… Expand
  26. fabiolongo
    Mar 20, 2020
    10
    Constant dynamics, excellent gameplay, good weapon customization, good optimization, beautiful graphics, hardcore - all this is about Doom Eternal. This game is not to relax after a hard day, it will take all your time and strength. 10 chopped demons out of 10.
  27. genesis518
    Mar 22, 2020
    9
    PLEASE ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN. I feel like a lot of people either misunderstand this game or had unrealistic expectations. I found the game well balanced and intriguing. Doom Eternal expands on Doom 2016 in gameplay and story and does so in a way that adds new depth to the saga and ties in the history of the entire franchise very well.
    There is more map navigation, which was certainly in its    PLEASE ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN. I feel like a lot of people either misunderstand this game or had unrealistic expectations. I found the game well balanced and intriguing. Doom Eternal expands on Doom 2016 in gameplay and story and does so in a way that adds new depth to the saga and ties in the history of the entire franchise very well. There is more map navigation, which was certainly in its predecessor, but the incorporation of climbing and the use of the dash was a smooth yet challenging new way to give the levels a sense of greater scale, whereas in Doom 2016 the use of double jumping and climbing onto ledges kept the game maps tighter. This may have been the best choices for both games given their respective settings. The combat has been tweaked in such a way that it almost forces a player to use there entire arsenal, rather than just a few favorite weapons. This is done by giving the enemies weak point that can best be exploited by certain weapons with certain modifications. And the use of melee is a must in order to preserve ammo for when it is needed. No longer is the relentless "spray and pray" type of gameplay rewarded as much as it was in Doom 2016. With the evolved combat system and map navigation Doom Eternal requires more critical thinking that Doom 2016, which may tend to annoy some players. I can understand that. In the beginning I noticed that my style of play that I used for Doom 2016 didn't really work, and it continuously forced me to adapt. If I have to be critical I would say that the story, as it gradually unfolds, only really starts to make sense after the half way point. Until then I found myself asking, "Why am I here and doing all of this again? Why am I going after these hell priests? Where is all of this going? The developers seemed to make the story a bit more convoluted by trying to tie the game in with the original pc games of the 90s and Doom 64. I think the franchise would have been better off treating Doom 2016 as a completely fresh reboot, whereas Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal function as a reboot in graphics and gameplay only mirroring Doom and Doom 2, so it makes the whole thing seem a bit strange. Since they are both a reboot and sequels at the same time. Still, I just played the whole thing from start to finish and had a lot of fun. Which is ultimately the primary goal of any game.… Expand
  28. bladex
    Mar 23, 2020
    0
    1st of all IGNORE ALL 10 reviews they are trolls. also ignore all critic reviews they are PAID to give it a high score!

    welp this was disappointing it's just another run and gun shooter with way annoying platforming levels. you travel on one path go into a room monsters appear you kill them all (that's if you don't run out of ammo 1st) than you can proceed and rinse and repeat with    1st of all IGNORE ALL 10 reviews they are trolls. also ignore all critic reviews they are PAID to give it a high score! welp this was disappointing it's just another run and gun shooter with way annoying platforming levels. you travel on one path go into a room monsters appear you kill them all (that's if you don't run out of ammo 1st) than you can proceed and rinse and repeat with really annoying platforming jumping puzzles levels thrown in that throws you back to the start of them if you fail and you will. the fancy graphics and blood and gore don't make a game great it's the gameplay and this games gameplay is garbage. and if i wanted to do jumping puzzles i'd play damned MARIO!!… Expand
  29. Krieger4
    Mar 21, 2020
    2
    DOOM 2016 was a coherent game where every gameplay element existed to keep you immersed, keep you in the action, keep you going. You'd kill dozens if not hundreds of demons before realizing what happened but the adrenaline was pumping, the music kept you on the edge, and you'd know you caught a break when the music finally slowed down. Only then could you take a moment to realize what'sDOOM 2016 was a coherent game where every gameplay element existed to keep you immersed, keep you in the action, keep you going. You'd kill dozens if not hundreds of demons before realizing what happened but the adrenaline was pumping, the music kept you on the edge, and you'd know you caught a break when the music finally slowed down. Only then could you take a moment to realize what's around you before moving the only way you could: forward, where more action awaited. DOOM 2016 knew what they were doing and why, there's even a GDC talk about it, available online called "Embracing Push Forward Combat in DOOM". DOOM Eternal took those gameplay elements and turned them completely around. Instead of filling you with ammo you were low on, it restricts ammo acquisition through the chainsaw, which is on a ****ing cooldown. Instead of rushing forward in the action and feeling like a god amongst demons, you're forced to hide behind pillars while the cooldown comes back so you can start fighting again. - They removed ammo drop from takedowns, which used to refill ammo you were critically low on - They removed the pistol with infinite ammo so you can cause staggers, deal takedowns and get more ammo - Melee does no damage, or no significant damage, so you can't cause stagger with that either - They put the chainsaw on a ****ing cooldown In the mid 2000 the video game industry realized that, while health regen was nice for the player, it caused one big issue: players would now spend half their time hiding while the action was supposed to be going on. Since then, a lot of mechanics were put in place to stay player friendly, but not kill the action. Such as splitting the health bar in 3 so that you would never gain more than 1/3 of your health, reducing how much time someone spends hiding. I guess DOOM:Eternal game designers didn't get that memo. I'm pissed. I wanted DOOM 2016 improved. I wanted a few cool things to do, but really, I wanted more of the same. What I got is a disgrace. On the upside, the visuals are nice and the music is still pretty good. On the downside, I didn't even talk about the invisible walls everywhere because they couldn't do level design where their platforming would work without also opening up a bunch of potential ways to go around the intended path, so instead they patched everything with invisible walls.… Expand
  30. gibber
    Mar 21, 2020
    1
    This game has nothing from previous Doom. Played almost 4hrs. Story plot is flat, this arcade mode kills all the fun, and why I have to use weapon that developers intended to think is great, otherwise you are dead really quickly. A lot of power ups, pickups, tips. This game is overloaded with chaotic ideas. Doom was about story, violence and guns. This edition is just about flying aroundThis game has nothing from previous Doom. Played almost 4hrs. Story plot is flat, this arcade mode kills all the fun, and why I have to use weapon that developers intended to think is great, otherwise you are dead really quickly. A lot of power ups, pickups, tips. This game is overloaded with chaotic ideas. Doom was about story, violence and guns. This edition is just about flying around using jumps, rods, dash , walls and other s**t. Beginning was great, but more you advance, more frustrated you are. Wasted money and time.… Expand
  31. darkthor
    Mar 21, 2020
    0
    Exactly the same crap they did with Youngblood:
    -enemies are bulletsponges
    -overly complicated and convoluted story -cannot carry ammo for one damn fight without running away looking for more ammo. -cannot melee ANYONE. A damn base zombie at 30 melee hits was about to kill me, on EASY difficulty.(you cant kill them with melee,basically,and yes, i counted ) BETHESDA is now number one    Exactly the same crap they did with Youngblood: -enemies are bulletsponges -overly complicated and convoluted story -cannot carry ammo for one damn fight without running away looking for more ammo. -cannot melee ANYONE. A damn base zombie at 30 melee hits was about to kill me, on EASY difficulty.(you cant kill them with melee,basically,and yes, i counted ) BETHESDA is now number one on GARBAGE LIST.… Expand
  32. tacsquid
    Mar 21, 2020
    0
    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
  33. tgeza01
    Mar 21, 2020
    3
    Played Doom 2016 multiple times, huge fan. This is a massive disappointment.

    Constantly out of ammo, slowed down movement speed, goofy neon colors, idiotic new mechanics introduced which you are forced to use, story of 2016 thrown into the dump, ugly pickups (questions marks for secrets for example), ugly UI. More like a survival game or super Mario, as other have said. At least the    Played Doom 2016 multiple times, huge fan. This is a massive disappointment. Constantly out of ammo, slowed down movement speed, goofy neon colors, idiotic new mechanics introduced which you are forced to use, story of 2016 thrown into the dump, ugly pickups (questions marks for secrets for example), ugly UI. More like a survival game or super Mario, as other have said. At least the soundtrack is still good and the game is optimized.… Expand
  34. meisobear
    Mar 22, 2020
    1
    This game was such a disappointment. I picked up Doom 2016 in a sale after hearing repeated good things about it - I thought I didn't have much to lose. I was positively surprised the entire time through and keep going to play it.

    I've 6+ hours in Doom Eternal so far and... it's just so boring. You don't play Doom for the story as such, but Doom 2016's story was paced perfectly to build    This game was such a disappointment. I picked up Doom 2016 in a sale after hearing repeated good things about it - I thought I didn't have much to lose. I was positively surprised the entire time through and keep going to play it. I've 6+ hours in Doom Eternal so far and... it's just so boring. You don't play Doom for the story as such, but Doom 2016's story was paced perfectly to build tension and the ominous atmosphere. Doom Eternal's story has made me cringe repeatedly. They've taken Doom and turned it into a weird satanic cartoon. So, ok, let's ignore the story and get to the action. Despite overhauling the weaponry so you can now set demons on fire and chainsaw more frequently, it's somehow less visceral. The chainsaw in Doom 2016 was a great tool you had to deploy tactically for great pay off. Eternal's is just another process you have to go through from time to time; it's necessary work, not a fun reward. Just avoid this game and play 2016.… Expand
  35. 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
  36. aoetje
    Mar 20, 2020
    0
    The game is seriously overrated. Its like ID forgot what their product is about.
    Bethesda account required.
    Graphics don't look better, blood looks like liquid plastic. Pacing is completely off. Story is all over the place. Cutscenes all the time, like all the time, horrible interruption. Gamplay, weapon unlock - horrible pacing, like the levels were built by interns. AI - retards,    The game is seriously overrated. Its like ID forgot what their product is about. Bethesda account required. Graphics don't look better, blood looks like liquid plastic. Pacing is completely off. Story is all over the place. Cutscenes all the time, like all the time, horrible interruption. Gamplay, weapon unlock - horrible pacing, like the levels were built by interns. AI - retards, just retards that rush you and glue to your face. Music - on its own it is great but it doesn't fit the pacing... Not worth your time. Don't even bother on sale.… Expand
  37. Johnny46
    Mar 21, 2020
    0
    It's not DOOM, it's DOOM Arcade! The game with so-called cartoonish violence. Don't buy it. It's complete disappointment. DOOM(2016) is many times better and without unnecessary tinsel.
  38. Alias32
    Mar 25, 2020
    0
    Do not believe all these positive reviews. Game is nothing like compared to Doom 2016. There is way, way too much Super Mario hopping (seriously, whos "bright" idea was this?) and level design is god awful. You more than often find youself wondering where on earth you should even go. Usually answer is awful and frustrating bunny hopping sequence.

    What a disappointment, perhaps the    Do not believe all these positive reviews. Game is nothing like compared to Doom 2016. There is way, way too much Super Mario hopping (seriously, whos "bright" idea was this?) and level design is god awful. You more than often find youself wondering where on earth you should even go. Usually answer is awful and frustrating bunny hopping sequence. What a disappointment, perhaps the biggest of the year 2020 already. … Expand
  39. Anikrage
    Mar 22, 2020
    10
    Doom Eternal summarised in 1 word is perfection. The game is superbly optimized allowing even the players with lower end systems as me have an equally enjoyable time. I played it on 1050ti and i5 with 8gigs of RAM and the game ran smooth and flawlessly without any compromise in visual quality.

    The gameplay is an improvement over the 2016 soft reboot and sets an benchmark for all fps    Doom Eternal summarised in 1 word is perfection. The game is superbly optimized allowing even the players with lower end systems as me have an equally enjoyable time. I played it on 1050ti and i5 with 8gigs of RAM and the game ran smooth and flawlessly without any compromise in visual quality. The gameplay is an improvement over the 2016 soft reboot and sets an benchmark for all fps henceforth. The game effectively hands the player a wide range in arsenal which the player must skillfully execute to create a perfect blend of movement and shooting, the Doom dance. Overall the game is perhaps one of the best fps shooters ever made and the lads at Id software did a phenomenal job at it. The game just kicks ass, left and right. it is not for the faint hearted nor for the people who play at easy difficulty levels. Play it at nightmare or above for the ultimate doom experience. The game is the best Fps and thats a fact!… Expand
  40. vert343
    Mar 20, 2020
    10
    Let me put it this way, DOOM Eternal takes DOOM 1993 and turns it into a modern, complete experience that is absolutely worth playing. It's quite arcadey but very fun and the combat is INTENSE. Some people complain about the cut-scenes getting in the way of the gameplay but they can all be skipped so its a moot point. It's also brutally difficult. DOOM 2016 on Ultra Violence was prettyLet me put it this way, DOOM Eternal takes DOOM 1993 and turns it into a modern, complete experience that is absolutely worth playing. It's quite arcadey but very fun and the combat is INTENSE. Some people complain about the cut-scenes getting in the way of the gameplay but they can all be skipped so its a moot point. It's also brutally difficult. DOOM 2016 on Ultra Violence was pretty standard difficulty, while I kinda struggled on Ultra Violence this time around. To me this justifies the arcadey elements like the extra lives. Hell, if you renamed the extra lives "Death Shields" then nobody would complain because thats what they really are. You would die, you get your health bar reset and a few seconds in invincibility to get away from whatever was trying to kill you then its business as usual. Some of the enemy types *can* be annoying but most can be dealt with in various ways and the Super Shotgun is the ultimate multi-tool in this game as it can be effectively used on just about any demon while other weapons can be a little more specialized. Game feels great to play with visceral, unrelenting action and weapons that feel like I'm firing a mid-sized SUV out of a handheld cannon whenever I fire them. Some demons can be a bit tanky, by design or otherwise, but you usually have weapons to counter those demons before they show up. Also, the chainsaw is your best friend.… Expand
  41. GwenDu29
    Mar 21, 2020
    3
    first time I played arround 3 hours before it pissed me off and uninstall it, but I gave it a second chance played around 2 more hours and entirely giving up I was so mad that I deleted my save to never touch this "thing" again.
    I'm really disappointed because I really enjoyed 2016 doom but this one is not fun at all, you always have to do the same boring loop glory kill => chainsaw to    first time I played arround 3 hours before it pissed me off and uninstall it, but I gave it a second chance played around 2 more hours and entirely giving up I was so mad that I deleted my save to never touch this "thing" again. I'm really disappointed because I really enjoyed 2016 doom but this one is not fun at all, you always have to do the same boring loop glory kill => chainsaw to stay alive and have ammo because they decrease really fast and most of the time you die extremely quickly even in medium, and you have too much stuff to deal with like grenade launcher, flame thrower. They are too much upgrades in this game (Runes + mods + weapons points + armor points + Health/ammo/Armor, platform phases are really bad and the game design is not really good ( sometimes you looking for exits for minutes). It's clearly different from the fast Fps of 2016 and even if you liked doom 2016 you may not like this one, test are not enough I advise you to see some gameplay video to have make your own idea if you want to buy this game.… Expand
  42. 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 theres sh1t worse around, but this game is mediocre and more of the stupid same thing.
  43. Cygon
    Mar 21, 2020
    2
    I'm really disappointed.

    DooM 2016 was a fantastic game. It had great pacing and enabled a variety of tactics - positioning, crowd management, ammo conservation and deciding how to deal with each group of enemies anew. All this while telling a great story, through exploration of humanity's failed ambitions on Mars. You really felt like the lone outsider who ignores all plans and advice    I'm really disappointed. DooM 2016 was a fantastic game. It had great pacing and enabled a variety of tactics - positioning, crowd management, ammo conservation and deciding how to deal with each group of enemies anew. All this while telling a great story, through exploration of humanity's failed ambitions on Mars. You really felt like the lone outsider who ignores all plans and advice because he's seen it all before. DooM Eternal feels uninspired and like it barely avoided becoming a generic loot shooter. Right upon launching the game, you find out that you'll either sign up for Bethesda.net or the game won't let you play. After all, you need to claim your "rewards" check out how you're now the Super Amazinglicious Slayer Level 159 with special weapon skin number #34 or whatever :-( Behind that is a very repetitive and gimmicky arena shooter. For some reason the DooM slayer now has an unexplained "sanctuary" from which he launches "missions" and some voice is telling him what to do (and he actually complies...) Gameplay-wise, you'll find that you can only carry enough ammo to defeat 4-5 low-level enemies and that the game is utterly overloaded with gimmicks. Poor Doom Slayer can hardly walk 100 steps without having to watch a cutscene, grab a weapon mod, collectible, new punching skill, new special ability, stat upgrade etc. And swinging around on poles, grabbing onto walls? Doesn't really work for this game. I'm loosing the will to continue playing... I've already got a flamer (R), chainsaw (C), fist (E) / blood fist (E) that the game continuously forces me to use to get ammo/health. I wonder how many more "moves" remain to be dumped on me (certainly wall running and grappling hook are still out there) that get in the way of enjoying the game.… Expand
  44. Js1984
    Mar 22, 2020
    0
    Game is overhyped. Gun mechanics are overcomplicated. Farming resources is annoying. It stops becoming fun after an hour and just becomes a chore. There's no freedom on how to approach a situation, now you have to figure out their combat puzzle. The platforming is ridiculous. I wanted to play Doom, not Super Mario or Donkey Kong. It was supposed to be a fps, not a parkour puzzle game. It'sGame is overhyped. Gun mechanics are overcomplicated. Farming resources is annoying. It stops becoming fun after an hour and just becomes a chore. There's no freedom on how to approach a situation, now you have to figure out their combat puzzle. The platforming is ridiculous. I wanted to play Doom, not Super Mario or Donkey Kong. It was supposed to be a fps, not a parkour puzzle game. It's a boring, cartoonish waste of money.… Expand
  45. 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
  46. Troopski
    Mar 22, 2020
    4
    I played for 3 hours and have requested a refund. Im sure some people may like it, but I am not willing to pay full price for a few reasons. If you wanted a sucessor to doom 2016, this isnt it.

    -Action is broken up by slippery platfoming and cutscenes. -The arenas and map design seems cluttered, i get stuck on emenies, invisible walls, ledges and fences too often, which causes death    I played for 3 hours and have requested a refund. Im sure some people may like it, but I am not willing to pay full price for a few reasons. If you wanted a sucessor to doom 2016, this isnt it.-Action is broken up by slippery platfoming and cutscenes.-The arenas and map design seems cluttered, i get stuck on emenies, invisible walls, ledges and fences too often, which causes death (playing on UV)-It is a little cartoony, strange choice.I may pick it up for half price.… Expand
  47. Avadon
    Mar 20, 2020
    3
    Incredibly disappointing sequel. Combat pacing feels mangled as you have to constantly glory kill and chainsaw kill due to the low ammo capacity. It's no longer a fun way to replenish the ammo of your favourite weapon because you overused it a bit in the last arena, no, you have to constantly do it to stay alive. The aesthetic also feels way off. The UI is horrendous in many differentIncredibly disappointing sequel. Combat pacing feels mangled as you have to constantly glory kill and chainsaw kill due to the low ammo capacity. It's no longer a fun way to replenish the ammo of your favourite weapon because you overused it a bit in the last arena, no, you have to constantly do it to stay alive. The aesthetic also feels way off. The UI is horrendous in many different ways, and the graphics frequently look washed out and cartoony. I also really hate the enemy weakness system they have in place. Certain enemies are weak to a specific weapon, or rather weapon upgrade, if used in a specific way. Unfortunately this doesn't give you a minor advantage, it turns them into bullet sponges if you don't kill them exactly the way the game wants you to. This is not how Doom should work. Enemies should be weak to the way you move, not the weapon upgrade that you use. In this case, instead of keeping your rhythm up, the game forces you to just fiddle with your weapon selection ALL the time. Add to the above an abundance of tedious platforming and the facepalm-worthy excuse for a "story" and you get a very mediocre, frequently annoying shooter that scores even lower due to the shoes it has to fill. Skip it.… Expand
  48. LunevZlodei
    Mar 20, 2020
    0
    I don’t understand how THIS simulator of piano and ammunition collection can be called DOOM.
    No fun, no fun action game, you just run around and try to **** find bullets while the ****ing chainsaw is on cd.
    Absolutely unnecessary puzzle games that break the pace of the game, inadequate number of bugs and softlocks for AAA games.
  49. tdebug
    Mar 22, 2020
    2
    Childish boomstick. Kinda entertaining at first, but becoming repetitive rather fast. Everything what we hate is there, respawning enemies, checkpoint saves, enemies fighting to each other as a decoration as they never actually kill each other. Special kills is a routine, as you need to finish almost every enemy with it to get a "prize" - ammo, which is btw very limited. Honestly, I willChildish boomstick. Kinda entertaining at first, but becoming repetitive rather fast. Everything what we hate is there, respawning enemies, checkpoint saves, enemies fighting to each other as a decoration as they never actually kill each other. Special kills is a routine, as you need to finish almost every enemy with it to get a "prize" - ammo, which is btw very limited. Honestly, I will try to get a moneyback.… Expand
  50. hihidoggy
    Mar 20, 2020
    10
    Эта игра отдельное удовольствие которое выходило за 2020 год. Я бы сказал что игра просто шедевральна на мой вкус. всем рекомендую к покупке))
  51. 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
  52. 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.
  53. Ahoj
    Mar 20, 2020
    10
    Game of the year!!! I dont know why so many people dont like the game. It is super fresh etc. 10/10!
  54. TWERQEN
    Mar 20, 2020
    3
    pros:
    automap looks cool, no-drm on day 1, great tool if you want to feel like you got monochromacy sight.
    Cons:
    Everything's brown or brownish-red color, weapons feels weak, constant interruptions in form of pop-up messages or cut-scenes.
    i guess it's cool if you never played anything outside of doom 2016.
  55. Kiwigalaxy
    Mar 23, 2020
    0
    This game doesn't deserve the high score. Don't get me wrong, I really loved Doom 2016. It's hands down the best FPS I've ever played in my entire life. I was looking forward to Doom Eternal and I was hyped. However, my excitement went from very high to very low when starting up the game and seeing the Doom logo for the first time. After playing for about 90 minutes, it was justThis game doesn't deserve the high score. Don't get me wrong, I really loved Doom 2016. It's hands down the best FPS I've ever played in my entire life. I was looking forward to Doom Eternal and I was hyped. However, my excitement went from very high to very low when starting up the game and seeing the Doom logo for the first time. After playing for about 90 minutes, it was just disappointment after disappointment. They have changed a super good game-play formula (what Doom 2016 had) to something else. Why are they trying to change the game? It made it worse. Too little ammo, too cartoon-ish and silly, just a couple of enemies and then the area is done. WHAT THE HELL, give me ACTION! Tutorial messages was coming up constantly and you didn't even get some breathing room to learn your new skill. The pacing is bad. Why introduce jump puzzles? Why try to be another game? What made me turn off the game and refund it was when I got into a cave of goo and monsters was coming up from the ground, one by one at a very slow pace and you couldn't even avoid the first hit the enemies was doing. At this moment, it didn't feel like I was playing Doom anymore. Sad. Really sad. Doom to me is about BRUTALITY, GORE, MOBILITY and ACTION. You destroyed this game for me. I can see that some other people like this game and say it's the best FPS they have played. They haven't played Doom 2016 then. See ya. EDIT: I can see someone is making different accounts and pasting in the same review and giving the game a 10 like 10 times. You can't trust review scores anymore. And I bet many of the so-called "critic reviews" aren't using critical thinking. More like sponsored thinking. Just press Ctrl+F and type in "Had good characters" and you will see all the posts.… Expand
  56. Nerves82
    Mar 20, 2020
    3
    I am so disappointed by this game. It is dull. All the sharpness that was introduced in 2016 is just lacking here. I have no interested in playing a shooter where you are note given ammo to shot with. Everything about this game is just lame.
  57. OzoneTheGreat
    Mar 20, 2020
    3
    Fails to capture the experience that made the first game so great. It's trying way to hard to expand on a game that has no room for expansion. Doom is not an open world game, it's not a deep story that requires lore.The previous game had a great, self contained story that complimented the actual game. I loved it because it because of its simplicity and focus on making fighting seem like aFails to capture the experience that made the first game so great. It's trying way to hard to expand on a game that has no room for expansion. Doom is not an open world game, it's not a deep story that requires lore.The previous game had a great, self contained story that complimented the actual game. I loved it because it because of its simplicity and focus on making fighting seem like a dance without crutching on gimmicky crap and more importantly without having some kind of lore. It's trying to be more than it is, which is sad. Not to mention the graphical fidelity is far lower than expected, most likely because they tried to make it huge and open instead of the closed arena style combat I loved so much about the first one.… Expand
  58. 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???
  59. SpiderJerusalem
    Mar 20, 2020
    0
    Overall downgrade compared to DOOM 2016, don't know if it's just my computer, but controls stutter constantly, slow loading, "teleporting" enemies, at least cut-scenes were more or less optimized.
    I wouldn't recommend buying game now, before they fix terrible performance issues.
  60. 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
  61. 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
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. Midnight708
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    I've only played the opening mission and I have an overwhelming temptation to just refund the game now. I have no idea if the rest of the game is better but the start left a terrible first impression

    Positives first: -It has pretty good performance besides one hefty frame drop which is great. -The music is classic doom fair -The guns feel similar to their 2016 counterparts And now    I've only played the opening mission and I have an overwhelming temptation to just refund the game now. I have no idea if the rest of the game is better but the start left a terrible first impression Positives first: -It has pretty good performance besides one hefty frame drop which is great. -The music is classic doom fair -The guns feel similar to their 2016 counterparts And now for the negatives: -The game feels needlessly convoluted now. The glory kill system from 2016 has been split into 3 different abilities which award either ammo, health or armour rather than all 3 like 2016's glory kill system. This change is a shame as it cuts up the honestly quite good glory kill system to seemingly do nothing but allow them to claim they added new features. Combat isn't harder or improved because of it, you just have more stuff. Stuff that I personally find less fun than the elegantly simple combat rhythm from 2016. Spending more time in cinematics kill scenes because you always need resources is not fun. Additionally, they added more movement mechanics for platforming sections. From the feedback id received from the first game making the doom slayer into spiderman was something I imagine didn't come up much if not ever. The wall latch in particular just looks weird in action and I now understand why most games with climbing aren't in first person. -Ammo economy This might be an early game problem as I only had 2 guns unlocked when I stopped playing but you are almost constantly running out of ammo and there's no pistol with infinite ammo to swap to if you run dry. Ammo economy was never something I considered in Doom 2016, I always had a plentiful supply of shots in at least one of my guns so I could keep swapping between them and never have to worry about finding ammo as you picked it up from kills and glory kills. Here acquiring ammo is locked to the chainsaw (which thankfully recharges) and pickups from the map. This is mixed with a low carrying capacity which causes ammo economy to be a constant issue. Having to worry about where I am going to get more bullets to blast demons with feels antithetical to the never stop shooting combat loop from the first game. -Story and world-building I'll admit I never paid a huge amount of attention to the story from Doom 2016 and didn't read the lore from that game. However, starting Doom eternal made me wonder if I had missed a game because you suddenly have a space station and have to worry about the demon priests worshipping a robot angel called the Khan Makyr. To the best of my knowledge, neither of these plot elements appeared in Doom 2016 so just suddenly having both of these thrust at you with no setup or explanation feels jarring and confusing. The space station in particular just feels like a lazy way of implementing a hub area because there was probably a cool story of how the slayer got access to it but no, you're just there and that's it. Also the fact there is what looks to be a hub area is concerning to me, you return to it after the first mission, which didn't have a boss or a remotely fun conclusion. You went into a tower, up a lift and had a cutscene then went to the station. This makes me worried that the rest of the game will be like this and constantly returning to a hub will ruin pacing. -While the music is great I did not like the default sound balance as I could not hear it properly over the guns and enemies. -Some weird keybinds, grenade was on ctrl by default for some reason. -You need to sign into some Bethesda account in order to even play the game. If I don't refund the game and play the rest I'll update the review.… Expand
  68. studentLoan
    Aug 11, 2020
    2
    I am largely a big fan of id Software as their games got me into programming/3D engines etc. I have enjoyed Quake, Quake 2 and Quake 4. I did not like Wolf3D though I appreciated the raycast engine for the time, I did like Doom (Original DOS doom) but I liked games like Heretic and Hexen more for some reason. So my friend bought me this game (pre ordered) and I have a decent gaming rigI am largely a big fan of id Software as their games got me into programming/3D engines etc. I have enjoyed Quake, Quake 2 and Quake 4. I did not like Wolf3D though I appreciated the raycast engine for the time, I did like Doom (Original DOS doom) but I liked games like Heretic and Hexen more for some reason. So my friend bought me this game (pre ordered) and I have a decent gaming rig (2070 super, 2k 144hz gsync monitor with amd 3700x) and I appreciate the engine and the way the game runs, I also appreciate the gameplay and mechanics to some degree but this game was putting me to sleep, for my friends sake I played through this game and disliked it so much that I created a Meta Critic account just to review this game. I wouldn't call this game total garbage, it's fantastic from some perspectives but as a game it just is too dull, and the art direction was very limited and not atmospheric. I also did not like Doom (2016), I liked Doom (horror one) slightly but all in all after playing so many more games I would say this game is just not worth buying or playing for that matter, it is just fueled by nostalgia and other emotions that lead to nonobjective and dishonest experiences. I disliked the level art diversity of environments but that said I liked Control which has very little to no environment diversity. The art and visuals also looked dated and it was tough to appreciate this as I was just playing Kingdom Come Deliverance/CODMW which looks tons better. Though the Doom engine runs smooth as butter, it's important to remember it's not really doing much, levels are constrained, visuals are lackluster. Sad dated shader effects etc… Expand
  69. Hk32234
    Aug 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a Jumping game its disappointing . Its all about jumping, Doom since it was in PC it was never for jumping I stop playing the game its boring .It should Named Doom Jumping not Doom eternal… Expand
  70. 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.
  71. ToastyJustice
    May 14, 2020
    0
    Don't buy until they fix the issues with or remove the DRm.

    The recent update now makes the game unplayable without giving Administrative privileges to 'Denuvo'. There's no telling what this could do on your computer with these invasive permissions and now makes my full game purchase Unplayable. Antivirus software is detecting this as a threat. I understand the focus on multiplayer    Don't buy until they fix the issues with or remove the DRm. The recent update now makes the game unplayable without giving Administrative privileges to 'Denuvo'. There's no telling what this could do on your computer with these invasive permissions and now makes my full game purchase Unplayable. Antivirus software is detecting this as a threat. I understand the focus on multiplayer but there's absolutely no way I would trust an anti-cheat software to have full control over my computer for a game. Thanks for nothing, Bethesda.… Expand
  72. 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.
  73. TheLeha
    Apr 12, 2020
    5
    Need more ammo, need normal graphics, and need
    remove stupid platforming!!!
  74. 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
  75. WilliamWesker
    May 10, 2020
    0
    A good METROIDMARIO game...
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    But a terrible DOOM game....
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  76. Hamsause
    May 17, 2020
    0
    Going 0/10 you can not go adding potential system breaking DRM/Anti-Cheat kerrnel level software to a game two months after release. Also why the **** do we need anti cheat software for single player. Competitive multiplayer i could understand.
    Two months after the game's release, a surprise mandatory update has been released that requires you to install Denuvo anti-cheat to play, even if    Going 0/10 you can not go adding potential system breaking DRM/Anti-Cheat kerrnel level software to a game two months after release. Also why the **** do we need anti cheat software for single player. Competitive multiplayer i could understand. Two months after the game's release, a surprise mandatory update has been released that requires you to install Denuvo anti-cheat to play, even if you are only going to play single-player. This software runs at a hardware level and exposes your system to security risks. If you are running a Linux OS it will brick your game, if you running a Mac with a virtual windows OS it will brick your game. It has an adverse affect performance for many PCs. You will need to link you steam account to Bethesda launcher account which is a steaming pile of fetid garbage. As many others have said the game overall feels far less fluid and fun then the 2016 release, for a shooter you sure do a lot of melee. It feels bloated with gimmicks. Bishy's review is pretty spot on for game play.… Expand
  77. fredblack
    Apr 15, 2020
    7
    I am truly dissapointed. It seems that the developers (or at least just one of the main managers) were not able to decide that they wanted doom or a mariolike arkham game:they took such logical obstacles into the game that has nothing to do with a doom game. The doom series is NOT about solving logical riddles that stopes you during the gameplay. (Call me stupid,but in many cases I had noI am truly dissapointed. It seems that the developers (or at least just one of the main managers) were not able to decide that they wanted doom or a mariolike arkham game:they took such logical obstacles into the game that has nothing to do with a doom game. The doom series is NOT about solving logical riddles that stopes you during the gameplay. (Call me stupid,but in many cases I had no patience to figure them out,but watched walkthroughes in youtube.) The gamers dont play for this stuff:instead of logical riddeles they want actions and simple rapidness,what we got in the 2016 doom game in a very high quality. Others: - it is neceserry to use chainsaw,but this obviously too much,sometimes i felt that i am in a lumber mill not in a doom game -you cant chose your weapon,this not else but a complete disaster in an FPS game. -for me its a bit a hard to decide whether the story schemtic or not. I did not like it but thats very subjective. However I must mention it had some logical disorder with the argent energy. Also the place where soul extraction happens is not realistic. (For example its stupid that the whole worlds soul extraction happen in very small room.)… Expand
  78. SGRX082
    May 15, 2020
    0
    Bait and switch, making a kernel-level anti-cheat mandatory to play the single player campaign. Didn't own the game long enough to finish the campaign, but too long to get a refund through Steam. Never again.
  79. Arokhantos
    May 15, 2020
    0
    Decided it was a good idea to add ring-0 kernel level anti cheat month's after release which not even legal, shoving it down my throat even enabled when playing single player only, in a game that comes with cheats for single player even has achievements for it, it basically is spyware now... shame on you Bethesda.
  80. Sarrus
    May 15, 2020
    1
    A fine game, but with today's update intrusive Kernel-Level DRM has been added to the game (almost two months after release!).

    Do not support such behavior!
  81. rsdts
    May 17, 2020
    0
    Great game that got completely destroyed by the deceiving decision of adding an "anti-cheat" rootkit, with kernel ring 0 access, 2 months after launch that even prevents you to play it in single-player mode unless you install that crap. Lesson learned: if I ever want to purchase another game from Bethesda (which I honestly doubt) I will wait at least a year.
  82. 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
  83. Kalili
    Jul 21, 2020
    9
    I don't like DOOM 2016, I like this.
    More challenging, requires more skill, more thought, more accuracy and more movement.
    It's not like DOOM 2016 where you have almost infinite ammo and you can just jump around with your super shotgun, you actually have to use many different weapons that require different ammo. The parkour stuff is great. it's new, but it's great. Overall a very    I don't like DOOM 2016, I like this. More challenging, requires more skill, more thought, more accuracy and more movement. It's not like DOOM 2016 where you have almost infinite ammo and you can just jump around with your super shotgun, you actually have to use many different weapons that require different ammo. The parkour stuff is great. it's new, but it's great. Overall a very fun and energetic experience.… Expand
  84. premier69
    May 18, 2020
    0
    Avoid Denuvo and Bethesda, don't give them your business! Not only does the latest update install Denuvo anti-cheat even when only singleplaying but it also breaks linux compability.
  85. Zombie42399
    May 18, 2020
    0
    Great game overall even for someone that is horrible at fps games. Denuvo Anti-Cheat is the worst, no program should have kernel-level access.
  86. Bercko21
    May 19, 2020
    0
    Added Denuvo software... after the initial release...
    Gee, I Wonder why...
    This is a dick move.
  87. fubet66
    May 19, 2020
    0
    you better rip and tear out the R0 kernel program Bethesda. Adding an highly invasive and potential security risk after the game is out after a few months so people can't get a refund is a big no no. the bait and switch is bs
  88. Boberobbo
    Apr 9, 2020
    0
    If you're a fan of Doom 2016, you will be really disappointed by Doom Eternal.

    Doom 2016 is one of my favorite games of all time. This thing, however, is maybe one of the greatest disappointments I have experienced in gaming. It takes everything that Doom 2016 was famous for, and throws it right in the garbage. Doom 2016 was famous for its aggerssiveness, its protagonist, the glory    If you're a fan of Doom 2016, you will be really disappointed by Doom Eternal. Doom 2016 is one of my favorite games of all time. This thing, however, is maybe one of the greatest disappointments I have experienced in gaming. It takes everything that Doom 2016 was famous for, and throws it right in the garbage. Doom 2016 was famous for its aggerssiveness, its protagonist, the glory kills, the fast pace and making you feel badass. In this game, they added parkour levels and puzzles to the game, a story and changed a lot of the demons. It doesn't feel like Doom. It feels more like Call Of Duty than Doom. If Doom Eternal was released instead of Doom 2016 in 2016, there wouldn't be a Doom Eternal right now. Nobody would want a sequel. It feels like they added a stupid rushed story to the game just so they can continue the story in a sequel. I feel like no Doom 2016 fan would want a sequel to this. This thing is not Doom. Sure, it has the guns and the music, but this is not Doom.… Expand
  89. robrobot
    Apr 10, 2020
    3
    Doom Eternal isn't that good.
    Doom 2016 was a game that intentionally and obviously threw out the story, threw out monotonous level design and replaced it all with fun, gratuitous and satisfying combat.
    Doom Eternal is a lot of jumping puzzles, **** level design, bad pacing, and obvious arenas where you constantly run out of ammo fighting cheap enemies en masse. "combat chess" is what they    Doom Eternal isn't that good.Doom 2016 was a game that intentionally and obviously threw out the story, threw out monotonous level design and replaced it all with fun, gratuitous and satisfying combat.Doom Eternal is a lot of jumping puzzles, **** level design, bad pacing, and obvious arenas where you constantly run out of ammo fighting cheap enemies en masse."combat chess" is what they call it. I call it lame. I just want to shoot **** until it dies. I don't want to figure out a strategy. There's literally enemies in this game that are immune to certain weapons. In. A. Doom. Game.What? Seriously I can't count how many times where I had to stand around and look at an empty, boring level to figure out where the next **** jumping puzzle is. Or figure out where a switch was to open a door. This destroys the pacing.Also there's whole levels dedicated to lore. You know what I'm playing Doom for? It sure as **** isn't LORE. What happened to **** keycards and doors and corridors? You, know, like a DOOM Game? Why is there vast open levels with invisible walls and **** Why do I need puzzles and jumping hazards? I should NEVER die in a fps to jumping. EVER. I'll say this: the art direction is fantastic. The combat can be really fun, at times. It's just too few and far between.Also the PC version is really buggy! I've fallen through the level. I've seen let's players fall through the level. Enemies sometimes just vanish. I've seen enemies get stuck in the architecture and die. You're constantly getting tripped up or stuck on the walls during combat. It's also crashed on me multiple times since it requires an always online connection?!? WTFI wish I didn't buy it for full price, honestly. Playing it makes me want to go back to 2016 so I can actually rip and tear and not just read **** lore about ripping and tearing.… Expand
  90. Khalem
    May 15, 2020
    0
    Game itself was originally a 6-7.

    They pulled a bait and switch however and with yesterdays update added Denuvo Anti-Cheat which requires a kernel mode driver that causes system instability and massive slowdowns. It also runs during singleplayer.
  91. 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
  92. Razrback16
    May 16, 2020
    1
    Pros:

    * Excellent graphics * Combat smooth and enjoyable * A lot of upgrade options for your weapons * I like the way they rendered the Doom Slayer - huge, armored, just a big masculine dude - in today's political climate it's encouraging to see some normalcy from a developer. Cons: * Requires Bethesda account * No multi-GPU support * Platform jumping in the game as a    Pros: * Excellent graphics * Combat smooth and enjoyable * A lot of upgrade options for your weapons * I like the way they rendered the Doom Slayer - huge, armored, just a big masculine dude - in today's political climate it's encouraging to see some normalcy from a developer. Cons: * Requires Bethesda account * No multi-GPU support * Platform jumping in the game as a mechanic is absolutely awful - it's good during battles, but not for traversal moving from building to building, etc. Not sure why I keep seeing developers implement this crap when it's overwhelmingly disliked by gamers. * Somewhat unforgiving combat which is a little irritating at times. * Bethesda recently added another layer of Denuvo that is breaking the game for lots of folks. As a result I have to update my review to NOT RECOMMENDED. Other: Overall it was a fun game that I will likely play again in the future. Final Rating: 1 / 10 - NOT RECOMMENDED due to the intrusive ROOTKIT DRM Bethesda just recently added to the game.… Expand
  93. Andrudis
    May 17, 2020
    1
    Beware of kernel-level malware with admin permissions added month after game release. Any vulnerability in this malware will grand 100% admin access to you workstation to any intruder exploiting vulnerability and and devs of this malware already has full admin access at their pleasure.
    Install and use at your own risk!
  94. The_Istrix
    May 18, 2020
    0
    A fun single player, though less so than 2016's release. There is a heavy focus on ammo management and platforming challenges that take away from an otherwise smooth and entertaining game. Multiplayer is a huge disappointment. You wanted deathmatches, you get some odd 1v2 thing.

    HOWEVER... The first update included Denuvo anti-cheat. This is essentially a root-kit, potentially    A fun single player, though less so than 2016's release. There is a heavy focus on ammo management and platforming challenges that take away from an otherwise smooth and entertaining game. Multiplayer is a huge disappointment. You wanted deathmatches, you get some odd 1v2 thing. HOWEVER... The first update included Denuvo anti-cheat. This is essentially a root-kit, potentially exposing your system to hardware failure and massive security breaches. It was beyond scummy to include this on an update essentially riding a wave of positive reviews and then forcing this unwanted 3rd party malware on people that already paid for the product. I am currently attempting to get a refund from steam, and have completely uninstalled the software.… Expand
  95. Cedwig
    May 20, 2020
    0
    Game was absolutely incredible! Recent update added Denuvo Anti-Cheat, which always runs in the background, even if u play singleplayer. That stuff completely broke the game. Performance is pisspoor rn. Was playing on high, constant 60fps, buttersmooth. Now i get severe Framedrops even on the lowest Graphicsettings. 0/10 until this BS is fixed! FU Bethesda!!
  96. alenzulfic
    May 18, 2020
    0
    Aside from the graphics from 10 years ago the kernel based anti cheat that basically now allows them to take over and track everything you do on your pc is such a invasion of privacy. Bethesda has to be the worst company when it comes to making sound decisions.....
  97. twirlingfern2
    May 17, 2020
    0
    The recent update forces the user to install a KERNEL level, Ring 0 malware on their computer which gives Admin access to the entire PC. If a hacker finds any exploit, then they will have full Admin access to millions of PCs. This is an EXTREME security risk, and though Doom Eternal was a great game, it is not worth the risk anymore to play this game.
  98. RichSwish
    Apr 21, 2020
    6
    Definitely not an upgrade from DOOM 2016, but still a good game. I feel it takes some aspects of 2016 and downgrades them and others they just completely throw out the door. Unnecessary story and lack of freedom (like lack of weapon choice) make it a downgrade from Doom 2016. Doom 2016 was a masterpiece, Eternal is "eh."

    In the end, the game is not what I expected it to be, which is why    Definitely not an upgrade from DOOM 2016, but still a good game. I feel it takes some aspects of 2016 and downgrades them and others they just completely throw out the door. Unnecessary story and lack of freedom (like lack of weapon choice) make it a downgrade from Doom 2016. Doom 2016 was a masterpiece, Eternal is "eh." In the end, the game is not what I expected it to be, which is why it recieved so much backlash. If you buy, I don't really have a problem, but just know it is not going to be the same Doom 2016 experience.… Expand
  99. mrbumpsbenis
    May 18, 2020
    0
    Literally created an account to help review bomb this game due to the Denuvo **** on PC. I bought the 200 dollar collector's edition. So as of now, I have a cool collectors edition that I will be associating with Doom 2016. Good job Bethesda.
  100. FckDenuvo
    May 18, 2020
    0
    WARNING ! DO NOT BUY !
    Doom Eternal is infested with virus, rootkit & spyware.
    Denuvo Anti-Tamper, DRM which has been cracked day 1. Denuvo Anti-Cheat, added 2 months after launch, force to install a Kernel driver, ring 0 security level, which has access to everything on your PC, system & hardware. It's a major security issue and can cause serious damages. It also steal and transmit    WARNING ! DO NOT BUY ! Doom Eternal is infested with virus, rootkit & spyware. Denuvo Anti-Tamper, DRM which has been cracked day 1. Denuvo Anti-Cheat, added 2 months after launch, force to install a Kernel driver, ring 0 security level, which has access to everything on your PC, system & hardware. It's a major security issue and can cause serious damages. It also steal and transmit data. Already reported as a threat by anti-viruses. Massive loss of perfomances, crashes and blue screens of death is the result of Denuvo Anti-Cheat...… 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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