A shame that they didn't even give Doom Eternal a listen. Several good tracks on the official OST. Meathook is a fucking banger, the menu music hearkens back to the original games, and Cultist Base can only be described as the theme song to the chainsaw!
The official soundtrack is actually mixed into actual music and doesn't just pull from the game which is procedurally arranged depending on what is happening at any given moment during gameplay.
I like how all the people who criticize DOOM Eternal over it's "excessive" use of upgrade trees (not just the GB crew, but others as well) completely forget that all of the same stuff (suit upgrades, runes, and weapon upgrades including their master challenges) were ALL in DOOM (2016). With a couple exceptions that relate to the more movement related stuff, they are mostly the same. It is just dressed up in a different styled UI and locked behind doors in the hub. But it was ALL in the last game. I mean WTF, did they even play the last game?
The tone stuff didn't bother me, but I get where they are coming from. I think they were just trying to be metal as fuck, but maybe go too far with it. I liked it though.
Also complaining about mission length is dumb. It is all mostly high quality. The only stuff I didn't like was the toxic water stuff which felt out of place.
I just don't understand the criticisms here. The combat complaints? WHAT? It feels perfect once you get good at it (not trying to be that "get gud" guy). The weak points are a genius addition and adds so much more thought and tactical thinking than just, "Oh, hey a demon, let me just point and spray it until it dies." They are literally complaining about added complexity that is implemented well. I struggled at first with the difficulty, but once I had adapted I could absolutely NEVER go back to the previous game. The combat feels amazing in this.
From my point of opinion, ID took DOOM 2016' combat as a base and took to expanding it in a lot of interesting and cool ways and built something that requires learning and mastery to get satisfaction from. And that is my shit.
Idk, It feels like they just wanted something else, and that's fine. But the game is good! Come on man don't trash it! Fucking bumming me over here. It is the best shooter I have played in years.
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