I eventually did get into the groove of what Animal Crossing was expecting from me, and I did have some moments of joy with it, if my screenshot is any indication. I just chalked up its absence from my final list as me being immune to the sunk cost effect.
I think my biggest criticism of the new Doom are the gore nest challenges. The checkpoints before I find them, at least for most of my experiences, tend to be minutes away, and the only challenge to ALL of them are that they're on a timer. If you fail them, any health/armor/ammo you drained are now used up so you have to re-initiate them at a bigger disadvantage, unless you reload a checkpoint from a bit ago.
This is all assuming your auto-checkpoint didn't already have you disadvantaged with your health/armor/ammo. And this would be easily solved if the game let you plop down your own quicksave.
Other than that, I've been having a blast with it. I've been scratching my head at them claiming the humor wasn't as good when everything in it, from the Doomguy's bookshelf to his desktop icons, are basically on the same level as 2016's and continue painting him as a kinda goofball with a heart.
Also the rabbit in the painting in his office is canonical.
Man, it was crazy hearing Vinny sing praises about Outer Wilds earlier in the year, but no one else was checking it out. It seemed like it would, at best, place as #10 because of his enthusiasm. Then, slowly, everyone on the Beast crew started playing and loving it. Then Brad got on board when deliberations started.
It came a long way, and I'm so happy with the choice.
dialthedude's comments