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Started a Nightmare playthrough. Loving the challenge of it but I wish there was some kind of incentive to finish it. No unlocks or even a special cheevo. ?

The platforming is so basic and minimal here that I don't see it as a problem at all. The movement and jumping feels really good.

Also, let's talk about moments. Spoilers for the end.

@takayamasama: I'd totally buy a doomguy figure from this game. Can't believe Beth isn't selling one on the store.

Mastered super shotgun was what I used like 80% of the time once I unlocked it on UV, is that still viable on Nightmare?

@justin258: I love writing and cinematic storytelling as much as anyone. Witcher 3 and Last of Us are in my top 5 of all time. But that's because they know what they are and execute flawlessly on that. Doom also knows exactly what it is. The story is self aware, hilarious, and pitch perfect. The tone of the entire presentation down to the music and art style just screams polish, like every inch of it was crafted precisely to make you feel like the biggest badass in the history of first person shooters - the unbelievably long development time makes some sense now that I've finished it. The economy of storytelling and atmosphere in this game goes really underlooked because like you said, it's all in service of the outstanding gameplay, but to me that's what tips it into the 9 and 10 score bracket. The multiplayer is completely irrelivant because the campaign in this is worth the $60 alone. I guess it figures that this becomes polarizing in the critical circles, Call of Duty has engrained in people's heads that you have to make shooters a certain way and that tongue in cheek humor needs to wink in a very obvious way for everyone to get it. I've already seen one review of this that actually thought the game took itself seriously.

Doom for gameplay, Wolfenstein for story. Both are brilliant and the best FPS's since Half-Life 2, though.

I can't believe the 7's I'm seeing on some of the early reviews. This is an easy 9 or 10, there literally isn't a single shooter in recent memory that does what this does. Even the "90's throwback" thing doesn't work as the verticality here and map design is absolutely ahead of anything else, it's a legit evolution of the Doom 1/2 formula. Jeff seems to love it judging by his Twitter, which I expected as this game is right up his alley. Maybe he'll do a review.

I beat it too. They're 100% planning on a SP DLC / Expansion pack in a year or so if this does well, I guarantee it. Doom 3 and Wolfenstein TNO had it, seems like a no brainer here. My wishlist -

What exactly strikes you as awful about the story? It's high camp, totally self aware, and there aren't even any intrusive cinematics. As for the speed, it's that way to ease you in. By the second half I guarantee no one who plays this game will think it's "slow". It's utterly insane and you feel like you're on drugs trying to dodge all the enemies being thrown at you. You also don't really have to do melee at all if you don't want to, but I thought it was a perfect way of breaking up all the shooting. And if you think the enemies are easy, up the difficulty. If you still think it's easy then, you're just a special case I guess. Most people are saying it's hard as balls on UV but not to the point of being unfair.

I just beat it. Marathon session all night. Brilliant game, spoilers for the main boss fights follow -