Quick Look: Doom Eternal

Yeah, that's an L for sure

With all due respect, the commentary was not very helpful nor descriptive.

You definitely aren't.

Looks like they were going for some almost retro arcade style look to all that and it just doesn't fit at for me. Doom is dark, industrial yet still infused with tech. 'Cybernetic' if you will. More "Dead Space" less "Tron". Doom '16 absolutely nailed that look with the UI. This aims a little too far and misses the mark. And yeah, corny is a decent description of it. I kind of hope there's an option to tone some of it down.

And don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those "No colors in my edgy game!!" types like the folks complaining about Diablo 3. I loved the look of D3. I'm all for a nice dose of vibrancy. The UI just feels a little too out of balance with the setting and everything else going on in the game.

Also, I need to go back and look but in an earlier unfinished wasn't it stated—slightly paraphrasing—that the new platforming abilities are part of the game but not really a central focus? This seems to lean pretty damn heavily on the platforming in a way I'm not particularly loving.

Solo videos seem hard to pull of and make interesting. Couldn't watch more than 15 minutes of this.
I'd rather have a few good videos than tons of boring solo videos.

Faster Glory kill should just be an option in the options menu, not a rune tbh.

But would you really want to with all the jumping and dashing I think I will play with a controller on PC, but I have only been playing PC games for the last 2 years so maybe it will be fine for veteran mouse & keyboard users.

Guess they finally remade DoomRpg

This just feels like DLC. Hopefully it comes to game pass as I really don’t see me paying full price for this.

I wish I purchased this game as a physical copy. The platforming is awful. The combat is balanced and amazing but I dont understand why they went so platform heavy in this game.

Is Doom Eternal too far away from what Doom is? I love Doom 2016, but somehow everything I've seen of Doom Eternal just doesn't seem right. It might be, and it seems like it is an absolutely fantastic game. But it just doesn't seem like Doom.

In my opinion there are two inspirations necessary for Doom to be Doom. 1. Evil Dead series 2. Aliens 1986. Comedic sci-fi horror, with absurdly old-school terrestrial weapons(i.e. 20th century shotguns, and chainsaw, and pistol).

The absurd brutality of 20th century weapons in a futuristic world is part of the feel of Doom. But what I'm mentioning, I know, is only part of the issue. I can't quite put my finger on what exactly is wrong with Doom Eternal.

Man, I could never see myself playing this on a controller

I'm really glad I came back to take a look at this after renting this game. Definitely am not going to continue. It's just too much. This is not the same game.

This game on Ultra-Violence is fucking impossible.