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[EverydayBeast]

I’m sure there’s a lot of Doom fans out there who loved and remember the classic doom games but doom 2016 was my first doom game I don’t know why it was my first doom game, but these games stick in my mind because they’re so new to me, I think now I understand the lash of open world games arena shooter applies here.

Now, I have smashed through many FPS games, Turok, Bioshock, deus ex, Fear and have since added the modern day highly hyped DOOM games to that list.

80+ metacritic score clearly loved by fans.

Dooms weapon wheel is back and they do a fantastic job. They had the opportunity to tamper with powers, spells etc. and stuck to their guns, with the guns.


They make you feel slick. Super shotgun shown here.

Every kill feels personal, like you’re connected to the enemies who are a treat to kill.

Doom eternal is almost too great for its own good, here we go again with a linear game released during Covid and it lives today as a short game that makes you feel unstoppable fighting through places like hell, earth and demon realms.

What does GAF think of Doom Eternal 2020?

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

I just couldn’t. Action is way too hectic, yet you’re supposed to think too. Levels just never end, even the first one. I was exhausted by the fourth or fifth level. Everything is just so over the top, even the setting is like a concentrate of every death metal cover ever distilled and blown up to infinity.

 

[22•22]

Best FPS in a long while personally. Movement is awesome. But it's core design doesn't work as well regarding radial wheel weapon switching (to slow) and after 80% I was just going through the motions.

Awesome game.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Strayed too much from it's roots with a nonsense story. Should've kept it more like Doom 64 / Doom 2016.

 

[Banjo64]

Do I need to play Doom before playing Doom Eternal?

Which is the better game if I’m only picking one?

Both are on sale for £8 right now.

 

[TrueGrime]

Strayed too much from it's roots with a nonsense story. Should've kept it more like Doom 64 / Doom 2016.

This. I would even prefer Doom 64 and dare I say it... Doom 3.

There was something great about the horror of Doom. The tight corridors, darkness, and shadows were great. It was slower paced, but still good. I enjoyed Doom 2016, but Doom E turned into a Quake bunny-hopping, action-adventure letdown.

 

[Robb]

I just couldn’t. Action is way too hectic, yet you’re supposed to think too. Levels just never end, even the first one. I was exhausted by the fourth or fifth level. Everything is just so over the top, even the setting is like a concentrate of every death metal cover ever distilled and blown up to infinity.

I only played Doom 2016 and I think this perfectly sums up my experience as well. Eternal looks even more hectic to me so I just skipped it outright.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Do I need to play Doom before playing Doom Eternal?

Which is the better game if I’m only picking one?

Both are on sale for £8 right now.

Imo, Eternal might be the best FPS ever. Some people bounced off it. In the same way, I found Wolfenstein to be a bit boring.

So, completely unscientifically, if you like FPS' that are more frenetic and make movement systems part of the game like Titanfall then go for Eternal. If you like what I would think of as more traditional FPS' like Wolfenstein then go for 2016.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Do I need to play Doom before playing Doom Eternal?

Which is the better game if I’m only picking one?

Both are on sale for £8 right now.

Just get both if you want to follow the story they've built around it all.

also the music mixing on 2016 is way better than Eternals because of all the stuff that kicked off between the music guy and heads of studio.

 

[_Idea_of_Evil_]

Cheers, OP.

Eternal rocks hard. Really curious to see where they take the series next because they went so all out in Eternal. The Ancient Gods was wiiiild.

 

[amigastar]

I loved Eternal, one of my top 5 First Person Shooters.