(Played on both PS5 and PC.)
Pros:
- Amazing soundtrack. Mick Gordon gets a ton of well-deserved credit for his compositions, but don't downplay David Levy and Andrew Hulshult's tracks for the DLCs, either. They did a stellar job.
- The level design is solid and the environments are beautifully designed. They enhance the scale of the game by a huge margin.
- The combat loop is demanding to learn, but addicting to master. It gives the entire game a level of replayability that few games have these days. The skill ceiling is insanely high - just check out any montage on YouTube. This point alone makes the game worth the asking price.
- Basically every aspect is highly polished. You can tell the devs put a huge amount of care and effort into everything. There are bugs, but the devs pay attention to community feedback and communicate a lot about what they're working on and the reasoning behind it. (Shout out to Hugo Martin.)
Cons:
- Multiplayer (Battlemode) is....kind of weird. I don't really know how to feel about it. Sometimes it's a ton of fun but sometimes it's frustrating. Maybe I'm just bad.
- No snapmap, but that was never really my speed anyway. Feels like I should point it out for those who liked it in Doom 2016.
- Storytelling and presentation aren't as memorable or special as they were in Doom 2016. I still think Eternal is the vastly superior game, though.
Four more points in conclusion:
1. This game is insanely fun if you actively pay attention to what it tries to teach you. Many people were turned off by it because, unlike Doom 2016, you can't just spam the super shotgun at everything and win. You have to think about the best approach for every combat encounter.
2. The DLCs (The Ancient Gods Part 1 and 2) are mandatory to play if you want the best content the game has to offer, and if you want the conclusion of the story. This could be considered a con for some, but the content is so dope that I don't care about spending more money for it.
3. This game is way better than The Last of Us Part 2.
4. Come join us and enter the fun zone.
This could easily be a 5/5 if you view the base game and both DLCs as a whole cohesive package.
Pros:
- Amazing soundtrack. Mick Gordon gets a ton of well-deserved credit for his compositions, but don't downplay David Levy and Andrew Hulshult's tracks for the DLCs, either. They did a stellar job.
- The level design is solid and the environments are beautifully designed. They enhance the scale of the game by a huge margin.
- The combat loop is demanding to learn, but addicting to master. It gives the entire game a level of replayability that few games have these days. The skill ceiling is insanely high - just check out any montage on YouTube. This point alone makes the game worth the asking price.
- Basically every aspect is highly polished. You can tell the devs put a huge amount of care and effort into everything. There are bugs, but the devs pay attention to community feedback and communicate a lot about what they're working on and the reasoning behind it. (Shout out to Hugo Martin.)
Cons:
- Multiplayer (Battlemode) is....kind of weird. I don't really know how to feel about it. Sometimes it's a ton of fun but sometimes it's frustrating. Maybe I'm just bad.
- No snapmap, but that was never really my speed anyway. Feels like I should point it out for those who liked it in Doom 2016.
- Storytelling and presentation aren't as memorable or special as they were in Doom 2016. I still think Eternal is the vastly superior game, though.
Four more points in conclusion:
1. This game is insanely fun if you actively pay attention to what it tries to teach you. Many people were turned off by it because, unlike Doom 2016, you can't just spam the super shotgun at everything and win. You have to think about the best approach for every combat encounter.
2. The DLCs (The Ancient Gods Part 1 and 2) are mandatory to play if you want the best content the game has to offer, and if you want the conclusion of the story. This could be considered a con for some, but the content is so dope that I don't care about spending more money for it.
3. This game is way better than The Last of Us Part 2.
4. Come join us and enter the fun zone.
This could easily be a 5/5 if you view the base game and both DLCs as a whole cohesive package.