DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One is the first DLC expansion to the first-person shooter Doom Eternal developed by Id released in 2020. A very short yet difficult expansion to the base game that manages to ramp up the difficulty and adds some new enemy types and locations with very few flaws and complaints.
The Ancient Gods - Part One manages to expand on the game in several ways with the level design and encounter design being some of the hardest in the game as if the difficulty kept scaling up after the final level of Doom Eternal base game. The new enemy types also make you rethink on how to fight certain demons and feels more punishing than before if you screw up. Platforming albeit simple is still pretty nice here and still feels like a good reprieve from the usual encounters.
Sadly there are some things that get downgraded here starting with the music which is no longer composed by Mick Gordon and you can really notice the downgrade since it didn't feel as impact as the previous soundtrack and felt more like background music as opposed to the music being a full part of the experience. There are some encounters here that felt not difficult but tedious but these encounters far and few between. The story here is sort of give or take and attempts to tie up some loose ends but it comes off a bit convoluted.
This DLC overall is a decent expansion albeit short and in the end of the day, it's more Doom Eternal which I think few would be against. I only paid 5 bucks for this DLC and I think that's a good price for it so wait for a sale for this one unless you really want more Doom Eternal and have the base game already. The challenge is very welcome and also recommended thematic and gameplay wise to play it after beating Doom Eternal where you should have mastered some of the elements of the gameplay loop.
The Ancient Gods - Part One manages to expand on the game in several ways with the level design and encounter design being some of the hardest in the game as if the difficulty kept scaling up after the final level of Doom Eternal base game. The new enemy types also make you rethink on how to fight certain demons and feels more punishing than before if you screw up. Platforming albeit simple is still pretty nice here and still feels like a good reprieve from the usual encounters.
Sadly there are some things that get downgraded here starting with the music which is no longer composed by Mick Gordon and you can really notice the downgrade since it didn't feel as impact as the previous soundtrack and felt more like background music as opposed to the music being a full part of the experience. There are some encounters here that felt not difficult but tedious but these encounters far and few between. The story here is sort of give or take and attempts to tie up some loose ends but it comes off a bit convoluted.
This DLC overall is a decent expansion albeit short and in the end of the day, it's more Doom Eternal which I think few would be against. I only paid 5 bucks for this DLC and I think that's a good price for it so wait for a sale for this one unless you really want more Doom Eternal and have the base game already. The challenge is very welcome and also recommended thematic and gameplay wise to play it after beating Doom Eternal where you should have mastered some of the elements of the gameplay loop.