Rip & Tear until it is done!
DOOM Eternal is the pinnacle of the Single Player First Person Shooter genre in many ways.
The gameplay mechanics are flawless, everything works as intended, every single weapon serves its purpose very well and the skill tree is solid.
The soundtrack is fantastic and fits perfectly with the aggressive gameplay, which is expected.
It's worth to note that some areas look absolutely gorgeous!
The level design is very good, running around in the battlefield, slaying demons, parkouring and picking up unique power-ups never gets old.
However, in terms of gameplay I have one complain, I personally didn't enjoy the platforming, there's too much of it and most of the times it's completely unnecessary.
Also, the story is very bad, it's laughably pretentious, tries way too hard to make you feel cool and portrays Doom Slayer as a badass demon slayer in a... painfully awkward way, I think it would've been better if there was some subtlety.
My biggest criticism would be the repetitiveness and the quest design.
Every single mission felt like a fetch quest, and combined with some overpowered enemy types (specifically the Archvile), it made some parts of the game extremely frustrating.
All in all, this game feels like a blast from the past.
It's very arcadey and old school but modern at the same time and I liked that! Even though it gets repetitive at times, it's such a "videogame" in every sense of the word.
Final Rating: "Great" ~ 8/10.
DOOM Eternal is the pinnacle of the Single Player First Person Shooter genre in many ways.
The gameplay mechanics are flawless, everything works as intended, every single weapon serves its purpose very well and the skill tree is solid.
The soundtrack is fantastic and fits perfectly with the aggressive gameplay, which is expected.
It's worth to note that some areas look absolutely gorgeous!
The level design is very good, running around in the battlefield, slaying demons, parkouring and picking up unique power-ups never gets old.
However, in terms of gameplay I have one complain, I personally didn't enjoy the platforming, there's too much of it and most of the times it's completely unnecessary.
Also, the story is very bad, it's laughably pretentious, tries way too hard to make you feel cool and portrays Doom Slayer as a badass demon slayer in a... painfully awkward way, I think it would've been better if there was some subtlety.
My biggest criticism would be the repetitiveness and the quest design.
Every single mission felt like a fetch quest, and combined with some overpowered enemy types (specifically the Archvile), it made some parts of the game extremely frustrating.
All in all, this game feels like a blast from the past.
It's very arcadey and old school but modern at the same time and I liked that! Even though it gets repetitive at times, it's such a "videogame" in every sense of the word.
Final Rating: "Great" ~ 8/10.