perhaps the finest ever example of Committing To The Bit.
doom 4 strikes a surprisingly effortless balance between grounded realism and the over-the-top Metal(tm) that doom is known for, and doesn't ever lean into it too hard that it feels like it's a parody of itself. all the insane shit you know doom for is canon and actually happened within the confines of this serious, gritty sci-fi world - the doomguy is just that bitch.
makes me mourn how eternal completely nixed any attempts at making the world feel like a living, breathing place and went all in on making it into a playground for speedrunners and the Boomer Shooter crowd, which wasn't quite as coherent and defined of a community during this game's release as it is nowadays. doom 4 is the missing link between three different generations of first-person shooter all at once.
doom 4 strikes a surprisingly effortless balance between grounded realism and the over-the-top Metal(tm) that doom is known for, and doesn't ever lean into it too hard that it feels like it's a parody of itself. all the insane shit you know doom for is canon and actually happened within the confines of this serious, gritty sci-fi world - the doomguy is just that bitch.
makes me mourn how eternal completely nixed any attempts at making the world feel like a living, breathing place and went all in on making it into a playground for speedrunners and the Boomer Shooter crowd, which wasn't quite as coherent and defined of a community during this game's release as it is nowadays. doom 4 is the missing link between three different generations of first-person shooter all at once.