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[II_JumPeR_I]

Really cant get excited for more Doom anymore.
I loved 2016, Eternal was already very meh especially with the platforming crap.
And this looks like its too much? Dont know how to explain it.

 

[EviLore]

Looks like a $20 pickup.

 

[clarky]

Looks like a $20 pickup.

I loved 2016 but cold on Eternal. I'll be giving this one a go as it looks to be a middle ground between the two.

You never know I might be finished with KCD2 by the time May comes round lol.

 

[MrJangles]

And I'll stuck to this for my dragon riding tomfoolery thank you very much!

 

[Little Chicken]

Doom 2016 had a lot of hand wringing similar to this thread before launch, I will wait to play it for myself to judge.

Utilizing the strength of an Xbox Game Pass subscription, it's a low-risk proposition.

 

[Apocryphon]

This looks fucking awful.

The UI might not be as garish as it was in Eternal but it’s still dogshit. Fortunately that will be customizable.

Gameplay looks boring, environment looks boring, enemies look boring, weapons look boring and less meaty than in the previous games.

I need to see more environments and some high level gameplay with the difficulty and speed ramped up, because this is starting to look like it will be the first Doom game I won’t buy at release.

I already didn’t like the direction they took with the art style and lore in Eternal and this may be even worse. Bringing Hugo in was a mistake IMO and I really hope id don’t make another Quake game while he works there.

 

[tylrdiablos]

It's £70 on Steam... hard pass. Maybe I'll GamePass it at some point.

 

[sigmaZ]

Preorder...

 

[R6Rider]

Looks good to me.

 

[sigmaZ]

It.. doesn't look that good to me? and wtf are they doing with the flying bits? Just give us 2016 with more levels pls

Right? It's like...

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Looks great you miserable turds

 

[SimTourist]

The lack of Mick Gordon is apparent. These guys really have no idea why doom 2016 worked so well, gameplay looks trash.

 

[OverHeat]

Already have it preordered…look great but not eternal great 7/10 game is my guess

 

[Instant_Classic]

Looks great you miserable turds

Yeah, if you have low standards.

 

[MarkyG]

Looks really good. However, I do have one worry, which is something GmanLives pointed out... the Dragon Riding sections:



Play at timestamp.

 

[Kacho]

Looks like classic Doom gameplay. Very happy with this. Dark Ages is what I wanted 2016 to be.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

It.. doesn't look that good to me? and wtf are they doing with the flying bits? Just give us 2016 with more levels pls

I'm kind of with you on this, except I want the damage models they used for Eternal (or improve them). Hit feedback on enemies in 2016 wasn't great in my opinion. I liked watching them get torn apart by gunfire in the sequel. It helped me understand which enemies I had to prioritise. Also, who doesn't like watching the spawn of hell get blown to chunks?

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

Should have made Eternal 2. I won't be following through with my pre-order.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I might like this one more cause it's less like Doom.
This is gonna be a divisive one for sure.

 

[N0S]

Sounds good

 

[adamsapple]

Looks great you miserable turds

 

[clarky]

I'm kind of with you on this, except I want the damage models they used for Eternal (or improve them). Hit feedback on enemies in 2016 wasn't great in my opinion. I liked watching them get torn apart by gunfire in the sequel. It helped me understand which enemies I had to prioritise. Also, who doesn't like watching the spawn of hell get blown to chunks?

The damage looked much better in the OG trailer, hopefully there is more like the stuff in the video below.

 

[Schmendrick]

surprised the feedback here is so mixed. i thought I´d be in the absolute minority with my negative impressions.

 

[Shodai]

Should have let Doom sleep a while and went with a Quake 1 reboot, bringing in even more medevil/DND vibes like Romero wanted.

Well see I guess, and I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Kacho]

Should have made Eternal 2. I won't be following through with my pre-order.

I wouldn't have minded that, but Eternal filtered too many people.

Looking at the gameplay clips here... ammo management is a non-factor, it's slower, no platforming. All the major gameplay complaints people had with Eternal were addressed. Curious to see what the new complaints will be.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

I'll buy it at full price....when it comes out on switch 2.

I won't play that version or the pc version I buy so I won't actually form an opinion.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Looks really good. However, I do have one worry, which is something GmanLives pointed out... the Dragon Riding sections:



Play at timestamp.

This dragon stuff looks really bad. I think the rest looks pretty good.

 

[Solarstrike]

A morning star in Doom. A fukcing morning star in Doom. Not sure about this one.

 

[MDSLKTR]

Heh, feels like reading GAFs Doom 2016 threads "not my doom, it's too yellow!"

 

[CompleteGlobalSaturation]

He's my favourite "YouTube VG journalist" - will watch.

 

[niilokin]

Combat looks satisfying and more classic-like, however I don't like the UI, should have been more dark age and medieval....

Bring back "solid" UI or at least elements of it, I'm tired of car dashboard faulty warning symbol UI

 

[Luipadre]

Ngl this one looks weird to me. Gonna play it on game pass.

 

[MiguelItUp]

This dragon stuff looks really bad. I think the rest looks pretty good.

Yeah, that's honestly the biggest concern I have. It just.... doesn't look good. I don't understand how they felt confident about it. I mean, G-Man talking about it made it sound pretty awful. The whole locking in place thing while shooting and dodging shots looks very odd in motion.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

So,

Halo Infinite
Starfield
Hellblade 2
Indiana Jones
Avowed
Doom The Dark Ages

What's next?
South of Midnight?

Xbox truly has become the poster-child of mediocrity.

 

[MMaRsu]

No more glory kills? The most cinematic Doom game?

Ehhhh

 

[MagiusNecros]

And this looks like its too much? Dont know how to explain it.

Looks like it's taking the worst from 2016 and Eternal on top of removing takedowns(lol why), adding shield and parry alongside bigger, largely empty maps, follow objective marker, and some spectacle setpiece Mech vs Kaiju and Panzer Dragoon sections which are particularly awful. It being slower and having slow moving projectiles just seems wrong.

And the amount of customizable accessibility options to make the game easier is just...ugh.

I also think the UI is all over the place and too high tech even more then before. Doing a quick comparison I much prefer the HUD design of Metroid Prime 4 if we were to compare something recent. Maybe if won't be as bad if we can turn most of that garbage off.

Doomwise I prefer either Doom 3 or Doom 2016 HUD over both Eternal and now Dark Ages.

 

[OverHeat]

So,

Halo Infinite
Starfield
Hellblade 2
Indiana Jones
Avowed
Doom The Dark Ages

What's next?
South of Midnight?

Xbox truly has become the poster-child of mediocrity.

You got no taste in games confirmed

 

[ElFenomeno]

1. Enemies, as opposed to 2016 and especially Eternal, are static. They barely move , they don't chase you. The pace is kind of lethargic so I got bored watching a few minutes into the gameplay video.
2. The move to an wide, open area , again as opposed to the more closed arenas of 2016 and Eternal, brings what exactly? Now when things get rough and you are overwhelmed, you can just run away. Thats lame.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

So,

Halo Infinite
Starfield
Hellblade 2
Indiana Jones
Avowed
Doom The Dark Ages

What's next?
South of Midnight?

Xbox truly has become the poster-child of mediocrity.

Honestly outside of maybe Astrobot both camps have been fairly mid imo

Third party have been my favorite games the last couple of years it seems

 

[EviLore]

1. Enemies, as opposed to 2016 and especially Eternal, are static. They barely move , they don't chase you. The pace is kind of lethargic so I got bored watching a few minutes into the gameplay video.
2. The move to an wide, open area , again as opposed to the more closed arenas of 2016 and Eternal, brings what exactly? Now when things get rough and you are overwhelmed, you can just run away. Thats lame.

Basically holding down the trigger while strafing at static enemies, doing the occasional green light parry, yes.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Looks like a $20 pickup.

More Gamepass fodder that I also would not pay full price for

 

[MMaRsu]

Its crazy Doom 2016 is the closest they got to OG Doom to me.

I didnt enjoy Eternal, and this one looks meh as well.

This one looks more Serious Sam with its huge open enviroments

 

[Mister Wolf]

Looks good. No more Mario Bros in my Doom.

 

[Icymanipulator]

Playing the giant mechs looks like it might be kind of novel the first time, but will get super old on repeat play throughs. Lack of glory kills is lame. Dragon looks jank af.
Likely waiting for a sale.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Honestly outside of maybe Astrobot both camps have been fairly mid imo

Third party have been my favorite games the last couple of years it seems

3rd party has always been the best, but that's kinda broad.

But apart from games not being up ones alley, Xbox' output is just extremely mediocre overall on per game basis.
The only exceptions are Forza and FlightSim, but the latter doesn't even really count as a game.

It's like Xbox is dedicated to GamePass so much, that their games have been degraded to GamePass filler.

Doom The Dark Ages doesn't seem to make a difference.

 

[Fake]

And I'll stuck to this for my dragon riding tomfoolery thank you very much!

Now, this is a game I love time to time.

 

[captainnapalm]

What a shame this series moved from horror sci-fi to horror fantasy. Just not the same. The first game was the shit. I want a Doom game to take place in two types of places - sci-fi settings and hell settings.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Still going to wait and see. On the fence about the price.

My main problem with these games is they seem to lack diversity and depth.

They seem to be a one trick pony and it just kind of gets boring to me

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Just by watching a few of the video's I can tell this is nothing like Halo or COD.

IGN are useless fucks. Take everything they say with a massive pinch of cunts.

punch cunts, got it.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Looks like a $20 pickup.

It's hard to put your finger on it but everything just don't click, isn't it? Unlike 2016.