I just want to blast some demons, y'know? (And I lie in wait patiently for the last entry in the trilogy.) It's a fantastic revival of the series, but for Doom, I don't feel like I need to know the motivations underneath the Doom Slayer's helmet.

Blazcowicz, but the Resistance's fight against Nazi rule in an alternate history where Hitler won World War II. The thing the cutscenes and lore-heavy Codex entries immediately brings to mind is Wolfenstein: The New Order, MachineGames' own reinvention of the Wolfenstein series. The art direction is really top notch in Doom Eternal.) I love the decrepit skyscrapers, barely held together by giant tentacles, as dead mechs stand watch and demons fly through the sky. (Aside: The skyboxes in this game are incredible. At the time of this writing (March 19), pre-Doom Eternal's worldwide release still, I'm back on Earth hunting the final Hell Priest or at least, searching for a clue for where they are back on Earth. In Doom Eternal, I can't bring myself to care even the humor feels tuned to be goofier than anything else.Īdmittedly, I'm pretty early on in Doom Eternal. It loses the simplicity that made its predecessor effective and hilarious. Doom Eternal makes things more complicated more dense. Now you have to take them (and all these demons) down. The story itself was simple: This corporation is so evil that it literally fracks hell. I don't care about my past.' He's just there to rip demons to shreds with his bare ass hands. With that iconic opening, where Doom Slayer emerges from a sarcophagus and immediately springs into ripping and tearing demons, it's Doom Slayer effectively saying 'I don't care about sentimentality. What Do We All Think About Doom Eternal Suddenly Having a Big Story?Ĭaty McCarthy: What I Iiked about Doom (2016) was that it seemed to spit in the face of lore.

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