Doom Eternal

Neil79 · 1 Dec 2022 at 20:23

melmac said:
Didn't grab me at all. I hated what they did to the game. It wasn't Doom. The combat was like doing finishing moves in Mortal Kombat every few seconds, over used glory kills. A

Also the jump and climb mechanics!

Did the same with the latest Shadow Warrior too... Got bored after an hour

mrk · 1 Dec 2022 at 21:18

I ended up getting a bit bored of it tbh, it was very much NOT like Doom 2016 which is what I was really expecting. Sadness.

melmac · 2 Dec 2022 at 12:02

Neil79 said:
Also the jump and climb mechanics!

Did the same with the latest Shadow Warrior too... Got bored after an hour

I didn't mind the jump mechanics. Just felt a little pointless, at least in the sections I played. Maybe there is more use for the jumping later on.

However, I totally agree with the wall climbing. It's Doom, not Tomb Raider.

mrk said:
I ended up getting a bit bored of it tbh, it was very much NOT like Doom 2016 which is what I was really expecting. Sadness.

I got bored after 90 minutes.

nazhus · 2 Dec 2022 at 12:54

This is in my backlog, but i guess i need to play 2016 first.

HangTime · 7 Dec 2022 at 01:49

You don't need to as they are pretty standalone, and 2016 is a better game. If you play Eternal first it might be better in some ways as you won't find yourself lamenting how annoying it is in comparison.

SpudMaster · 7 Dec 2022 at 10:37

Finished this the other week and whilst I did mostly enjoy the game 2016 was better overall. The jumping and wall climbing section where a little annoying but thankfully they became less refrequent as the game progressed. I've got the DLCs to start but currently playing Prodeus which tbh is a much better game and way more 'Doom' like

mrk · 7 Dec 2022 at 10:57

I need to finish Prodeus, it's very hard though later in the game!

doodah · 7 Dec 2022 at 12:00

Oooo what's Prodeus? Looks fun.

mrk · 7 Dec 2022 at 12:01

doodah said:
Oooo what's Prodeus? Looks fun.

It's not related to milk that's what

It's absolute carnage

doodah · 7 Dec 2022 at 12:29

Sweet, thanks @mrk. Really liked the last two Doom games (and DLC), this looks right up my street.

SpudMaster · 8 Dec 2022 at 10:16

mrk said:
I need to finish Prodeus, it's very hard though later in the game!

I've just done the the second to last level, Enter the Chaos I think it was called playing on second hardest difficulty. Didn't realise I was so close to the end until I did a quick google just now. Definately need to replay on hardest difficulty.

Prodeus on Steam

Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.

store.steampowered.com

Best fps released this year imo

mrk · 8 Dec 2022 at 10:23

You are much later in the game than me as I have 7.7 hours in it and only just unlocked double jump in the shop having recently got the super shotgun

I forgot about the shop levels for ages lol.

SpudMaster · 8 Dec 2022 at 13:19

mrk said:
You are much later in the game than me as I have 7.7 hours in it and only just unlocked double jump in the shop having recently got the super shotgun I forgot about the shop levels for ages lol.

Actually I'm not on the second to last level just yet. The level I did last was called Progenitor. I got mixed up when I saw a list of all game levels earlier

Its the first level when you go through the Portal to the Prodean Homeworld.

mrk · 8 Dec 2022 at 13:32

Oh in that case that's the one I did last night then!

Ghuraba · 8 Dec 2022 at 14:00

Interesting how some found it a disappointment. I loved it and after playing it everything else seemed boring lol. The adrenaline, excitement and sheer thrill of the combat was so intense I was literally deflated after finishing it. Didn’t play any more games for a few months as the high was just not the same. In some respects Doom Eternal spoiled my gaming hobby for a while.

mrk · 8 Dec 2022 at 14:15

funnily enough I found I got more pumped from Prodeus than Doom Eternal, somehow Eterna;s pacing felt slow compared to what I expected. It didn't feel as fast as Quake, Unreal Tourny etc and Prodeus is just like those when the action really gets going.

SpudMaster · 8 Dec 2022 at 15:52

mrk said:
Oh in that case that's the one I did last night then!

yeah were you shoot the yellow diamonds and more of the level opens up, monsters come, say "**** me" a few times and go pew pew pew until the end

mrk · 8 Dec 2022 at 16:06

I ran out of ammo for every weapon leaving only my fists at one point, needless to say I died, 5 times, yeah there is a pad to refill ammo for all weapons but I died before I got to it

jrwagh333 · 8 Dec 2022 at 18:00

mrk said:
I ran out of ammo for every weapon leaving only my fists at one point, needless to say I died, 5 times, yeah there is a pad to refill ammo for all weapons but I died before I got to it

That happened to me so many times during this game.

Tute · 25 Feb 2023 at 23:22

I finally got through to the end and did the final boss, after almost three years. The game does improve - the first two or three levels are slow but once you unlock the ballista, chaingun, double barreled shotty and some upgrades the fun really moves up a notch.

Having said that - I do still prefer Doom 2016. I still don't like the chainsaw mechanic. Grenades are a complete waste of time. Way way way too many upgrade trees for various things. And the marauder was just a complete let-down given how hard he was hyped. The gladiator and maykr fights were ok but the icon of sin was a mess, it's just a messy survival fight, trying to figure out which part is still alive whilst you're being assaulted with colours from everywhere.

I'm not sure I have any inkling to replay it or bother collecting things, which is a shame as I still drop into 2016 from time to time.

I'm wavering around a 6/10, whilst i'd consider 2016 an 8/10.

But, at least I got it done!