Official Doom 4 Thread

tracertong · 1 Jun 2016 at 08:03

beany_bot said:
I got doom last night and I am really enjoying it.

However (and I know it's not the most important aspect of the game) I was pretty disappointed in the graphics if I am being honest. It felt like a 4 or 5 year old game. It's a 2016 title! I had everything ramped up to the max and it was silly smooth. But God those textures even remotely close up looked terrible. I'm sure as I get more into the game I won't mind so much but just sharing initial thoughts. I mean, this game has come out long after GTAV and yet feels more like half life 2 graphically. What are other people's thoughts about this graphics?

Either your blind or this is a wind up. Game looks friggin amazing.

beany_bot · 1 Jun 2016 at 08:33

tracertong said:
Either your blind or this is a wind up. Game looks friggin amazing.

No, I'm not blind. Didn't think it looked very good at all compared to other modern titles. Particularly the textures close up.

beany_bot · 1 Jun 2016 at 08:43

LoopyOrc said:
I'm missing so many secrets though! Clearly not looking hard enough, went through a level that had 5 or 6 in and didn't find a single one!

Have you tried mashing space on all the big pictures of hitler?

KillBoY_UK · 1 Jun 2016 at 09:27

tracertong said:
Either your blind or this is a wind up. Game looks friggin amazing.

+1

KillBoY_UK · 1 Jun 2016 at 09:32

beany_bot said:
No, I'm not blind. Didn't think it looked very good at all compared to other modern titles. Particularly the textures close up.

Vast majority of titles have to hit a 1080/900p @30fps target console, this hits 60fps at the same resolution. Show me a better looking 1080p/60fps game. I know were are talking about the PC version here but the console will always be the baseline.

beany_bot · 1 Jun 2016 at 09:42

KillBoY_UK said:
Vast majority of titles have to hit a 1080/900p @30fps target console, this hits 60fps at the same resolution. Show me a better looking 1080p/60fps game. I know were are talking about the PC version here but the console will always be the baseline.

Yeah I can see why they have done it. To make it more accessible to all. And it makes sense. Just a little personally disappointing that's all. GTA, ARMA, even Unity engine all look better IMHO. Particuarily the distant scenes seem "painted on" rather than really there. (Maybe that was deliberate).

That said, I'm REALLY enjoying the pace and flow of the game. And that's what doom is all about at the end of the day. Love it.

cheesyboy · 1 Jun 2016 at 09:43

Rroff said:
Dunno if its been mentioned but kind of interesting that apparently a spectrograph analysis of the doom soundtrack shows the numbers 666 repeated in waveforms (mostly) outside human hearing range.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/4li77n/the_numbers_666_appear_in_dooms_soundtrack_in_a/

That's actually brilliant

KillBoY_UK · 1 Jun 2016 at 09:49

beany_bot said:
Yeah I can see why they have done it. To make it more accessible to all. And it makes sense. Just a little personally disappointing that's all. GTA, ARMA, even Unity engine all look better IMHO. Particuarily the distant scenes seem "painted on" rather than really there. (Maybe that was deliberate).

That said, I'm REALLY enjoying the pace and flow of the game. And that's what doom is all about at the end of the day. Love it.

again when you target 60fps and not 30fp you have to make sacrifices. Its only fair to compare the graphics levels to other 60fps games. Most Resent example would be Overwatch? (or even Halo5) while it has a great art style I don't think is as nice looking game as Doom 2016.

Doom is all about quick on the fly gameplay so the response 60 fps gives over 30fps. I think they did a great job on the graphics with the targets they wanted to hit on a tech level.

beany_bot · 1 Jun 2016 at 09:56

I've tried googling but to no avail. Does anyone know of a site with a list of the deamons in doom??

I only played for 2 hours last night. I killed those silly melee guys, imps and have just come across a few big guys. What are they meant to be. They take a lot of damage and are very fast for their size. They don't seem to have any redeeming features other than they are big, have a white top of their head and take a lot of damage to go down. What are they meant to be?

I will say I wish they had kept the design of the demons closer to the original doom, the levels and demons feel more doom 3 than doom 1/2. I like all that weird goat/satanic horned demon stuff, rather than the flesh ripped rotting monster stuff.

KillBoY_UK · 1 Jun 2016 at 09:58

beany_bot said:
I've tried googling but to no avail. Does anyone know of a site with a list of the deamons in doom??

I only played for 2 hours last night. I killed those silly melee guys, imps and have just come across a few big guys. What are they meant to be. They take a lot of damage and are very fast for their size. They don't seem to have any redeeming features other than they are big, have a white top of their head and take a lot of damage to go down. What are they meant to be?

I will say I wish they had kept the design of the demons closer to the original doom, the levels and demons feel more doom 3 than doom 1/2. I like all that weird goat/satanic horned demon stuff, rather than the flesh ripped rotting monster stuff.

All the classics's are in the game plus a couple of new ones and variations, its quite a long campaign

beany_bot · 1 Jun 2016 at 10:42

KillBoY_UK said:
All the classics's are in the game plus a couple of new ones and variations, its quite a long campaign

Whats the big guys ive come across? First new enemy after the imps. (I'm on medium difficulty)

EDIT: I think its a hell knight

FARGO · 1 Jun 2016 at 11:02

beany_bot said:
Whats the big guys ive come across? First new enemy after the imps. (I'm on medium difficulty)

http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Hell_Knight_(2016)

beany_bot · 1 Jun 2016 at 11:06

FARGO said:
http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Hell_Knight_(2016)

Thanks!. I was expecting them to fire green stuff at me lol. And have a Trex style roar. Not jump at me and melee me to death. lol.

arc@css · 1 Jun 2016 at 12:09

beany_bot said:
I will say I wish they had kept the design of the demons closer to the original doom, the levels and demons feel more doom 3 than doom 1/2. I like all that weird goat/satanic horned demon stuff

I've always preferred the original design of the hell knight compared to the other games.

SpudMaster · 1 Jun 2016 at 13:30

beany_bot said:
Thanks!. I was expecting them to fire green stuff at me lol. And have a Trex style roar. Not jump at me and melee me to death. lol.

I think you might be getting confused between Hell Knights and Barons of Hell

beany_bot · 1 Jun 2016 at 14:12

SpudMaster said:
I think you might be getting confused between Hell Knights and Barons of Hell

Both the hell knights and barons of hell shot green in Doom 1/2

This is some fan art of what a hell knight might look like in doom 4.

Have to say I much prefer that look. true to the original.

arc@css · 1 Jun 2016 at 16:42

beany_bot said:
Both the hell knights and barons of hell shot green in Doom 1/2

I think the Baron of Hell released a red projectile and was somewhat darker in colour, too.

beany_bot · 2 Jun 2016 at 10:13

I've just arrived in hell! Much preferring the atmosphere much more now! Much more Doom and less Doom3. This game is damn near perfect for me now.

opethdisciple · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:08

Is Vulkan available yet?

HEADRAT · 2 Jun 2016 at 13:52

Can't wait for Vulkan, not sure we need it as the game runs great but keen to try none the same.

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