Official Doom 4 Thread

Rroff · 17 Apr 2016 at 14:18

thenoseknows said:
I don't recall Doom being particularly well-known for its multiplayer. The vast majority of work done by fans and developers alike for Doom 1 through 3 have been focused on singleplayer levels. Nobody asked for a strong multiplayer component for Doom 4.

I think as much as anything it is that id haven't really done anything big MP wise lately for any of their FPS IP so people hoping Doom would be it.

uber soldat · 17 Apr 2016 at 18:22

Just downloaded the beta and wish I didn't bother. :rolleyes:

Played a few utterly joyless rounds where enemies had seemingly limitless health while 1 shot of their gun killed me. I've played previous Doom games and loved them however this game in its current state is awful.

Guest2 · 17 Apr 2016 at 19:01

I love this thread. It has made me re-live some of my youth by playing doom 1 and 2 again

I am now on Doom 2 map 10 (Refueling base) on ultra violence mode starting the map with a chainsaw and 15 rockets. Damn its hard

Columbo · 17 Apr 2016 at 21:06

Guest2 said:
I love this thread. It has made me re-live some of my youth by playing doom 1 and 2 again

I am now on Doom 2 map 10 (Refueling base) on ultra violence mode starting the map with a chainsaw and 15 rockets. Damn its hard

Run it with the Doomsday Engine fella, it add a little extra.

http://dengine.net/

Tute · 17 Apr 2016 at 22:36

I actually like GZDoom with the Brutal Doom mod myself.

Safetytrousers · 17 Apr 2016 at 22:57

uber soldat said:
Just downloaded the beta and wish I didn't bother.
Played a few utterly joyless rounds where enemies had seemingly limitless health while 1 shot of their gun killed me. I've played previous Doom games and loved them however this game in its current state is awful.

I played it for about a minute and uninstalled it.
But I don't like PvP deathmatch type play in any game. I played and loved Warhawk back in the day but I always played zones on that (the least deathmatchy mode). That game taught me that in any PvP you will die a lot at first, and you just have to stick with it to bed yourself in.
What I did find about Doom was that despite it being locked to 60fps gameplay seemed really smooth and the graphics seemed nice to me.

Guest2 · 17 Apr 2016 at 22:58

I don't care much for the fancy graphics, just 1440p with mouse look is fine. Keep it similar to the original but can play it much better

I'm using ZDoom

Here's an attempt at level 10 of Doom 2 starting with 10 rockets

skiersteve12345 · 17 Apr 2016 at 23:28

game will prob get decent reviews by ign and the like and get ripped apart by the community but at the end of the day it will still be one of the best selling games of 2016, these crappy boring games that have no depth to them are just the norm now, why try something new when you can copy cod/halo and are almost guaranteed millions of sales, so many people hating on the beta just like star wars battlefront and yet most of the people in that thread went on to buy it anyway, its laughable, then people wonder why ea/ubisoft and the rest of these companies churn out these crappy games every year, its free money, shame people will never learn

HeX · 18 Apr 2016 at 11:15

The MP I tried over the weekend was shockingly awful. Loadouts... really who thought that was a good idea?

Weapon balance is all over the place, I can kill people faster and easier with a double barrel shotty than with a rocket launcher, even at range.

The graphics looked terrible, everything looked muddy and low res.

All characters now look like they've come straight from HALO for some reason.

Just bleh...

kaku · 18 Apr 2016 at 13:16

skiersteve12345 said:
game will prob get decent reviews by ign and the like and get ripped apart by the community but at the end of the day it will still be one of the best selling games of 2016, these crappy boring games that have no depth to them are just the norm now, why try something new when you can copy cod/halo and are almost guaranteed millions of sales, so many people hating on the beta just like star wars battlefront and yet most of the people in that thread went on to buy it anyway, its laughable, then people wonder why ea/ubisoft and the rest of these companies churn out these crappy games every year, its free money, shame people will never learn

I don't think it will even do well in the mainstream market. There's a ton of negative reviews where people are salty that they can't just sit back and camp or are generally just getting wrecked in MP. One reviewer even stated they were a long-time Doom fan, and then proclaimed to have spent the entirety of the beta being "a sniper".

I think the devs tried to go down the middle between console/PC, and just ended up annoying everyone. SP is the only thing that can draw it back into "Steam sale purchase" territory.

Seb5009 · 18 Apr 2016 at 14:49

Hit the nail on the head.

Gerard · 18 Apr 2016 at 15:02

I've not even tried it yet despite waiting around for it to be available...

Mal X · 18 Apr 2016 at 16:51

Seb5009 said:
Hit the nail on the head.

why would you want to play this, all he's doing is running around shooting other guys in the same area :eek:

.....man this must be boring.

there's no thinking involved, no planning, no exploring, no stalking, no waiting to ambush.......it's just bang bang bang in the same area :eek:

i obviously dont game online.......... yea and i haven't missed anything have i :eek:

BluD · 18 Apr 2016 at 17:00

Gave it a go, pretty boring for me, i've never liked quake or doom though tbh the first 3d shooter i liked was duke 3d cause at least it was funny.

@Mal I think ya have to bve into this sorta game to have a chance at enjoying it, loads of online gamers out there probably find planning, exploring, stalking and waiting boring, tbh i asked my m8 who is an old quake player and he said he thought this was pants

Rroff · 18 Apr 2016 at 17:03

BluD said:
an old quake player and he said he thought this was pants

As an old quake player the problem I found with it was that it just reminded you how much better those older games were online - I don't mind the loadouts, etc. infact I quite like them for some gamemodes but the fundamentals just aren't satisfying.

Even accepting that it is a beta the lack of attention to things like mouse input processing says it all.

Evian · 18 Apr 2016 at 17:18

Seems like the Beta is dead now, Tried to get a TDM or Warpatch match for 10 minutes, Nobody joined the lobby.

V F · 18 Apr 2016 at 17:19

Columbo said:
Run it with the Doomsday Engine fella, it add a little extra.
http://dengine.net/

Minecraft version of Doom? Is that insulting or what it now reminds me of...

Evian said:
Seems like the Beta is dead now, Tried to get a TDM or Warpatch match for 10 minutes, Nobody joined the lobby.

It was only available for 3 days. Or at least what it said on the consoles as it ended midnight.

Rifte · 18 Apr 2016 at 17:43

The only interest I have in this is the single player. Always liked ID Software (including Rage!), so this is going to be an insta purchase for me most likely.

Columbo · 18 Apr 2016 at 17:52

V F said:
Minecraft version of Doom? Is that insulting or what it now reminds me of...

Don't you dare compare my beloved Doom to that Minecraft trash. I'm insulted

V F · 18 Apr 2016 at 21:08

Mal X said:
why would you want to play this, all he's doing is running around shooting other guys in the same area .....man this must be boring.

there's no thinking involved, no planning, no exploring, no stalking, no waiting to ambush.......it's just bang bang bang in the same area

i obviously dont game online.......... yea and i haven't missed anything have i

I think I've been playing consoles too long... 60fps seems way too fast, erratic even. I remember I used to play Q3A/Q3F/RA3 90 - 120fps locked with 100 - 120FOV and never bat an eye.

Most of the gameplay in this you cannot see what is happening with all the blood or buckets of paint and gibs exploding everywhere...

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