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DOOM Review Thread - The Fury Road of Shooters
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Ron holding a beer reminds me that the reason I am not yet asleep could be due to having drank a single beer earlier. Really should have gotten drunk so I'd pass out...
https://twitter.com/idSoftwareTiago/status/731979907937513472
Was this posted? id software guy noticed this thread. He seems happy.
Was this posted? id software guy noticed this thread. He seems happy.
Incredible
Fahzgoolin
Banned
you don't need to like fury road to get what the thread title is saying.
It's constant over the top and self aware action in a grim setting from start to finish.
It's constant over the top and self aware action in a grim setting from start to finish.
Circumstances surrounding the hand off aside, I've never gotten the apprehension regarding Arkane's Prey 2. I mean shit, "System Shock by the studio who made dishonored" makes me get antsy with glee.
That's funny, because I loved Fury Road (even though my general taste leans towards artsy fartsy stuff, FR has a lot to say about gender construction) and didn't like Force Awakens at all.
Been years since I played an FPS, but I'll pick this up when it goes on sale on PC for $30 or less.
Was the online in Prey actually any good, by the time I got the game on PC the online community was non existent. It was a really cool game and I remember playing a few matches lan and running on walls and stuff. Also, Don't Fear The Reaper at the start of the campaign. Prey left a good impression
JustSomeone
Member
So Doom is going to be the most underated game of the year, just like Wolfenstein was.
The gaming media has no respect for the classics
The gaming media has no respect for the classics
Honey Bunny
Member
Gravity won 7.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I stopped taking the Oscars seriously a long time ago. How many awards they hand a film means nothing to me.
That being said, Fury Road is amazing.
March of the Crabs
Member
My review is that this game fucking rules and I needed it in my life. A game hasn't taken me completely by surprise with how unexpectedly good it is since Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed.
Hidden on top of a vent shaft in the middle of the tutorial level.
Second level
There's two of them in each level. You get them to unlock models to look at in a model viewer.
It's not too surprising. Both MachineGames and Id Software are owned by Zenimax. MachineGames used Id's engine for Wolfenstein, a series originally created by Id.
People also seem to confuse Bethesda Game Studios with Bethesda Softworks. It wasn't on GAF, but I've heard people blame Todd Howard for the Prey 2/Human Head debacle.
Regardless, Zenimax/Beth Soft has put out a strong lineup this decade: Fallout New Vegas, Skyrim, Rage, Dishonored, Wolfenstein, Evil Within, Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 4, and now DOOM. A couple classics, a lot of really solid games, and no flops. Now we've got Dishonored 2 and Prey 2 (rumoured) to look forward to, plus whatever Tango and MachineGames have coming up next. Exciting times.
Ah, yeah it is in the second level isn't it?
The UAC as a level is such a blur I barely remember it much.
Are the animations random? Mine didn't fist bump when I picked it up a few minutes ago on that level.
RespectThySole
Member
Surprised that impressions are so positive. I didn't like that multiplayer beta at all. Going to watch this Polygon beta and decide if I should I should get this.
Edit: Didn't realize that MachineGames was behind this either. Loved The New Order.
Edit: Didn't realize that MachineGames was behind this either. Loved The New Order.
I think the only one that does the fist bump is the one called Doomguy which is the one in the gif.
He's basically fist bumping himself...
Bulletzen72
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plasmawave
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This thread is now about Oscars.
Beautiful Ninja
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Game wasn't really on my radar since the MP looked bland, but I'm hearing really good things about the SP from friends. I don't think my GTX 770 can do this game enough justice and I'm about to get lost in the Overwatch Vortex, but it's on my radar as a pickup now, once I get a GTX 1070 whenever that actually becomes available without founder's edition markups.
I was super hyped for this when it was revealed, closer to launch I lost all interest. Then I read gaf impressions, and decided to get it anyway, Instead of getting Overwatch.
Best decision of this year. Bethesda is on a roll when it comes to publishing FPS.
Took me a out 15 and a half hours on Ultra Violence, and not a single dull moment.
Best decision of this year. Bethesda is on a roll when it comes to publishing FPS.
Took me a out 15 and a half hours on Ultra Violence, and not a single dull moment.
You review for how it all comes together and whether bad parts are ignorable or not. This isn't a test being scored, it's OK to give a high score even if the MP is mediocre or even something centered around being a graphics showcase (and doesn't cost much I'd think or has something else carrying it) doesn't have good gameplay.
Keep fighting the good fight. You'll take Doom down and prove everyone wrong eventually!
wut? They aren't. Doom is developed by id software.
Unknown Soldier
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You should be just a tiny bit more respectful to one of the inventors of modern gaming. Yeah, he quit Id to build rockets and play with VR awhile back. He was probably tired of making games at some point. But that doesn't change the reality that his team at Id basically invented the First-Person Shooter back in the day and he programmed the engines that made it possible even on the computers of the day.
Guys if this isn't metal as fuck like DOOM always have been just get the goddamn game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUhCK1vleyY
Mick Gordon is a god...nothing screams rip and tear like this track. I love this game so fucking much!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUhCK1vleyY
Mick Gordon is a god...nothing screams rip and tear like this track. I love this game so fucking much!
ElzarTheBam
Member
The game is fun and addicting - sometimes I get tired of it and quit, but then 15 minutes later I just need more of it.
The gameplay feels good, but not super good. I was expecting it to be like Brutal Doom, but sadly it isn't. Maybe it's just because of full 3D perspective or something, but I've played no modern shooter that would come close to Brutal Doom in "shooting things in the face" category. This Doom is probably closest though.
The gameplay feels good, but not super good. I was expecting it to be like Brutal Doom, but sadly it isn't. Maybe it's just because of full 3D perspective or something, but I've played no modern shooter that would come close to Brutal Doom in "shooting things in the face" category. This Doom is probably closest though.
So happy about the single player in this game. Feared the worst after the beta and the holding back of review copies, but it's SO GODDAMN GOOD.
brutal doom is bad and I'm glad this game isn't like it
in fact one of my biggest fears seeing the stage demo with how slow it looked was that they basically made Brutal Doom HD
Brutal Doom is slow? What? It's faster than Doom 2016.
eXistor
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I've read a few reviews and they've all finished the game under 10 hours. I'm just over half way and I'm already past 10 hours. Are these guys just blasting (pun intended) their way through it without looking or something? Anyway, I still think this game is the best shooter I've played in years. I personally didn't think too much of Wolfenstein (solid, but that's it), but before that I think Bulletstorm or Halo Reach are the only ones that were fun to me. Oh and Serious Sam 3, that game kicks ass.
Apparrently it's really hard to do proper fps campaigns. Except it isn't, because all you need to do is not make "checklist the game" and just ignore contemporary audiences.
Apparrently it's really hard to do proper fps campaigns. Except it isn't, because all you need to do is not make "checklist the game" and just ignore contemporary audiences.
ZehDon
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Does this work the other way? Can I ignore the good bits so I can trash the game? If a reviewer gave Doom 10/10 overall, with its current mediocre multiplayer, what should the same reviewer give the same game but with a multiplayer mode that was significantly better? The MP is questionable at best. You can't fairly say "The game Doom is still a 10", because if the MP somehow transformed into the greatest MP ever, you're telling me the score shouldn't improve? Doom should be, for example, 8 of ten, because the multiplayer mode still has to have an impact on the overall score, which rates the product as a whole. Once you start cutting bits up and ignoring whole potions of the product, what are actually reviewing? "Uncharted 4 was just terrible and not worth the price. 3/10 (If you ignore the single player campaign)." What?
My girlfriend just hyperventilated from happiness when I showed this to her. "I LOVE THIS!" Nevermind the strewn about viscera in the background lol
Fahzgoolin
Banned
This game has nailed difficulty.
I never get mad at this game even though I get destroyed frequently on Nightmare.
Usually games that are really hard end up really easy if you play it in a boring way. With all of the crap coming straight toward your face at all times, you have to keep moving and masterfully switch between weapons on the fly to deal with each enemy type. It's brilliant. There is no "boring" way to play this game.
I never get mad at this game even though I get destroyed frequently on Nightmare.
Usually games that are really hard end up really easy if you play it in a boring way. With all of the crap coming straight toward your face at all times, you have to keep moving and masterfully switch between weapons on the fly to deal with each enemy type. It's brilliant. There is no "boring" way to play this game.
The selected difficulty level (and the skill of the player) can have a huge effect on the length. I played it on nightmare and had to do some fights 10+ times (Got better towards the end. Long time since I've played a fast paced FPS game) to get trough them. Took me a bit over 11 hours to finish the game. Going back to collect all the secrets and finish the challenges now (got maybe 80% done)
How did I miss this?
Awesome. He even liked the "What I expected / What I got" meme I made.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
I too cried when I saw the greatness
Ahahahahaa I wanted to write in years but sounds right even in TEARS! awesome XD
The level design is so great, stage after stage gets bigger and better. So the encounters and fights. Just WOW
The only thing I don't like are the CHALLANGES, puts me too much pressure and sometimes completing them is a pain in the ass, specially when the mobs are all killed by that time.
cyberheater
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Yep. There's a reason why I've ignored IGN review scores. It's crap like this that reminds me.
True Underdog
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Only a couple levels in and I'm really enjoying it, much more than I thought I would, too.