Doom Eternal

Good game with Good Christian Values

This new Mick Gordon album has an excellent demon slaying game attached to it
11/10 Would rip and tear

Everybody gansta until you met Marauder.
Pd: Turn off Steam Overlay, you can get more FPS.

EDIT:
Doom Eternal initially was a turn off for me, after beating Doom 2016 over and over. Everything is so different... ammo pickups are neon pink and green, guns are floating neon items that you pick up just by running over with no cool animation, ammo is as scarce as in a horror game, and you're thrown in this mess of not knowing what's happening except "I must kill".
However after playing a few hours and getting the hang of the combat loop, as well as getting much needed upgrades and some verrrrryyyy interesting codex entries, everything started to click. The story felt more cohesive and while there is a bit missing in the gap between 2016 and Eternal, much of it is filled in and then some. You get used to the recharging chainsaw, so ammo is never an issue, and while I still miss the realistic weapon pickups from 2016, I understand why they changed it.
Yes, there are some definite differences between Eternal and 2016, but nearly all of them are for the better. Combat is even more visceral, and while it may at first feel the game is forcing you into a certain play style, it's ACTUALLY giving you more control on how to manage resources. You have to play smarter, but you can also remedy any situation far easier than in 2016. Need armor? Cook em. Health? Stab em. Ammo? Saw em. It's so straight forward but very satisfying at the same time. And after experimenting a bit with weapon loadouts, you DO NOT have to use sticky bombs or zoomed rifle shots to disable demon weak points. It is preferable because it's much faster, but I was able to disable their points with different weapons or completely ignore them entirely, by overwhelming them with firepower.
I will say (no spoilers) they really fleshed out the lore of Doom, and made it far more interesting IMHO. Much of it is implied and hidden in the codex entries, but it actually makes the occurrences of Doom 2016 much bigger and interesting. I thought they did an amazing job with the story/lore.
Of course, this wouldn't be a Doom review without also mentioning Mick Gordon's stunning soundtrack once again, that makes you miss shots due to headbanging. It is a simply ear-gasmic experience that perfectly complements the ripping and tearing you do in Doom Eternal. The joke about Mick Gordon's soundtrack coming with a game is fitting, as I see both the soundtrack and the game as some of the best media to come out in recent months (at least for me).
I haven't even tried Battlemode but I can say as a RAVING fan of 2016, that this game is 100% worth it even at full price just for the campaign. It took me 20 hours to beat, without even hunting for every single collectible. The whole thing was a roller coaster ride of flying gore, pounding metal and chunky guns, but with a surprising amount of twists, environments, and experiences. They knocked it out of the park with this game, with the sheer amount of places you get to visit (the sentinel cities are soooo cool, with a weird nostalgic atmosphere to them). Also from a technical standpoint it runs very smoothly, and I've had very few problems with it on PC. It's an extremely well polished game!
Overall Doom Eternal is simply everything I dreamed it would be, which is really saying something these days. ID Software should be PROUD of this masterpiece and I can't thank them enough for continuing on this series.

My girlfriend left me because I spent 90 bucks for this game instead of taking her to a fine dining at McDonalds.
But it doesn't matter.
Women are temporary,
But Doom is Eternal.

//Before we begin,I would like to adress an issue and how to fix it. If you are having low frames despite having a good PC,it is because of the steam overlay. I too had this problem at the start,but thanks to disabling it,I was able to play the game on Ultra Nightmare settings on 1440p with a gtx 1080 and an i7 8700,which are quite a bit under the reccomended specs. for UN settings on 1440p.//
Alright,where to start:
!!!First of all,let's adress the problems that all the negative reviews say:!!!
1) The platforming
This is my biggest complaint, I have to agree its a little tedious and annoying,but its the fact that it feels a little too forced and its not really good platforming either that makes it a turn off.
2) The cutscenes:
There are cutscenes obviously,however I dont understand the backlash,you can simply skip them,theres a button that you must press and hold down for 1 second and a half. D16 had unskippable parts that were waay more annoying than these scenes.
EDIT: I understand the hate behind it,some people wanted it to be more like the ones that D16 had and while I agree with them to a certain point, the ones that are in DE are pretty well made and personally had no problem seeing the doomslayer giving every single demon a death-stare
3) The ammo problem:
I admit ,in the first two levels,it felt really annoying to not have ammo,however as you got more guns,it didnt feel like that anymore,because I had more guns to shoot and after depleting all of the ammo THEN I would have to use the chainsaw.
Most of the reviews that talk about this have less than 2 hours played and thus cannot experience what its like to have more options to shoot shit down,because you obviously dont get all the weapons from the start.
On a side note,I cannot figure out how these people run out of ammunition,it doesnt add up. The highest probability is they skipped the tutorials and didnt understand that the chainsaw is pretty much a game mechanic and not an optional weapon anymore.
EDIT: Again,more people have understood that I ran out of ammo when I said in my last paragraph that I "Cannot figure out how these people run out of ammo"
4)The HUD:
Literally everything about it can be changed, you can switch up the colors and turn off most of the elements if not all, if playing doom without a hud is your thing,than worry not,you can do that.
5)Too many colors:
I have seen a few reviews that say that when you chainsaw an enemy,the colors of the ammo are too much,this I can agree with a little,I dont think they needed to be super brightly colored, an option to toggle this off would indeed help.However I think this is more of a personal preference than an actual problem
EDIT: I had no Idea there does indeed exist an option to lower the brightness, this is no longer a problem.
6)Linear levels:
D16 also had linear levels,its nothing new.
8)The Bethesda Account:
This indeed sucks,I wouldnt trust bethesda with my account information,but im not gonna let that stop me from playing the game,especially when they dont force the launcher in your pc,like ubisoft and rockstar do.
SO,honestly this game feels pretty darn refreshing to play,its a lotta fun and pretty fast paced. If you wanna buy the game,then buy it,dont let others influence you with " tOo MaNy CutScEnEs" or " tOo LitTle AmMo!''
The game is fun,it truly is, the only real problem it has is the platforming,it does feel a little tedious at times.
It is something new,if ID would have given us a carbon copy of D16, people would have said that it took em 4 years and a delay to shit out this garbage?
I think people need to actually play the game for more than two hours before giving it a bad review and refunding( I think valve needs to make the limit up to 4 or 5 hours,to really get a feel of the game,especially on big games like DE or The witcher 3)
This game deserves a 9/10,it is really good and I really recommend it.

It's great, but don't go in expecting DOOM 2016
**See bottom for TL;DR version and an update after some more play time.
Oh boy, where to begin? Maybe I was a bit too hyped... But I was equally, if not more, hyped for DOOM (2016) and that lived up to, and surpassed, expectations. I am fraggin' obsessed with Doom as a whole. Have been for a long time. As I did with 2016, I pre-ordered multiple copies of Eternal the very day it was an option. Different boxed copies, and one on Steam to play at launch. Excessive? Perhaps, but I love Doom, and I have never played a (official) Doom game I didn't like. I also like Doom 3, it's a good game, it's just different.
And so too, is Eternal. Like Doom 3, it's undoubtedly a worthy addition to the series, but, after beating it in a single marathon-run (don't let that fool you, it's a long game), I have to say, rather painfully, I liked 2016 better. Eternal is great, but also... unique.
Let me be clear, this is a good game. A great game. I won't go into too much detail about what the new mechanics are, since anyone reading this has probably already seen the videos. It's fast, frantic, violent as all hell, very mobile, and ripping and tearing through demon guts certainly got my heart racing. Crushing hellspawn feels just as visceral and satisfying as it ever has.
It's all glorious... it just doesn't feel quite like Doom. And I admit I have difficulty putting my finger on exactly why this is. 2016 felt like Doom. I loved 2016. I have over 500 hours in it for a reason. I've beaten it more times than I can remember on Nightmare. It's just a beautiful game. The circle-strafing and dodging skills that I learned on Ultimate Doom and Doom II felt equally useful in 2016, plus it forced me to learn and master jumping and ledge grappling/mantling in a way that felt very fluid, without slowing down the action at all.
On the other hand, DOOM Eternal is less about classic FPS movement, and more about resource management. Where 2016 gives you a bunch of firepower and let you use it as you see fit, Eternal gives you a bunch of tools and pushes you to use them in a specific way. When they said, "use the right tool for the job" they weren't kidding. You basically have to. Don't try to improvise. Make sure you take out the demons in the right order to keep your resources up, or you're going to die since item placement on the map is few and far between. It's all about chainsawing the right demon at the right time.
Don't get me wrong, this is really fun. It certainly makes you think more than 2016. I can see the idea here is to force the player into learning these mechanics so well that they become automatic and no longer require conscious thought. It's like a gory FPS puzzle, with each encounter trying to guide you into taking out each demon in a certain pattern and with certain weapons. But, the flipside of that, arguably a downside, it feels less classic. I'm not annoyed that there's a dance to master here, but this dance sometimes requires a few too many steps. (EDIT: Please see update at the bottom. After spending more time with this new combat system I've since changed my opinion. It may not be as oldschool, but it gets really addicting.)
To pick an example, I was under the impression that demon weak-points were going to be something you could attempt to exploit in the heat of battle to turn the tide, but no. You pretty much need to hit the weak points to keep the combat under control. This isn't entirely unlike 2016, which had certain weapon mods that were far better suited to certain enemies than others. This is a lot more focused though, and you will have to use all your tools to succeed. No more Plasma Stun + Super Shotgun as a cure-all.
It's a lot harder than 2016, too. I started on Nightmare and gave up about midway through before switching to UV. I have no complaints about the difficulty here. 2016 feels a little too easy after a lot of hours. Ultra Violence in Eternal feels even harder than Nightmare in 2016. Length wise, it took me about 18 hours to marathon the campaign, so it is a linear FPS of epic proportions.
On to presentation, the destructable demons are fantastic. They really fit the game. Watching chunks of meat fly off as you dish out bullets is just plain cool. There is an overwhelming amount of customization and upgrade potential. A lot of options, and having that much customization in a FPS campaign is extraordinarily rare. I would have to say I've NEVER seen an FPS campaign (linear, not open world) with this many options for customizing, both cosmetic and otherwise. And all the cosmetic changes you make are reflected in every single cutscene. None of them are pre-rendered.
Story wise, well, this is where my biggest disappointment is. I won't go into spoilers, but I can sum it up by saying I guess nobody remembers that old quote from John Romero, "there's no name for the Doom Marine because he's supposed to be you". Well, they ditched that idea. The Doom Slayer is now, truly, his own character. (Minor-ish spoiler, at your own risk: He talks. Only briefly, but still. I was really, REALLY hoping that wouldn't happen. We have enough FPS protagonists that talk. I like the idea of the silent demon-slaying demigod, who spoke ONLY through actions. I hope I never hear him say another word. Didn't care for the ending either.) I'd imagine this is a concept they're going to push even more in the DLC. I hope they don't. In Eternal, you'll see his past, and even see him wounded and dragged around by the Sentinels. That really bugged me. I liked it better when no one could touch him. 2016 implied that the Sentinels worshiped him as a leader. Now it seems like he's just their best knight. Sure, this is more believable I guess (as far as Doom goes anyway) than a literally unstoppable demon-slaying death machine, but, meh, I felt more powerful in 2016 when you answered to no one.
I don't want it to sound bad. Far from it, the heaps of positive reviews are not without reason. This game is fantastic. I just kind of wish they'd reserved a lot of these new ideas for Quake and let Doom be a bit more straightforward, as it's always been. I just want my guns and an army of demons to slay, I didn't need the cutscenes and backstory.
I still highly recommend it. It's worth every penny. It just doesn't pull at me quite the way DOOM (2016) did, and still does. I like Eternal in the same way I like Doom 3. It's Doom, it's just a different flavor of Doom. If Ultimate Doom is Coke, then DOOM is adding a shot of rum, and DOOM Eternal is dumping it all out and getting a Sprite. Tasty, but not quite what I expected.
**UPDATE
I want to amend my statements about the combat as I now feel I was too harsh on it. The more I play it, the more I love it. It's still different than the circle-strafing and dodging I'm so accustomed to from past Doom games, but I believe I over-stated how critical the weak-point system is. There's actually many different ways to go about each encounter, and once I learned the system better it feels a lot less restrictive and incredibly fun. It's both demanding, and rewarding. I love it.
Also, I want to address something as I had no idea how this review could be so controversial. This game is excellent. Compared to any shooter that isn't named Doom, it's the best. But ranked among Doom games, I personally wouldn't call it my favorite one of the series. It just doesn't have quite the same vibe 2016 did, and it feels a little more hand-holdy (yes, even with the tutorials and pop-ups turned off). Apparently I'm far from the only person who feels that way. Even with that said, it is absolutely worth buying at full price.
TL;DR version:
Game is good. Different from last game. More story. More cutscenes. Some will love, some will hate. You buy now.