Doom 2016 was a masterpiece beyond words. The gameplay, gun choice, level design, everything about it was great and proved a fulfilling experience. Doom Eternal takes all of that and throws it out the window.

For reference, I played on the 2nd easiest difficulty, and no you cant make the excuse I'm too old to enjoy fast combat. I'm 21.

The combat is just too fast for how narrow it is. The game wants you to play the way it was designed, very unlike Doom 2016 where it felt like you had a choice. The game immediately introduces you to 4 or so different gameplay mechanics, and follows them up with even more, and expects the player to immediately be perfect at pulling them off.

The movement in Doom 2016 was simple, maybe a little too simple, but Doom Eternal's movement is just too much. Lots of puzzles that felt random for the situation and not really implemented well in the level design. I liked the dashing feature, but when it was time to parkour to the next segment, I immediately get scared I'll dash into an invisible wall or somehow miss a monkeybar to lead to the next segment. Can't even remember how many times I've failed the parkour, because I fell down at least once on every single one of them.

The level design is ATROCIOUS. The graphics and performance is phenomenal, but the verticality in some segments just didn't make any sense. This is like playing Doom 2016 on acid.

I'm not forgetting the popups you get upon launching the game. This is not fortnite, this is Doom. No one cares about the cool new demon unlock or Slayer skin, or whatever those were.

I really wanted to like this game, but I seriously don't like the direction they look with this. Everything about this experience makes me feel like they didn't want to make it to begin with. Maybe it was rushed, it did release around the time of covid.

Once again, I'm sorry I didn't like it, but this doesn't feel like Doom anymore. This is Zoomer Doom or Doom: TikTok Edition, not Doom Eternal.

The game is big fun but can be painful in the ass if you try to collect everything, but overall it's a good game to release some pressure because you feel like you're unstoppable. Good game.

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