Play it on: PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Home windows PCs (Steam Deck: YMMV)Present objective: End the story
I like trash. Am I saying the brand new Doom sport is trash? No. It’s enjoyable! However I don’t assume anybody’s fooling themselves into considering it’s wonderful artwork, is what I’m getting at. And no, you gained’t get three weeks of me speaking about how a lot I like this sport such as you did for Clair Obscur—which I nonetheless haven’t completed as a result of I’m glued to a number of grinding zones I’ve mapped out on the planet the place I’ll simply spend 5 – 6 hours an evening leveling up and drilling the fight. It’s so good that I—see? I virtually wrote one other rattling entry for that RPG once more!
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However no, this weekend I’m gonna log some hours with the brand new Doom (and possibly with Clair Obscur in between someplace). Usually, I’d’ve simply not cared a few new Doom. 2016’s reboot was entertaining, however I bounced off of Everlasting in its opening moments and by no means appeared again. In recent times, I’ve additionally been correctly launched to ‘90s-era Doom, and I actually fell in love with these video games and numerous wads. So once I’m in search of Doom vibes, I are likely to desire perusing the older entries or toy with neat player-made creations.
So why am I enjoying the brand new Doom sport? For the story, largely! Although it’s much less that the story has gripped me and extra that I’ve a type of morbid curiosity about what sort of story a narrative- and cutscene-heavy Doom may even be telling. Identical to that one time I acquired interested in how a narrative that spans seven loosely tailored video-game movies may work and thus watched each Milla Jovovich Resident Evil film (wasn’t value it, however there was some unexpectedly neat cinematography once in a while!). Possibly you could have related proclivities. In that case, why not try what the heck type of story is on this narrative-focused prequel to the present Doom sequence?
5 hours into the sport, nonetheless, I actually couldn’t inform you what’s happening. The story appears to be extra enthusiastic about simply displaying issues occurring when what’s wanted is a little bit of clarification for the place the hell we even are. Or possibly it’s simply that the dialogue is so nebulous and uninteresting that it’s straightforward to take a look at. The excellent news, although, is that the core loop, which is a bit lengthy because it contains capturing, blocking, defend charging, defend throwing, and ammo-based melee strikes on prime of the glory kill stuff that 2016’s Doom launched, is enjoyable if not a bit of straightforward on Extremely Violence issue.
I do nonetheless need this story to shock me with no less than one compelling scene, some intelligent line of dialogue, maybe a little bit of humor or some neat worldbuilding, so hopefully I come throughout that this weekend. Or not. Recreation’s enjoyable both means! — Claire Jackson
