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DOOM ETERNAL Bitesize Review

Gameplay
☑ Another world!
☐ Captivating
☐ Average
☐ Dissapointing/ Underwhelming
☐ A Boring experience
Graphics
☑ Masterpiece
☐ Beautiful
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Minecraft
Music
☑ Your Ears will thank you! Mick Gordon AND Andrew Hulshult!!!
☐ Impressive
☐ Average
☐ Bad
☐ Better to just put on music..
Targeted Audience
☐ Everyone (except vegans)
☐ Little Sh*ts
☐ Teens
☑ Epic Adult Gamers
PC Required
☐ Potato
☐ Average PC
☐ Entry Level Gaming PC
☑ Mid-High level Gaming PC
☐ A PC to run this game well hasnt even been created yet..
Story
☑ Doesnt have it/need it (I personally hated the story. Doom isnt about space operas and deep lore. Just give me some juicy arenas!)
☐ Minimal
☑ Some weird writing choices
☐ Average
☐ Fantastic
☐ Invests you throughout the game!
Difficulty
☐ Game Journalist friendly
☐ Average
☐ Challenging
☑ Difficult (I played Ultra Violence/UV on my first playthrough. Loved it but I recommend Nightmare for people that are more skilled/confident at FPS games, less room for mistakes and greater satisfaction when you beat an arena!)
☐ Prepare for Rage
Grind
☐ Nothing
☐ Isnt necessary to progress
☑ A bit grindy (Seasonal Events, Skins, Backgrounds, Demon animations and all sorts of BS cosmetics for multiplayer. ALL are optional thank goodness)
☐ Insanity, Dont waste your time
Game Time
☐ Long enough for a lunch break..
☐ Average
☐ Long (for a game of its genre)
☑ Practically Endless! (Base Campaign plus the 2 DLCs give you at least 60 Hours in my opinion, assuming you are savouring the combat and finding secrets.)
Price
☐ What price? (Free)
☑ Worth the price (Once they added horde mode, It definetely earned the price that it charges!)
☐ Wait for sale
☐ Dont waste your hard earned cash!
Micro-Transactions?
☐ None to be seen! Thank you Bethesda!
☑ A minimal amount of Cosmetic items can be bought (optional skins for weapons, Slayer and demons. Mainly targeted towards Battlemode players.)
☐ A degree of pressure is put on the player to buy Items ingame
☐ Good luck enjoying the game without buying stuff..
☐ Its literally EA
Bugs
☐ None
☑ Minor bugs (Veeery Minor, mostly visual)
☐ You experience them semi-reguarly
☐ Bugs ruin gameplay
☐ Fallout 76/ Cyberpunk 2077
Overall Rating: 10/10
If you thought Doom 2016 was an intense experience, you have no idea what awaits you in this game. It cranks up the Violence, Music, Demons, Arenas, Mechanics, Missions, Nostalgia, Customisation and Characters from DOOM 2016, seriously this game will make you feel mentally tired after a few missions. It asks a lot from the player but holy hell (literally) is it an amazing feeling to jump across the arena and Meat-hook/Grapple into a Tyrant's Face before blasting chunks off of him with your super shotgun!
There are so many ways to kill Demons in this game its incredible. Dont be fooled by the Run and gun nature that this game might give off in the first few levels. the Combat is actually EXTREMELY Deep and requires knowledge, Practise and confidence in all the weapons in your arsenal. Different enemies have different weaknesses to certain guns and finding out those weaknesses through playing is so much fun. It is really a thinking man's shooter at times.
Cant recommend it enough. Though I would strongly advise that you avoid Battlemode as its just too toxic and unbalanced to enjoy. (At least in my experience) The real guts of the game lies within the Single player Campaigns. And once you have mastered those (30-60 hours later...), Horde mode is for you!
It goes without saying, that there is loads of content on offer here. That is, if you can survive the onslaught of mortally challenged!
"You cant just shoot a hole into the surface of mars.." - Samuel Hayden
-Kyle