Remember when Doom was SIMPLE?

[ecs34]

On 2/4/2020 at 5:41 AM, Foebane72 said:

I look at more and more gameplay footage of Doom Eternal and I don't like what I see, the gameplay mechanics look so complicated now, and the game has apparently taken ideas from other games as far back as Doom 2016, and as well as jumping puzzles that I never liked, there are now also timing puzzles, combat puzzles and extra mechanics like extended jumps, wall-climbing and those yellow bars that stick out, AND grappling hooks in shotguns? And most obnoxious of all, an attempt to build a LORE for the game when all the previous games were content to stick with a simple premise and simple instructions! No, I don't care much for these characters and storylines AT ALL.

 

Why did Doom have to get so complicated? There was a time when all you needed was a simple premise paragraph, directional keys and a single fire button, and you'd be set. Not even a frickin' jump key was needed!

 

This seems less like Doom and more like Doom In Name Only (DINO) to me, which is probably appropriate because I prefer older prehistoric games made before 2010 anyway. Call me a dinosaur if you like.

 

Doom Eternal looks pretty as hell, but that's just superficial gloss over a complicated game, far more complicated than it needs to me.

 

 

I don't think anyone is going to put a AAA budget for a 30 year old game design. That's what the indie market is for. And we have decades of Id games that follow that formula. 

Edited March 4, 2020 by ecs34

[TheNoob_Gamer]

13 hours ago, ecs34 said:

 

I don't think anyone is going to put a AAA budget for a 30 year old game design. That's what the indie market is for. And we have decades of Id games that follow that formula.

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Lol, the OP has agreed on stopping this argument, there really is no need to make this thread longer anymore.

 

Edited March 5, 2020 by TheNoob_Gamer

[Jayboe14]

On 2/11/2020 at 2:40 PM, NoXion said:

Most people seem intent on playing DE on the Ultra-Violence difficulty. I'm not too proud to admit that I'll be starting Eternal on Hurt Me Plenty, which will doubtless be more forgiving. I want to at least familiarise myself with the game's mechanics before I let it start kicking my ass.

Fair enough. I'm torn between playing on Ultra-Violence or Hurt Me Plenty.