Does anyone play arcade mode?

[Borealis]

I like getting high numbers on those stages but I feel like no one seems to ever talk about this gamemode for some reason

[Stahp]

I kinda like arcade mode, but you barely get something new compared to normal DOOM aside from scores and badges, if it was a wave based mode it would be intresting imo

[Borealis]

I just like getting high numbers and getting them cool red badges, but I feel like it's largely unpopular which sucks cuz it seems like it had a lot of potential

[Kristian Nebula]

I really love it, used to play it a lot few years ago. :) Stacking medals, triple-hit, stun, headshot is the way to go :)

[Shepardus]

I mostly played it because it gave you all the upgrades without having to look for stuff.

[TenenteZashu]

I've only played it for the achievement, which I still haven't unlocked

[RonnieJamesDiner]

I became obsessed with it for a short time, trying to get the highest scores I could on each of the levels. Sure, it doesn't offer much in the way of new content, but I really enjoyed the intense nature of it -- trying to get the highest score I possibly could seemed a lot more intense than anything the campaign offered, in my experience. Haven't touched it in a while though. At times I considered making a thread here on DW, to get a bit of friendly competition going to see who could hold the highest scores on each map, but I never did. 

[MFG38]

I only played Arcade Mode enough to get at least Bronze ratings on each map on Hurt Me Plenty. I'd say it gave me ~15-20 hours' worth of entertainment. I didn't care about making it to the top of the leaderboards, though - I rarely do with any game that has leaderboards.

[snapshot]

I spent a lot of time getting those gold medals in it shortly after it was released, I still remember trying to stay as fast as possible to keep the score multiplier as high as I can and get as many headshots as I can, really puts your reflexes and map knowledge skills to the test. Great stuff.

[QuaketallicA]

Well when I tried it out it deleted my entire save file on Nightmare difficulty, which really annoyed me. And when I tried it again much later, same thing happened. So I stay away from Arcade mode because of that major bug.

[Sotenga]

I only just yesterday reinstalled DOOM and finally got around to the arcade mode. And I'm going to sound like a colossal wuss, but having no checkpoints in a level (aside from extra lives) definitely makes things a good chunk more difficult. Then again, I'm incredibly rusty, but after biting it a few times, I've gotten back up to practice and bagged a gold medal on the second level. I could only manage a bronze on the first level, though, since you barely have any power-ups that early on. That's going to take a bit of practice to build up.

 

I don't know if I'll get gold for all levels, but I'm just glad to be playing this game again!

[Duke of Pathoris]

It's only really fun on the levels with limited exploration. Nothing feels worse than watching that multiplier drop from no action. I would much rather it if it were an endless survival mode like those old Skulltag wave maps.

[Hyacsho]

I recently got back into 2016, and it's fun, I feel I'm going to the Arcade to keep that energy going, maybe the classic maps?