Doom Eternal Ratings: Amazing ultra-violence in the spirit of id Software

There are three days left before the release of Doom Eternal, but some journalists have already managed to play the new id Software shooter.

and shared their impressions.

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This time the developers have changed the good oldDoom formula. Now the Doom Slayer travels from level to level on his own ship. In addition, platforming elements have appeared in the locations themselves, so the hero will have to not only shoot at demons, but also jump on platforms and ledges.

The introduction of verticality also influenced combatsystem - the character received a hook with which he can be attracted to floating enemies. At the same time, the developers added weapon upgrades, complicated resource management on the battlefield, and increased the intensity of the shootings themselves.

Doom Eternal's Metacritic rating forPlayStation 4 stopped at 87 points. It is noteworthy that the PC version has already earned 90 points. The author of TheSixthAxis gave the project 100 points, calling it a masterpiece. The journalist listed the update of the formula of classic meat shooters, “a plot for fans” and music as the main advantages.

At the same time, the VG247 journalist found a couple of disadvantages,giving Doom Eternal 80 points. The author listed the mentioned platforming as a disadvantage, which turned out to be unintuitive and confusing for the player. In addition, the journalist encountered technical problems, for example, endless enemies that stopped appearing only after restarting the level. Once the Executioner even got stuck in the textures.

Doom Eternal ratings:

  • TheSixthAxis - 100
  • God is a Geek - 95
  • Push Square - 90
  • PSX Extreme - 90
  • Destructoid - 85
  • VG247 - 80
  • VGC - 80
  • Metro GameCentral - 80

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