Thankfully, Doom Eternal is really fun to play. The tone wouldn’t work if Doom Eternal wasn’t fun to play.

The music, aesthetic, and gameplay all come together to create something weird and special. The first time I punched a demon on the top of the head only to have his neck collapse into his chest, I giggled. It’s violent, but the violence is so over-the-top that it feels like a cartoon. The game’s opening moments do an incredible job setting the tone - you’ll feel like a superhero stuck in a horror film. This floating castle is a grim hub from which Doomguy launches his assault on the forces of Hell as they invade Earth. Doom Eternal feels like Doom perfected - it knows what made the original so good and it refines that, adding just enough spice in the process.ĭoom Eternal finds the Doomguy (they really call him that) floating above a hell-ridden Earth inside his Doom Fortress (they really call it that). But when they announced Doom Eternal, I worried that adding too much to the formula would spoil the fun. I grew up playing 1993’s bloody first-person shooter, and didn’t think a retread could recapture the magic.

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