The New DOOM Thread (2016)

[Metro]

Doom 3 was mediocre at best. AAA design has only gotten worse in ten years.

 

[Akratus]

But I had high hopes for the new one.

 

[Morgoth]

 

[pakoito]

Muh 60 FoV

 

[m_s0]

It's as if they keep accidentally showing off that version they allegedly scrapped because it was a slow piece of CoD-influenced shit instead of the awesome new version they keep hyping.

 

[Excidium II]

Muh 60 FoV

and 1/4 of the screen covered by your weapon.

 

[pakoito]

And the numerical values for damage

 

[Excidium II]

And the numerical values for damage

Yes it's like they try as hard as possible to obfuscate the action.

 

[pakoito]

Feels more like a kid's playground to me. Look at us on the virtual world shooting at each other OH BABY A HEADSHOT.

 

[Astral Rag]

 

[Mustawd]

looks dumb

 

[Riskbreaker]

Looks like... well, like a tacked-on multiplayer for a console-centric shooter. Which is pretty much what it is.

Tho, folks from Bethesda claim how this is some glorious fast-paced "old school" multiplayer action, and YT folks apparently agree:

Can't tell whether it's Doom or Quake.

I'm getting some Unreal Tournament vibes from this shyt.

Finally some Quake/Unreal style Multiplayer.

This will become an eSports game. Mark my words

Conclusion: my mind must be clouded, my eyes half-rotten, so that what I see on that video cannot be further away from what is really there!

 

[Stompa]

Clearly translocator makes it Unreal style.

 

[Astral Rag]

Can't tell whether it's Doom or Quake.

Spoiler

 

[lightbane]

So only 2 minutes of gameplay in a 3 minutes video. Better than expected. Also, is that a Shock Rifle from UT?

 

[Excidium II]

So only 2 minutes of gameplay in a 3 minutes video. Better than expected. Also, is that a Shock Rifle from UT?

it's the plasma gun.

 

[Naveen]

This is in no way "old school", but it's better than I expected. Has more vertical gameplay than most console shooters and player speed is not PC level but at least I have not seen any "sprint but you can't shoot" stupidity. It's still dull and I doubt I'd play it much, but it isn't CoD-level of dullness.

 

[T. Reich]

It doesn't look nearly as bad as I expected (except the retarded revenant morph part, it's as derpy as it gets). And it looks way better that single-player vids.
But it still doesn't cut it, not nearly as good as the old stuff ,sadly.

 

[tormund]

I'm failing to see anything appealing there.

This was pretty much my own first thought...

 

[Immortal]

Dooty is right

Spoiler

 

[sexbad?]

I got into the alpha, and the first session starts tomorrow and lasts over the weekend. There is an NDA that gets you kicked out of the alpha/beta if you do videos, but it doesn't say anything specifically about writing about the game (it just mentions "content"). I am popular enough that they will be able to track me down if I post videos, so I won't post any unless I get entirely fed up when playing it. I will post about it, however, and answer questions you might give me about it.

 

[Immortal]

I got into the alpha, and the first session starts tomorrow and lasts over the weekend. There is an NDA that gets you kicked out of the alpha/beta if you do videos, but it doesn't say anything specifically about writing about the game (it just mentions "content"). I am popular enough that they will be able to track me down if I post videos, so I won't post any unless I get entirely fed up when playing it. I will post about it, however, and answer questions you might give me about it.

Is it as shitty as it looks?

 

[Durandal]

I can barely hear the announcer, he's completely underwhelming compared to the UT and Quake announcer.
Gameplay looks more cowadoody 'winners shoot first'-centric rather than outskilling your opponent in a match of hitting eachother with rockets while moving around like dogs on acid trying to use the level layout to their fullest advantage. The maps in the video don't look that memorable, and the layout from what I've seen is kind of boring. Everything about it seems like it's trying to mix the old-school feeling of arena shooters with the medkits, pickups, announcer, and arena-styled map layout, with the instant gratification of modern shooters using all the hitmarkers, message pop-ups, gory cinematic kills, and a lower skill ceiling, creating some unholy abomination that rather resembles Brutal Halo/Quake 4.
If I showed this to anyone playing Doom in the 90's and told them this was Doom 4, they'd probably think it was Unreal Tournament or Quake.

Also I wish they'd stop with the constant flashing black frames in their trailer, it almost gives me epilepsy.

 

[sexbad?]

Ohh, the NDA also prohibits commenting on anything.

 

[vaultboy101]

Hi! I'm vaultboy101, and I'm here to tell you all about the closed alpha. I will provide information regarding my experience when our corporate overlords allow me to start playing. Maybe I will even see sexbad? in-game.