The New DOOM Thread (2016)

[Astral Rag]

Doom's recent closed beta is about to widen its arms a little, with an open beta running from April 15th to 18th on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One that'll offer two game modes across two maps.

All of which seems like a fine time for Bethesda to announce its plans for Doom's Season Pass, which will take in three multiplayer packs, the first of which offers three new maps, a new weapon and playable demon alongside new armour, equipment, taunts and customisation colours. Packs can be purchased individually for £11.99, while the Season Pass will cost £29.99.

It's worth pointing out - as Bethesda does in its official press release - that Doom will also feature SnapMap, a level editor that's part of the base game. Which, given its release date of May 13th on all platforms, is coming up shockingly soon.

Because splitting up your playerbase is always a great idea.

Didn't fake ID claim that all DLC would be cosmetic only?

 

[GrainWetski]

Everything wrong with modern shooters in one awful package.

They should put that on the back of the digital box.

 

[Steve]

This guy is full of shit. Looking at his movement and crosshair placement its obvious he has never been half-decent in any FPS, certainly not top 30 in UK Quake scene like he claims.

Game still looks like garbage .

 

[Excidium II]

Maybe just touching D44M degenerates your ability.

 

[Lyric Suite]

This guy is full of shit. Looking at his movement and crosshair placement its obvious he has never been half-decent in any FPS, certainly not top 30 in UK Quake scene like he claims.

Game still looks like garbage .

Maybe that wasn't him playing and he just grabbed some random Quake 3 footage for his video.

The points he makes are still good. Not that any of us don't know this shit already but it is good for this kind of opinions to be out there in the mainstream.

 

[Excidium II]

Should not be hard to make a background check on him.

 

[Riskbreaker]

Didn't fake ID claim that all DLC would be cosmetic only?

They are well aware that there ain't no chance in hell that DUMB's MP will stay alive for long, so they'll try to milk some money from game's MP side while they still can.

 

[abija]

Did the WAB guy not disable blur (can you even disable it?) or he just had shit fps? Plenty of times when he turns fast you can't see nothing during the movement of the camera.
(also who cares about the movement or aim in the clips, the railgun being a weapon of skill and q2dm1 ramble is plenty of proof he wasn't ever very good)

 

[lightbane]

I like how so far the focus has not been about the single-player content, instead nearly everything it's been about the multi-player stuff. Why is that?

 

[Excidium II]

I like how so far the focus has not been about the single-player content, instead nearly everything it's been about the multi-player stuff. Why is that?

Because multiplayer drives more sales. Also it seems they have serious ESPORTS intentions so the public betas are important for tuning the game.

 

[Durandal]

casuals don't care about singleplayer unless its a cinematic immersive experience
there's not much cinematic immersive experiencing to be had about one guy on mars massacring hell

 

[Caim]

casuals don't care about singleplayer unless its a cinematic immersive experience
there's not much cinematic immersive experiencing to be had about one guy on mars massacring hell

Only if Doom: The Comic: The Game gets made.

DYNAMITE!

 

[pippin]

casuals don't care about singleplayer unless its a cinematic immersive experience
there's not much cinematic immersive experiencing to be had about one guy on mars massacring hell

Only if Doom: The Comic: The Game gets made.

DYNAMITE!

That shit is too extreme to be made into a videogame.

how do you translate R I P P I N' A N D T E A R I N' into gameplay?

 

[Belegarsson]

Did the WAB guy not disable blur (can you even disable it?) or he just had shit fps? Plenty of times when he turns fast you can't see nothing during the movement of the camera.
(also who cares about the movement or aim in the clips, the railgun being a weapon of skill and q2dm1 ramble is plenty of proof he wasn't ever very good)

Blur can't be disabled, only has "low", "medium" and "high" setting.

 

[sullynathan]

Worth a buywill forever be

 

[Cadmus]

worthabuy is a weirdo and has some weird complaints. One that I remember the most is how angry he got that the horse in TW3 can run along the road by itself because it's not realistic and it's a hand-holding, as if horses in real life were complete retards who would run into walls on their own.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Blur can't be disabled, only has "low", "medium" and "high" setting.

Bloody hell...

 

[Jackalope]

 

[Metro]

Worth a buywill forever be

Honestly you have no room to talk.

 

[Astral Rag]

inb4 Beth and Fake ID pull the plug on their disgraceful Q3A clone and release F2P Quake Live II a few years later, I can see it now:

 

[sullynathan]

Honestly you have no room to talk.

Go away metro.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

how do you translate R I P P I N' A N D T E A R I N' into gameplay?

Obviously you've never heard of Brutal Doom. It's the mod that this new game, DUUM, is based upon...except fake-iD thought it meant R I P P I N' A N D S T E A L I N' and went with that.

 

[Caim]

casuals don't care about singleplayer unless its a cinematic immersive experience
there's not much cinematic immersive experiencing to be had about one guy on mars massacring hell

Only if Doom: The Comic: The Game gets made.

DYNAMITE!

That shit is too extreme to be made into a videogame.

how do you translate R I P P I N' A N D T E A R I N' into gameplay?

Be able to RIP AND TEAR the HUGE GUTS of your enemies in real time, no QTE bullshit.

 

[Baron Dupek]

casuals don't care about singleplayer unless its a cinematic immersive experience
there's not much cinematic immersive experiencing to be had about one guy on mars massacring hell

Only if Doom: The Comic: The Game gets made.

DYNAMITE!

That shit is too extreme to be made into a videogame.

how do you translate R I P P I N' A N D T E A R I N' into gameplay?

Be able to RIP AND TEAR the HUGE GUTS of your enemies in real time, no QTE bullshit.

Real Time in FPSes and action games is passe, it's only acceptable in (tactocool) RPGs.

 

[tormund]

I like how so far the focus has not been about the single-player content, instead nearly everything it's been about the multi-player stuff. Why is that?

They were fully focused on SP early on, I think that they were themselves surprised by positive reaction to MP vids by journos and their target audience...