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Veknoid_Outcast said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Good, I mean isn't this what we hated about Destiny? A game just padded out with enemies.

So thus far I've just been confused by the hype.

I was ready to write it off up to level five. It just felt flat. Then, starting in six, the pacing gets better, level design gets better, the story kind of fades from memory. It almost becomes a different game. 

It's still not outstanding but it does get better.

That's good to hear. Im stalled after finishing level 6 because it was getting a bit tedious. This has motivated me to pick it up again. 

Still I think this game is a bit less than an 86. However id say it's getting bonus points for being so different to the other shooters these days 



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Great campaign for sure but the multiplayer is the worst I've played in recent years to a point where I largely find Titanfall and Overwatch MP to be more fun and challenging. The snap map system is very limited which means there isn't much you can do along with no mod support which means the only saving grace for me with DOOM is it's SP.



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Oh sweet! I'm now just torn on what to get it on! Got a GTX970. Will it be better on that out PS4 or XB1?



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It's more than 85, and less than 87.



MikeRox said:
Oh sweet! I'm now just torn on what to get it on! Got a GTX970. Will it be better on that out PS4 or XB1?

PS4 to a degree slightly on the visual side, but both play at 60fps with slight dips. I;d honestly just grab it for your 970 which should handle it perfectly fine. 



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Should be alot higher. Only downfall is the MP which is nothing more then a cheap carbon copy of Halo 5s. Great campaign and so far the best game iv played this year.



CrazyGPU said:

DOOM got up to 86 on Metacritic. Pretty good for a shooter! I mean, at the same level of Ratchet and Clanck and only a couple of points away from Dark Souls 3. I dont have it yet, but is it that good? Anyone that played it there that wants to comment?

Huh? There's plenty of shooters that get great metascores. The fact that several shooters with high expectations over the last year or two have turned out to be disappointments and that a lot of people seem to be getting tired of CoD (despite it still selling millions) should not in any way lead to a conclusion that good shooters get crapped on by reviewers.



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Mr Puggsly said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

Things definitely get better beginning with level six. There are fewer of those awful gore nest rooms that lock you in a chamber until you defeat all the bad guys.

Good, I mean isn't this what we hated about Destiny? A game just padded out with enemies.

So thus far I've just been confused by the hype.

No.  What was hated about Destiny in its launch state was that it's lore and story were vapid, the AI was incredibly basic cover shooter fair, most powerful enemies were just bullet sponges with no unique tactics or even unique weapons half the time, your own weapons were cool looking but ultimately not that satisfying, level design was simple both in and out of arenas.  But all that was just a part when the real kick to the balls was that the main driving force, the end goal of the game was the looting.  And the devs *knew* that and made the loot system randomness on top of randomness to arbitrarily pad the games length, forcing you to likely play twice as long to achieve your goals in that regard.  More importantly, Destiny had spent a long time misleading people with assurances of a great story, a loot system and gear that would showcase and reward your skill not your luck, etc.  And that is what made people so upset there. 

Doom's story is better though still not amazing, the enemies all have different behaviors and some are incredibly fast, aggressive and tricky, powerful enemies do behave differently and require alertness and skill, weapons are more fulfilling (you can get a TRIPPLE MINIGUN and an attachment that lets you fire mini missiles out of your assault rifle like Ironman), and the maze like levels offer you exploration opportunities and secrets as well as arenas where traversal is actually part of the combat and you aren't just surrounded by chest high walls.

Note, I am not saying that it's for you or that you *should* like it and if you don't you're wrong.  Cause not everyone is going to like it and that's completely fine.  Just explaining what it is and what it does vs what Destiny did that  caused all the trouble.  DOOM is about and focused on high speed, agressive combat. If that's not enough for you then...well the game just isn't for you.  And that's fine.  That happens. 



In hard mode is really changelling sometimes, i cannot wait to play on ultraviolence and Nightmare.



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Naufraguito said:
In hard mode is really changelling sometimes, i cannot wait to play on ultraviolence and Nightmare.

I made it to mission 3 on Ultra-Nightmare. Once I died and start the game from the begginging again, I was like, fuck it lol.