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I went to play Doom's open beta today and it is done.

Damnit!

 

I was having fun actually with most of the game.

 

CONS: Loadouts are stupid. They don't belong in fucking doom. Doom needs weapons and a fast paced non-twitchy kill that fool mentality. That's all. You take your gun and you murder people and the gun is big.

You don't need all these convoluted bullshit load-outs. It is highly unnecessary and takes away from the candor of Doom.

 

The Revenant's look amazing with ID tech 6. That engine is very impressive and you can see full remanants of what Jon Carmack built when he was with ID. We have to remember "children of the reads" that Doom was from ID not Bethesda. So yeah, Bethesda will have their take on it.

 

Unfortunately, the Revenant is just a cough of a powerup. The powerups in the game are just fine. 'Ya got your armour that is blue, your health that is blue. Or was it the other way around. Either way you have armour and health. That is fine. That is Doom. You have some sweet weapons . Check!

Seriously, the super shotgun blows faces off and why shouldn't it? The Rocket Launcher doesn't take into account splash and I find it harder to rocket jump. I love the engine it is brilliant. Not just that but the lighting bounces from different places and the darkness feels bloody and dark. And dare I say the atmosphere feels Doom and demonic. That is the essence of Doom. Demons!

 

Team deathmatch is a relatively fun mode. I often tried to kill as many as I could. The king of the hill game type is also very fun. It is a different dynamic to it. That makes me happy.

 

People complained about the speed. But ya know what. It is not that slow. That's just people bitching about speed. If you want speed play Unreal or Quake. Doom was never known for its speed or at least I don't think so. Unreal 2k4 and other Unreals aside from Quake Arena are the fastest lightning neck games I have ever played.

 

Overall, too--the customization is gorgeous. Customizing gun colors: For instance I had a green super shotty that looked rusted. I wanted my Doom guy to be all green. But I did mess with the color palate a lot. Which I think is good because it behooves you to have variety with your Doom guy.

 

So far from the open beta it is a 7/10

 

But I guarentee that the campaign will bring you back to Doom. From what I have seen it is good reason for myself and many others that Doom is going back to its roots. ID and Bethesda are extremely capable of delivering a hellish nightmare we all experienced in the nineties. What's not to love about killing demons in full bloody gore. The answer is nothing. Because Doom 1 and 2 seminally changed video games for ever. Whelp! There was Wolfenstein which was Doom's grandfather. But Doom being the child that it is will get all the attention. AND I CANNOT WAIT!

 

Bring on Doom Guy I want to mercilessly kill some demons. Cyber Demon I am coming to kill your ass once again!