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Doom 2016 vs Doom Eternal vs Doom: The Dark Ages

Which of the modern Doom trilogy is your favorite?

  • Doom 2016

    Votes: 245 64.1%
  • Doom Eternal

    Votes: 101 26.4%
  • Doom: The Dark Ages

    Votes: 36 9.4%

  • Total voters
    382
It's a great game isn't it, can't emphasize enough how good TDA is.
yeah! fucking great, I regret not buying it sooner, I don't remember having so much fun with a 1st person shooter in a long time!
the combat is awesome! I love the fact that there's a lot of exploration to do!
this would be my game of the year if it came out this year ehhe
 
Poll results pretty much align with the order I enjoyed them. I enjoyed all 3, but 2016 > Eternal > Dark Ages. It feels like a gradual decline. I ended 2016 thinking "That was a GOTY contender". I left Dark Ages thinking "That was enjoyable, but glad I played it on Game Pass"
 
I think I would rate both 2016 and Eternal about the same, these were almost perfect shooters.

2016 was such a breath of fresh air when it launched, fast paced, extremely fun, a bit of challenge.

Eternal, this has the fans divided, I understand some of the complaints. It was a natural evolution of 2016's gameplay and they tried making the player use all the game has to offer.
The challenge was amazing as well, playing on normal, every fight was exhilarating, the DLCs kicked my ass a bit.
The real negatives for me are that it has too much platforming for a shooter and a DOOM game and also a bit too much story, 2016's minimalistic one was perfection.

TDA, I don't even want to replay this game, a dumbed down hybrid of action and shooter with matching colors for blocking, just mashing block and melee, rinse and repeat.
Sure it's sort of fun in a challengeless kind of way, it looks good, spectacular scenes and moments and ideas, but ultimately for me a letdown, not necessarily a bad game.
 
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