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Bulletzen72
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Finally finished this today with all the secrets and achievements. I had a great time! I enjoyed it more than Eternal, but I will give Eternal another go. On release Eternal never clicked with me, because I had Covid shit to deal with on release. I'm a social care worker so it was all a mess back then. No lockdown for me, so when Eternal was released I wasn't in the right frame of mind, and the first person platforming and resource management annoyed the shit out of me. This? Now? Great! It felt like Doom! The open spaces, the simple combat loop clicked with me.
At a point in the game you could see that this may have originally been a reimagining of Quake 1 OR, this is ID dipping their toes into doing a reboot of the original Quake (God I hope so)...Anyway. Good game, and I appreciate that ID did something different with each iteration of the recent Doom trilogy.
Now to try Doom Eternal again....I may use the Ranger skin though!
Man! I'm hungry for a new Quake!! Damn!
At a point in the game you could see that this may have originally been a reimagining of Quake 1 OR, this is ID dipping their toes into doing a reboot of the original Quake (God I hope so)...Anyway. Good game, and I appreciate that ID did something different with each iteration of the recent Doom trilogy.
Now to try Doom Eternal again....I may use the Ranger skin though!
Man! I'm hungry for a new Quake!! Damn!
vaibhavpisal
Member
Did you do second dragon mission?
As good as chapter 5 is, second one blows it out of water.
Sorry to say this but anyone criticising dragon missions in this game has lost their freaking mind.
Orbital2060
Member
Post game: can you exit to main menu after finding the secrets and upgrades you have left? Or do you have to complete the whole level for it to count?
Punished Miku
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Not yet. Haven't had any time to play lately. I'll get in a level or 2 today hopefullyDid you do second dragon mission?
As good as chapter 5 is, second one blows it out of water.
Sorry to say this but anyone criticising dragon missions in this game has lost their freaking mind.
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calistan
Member
Yes - option 1, that's what I've been doing. Finding the secrets and grinding the weapon challenges in easy areas, then going back to the menu.
yamaci17
Member
dragon parts are fine within the context of the story and scope of the battlesDid you do second dragon mission?
As good as chapter 5 is, second one blows it out of water.
Sorry to say this but anyone criticising dragon missions in this game has lost their freaking mind.
vaibhavpisal
Member
Chapter 14 is dragon mission.
Best chaper in the game IMO.
They work cause its not entirely about flying the dragon, they mix it up.
SpearHea.:D
Member
On the Last stage, when the E1M1 kicks in and you blast every fool and parry all there shots. Fuckin Nirvana. What a game
SpearHea.:D
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SpearHea.:D
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This game is bonkers, only thing i miss is glory kills. The parry mechanics are so good. Also the game is fast as fuck, who said its slow lol
Orbital2060
Member
Thanks! That makes it a bit easier.
Completed the game on UV, the last few chapters were great. I loved the string of boss fights in chapter 21. All of it was great, but it was a satisfying ending to the journey.
Orbital2060
Member
The Impaler wrecks Ahzrak in that match
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
It's probably unlikely but it would be nice to see the path tracing update shadowdropped during today's Xbox Showcase.
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phant0m
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It was fixed in update 1 that came out last week:
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Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
They didn't fix it.
Ton of posts online like me. Still would have to replay whole game.
Fuck id.
Orbital2060
Member
Sucks when shit like that happens
Connificent
Al Pachinko, Konami President
So I finally finished this bitch. Glad it was over. Its easily the worst of the trilogy.
calistan
Member
Weirdly, I got the berserker achievement when going back into an earlier level after finishing the game, despite not having all the shield upgrades. Had all the melee upgrades but not the last items on the first two shield runes.
Lucifers Beard
Member
On Chapter 19 and it's still a great time, but like some have said, I can only really play this in short bursts. That isn't a complaint to be clear because I really love how much it demands of me in each combat scenario and it feels fucking badass!
I'm not a huge fan of the events that happen with the Slayer at this point in the game, which I won't bother talking about due to spoilers. I'm looking forward to going back through some of my favourite levels on a lower difficulty (Nightmare at this point can be a fucking nightmare at times!) so I can finish all the weapon challenges.
I'm not a huge fan of the events that happen with the Slayer at this point in the game, which I won't bother talking about due to spoilers. I'm looking forward to going back through some of my favourite levels on a lower difficulty (Nightmare at this point can be a fucking nightmare at times!) so I can finish all the weapon challenges.
Orbital2060
Member
Maybe related to recent patch?
Maybe the update is a little bit too kind in unlocking the berserker achievement now
I wish Id started on a lower rank lol, the game is pretty big and I got stuck in several times just clearing it first time. Think Id have a better time learning the weapons and unlocking everything on an easier run. And then go for a narrower run on Nightmare to only upgrade the weapons I really need and not worry about finding secrets. Clearing on UV took me 40+ hours.
Im curious what your issue is with the Slayer on those levels, as I thought the whole twist at that point was super cool.
SpearHea.:D
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Finished it, loved it like all the doom games. 9.5/10
Fav. fps series for me. Bravo ID, you did it again.
Fav. fps series for me. Bravo ID, you did it again.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Tried:Maybe related to recent patch?
Maybe the update is a little bit too kind in unlocking the berserker achievement now
I wish Id started on a lower rank lol, the game is pretty big and I got stuck in several times just clearing it first time. Think Id have a better time learning the weapons and unlocking everything on an easier run. And then go for a narrower run on Nightmare to only upgrade the weapons I really need and not worry about finding secrets. Clearing on UV took me 40+ hours.
Im curious what your issue is with the Slayer on those levels, as I thought the whole twist at that point was super cool.
-reloading a save for final level
-tried an earlier level like chapter 17 to a check point and going to the shrine
-Tried starting a new save to pop my first upgrade
Maybe they fixed this achievement for Xbox players but not the trophy for PlayStation users.
Orbital2060
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Well that sucks even more if they still didnt fix it for PlayStation. I dont know the process behind it, and if its up to Sony to do something about it.
But I can say it worked for me the same way as
calistan
in that the berserker achievement got unlocked before I had all the upgrades. I double checked and the date on the berserker achievement was unlocked on the 7/6 and the melee part of it was unlocked on the 10/6, so they did a fix that just unlocked it for everyone I guess. Hopefully it will be sorted out soon!
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Still no word on the path tracing update??
March Climber
Gold Member
Decided to start this after finishing Oblivion Remake. I'm at Chapter 8 so far and I'm really enjoying the fact that the cutscenes are showing Doomguy/Doom Slayer as this relentless Terminator.
No words, just action and a simple directive: Eliminate all demons. He is a force of nature that people look at with slight intrigue and awe yet visible fear when he's headed in their direction. At the same time, the gameplay itself makes you earn that feeling.
It's a great balance that not many other franchises nail.
No words, just action and a simple directive: Eliminate all demons. He is a force of nature that people look at with slight intrigue and awe yet visible fear when he's headed in their direction. At the same time, the gameplay itself makes you earn that feeling.
It's a great balance that not many other franchises nail.
Punished Miku
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About ready to start Chapter 8. The Siege was awesome. Surprised how big some of the areas are. Reminded me of Halo almost.
sloppyjoe_gamer
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Even with the latest patch from days ago, HDR is a blurry ugly mess on PS5. They added some new HDR contrast slider which doesn't help at all. Even better, when you launch the game, the title screen is blurry, but if you go into the settings and adjust the FOV setting once, you can see the screen darken like the display brightness gets affected. So it appears that there is a bug (at least on PS5) that when the game launches, the HDR isn't even working at all until you go in the settings and adjust the FOV slider. What a fucking joke.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Hmmm haven't seen that trick posted. Will see on Friday when I get home if that works.
I hope they do another patch soon to fix the berserker trophy permanently. Seems to have only fixed the achievement side but not the trophy.
Would like some kind of leaderboard mode added too.
SpearHea.:D
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Loved this part. Spoilers
Donald mac Ronald
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Am I missing something with this game. Completed the first level and wasn't blown away.
Shotgun feels like there's no weight and more like the flak cannon from ut2004.
Nail gun thing thats a poor substitute for the machine gun.
Enemies don't look any better than eternal and worse in some came which is bizzare considering the performance difference (eternal runs at 144 FPS for me).
I put it on hell or whatever hard/very hard is. Yeah you can take a ton of damage very fast and easily but the areas are huge and it's easy to block and parry. Gameplay feels like a downgrade to eternal.
Shotgun feels like there's no weight and more like the flak cannon from ut2004.
Nail gun thing thats a poor substitute for the machine gun.
Enemies don't look any better than eternal and worse in some came which is bizzare considering the performance difference (eternal runs at 144 FPS for me).
I put it on hell or whatever hard/very hard is. Yeah you can take a ton of damage very fast and easily but the areas are huge and it's easy to block and parry. Gameplay feels like a downgrade to eternal.
yamaci17
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first level is only 5% of the game's potential
if the parry felt too easy, try to reduce the parry window (one at a time if you want, or just go all the way)
the first starter shotgun is a bit lackluster yes, but you will later get the super shotgun. that actually plays great
game picks up the pace around chapter 8 so i'd say give it a bit more chance
amigastar
Member
I actually dislike the nail gun. It's not very satisfying to use.
Game is different than Eternal and thats good. Maybe you will enjoy later levels.
Ulysses 31
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Laced Records releasing the soundtrack on Vinyl.
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Orbital2060
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About the chain shot - does it not have an alternate class weapon? I just noticed its the only class where Im missing one of the guns.
manfestival
Member
Yeah that is the first track playing this game that I have heard that really sounds solid. Granted I havent examined any of the ingame tracks but playing the game and half way through at the moment.
Punished Miku
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On chapter 10. It just keeps getting better. Really enjoying it. There really isn't another FPS I can think of with these kinds of mechanics. Fun to pull off stuff like shield dash into the fat guys and instantly shotgun, counter their pushback and instantly shotgun again. Shield saw toss and quickly retract with LT for more rapid use. Cant believe there's still 12 levels to go.
amigastar
Member
Yeah, the games mechanics are very good thought out. Its not the boring standard fps but an shooter with arcady mechanics.
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Biff
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Finished it tonight.
Overall I'd rank the series as: Doom 2016 >>> Dark Ages > Eternal.
Funnily enough, the part about Dark Ages that I was most hyped about ended up being its weakest point: map size. The forced backtracking to unlock secret doors after you find the secret key towards the end of the level was really not fun when the levels were so big. I probably would have enjoyed the game way more if I didn't play to find all the secrets. Unfortunately have to mark that as a ding against the game's design.
I did like the dragon and titan intermissions. Nice breath of fresh air in between the slayer segments.
22 levels was a perfect amount.
Soundtrack was killer as always.
Good effort and I commend them for trying something new with the shield mechanic, which ended up being a strong enough gimmick to form the entire game around. If that gimmick failed the game would have really sucked lol. Thankfully we'll never have to know!
Overall I'd rank the series as: Doom 2016 >>> Dark Ages > Eternal.
Funnily enough, the part about Dark Ages that I was most hyped about ended up being its weakest point: map size. The forced backtracking to unlock secret doors after you find the secret key towards the end of the level was really not fun when the levels were so big. I probably would have enjoyed the game way more if I didn't play to find all the secrets. Unfortunately have to mark that as a ding against the game's design.
I did like the dragon and titan intermissions. Nice breath of fresh air in between the slayer segments.
22 levels was a perfect amount.
Soundtrack was killer as always.
Good effort and I commend them for trying something new with the shield mechanic, which ended up being a strong enough gimmick to form the entire game around. If that gimmick failed the game would have really sucked lol. Thankfully we'll never have to know!
yamaci17
Member
you will be in a bigger shock when you find out last 12 levels are much longer than the first 10 levels. and you're correct, this game has no equal. for that alone i have great respect for devs here
nope you don't get alternate weapon for this class. we may get it in upcoming DLCs or something. that is what people here think at least
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March Climber
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I am a few missions away from the end of the main campaign, and my impression of this game is as follows:
Doom: The Dark Ages feels like Doom 64-part 2 from an alternate universe where it replaced Doom 3 for the Xbox/Xbox 360.
At first it took me a minute to get used to this, but once it started to click, along with the gameplay, I realized I was playing a game that would have fit perfectly on the first two Xbox consoles as a pre-CoD 4 experience, right next to the series of both Halo and Unreal Championship (The Xbox Unreal games).
If it had come out back then, I could definitely see this leading to Doom 2016 on Xbone/PS4, which is supposed to be the direct sequel. The speed of 2016, comparatively, would match a post-CoD 4 timeline.
It makes me wonder if they purposefully made the open level design and slightly slower/defensively paced game design like this, to almost fully mimic a game that would have released back then and eventually led to Doom 2016.
I would need to see more dev diaries about this, but if so it is a fascinating concept to execute on in such a way.
Doom: The Dark Ages feels like Doom 64-part 2 from an alternate universe where it replaced Doom 3 for the Xbox/Xbox 360.
At first it took me a minute to get used to this, but once it started to click, along with the gameplay, I realized I was playing a game that would have fit perfectly on the first two Xbox consoles as a pre-CoD 4 experience, right next to the series of both Halo and Unreal Championship (The Xbox Unreal games).
If it had come out back then, I could definitely see this leading to Doom 2016 on Xbone/PS4, which is supposed to be the direct sequel. The speed of 2016, comparatively, would match a post-CoD 4 timeline.
It makes me wonder if they purposefully made the open level design and slightly slower/defensively paced game design like this, to almost fully mimic a game that would have released back then and eventually led to Doom 2016.
I would need to see more dev diaries about this, but if so it is a fascinating concept to execute on in such a way.
Orbital2060
Member
Ok thats interesting, nice find! I guess its related to the cosmic realm like the chainshot? It looks like it does.
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Mattyp
Not the YouTuber
Really starting to get some solid time into this now, playing at 130% speed this game is nearly too fast honestly.
I cranked it when people were complaining it was slow but it's nothing but. One of the best FPS in years, not what I was expecting at all but feels definitely fresh.
I cranked it when people were complaining it was slow but it's nothing but. One of the best FPS in years, not what I was expecting at all but feels definitely fresh.
vaibhavpisal
Member
At 100% speed I was grasping some chapter 15 onwards.
At higher difficulties, you have to be quick on your feet or else will get wrecked in seconds.