Doom Reviews

Doom is ranked in the 95th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
9 / 10.0
May 18, 2016

It may not be genre-defining like its progenitor but it's easily the best shooter on the current crop of consoles and one of the finest first person shooters of recent years.

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8 / 10
May 16, 2016

DOOM is an excellent and exceptionally fun first first-person shooter. That's all you need to know.

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90 / 100
May 26, 2016

I have little to complain about regarding the single-player campaign. It's a fun shooter that brings back aspects of classic design (like health packs and sprawling levels) that I didn't realize I missed so much.

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9 / 10.0
May 17, 2016

id Software knows what it's best at, and it works on honing that talent to a razor's edge. With Doom, id has delivered a highly polished, utterly shameless Hellbound hecatomb that confidently swaggers into the world with gaudy fervor. It's huge, it's preposterous, and it's absolutely bloody majestic.

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7.5 / 10.0
May 16, 2016

The 2016 Doom reboot shares more in common with the 1993 original than its 2004 sequel. But who cares when it cranks up the demon slaying to 11?

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Unscored
May 16, 2016

Propulsive, thrilling and breathless, DOOM is the triumph I never expected. I just can't see there being a better shooter this year, I really can't.

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90 / 100
May 23, 2016

It's strange to be this excited about the singleplayer portion of game from id Software, but here we are. While multiplayer doesn't scratch the itch the way something like Quake Arena once did, the power of Snap Map puts the power to fix that entirely in the hands of intrepid and creative players. Doom has resurrected not only a series, but an entire flavor of shooters. Welcome back, unapologetic high-speed murder — we missed you.

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May 17, 2016

The rebooted take on DOOM is a visually impressive and chaotically-paced affair that stands out amongst a sea of other FPS titles, but it's not without its monotonous moments.

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May 31, 2016

DOOM allows you to become the main character of your own personal gory action movie; the conductor of an unholy, death metal symphony. As you vault and explore vantage points, as you blast demons mid-air as you leap down and stomp on demonic brains.

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Telegraph
Top Critic
May 23, 2016

In Doom's first moments you break free from metal restraints with your bare hands before smashing a demon's head in against the edge of a stone table.

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9 / 10
Jul 2, 2016
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May 18, 2016

Temper your expectations, accept that you're essentially blasting cans off a fence, and Doom is, unexpectedly, the best shooter of 2016 so far.

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9.1 / 10.0
May 17, 2016

DOOM is back, and I couldn't be happier. Brutal, ultra-violent, hyper-kinetic and able to make the adrenaline go into circulation as it had not happened to me for a long time. The gameplay is built on the solid piles of its previous ones more than twenty years ago, suitably aging with elements now indispensable in 2016, but still intimately connected to a really inspired level design, and that traces a new path for the FPS genre.

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Buy
May 23, 2016

As Doom returns, will you want to go to hell, or just stay home?

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9 / 10.0
May 20, 2016

There can be no dispute that DOOM is back. The campaign brings the glory of the '90s screaming back with heavy metal, blood and guts. But the multiplayer mode feels confused and the Snapmap level editor needs to add some serious content for modders to play with. Regardless, DOOM's campaign is reason enough to dive back into Hell.

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Ken McKown
Top Critic
9.5 / 10.0
May 19, 2016

Doom is exactly what I wanted from a modern take on one of my favorite franchises. There is more than enough meat here to satisfy even the most jaded player.

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May 20, 2016

If you're a fan of fast-paced games, or you love classic shooters with great campaigns, you have to play Doom, period.

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9 / 10
May 18, 2016

DOOM may become repetitious near the end and doesn't take needed risks with mission variety, but it boasts some of the finest shooting mechanics and thoughtful levels we've seen in a first-person shooter in years, pushing it to the very fringes of excellence. The campaign's a head-banging, heavy metal hoot with a surprisingly good backstory, striking visuals, and two decent multiplayer-minded modes to back it up. We'd dare say this could be the Dark Souls of its genre, gripping you with its nonconformity while unleashing its own kind of glorious Hell upon you. However, where this illustration falls apart is how you can raise Hell in return, going on the power trip of a lifetime to rip and tear through legions of demons.

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Dave Aubrey
Top Critic
8.6 / 10.0
May 19, 2016

If you've been searching for a bombastic single player FPS, then you need not look any further than this new DOOM game. If you want a special multiplayer experience, though, DOOM doesn't deliver as well.

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9 / 10.0
May 18, 2016

A confident resurgence of one of the FPS genre's pioneering efforts; DOOM not only manages to boast perhaps the finest single-player campaign in the genre but also a blissfully entertaining multiplayer suite and map editor to boot. Make no mistake, this is DOOM 2.0 and it's one of the very best shooters you can buy on PS4 right now.

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