Doom Reviews
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.
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.
As Doom returns, will you want to go to hell, or just stay home?
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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Exaggerated, violent, ruthless. Bethesda and idSoftware took the essence of the shooters you played in the 90s and rewrote it with a modern language. DOOM is an unstoppable FPS, with a bloodthirsty single player campaing and a solid Multiplayer, unfortunately showing some balancing problems.
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Doom is back and true to the original. If you want to play the best FPS in years, you owe it to yourself to go to Hell (on Mars).
What "Doom" gets noticeably right is its pacing. The ebb and flow of combat is as balanced as a keystone.
Doom (2016) is a great addition to an oversaturated genre thanks to an excellent campaign, a polished old-school shooting experience and a creative SnapMap mode. Admittedly, the multiplayer, while competent, pales in comparison to the single-player experience. For Doom fans and newcomers looking for a different experience from today's typical shooters, however, this game's back-to-the-basics approach is devilishly fun.
Developer id Software is able to hit players hard and fast with gameplay that calls back to an era that many may think was left in the past. However, DOOM instead brings the past roaring back to life, and for once makes the phrase "go to Hell" seem like an invitation more than anything else.
DOOM is unrepentantly old school. It's gore porn to the max, a ballet of bullets and blood that I can't get enough of. Satisfyingly brutal, solid and most importantly, fun.
Defying the odds, id Software has made DOOM not only a relevant series in 2016, but a great one. They've also managed to create three distinct modes that all have their own appeal and feel to them. It's an amazing package, and one that I'll continue to come back to.
This is the Doom you've been waiting for, packed with gruesome, unrelenting action, gore and one of the finest monster menageries in gaming.
Doom is a near-perfect return to form
When it comes down to it, the new Doom is superbly fun. While there are nods to the previous games in the series, there are times where it does not "feel" like a Doom game. That does not deter from the overall experience. The game is gorgeous, sounds great, and offers reasons to come back and play.
Intelligent, fresh and endlessly enjoyable, Doom is more than a tribute to its beloved progenitor. Taken in its own right, this is the most finely crafted, technically impressive pure shooter in over a decade, proving that id Software, even after 26 years, is an adept, sophisticated game-maker.
DOOM is a fast-paced and balls-to-the-wall symphony of carnage. It's gory, action-packed and holds no punches, and is successful because it puts fun first.
Doom is a brilliant homage to the spirit, and hellish gore, of old PC shooters.
There's no Doom and gloom here; this new game is a hell of a good time.
Doom's triumphant return to hell makes old school the new hotness