DOOM Eternal Reviews

DOOM Eternal is ranked in the 99th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
No Recommendation / Blank
Mar 17, 2020

An even faster and bloodier but slightly wayward follow-up to a thunderous shooter reboot.

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94 / 100
Mar 17, 2020

Doom Eternal is a ceaseless, panicked nightmare that pushes you to point and click with more skill and style than ever before.

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Ryan McCaffrey
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Mar 17, 2020

Doom Eternal is one of the best first-person shooter campaigns in years. Its brand of fun remains unmatched in FPSes.

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9.5 / 10.0
Mar 17, 2020

Vaster, magnetic and more brutal than ever, DOOM Eternal is a hymn to the frenzy that perfects the reboot formula, extending it beyond measure. Unmissable.

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Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
8 / 10
Mar 17, 2020

A significant improvement on the reboot and while there are still a few flaws the core combat is some of the best in any first person shooter this generation.

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Mar 17, 2020

Doom Eternal is a smart iteration of what came before it that occasionally stumbles under its own desire to evolve

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9.5 / 10.0
Mar 27, 2020
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9.3 / 10.0
Mar 18, 2020

The 2016 game now looks like a primer for a much more elaborate battle against the forces of hell

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Polygon
Top Critic
Unscored
Mar 17, 2020

Doom Eternal’s power fantasy is funny, playful, and a welcome break

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8 / 10
Mar 17, 2020

Doom Eternal intensifies the battles with Hell's hordes by requiring you to constantly calculate the best ways to rip, tear, and stay alive.

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Unscored
Mar 24, 2020

The ripping and tearing is as good as it has ever been.

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Apr 10, 2020

It may not reach the sublime heights of its predecessor, but Doom Eternal is bursting at the seams with hellacious action.

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Mar 17, 2020

Doom Eternal mostly manages to avoid the bloat that plagues other sequels, but it also roughs up that perfect pacing with more lore, sometimes muddy platforming, and more collectibles to find.

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8.5 / 10.0
Mar 17, 2020

Doom Eternal keeps the strong foundation built back in 2016 intact, while adding some of its own panache in the process. I think we can officially declare that the last iteration wasn't just a lone fluke, and that Doom is back in the shooter spotlight where it belongs.

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Mar 17, 2020

The Doom Slayer has faced many nightmarish opponents and toppled them all, yet his greatest victory might be slaying the impossibly high expectations set by his genre-defining precursors.

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10 / 10
Mar 17, 2020

Doom Eternal doesn't just set the bar, it breaks it. Many of the best games of the FPS genre do what has already been done, and can do it really, really well, but Doom Eternal does what no other game has done before, crafting a fast-paced power fantasy that sets your brain cells on fire. It's an addictive exploration of the mythic Doomslayer character that delivers hours of blood-drenched fun, dozens of memorable collectibles, and a fan-pleasing story book-ended with gorgeous worlds and unforgettable music. Doom Eternal is a ripping, tearing masterpiece.

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8 / 10.0
Mar 17, 2020

DOOM returns to offer us another installment loaded with wonderful and vertical battles full of rawness and to rhythm of heavy metal. Although they have impressed us again in the shooter aspect, DOOM Eternal adds more content to the game, as well as parts of the platform, which we do not see clearly its contribution and make us miss the simplicity of this franchise.

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92 / 100
Mar 17, 2020

DOOM Eternal is an example of how to make a great sequel. Doesn't break with the 2016 game and allows us to embody a character that is a demon killer. It makes us feel powerful and is one of the most brutal games we've enjoyed in a long time.

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90 / 100
Mar 26, 2020

When everything works, DOOM Eternal on Stadia works like in the rest of platforms. That is something that depends, mostly, of your ISP connection. During our test we didn't experienced input lag or video artifact, and even if it isn't native 4K, it moves like a charm. Mice and keyboard control (as is with the pad) also responds without problems.

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8 / 10
Mar 17, 2020

As a whole, Doom Eternal is a solid game, and a great sequel.

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