LGR - Doom 2016 Review

Commentary and gameplay on the fourth main Doom game, released in 2016 by Bethesda Softworks! Taking a look at the main campaign, multiplayer, SnapMap features and so on.

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Music used is from the Doom 2016 OST

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DOOM 2016

"I'M SO AWESOME, LOOK AT THE SIZE OF MY NUTS"

thats a quote for the box if i've ever seen one

[RevolverRez]

I love how Doomguy himself just doesn't care about the plot. He smashes monitors telling the story, ignores most advice and just destroys important machines and objects. It gives him personality without needing to give him any dialogue and makes fun of Doom having a story to begin with.

[obsoletegeek]

Damn, I'm definitely going to need a math co-processor to run this

[bryanadkins]

It's still weird to me how people can consider the demons in the original Doom to be intimidating or scary. They stopped being scary to me after I learned that shotguns were a viable means of exorcism.

One thing I do like is that they subtly characterize doomguy in this game.

[MalarkeyTVdotcom]

Time to reboot Minesweeper with an RPG stats system

[TheGazorpatron]

"This makes the chainsaw a much more calculated move"

*proceeds to kill 4 bottom level enemies with it in a row*

[MightyJabbasCollection]

There's an ad for the movie "The BFG" next to this on YouTube. Coincidence?

[Blurgleflargle]

Have to agree on the visual design. The Mars parts look pretty damn good in my opinion, especially when things get gory, but the Hell levels are disappointingly tame and toothless. I was hoping for a surreal mess of Escherian architecture and sky-high piles of maimed corpses, worthy of a death metal album cover. Instead what we got was a drab, Darksiders-style Saturday morning cartoon netherworld with oversized bones and skulls.

But that and a few other minor complaints aside, I bloody love this game. In fact, I'd argue that out of all the modern arcade shooters it is the best I have played so far. The Shadow Warrior remake was entertaining, but it honestly feels cluttered and almost clunky when put next to DOOM's focused and condensed shooting and movement mechanics.

[Armadurapersonal]

I remember there was a Doom RPG game for old cellphones where the plot was pretty good and convincing.

[TylerMBuller]

Doom 2016 is the best fps I've played in a very long time. Personally I feel it should of been goty instead of overwatch. It's just such a fun well designed game.

[_video]

I mained the super shotgun in this game. Sure, when you had the Faster Reload and Uranium Coating power-ups it became a bit more powerful, but when you gave it the Double Trouble power-up, you became unstoppable. I'd shoot rapidly with really quick reloads, applying the maximum amount of damage within seconds.

Best gun ever.

[TheGrayMysterious]

To me, the complete jettison of the horror elements kinda fits as an escalation of the player's experiences throughout the series. You were intimidated in Doom and Doom II, terrified (maybe) in Doom 3, but now you've been through this so many times you're not even remotely afraid anymore in Doom 2016 and the forthcoming Doom Eternal. It's kind of like growing up; the things that terrified you as a child aren't so scary anymore now that you're grown up and mature, and you're ready to fight back for real now.

[Scarfulhu]

Pretty much sums up my feelings. I tried some SnapMap stuff earlier today and it seemed a little basic to me. At least... what people have done so far with it. Most levels there feel like amateurish maps for Half Life 1. The lack of actual modding tools is definitely going to decrease the longevity of the game, unfortunately.

But still... the single player is awesome and fun. Exactly what I need to fill the gap until Overwatch.

[dosbomb]

Dude! that's a Commander Keen helmet at 6:02! Love the Easter eggs they sneak in here, I wonder what others are in store.

[Engel]

Finally, the only reviewer I can take serious when it comes to DooM. Sharing this the facebook DooM group!

[DurradonXylles]

No official modding tools or support planned for Doom [outside of Snapmap]? That sounds like a paradoxical phrase if I ever heard one.

[predcon]

Waitwaitwaitwait. Wait. Wait.... "No official modding support"? And after Bethesda practically spearheaded the "It's for other games too, not just TF2" Skyrim Workshop Awareness Kampaign?

[ViperGTS]

i love this review the wording and the presentation is very doom like, makes me want to play the game again

[Sac]

Just so you guys know. I'm playing Doom on PS4 and it runs beautifully! The frame rate is always a solid 60fps, no screen tearing, it's never crashed on me, I haven't suffered any glitches, and overall it runs perfectly! The only minor thing I noticed is that some textures take a couple seconds to load, mostly when changing weapons, but it's something so slight and quick that it's barely noticeable, like I said, very minor issue that really finest matter when the game runs so damn awesome!

[blendernoob]

It's almost been a year since I brought this game home. My 16 year old self was absolutely floored. I love this game so much, and it might be one of my favorite shooters of all time.