Firearms Expert Reacts To DOOM (2016) & DOOM Eternal’s Guns

Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, breaks down the weaponry of DOOM and DOOM Eternal, including the Super Shotgun, the Plasma Rifle, and, of course, the BFG.

0:00 - Opening
0:48 - Pistol (DOOM)
02:09 - Combat Shotgun (DOOM)
03:16 - Combat Shotgun (DOOM Eternal)
05:16 - Heavy Assault Rifle (DOOM)
08:06 - Heavy Assault Rifle (DOOM Eternal)
09:30 - Super Shotgun (DOOM)
11:47 - Super Shotgun (DOOM Eternal)
13:45 - Rocket Launcher (DOOM)
15:03 - Rocket Launcher (DOOM Eternal)
16:26 - Plasma Rifle (DOOM)
17:55 - Plasma Rifle (DOOM Eternal)
19:10 - Ballista (DOOM Eternal)
19:54 - Chaingun (DOOM Eternal)
21:31 - BFG 10,000 (DOOM Eternal)
22:25 - BFG 9,000 (DOOM Eternal)
22:59 - Ending

In the latest video in the Firearm Expert Reacts series, Jonathan Ferguson--a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries--breaks down the guns of DOOM and DOOM Eternal and compares them to their real-life counterparts.

[GamerMoment_]

Actually fun fact for the lore side of things, the reason why you see casings ejected from the gun is because bullets are teleported into the chamber, this explains the reason why you don't need to reload guns too. The super shotgun is the only gun that has a manual reload due to being a much older gun without the new technology.

[AVGNROCKS]

Once again I do appreciate that John is a gamer AND firearm expert because he can understand why certain gun work they way they do in games but still poke fun at them in a friendly way.

[Asta]

"Not how weapons work... not yet anyway."

The man shares our dream that one day, we will have a BFG.

[Jenamphetamne]

"the gun equivalent of a Conan sword" is such a perfect description of Doom Eternals arsenal that I'm astounded I haven't heard it sooner

[JanbluTheDerg]

I like how he just absolutely correctly guessed the lore behind Eternals Super Shotgun based on the design. Yes! It's regarded as the Slayers original Super Shotgun, that was hidden from him by the demonic priests.

[holitinne]

Vega: “Would you like me to disable the safety protocols?”
Doomguy: *(Tapping)* (Yes, please.)

[GaldirEonai]

The best part of the BFG scene is the base PA immediately afterwards saying "Evacuate immediately...the Slayer has found the BFG!"

[Yakboy]

The BFG 10000 is related to what has become one of my favorite lines in all of video games, an exasperated "You can't just shoot a hole into the surface of mars!"

[spiderfloof]

Yeah, the Doom Slayer seems like a guy who'd run around with the futuristic equivalent of an M2 Browning.

[yocapo]

If I remember my Doom lore right, the Super Shotgun in Doom Eternal is implied to be the same gun from Doom 2, but twisted into a demon annihilating machine by years and years of being covered in demon guts from all the ripping and tearing Doomguy did prior to getting sealed before 2016 started.

[BNuts]

Bit of an interesting tidbit: In _DOOM 2016_, where you go to the lab to recover the BFG, you visit testing rooms that effectively show off the different behaviours the BFGs have had over the years. Then, of course, you go and get the sole functional BFG-9000, and the game immediately gives you a room full of demons to test it on. Really love that moment.

[PewPew_McPewster]

The cool part about Jonathan Ferguson is that he, while being the Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum, is still cool enough to go "sure, an energy weapon is cool and exists in this universe, but why does an energy weapon need to eject brass casings? Probably for visual effect which is important in videogames." Very classy stuff.

[Henry-Kuren]

I believe the redesign of some of the iconic classic weapons was because the weapons are the Slayer's personal weapons, instead of ones he found on mars.

[EvilPikachu]

Been replaying the entire series on my Switch and I don't mind how realistic they are. I like how the Super Shotgun turns basically anything it's pointed at into a puddle of chunky marmalade.

[cristianmihai]

I sincerely hope Jonathan never encounters an inconvenience in his life. This man is just too wholesome and nice

[Spike]

I love that Jonathan embraces the vibe of "it's Doom, it doesn't need to make sense, it just looks badass"

[nevergreene]

Bit disappointed that they didn’t cover the rest of 2016’s guns. Would have loved to see Johnathan’s reaction to the chaingun.

[spamhere]

I do love how he noticed that little detail:

"Would you like me to disable the safety protocols?"

_taptaptaptaptap_

[MarkChong]

I think one of the reasons that the single barrelled shotgun has such a truncated stock is to account for the thick armor that the Doomslayer wears.

[ChrissieBear]

"It's almost like a rhythm game" is a perfect description of modern Doom!