Hmm, I'll wait for the Youtubers, this bunch gave Starfield top marks.
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FWIW Eurogamer gave it a 3/5, IGN gave it a 7, and PCGamer gave it a 7.5
Those scores are still too high for Starfield
So it’s basically Hexen?
Greetings, mortal. Are you ready to die?
What even is Doom anymore? It used to be a marine shooting demons on mars with a shotgun. Now it's some mythological fantastical fever dream bullshit where you ride dragons and execute perfectly timed combos against alien God things. It might be fun but it's certainly NOT Doom anymore.
Is this serious? Every Doom game has involved going to hell and fighting Demons from hell in space and such. You know, a mythological place and mythological creatures and insane situations that are clearly fantasy.
They changed the type of place and creatures slightly. This isn't really a stretch for the series.
Is this serious? Doom was sci-fi. Now it's fantasy. The new game has you riding a dragon for Christ's sake. What don't you understand?
You could argue that Doom was always more fantasy focused than sci if, but it doesn’t really matter. Doom doesn’t need to be about the same thing forever. They already had some fantasy/medieval vibes with enemies like marauders, those awesome swords, and some of the visual designs of the areas. I think they saw that it worked and decided to expand on it.
IMO, it probably always needs to be about high-octane demon killing. If it stays true to that, it can still be called Doom.
There's story videos now, dafuq...
The previews are mostly positive but some opinions are mixed. It sounds like Eternal where some people love it while others aren't thrilled about the new changes.