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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 20.0 hrs on record
Posted: 30 Dec, 2020 @ 10:34pm

Well, 2-3 years after buying it, I finally beat Doom 2016.
At first, I was really turned off by this game and its slow start. You don't have that many movement options, and your arsenal is quite limited. However, as you progress along, you gain access to more and more weapons, movement options, runes that modify your character's loadouts, etc. At a certain point, I realized that I was having WAY too much fun.
It's really just a solid FPS that takes a bit to get into its own groove (which no one told me about). Once you get there though, it is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ glorious. I even found myself being able to use every weapon (even the starting pistol) for its own niche use. While not as combo-y as something like ULTRAKILL, you will find yourself comboing together weapons as weapon mods often have cooldowns.

Couple things I was annoyed about:
Cacodemons do an insane amount of damage at close-range. I'll do a glory kill to get health back, and a cacodemon will kill me before I can get up. I suppose it's my own fault, but it'd be preferred if they waited a second after your glory kill before killing you.
The bum-rush ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ have a weak spot on their tail that makes them way easier to kill. This was not choreographed well in their design. Brighter visuals on the tail (like glowing green spots) would've done wonders to help me notice that this was the case. I didn't notice it until the final area of the game.
Some of the fights near the end of the game come in waves, where there will be an easy first wave and a harder second wave. A couple of times the first wave would last too long, so if you died you had to slog through the easy section again. It's not that big of a deal, but it's definitely mildly annoying.

I beat the game on Ultra-Violence, which is a great difficulty for those not experienced with Doom but well-experienced in other FPSes.
Definitely pick this up when it goes on sale.
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