DOOM Eternal is a wonderful game which I look forward to playing more. I'm only leaving the review under "Not recommended" for now so minimum-spec players looking for performance reports might see it..

I played the game on a well-cooling laptop with an i7-7700HQ, GTX 1050 Ti, and 16GB of RAM. Just above minimum specs (give or take a bit since mobile GPU). To maintain something resembling solid 60 FPS, I had to drop every setting to its minimum, but on top of that locked the resolution scale at 50% (so 540p) and STILL experienced consistent frame drops across the campaign, especially during the final boss. I looked into performance issues people are having, turned off every possible overlay the game could have, it never fixed this problem. The store page promises 1080p/60FPS at minimum specs, but didn't deliver. Low-end buyers beware.

I'll happily update my review to "Recommended" and talk about the virtues of the game if I find a fix (and I've tried), performance issues are resolved, or if the store page updates to better communicate the performance minimum-spec buyers should expect. But for me, the promised performance was a lie.

Edit: I've recently been informed that HDD speed can be a factor for the game's performance. There's no way for me to investigate this claim myself at this time, but if I become able to the results of said test will be reflected in an update to this review.

DOOM Eternal is a wonderful game which I look forward to playing more. I'm only leaving the review under "Not recommended" for now so minimum-spec players looking for performance reports might see it.. I played the game on a well-cooling laptop with an i7-7700HQ, GTX 1050 Ti, and 16GB of RAM. Just above minimum specs (give or take a bit since mobile GPU). To maintain something resembling solid 60 FPS, I had to drop every setting to its minimum, but on top of that locked the resolution scale at 50% (so 540p) and STILL experienced consistent frame drops across the campaign, especially during the final boss. I looked into performance issues people are having, turned off every possible overlay the game could have, it never fixed this problem. The store page promises 1080p/60FPS at minimum specs, but didn't deliver. Low-end buyers beware. I'll happily update my review to "Recommended" and talk about the virtues of the game if I find a fix (and I've tried), performance issues are resolved, or if the store page updates to better communicate the performance minimum-spec buyers should expect. But for me, the promised performance was a lie. Edit: I've recently been informed that HDD speed can be a factor for the game's performance. There's no way for me to investigate this claim myself at this time, but if I become able to the results of said test will be reflected in an update to this review.