Doom Eternal

Doom Eternal is a first-person shooter that incorporates elements of action, platforming, and RPG. The first game in the new Doom franchise, created after the successful reboot of 2016, features an expansive single-player campaign that serves as a backdrop for explaining the vast gaming universe (lore). The game also includes several multiplayer modes.

The confrontation between the Doom Slayer and the forces of Hell continues with new intensity on Earth, which, at the start of the story, is being overrun by hordes of demons. All planetary defense forces have been defeated, and humanity can only hope for the Slayer. The idTech 7 engine offers excellent optimization even on older machines, with improved graphics and effects, supporting partial destructibility.

Doom Slayer has returned! As in the original, he tears demons apart without sparing himself, aided by:

Since Doom , gameplay has changed significantly. The demons in Eternal are more aggressive, faster, and "thicker," with twice the number present at any given level. Demon models are destructible and tied to vulnerable points. For example, you can shoot off the rocket launchers from the shoulders of a Revenant, and the arms of a Mancubus, rendering the mobs defenseless. Chunks of flesh fly off demons with regular shooting, and there is plenty of blood and dismemberment in the game.

Boss battles are more challenging, divided into several phases, and also require knowledge of vulnerable points. The mechanics of stunning and finishing off demons with fatalities remain, and melee combat with blades has become slightly more varied.

In Eternal, there are significantly more opportunities and ways to "break down" each group of demons, but to win, players must move like a snake on a hot griddle, using their entire arsenal, roasting, freezing, finishing off, and chainsawing demons.

The game features a new movement system reminiscent of parkour: the Doom Slayer climbs vertical walls, jumps farther thanks to an improved jetpack, uses trampolines, glides in the air, grabs onto bars and chains, and utilizes instant strafing in any direction. The grappling hook allows flying over the level, hooking onto walls or demons.

Eternal presents the entire Doom universe, explaining the beginning and development of the game world long before UAC discovered Argent energy on Mars, as well as the essence of the conflict between angels and demons. On this basis, we can expect the release of sequels and prequels starring the Doom Slayer.

In a distant era, the world of Argent d'Nur, inhabited by humanoid creatures, in the name of higher goals under the supremacy of angels, conquered one dimension after another, until it accidentally collided with the dimension of Hell. Even the most resilient warriors - the Night Guardians - succumbed to the blows of hordes of demons until the Doom Slayer appeared.

By carefully reading the materials of Eternal, you can learn about the epic battles of the Executioner with the hordes of Hell, against the backdrop of which the events of Doom are just a special episode. The new lore explains how Argent energy appeared, where the Doom Slayer came from, the types of demons and their hierarchy.

During the passage, the player travels between different dimensions - Hell, Heaven and Earth with Mars. The design of the locations has changed: instead of gut-shaped levels, there are spacious arenas where demons are regularly poured in. The elaboration of locations is still at its best: “verticality”, many secret passages and secrets. Platformer elements will require you to turn your head, look for where to grab a hold, where to jump/jump, use chains, crossbars and a harpoon for acrobatic somersaults.

New Eternal - Doom Stronghold, spaceship, home and main base of Doomguy. With its help, he travels to different dimensions, stores the collected items he finds, tests his weapons, replays missions (as expected or with cheat codes), learns something new in the Codex, and can play DOOM 2 or train on demons in Porvatoria.

Several years have passed since Doom. The closure of the portal to Hell - thanks to which Doomguy stopped the invasion of demons on Mars - led to the cessation of Argent plasma production and the disruption of Argent energy supplies to Earth, the collapse of the economy and society. The UAC tried to establish mining directly on Earth, but failed after an attack by Hell cultists.

Using an analogue of the Argent Tower, the cultists again launch an invasion of devils on Earth. The planet is quickly turning into a branch of Hell: most of the population is killed, cities are destroyed, Cyclopean Titans roam through them, bones literally lie underfoot, and everything is filled with both well-known and new monsters. Stopping the invasion is once again Doomguy's main goal.

There is no overall narrative of the plot, there are no secondary characters, the missions are independent and almost unrelated to each other. The player is thrown into the thick of things right in the middle of the invasion, asking him to figure out for himself what kind of cultists, Argent d'Nur, priests of Hell, Night Guardians, Kan the Creator and Creators from the world of Urdok are. You will have to look for notes on the levels, read messages at the base and re-read the Codex.

In the spirit of the times, Doom Eternal offers multifactorial leveling up: in three different ways you can improve weapons, in two ways - the characteristics of the Doom Slayer, such as ammunition, health and armor, and the Praetorian Armor also develops over time . A significant part of the gameplay will be spent on searching for secrets, collecting crystals and medals. Along the way, you need to complete various challenges. Some elements are upgraded passively. After each mission, the player is awarded a rating that shows the effectiveness of grinding enemies.

There are three types of demons in Eternal: zombies (humans distorted by hell's influence), demons (classic inhabitants of Hell), cyber-demons (enhanced or created monsters by UAC or cultists). The entire bestiary of Eternal has changed visually, received new types of attacks, and improved AI. New demons:

The developers took into account the criticism expressed by fans regarding the Doom multiplayer mode and came up with unusual PvP modes: