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MKJ wrote:remember Q3's soundset during the Tests? lol

Don Carlos wrote:Yes it was

I played it on both PS4 and PC and it performs excellently on both of them. Playing on PC felt like I was playing a modern, very pretty Quake. It's a day one purchase for me, no question.

The videos of Doom that are online make the game look fast, but you really don’t realize just how fast it is until you get your hands on the controller. I played the PC version, running at a smooth 60 frames per second in 1080p, and learned quickly that Doom requires a different mindset for combat. While the ultimate goal is to blow away every demon as quickly as possible, you are pushed to concoct strategies on the fly, thinking not just of the next kill, but of your next series of moves, all while trying to keep the opposing forces in front of you, or in a position where their attacks can’t reach you. Verticality plays a large role in the game; enemies such as imps, who are far more skilled combatants than in previous games, use vertical spaces against you, scaling pipes to rain fireballs and charged fire blasts down on you.

Once I grasped the flow of combat (which felt fantastic in our demos), Doom proved to be a wickedly good time that empowers player skill and pushes players to develop their own style of play through its weapon variety. The thrills that come from Doom are as distinct as the gameplay mechanics, ranging from skill-driven chain reactions that can turn a handful of enemies into a smoldering bloody mess to satisfying finishers that give the player a few seconds to pause and admire their handiwork before the fray continues at a relentless pace.

phantasmagoria wrote:When's it out?

Think this is the excuse I need to upgrade my GPU

Eraser wrote:Oh they got a special HUB page about Doom here:

http://www.gameinformer.com/p/doom.aspx

There's a few other articles/videos. Especially check out the "playing the new doom" video. The stuff these guys say about the game sounds really good.