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Just be aware people that–and this should surprise no one as these features are largely online nowadays (sadly no LAN here :C )—but...
That being said, I personally won't be buying this. Not because the game is poorly made or anything (it's Doom–'nuff said); I'm just not really into the whole glory kill thing. Don't like it.
No shade to anyone who does; that's just my opinion.
Just in case you don't already know, but you can ignore the glory kill mechanic.
I can?
makes the game a fair bit harder though
How much harder?
I just don't like the anxiety that comes with constantly being low health and low ammo that happened the last time I tried Doom Eternal. (Admittedly, I've never played Doom 2016.)
Doom 2016 and Doom eternal are actually pretty different, and I preferred 2016 because I didn't constantly run out of ammo. Eternal is more arcade-ish, while 2016 feels more like a classic shooter game.
Oh cool.
Yeah, in Eternal, it seemed that once I got past the first few areas, if I didn't do glory kills, I'd be, within seconds, nearly dead and almost completely out of ammo (if not out of ammo).
You're saying Doom 2016 isn't like that?
Like, don't get me wrong, glory kills are awesome, but I feel they should be optional flairs to spice up gameplay, not a required function just to progress. That's what bothered me. It effectively locked out of the game (a Doom game no less) anyone who didn't like the glory kill mechanic. Personally, as a long-time fan of the franchise, that felt kinda cheap.
Yeah it's not like that. You do have to switch weapons regularly to use different ammo types, but you can definitely get away with no glory kills.
That I have no problem with. You had to do that in the classic Doom too. After all, certain weapons worked better with certain enemies.
Thanks! I'll buy it and try it out!
I loved 2016, I didn't like Eternal. Just try 2016, it's legendary.
I will do that. Thank you. :)
I don't know, I booted into the game clicked SnapMaps and I was able to play some custom made maps. This is the first time I start up the game though, so not sure what it is. Custom maps by the looks of it? Only like 11 maps available though.
So, that's cool. In any case, yeah, I was just going by what it said on the page. I don't own the game, so I couldn't check.
You are right, it does say on the page that it's singleplayer only, I haven't tested if the multiplayer maps work, that might be the restriction to snapmaps.