I can’t help but think DOOM might have been a little better off including more of a fully-fleshed out story than what we see.Įven after trying to read log entries and pay attention during the brief talking segments, I only really got the barest sense of what was going on. But you know what else probably didn’t need a story? Bethesda’s Wolfenstein reboot, but it had one, and its cast of characters were some of the most well-written, likable bunch of crazy people I’ve come across in a shooter like this. I know the common argument is that DOOM doesn’t need a story, and it’s okay that the entire thing is just a mish-mash of sci-fi and horror with only minimal time devoted to what’s going on. This isn’t to say they’re not fun, but diverse? In the last 4-5 missions of the game especially, you can feel them going through all the same motions. Though these rooms have ramps and boosts in different places, rarely did I go “oh that was a unique encounter!” because in truth, there really aren’t many unique encounters.

And the problem is these fights don’t really vary because of the environment much either. This is interesting for a while because you keep unlocking new types of demons, but eventually, you’ve caught ‘em all, and encounters just become a mish-mash of the same 8-10 demon types you’ve been fighting for ages, and you’ve figured out the best tactic to deal with all of them (the Gauss Rifle is always the correct answer). As I said above, every single level is just 4-5 big “enemy rooms” where waves of bad guys spawn and you wipe them out with the weapons at your disposal. I never stopped having fun with DOOM’s combat, but over time, once you “unlock” all the different types of demons, the game kind of stops surprising you. Enemy Encounters Are Fun, But Eventually Repetitive

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