The core gameplay loop was poorly designed from a long-term standpoint, andDoom: The Dark Agesmust fixEternal’sgreatest weakness.
Thepreviews have looked incredible, but fixing this core issue is a must.
There arethe maps, the weapons, and the enemy roster.
Many games excel in those last two.
The visceral, enjoyable combat is the point, butDoom Eternalsomehow couldn’t do any of this organically.
Still,DoomEternalforces them upon the player.
This makes the combat significantly less interesting to play than other titles, but it gets even more problematic.
Playing well should be satisfying, feel great, and not a total bore.
Doing this over and over again gets very old and, frankly, boring.
Thisgameplay loop completely destroys the fun in freeform combat,adapting on the fly.
Every combat encounter feels the same when one has to do the loop repeatedly.
I have no interest in ever going back to this title because of it.
A game should never get worse once you’ve mastered it.
So, we’ll have to wait untilDoom: The Dark Agesreleases to see how its combat compares.
