Doom (4)

    Update from Eurogamer. Seems like your wish comes though Minos. Lots of melee stuff. Here's the source and some bits I liked:


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    "This new chapter in the series is a reboot of sorts that gets back to the classic roots of fast-paced action. "Doom is not about taking cover," Stratton said. "It's not about finding a place to hide to let your health regenerate. It's about fast, fluid combat, dodging projectiles, finding that next target and charging forward with nothing in your way of slaughtering that next demon." "You'll see crazy demons. Unbelievable mechanical demons built through secret and corrupt UAC experiments. Demons like hell knights, the cyber demon, revenant, and many more. Whether these demons are something familiar or something totally new, each of them is designed to create a unique combat experience, regardless of whether you are fighting against it, killing it, or being killed by it." "We're creating Doom to make you feel like a fast, improvisational, brutal killing machine." "But the guns weren't the star of this demo. The marines hands and feet stole the show. Injured demons were eliminated quickly with melee finishers that would fit right in with any Mortal Kombat game."

    Sounds pretty good to me, big budget old school shooter, or at least it sounds a whole lot better than what was leaked a few years ago.

    I was there. The whole audience laughed when he said he was turning off the stream. We watched what felt like 20 minutes of demo playthrough. It really looked like they were trying to bring back the more frantic combat from the original Doom. He was running around a lot and constantly using melee finishers. There were some moments where they were trying to bring in a more survival horror feel as well which I think is good, a balance of both would work best imo. Btw, the demons getting ripped in half or getting their skulls crushed was just as awesome as it sounds. Also, chainsaw <3. Also apparently it's going to be using id Tech 6, IIRC.

    How fast were the melee animations? They can be all well and good visually, but hopefully they're quick half second affairs rather than full "couple of moment" struggles that fuck up flow and let the other enemies get plenty of hits in.

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    How fast were the melee animations? They can be all well and good visually, but hopefully they're quick half second affairs rather than full "couple of moment" struggles that fuck up flow and let the other enemies get plenty of hits in.


    I wasn't timing them but they felt around .5 - 1.5, seconds long. There were a lot of different types.

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    I loooove the slow projectiles design (like the imp's fireballs). It's stupid to say but it's a really clever design as it forces you to keep strafing all the time and keeps you on your toes (especially when coupled with fast shooting enemies).

    I'd love to see that kind of stuff used more in new shooters. Might forget some but I can't seem to remember a big FPS using that kind of design in the last few years...

    Projectile attacks are usually much more interesting than hitscan from a gameplay perspective, especially if you want your game to be fast-paced. Most of my favorite Doom wads mainly use projectile mobs (Imps/Mancubi/Revenants/Barons and Knights, etc). I usually get tired of hitscan enemies pretty quickly, especially the Spiderdemons I just don't like. Another good thing is that it's easier to provoke infighting with projectiles, and more games should use monster infighting.

    So I just finished Rage and honestly, this game leaves me with no faith that Id know what they are doing anymore. That ending...

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