New Doom Screenshots and Gameplay Details from Game Informer

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  • New Doom Screenshots and Gameplay Details from Game Informer

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    A new batch of screenshots for the upcoming Doom reboot were released today. These new shots go hand in hand with a full month of new coverage from Game Informer. NeoGAF user kinaesthete compiled some details from the Doom focused issue of Game Informer.
    • BFG and Chainsaw aren't on the weapon wheel since they're used in specific scenarios, Chainsaw is on D-Pad down and BFG is on X. Seems like they're treating the BFG as a panic button.
    • Weapons have mods you can find, ex. a remote detonation mod for the rocket launcher
    • Plot premise seems similar to Doom 3. A character named Dr. Olivia Pierce appears on a video suggesting she unleashed the demons as some kind of religious cult thing.
    • On-screen enemy count isn't numbered but described as "a demon avalanche", "bloodbath"
    • Chainsaw is a one hit kill on most enemies, multiple on bigger enemies like the Mancubus, power cells are limited
    • Colored keycards and backtracking for secrets. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Some locations: Lazarus Facility, Martian surface, Titan's Realm (as seen on the cover)
    • Permanent character upgrades that allow you to swap weapons and mantle more quickly, increase ammo and health capacity
    • Swappable perk "runes", ex. one gives you a stackable temp speed boost after melee kills
    • Hell is more vertical than the UAC facility
    • Enemies have weak point, ex. the pinky demon is armored in front and soft in the butt
    • An enemy type only described as "a summoner"
    • As suspected, idTech 6 appears to be very similar to idTech 5 but with a completely new PBR renderer
    • Plans to offer "sliders and multi-sampling options" for PC players. Only time in the article PC is mentioned specifically.
    • Multiplayer mode called Warpath, an domination style mode where the control area drifts around the map
    • Clan Arena mode, this is just team Last Man Standing.
    • Swappable "hack modules" are earned through MP progression, ex. Supply Timer that shows spawn timers for pickups on screen. Apparently none of them throw off the competitive balance.
    • Apparently multiplayer has more guns than single player, including a "lightning gun", this might be GI assuming based on what was offered in the demo portions though.
    • Namedrops of old Doom WADs followed by statement implying that they won't be releasing mod tools outside of SnapMap because of accessibility consoles. seems like kind of a big fuck you.
    • Examples of modes made in SnapMap: tower defense, moddy single-player missions, VIP escorts, racing challenges
    • Moddable enemy AI to some extent
    • SnapMap stuff is all shared on SmartHub, categories like top rated and most played, user profiles, seems a lot like Mario Maker
    • All SnapMap creations are small instruction files, you can probably forget about custom textures and rooms and whatnot
    • Still spring release date

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    • Lil'Ruff
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      Lil'Ruff commented
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      I played the Alpha and thought it was fun. Definitely not as fast paced as Doom or Doom II, but I typically play those more for the co-op or survival game modes, although CTF and DM is fun.
      Some of the odd things that I can see in this are:

      BFG and Chainsaw aren't on the weapon wheel since they're used in specific scenarios, Chainsaw is on D-Pad down and BFG is on X. Seems like they're treating the BFG as a panic button.
      ...
      Chainsaw is a one hit kill on most enemies, multiple on bigger enemies like the Mancubus, power cells are limited
      I dunno about this, maybe the chainsaw is a special finisher type thing? And with the BFG, I don't like the sounds of the BFG being bound to a button. This makes it seem very limited. We will have to see though when we get more information.


      Also.
      An enemy type only described as "a summoner"
      Hm is this hinting towards the Archville? I know they resurrected the previously killed, but this might be a new take on it? There are still a lot of questions, but based on what I have seen/played, I am still pretty excited for this one.
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