@ralphdibny Oh yeah, things are fine. I’ve just had normal life stuff - a busy work schedule intermixed with random distractions and whatnot. It’s just been unpredictable.
I’m glad you are over the ear infection, because those can be no fun. If you have a good stretch of time now, then you’ll probably make some nice progress in the game, so long as it strikes your fancy to stay with it. I usually only play for an hour or two after work everyday, but I can see how one could binge the whole game in a couple days.
It’s my first ever DOOM game, so I’m also a lot slower than most people for that reason too. It took me until the end of the third or fourth level to really feel comfortable with the gameplay, movement, and general concept. The maps were confusing at first because it doesn’t always show a direct route, just general placement, so learning to look for the hidden passages took some time, but has become satisfying to explore. It’s not always the case, but following blood trails will sometimes yield a secret, and often marks a hidden ledge to jump to. I appreciate the fact that once you clear an area of enemies, they don’t respawn, so exploration can be done without fear of being ambushed. Once I realized that, I enjoyed the game a lot more since I wasn’t constantly living in fear. Also the sound cues (like a growl or an uptick in the music) helped me know when to get my guns ready.
It will be interesting to go from this to Resident Evil 2, where I know we’re going to have to change our approach. I’ll have to get my mind readjusted back to third person, slow pace, puzzle solving, jump scares, headshots, and never knowing what is around the corner. 😄
@Th3solution I think I may have spoke too soon, immediately after I posted that, I fell back to sleep and woke up at midday with ear ache 😂. Thankfully the (less strong than I was taking over the weekend) pain killers have fixed it up though so I still definitely think I'm over the hump of it!
Having played the second level, I think I'm only going to backtrack for the game enhancing collectables once I've found the map. I don't think I am going to go for all those doom guy dolls, just the stuff like weapon mods etc.
Last time I played this game (which wasnt too long after release) I think I just blasted through it fairly quickly but having played the first 4 games recently and reading the experiences in this thread, I think I'm definitely playing it a bit slower and more tactically this time. Well at least when I'm not dancing around and blasting heathenous imps and other baddies!
@nessisonett Without banging on about Eternal too much, the introduction of limited fast travel is a good addition. It only unlocks right at the end of a level so you can jump back for any missed goodies.
If you replay the level then you’ll have to go all the way through again before you can use it.
@Thrillho That sounds like exactly what I’m looking for! It was just annoying being locked out the rest of Titan’s Realm because I triggered a combat situation that locked all the doors.
@nessisonett It works fine but 1) I didn’t properly read the screen on how it worked originally and 2) you have to think to use it straight away as, like in your example, some missions have points of no return after you can use it.
@Thrillho I actually fell through the floor into a moveable area, walked about two feet and then fell through into the void and made a big splat. It was pretty bizarre.
And that’s DOOM done! Honestly, I really thought that final boss was a bit of a disappointment all things considered. It felt like a normal end of chapter boss rather than a culmination of the whole game but I guess there really weren’t many bosses in the main game anyway. I would love to go for the platinum but it’s just far enough away that I really can’t be bothered. It was a pretty good game though, at its highs it’s brilliant fun but it did have a few pacing issues and like I said, the ending was a bit anti-climactic imo.
I'm just on the level where you get the jump boots
Was there any single player DLC for this game? I know there was multiplayer dlc that was all made free as of update 6.66 but I wonder if there's any extra campaign like doom eternal will have
Everyone still playing, I’d like to finish up by next Friday, the 30th, so that we can start Resident Evil 2 over Halloween weekend. Please don’t force yourself to rush DOOM but I’ll be setting the deadlines and such on that day!
Nice. I should have time to finish cleaning up the various in-game collectibles, then.
@nessisonett DOOM 2016 easily has the best bosses in the series up until this point (can't speak for Eternal). I was actually rather happy with all of the fun boss fights in the last half.
Currently Playing: Resident Evil Village: Gold Edition
I just finished level 7, I really love this game now that I've got into the swing of it. I especially liked the music in the previous hell level. Hard rock mixed with satanic choirs was just awesome!
Level 7 is the first level I managed to get all the collectables in (except the classic level). I see there is a mission select so I may go back and mop up the rest when I've finished the game.
@ralphdibny Nice! Making some good progress I see. (Hopefully that means your ear is better). You’re not far behind me. I finished off the 8th level last night and am knee deep in the 9th. The game definitely does grow on and quite literally getting into a rhythm with it.
Have you been getting many of the Rune trials? I have found about 7 or so, and have completed about 5 of them. I find the Rune power ups of limited value, but I have one for increased ammo and for glory kill enhancement.
A couple of the nests in the 8th and 9th levels are a little tough. I keep forgetting to break out my really powerful guns though and so when I’ve died it’s because I’m trying to bring down a Hell Knight with my assault rifle of plasma gun. Gotta get the missile launcher or chain gun for those situations. 😅
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution I'm on the last day of antibiotics today, it's pretty much there but still a bit iffy. I won't use earphones in it for a while I think! Cheers for checking in!
I think I've only missed one of the rune trials so far, it was the kandinger sanctum level 6 and it was the one behind a gate near the beginning. I tried getting into it for ages but by the time I looked at my map I was locked behind the door at the end of the level and couldn't go back for it!
I've also missed one praetor token in level 8 that I'm currently on near the beginning behind a lockdown door which also had the automap in it, I couldn't work out how to get into it and then I got locked out of it when I met the 7 foot robot. I did manage to find the classic level lever in this one though, it took a really long double jump to get to it!
I only use the vacuum rune and I've got a couple others equipped but I'm not sure which ones. The vacuum one is quite useful tho! The advice to upgrade the praetor suit for secret scanning early on was really useful and I think I've done most levels about 80/90% since I got it so there's just a bit to mop up if I decide to go back.
In addition to the glory kills slowing down the madness, changing weapons gives you some respite too. You can move with the left stick but obviously can't aim because the right stick is choosing on the weapon wheel. Im mostly super shotgunning baddies, using the assault rifle if I need to keep them alive for a glory kill challenge and using the Gauss cannon with the charged shot mod for harder enemies.
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