How old is the doom slayer and wonder how he loses his guns each episode

[IR0NKN1GHT]

I know that doom slayer losing his guns/weapons is because of hardware. and slayer must be like 1000 right?

[Thermal Lance]

The episodic format of Doom 1 is a relic of the shareware era. There is no reason to it outside from that.

[IR0NKN1GHT]

okay thanks just a big doom fan wondering abt lore

[UNBREAKABLE]

Not every tiny detail has a lore explanation, especially in classic Doom where none of it matters.

[inkus]

There is no doom slayer in the classic DOOM, Only namless marine.

[IR0NKN1GHT]

yea i know he is a nameless marine
but is he the same marine in doom 2016 and doom eternal

[benakenobi]

better tell us how does the doomguy lose the keycards each new map

[IR0NKN1GHT]

wait....benakenobi

[IR0NKN1GHT]

you got a good point

[Wei]

You mean Doomguy. Doom Slayer is only a thing in nuDoom.

[Captain n00by]

TBH, OG DooM's story was rather awkward and there just for the sake of being there, so I wouldn't really bang my head against the desk about it.

Basically, you're the sole surviving space marine on Martian moons and have to survive an onslaught of undead and demonic creatures, and you also visit Hell itself in the 3rd episode.

Whereas the story in DooM II tells about a demonic invasion of Earth, which you also have to survive.

And also, "DooM guy" is actually "you", according to Romero, as OG DooM was an early proto/pseudo "VR" game (yes, they considered it a "VR" game back in those times).

The story in DooM games started to matter with DooM 3, and later on the 2016 reboot and Eternal.

[inkus]

Originally posted by IR0NKN1GHT:

but is he the same marine in doom 2016 and doom eternal :P10:

You. probably, belive that iD Software is the same company it was in 1993. But, unfortunately, there are about 0 employees left of those who gave us the REAL DOOM (Sandy may be is still there, LOL). Thus, retroactive credibility of the newly invented storylines is about zero too.
New games are, effectively, empty fakes. DOOM in the name only. Rather common case for classic franchies nowadays
And. speaking honestly, old games do not have the continuos timeline as well since DOOM II. Because the only person amoung even the old crew, who tried to make something coherent and non-controversible, left the company first.
Each new "segmnet" of the franchise tells us the one and the same stroty from the beginnnig with different approach and different decorations.

[Electric Cupcake]

You mean Doomguy.

That "slayer" nonsense is doom in name only.

He's actually Commander Keen's son or grandson.

[UNBREAKABLE]

Originally posted by inkus:

Originally posted by IR0NKN1GHT:

but is he the same marine in doom 2016 and doom eternal :P10:

You. probably, belive that iD Software is the same company it was in 1993. But, unfortunately, there are about 0 employees left of those who gave us the REAL DOOM (Sandy may be is still there, LOL). Thus, retroactive credibility of the newly invented storylines is about zero too.
New games are, effectively, empty fakes. DOOM in the name only. Rather common case for classic franchies nowadays
And. speaking honestly, old games do not have the continuos timeline as well since DOOM II. Because the only person amoung even the old crew, who tried to make something coherent and non-controversible, left the company first.
Each new "segmnet" of the franchise tells us the one and the same stroty from the beginnnig with different approach and different decorations.

Kevin Cloud is still there and worked on 2016, Eternal and now dark ages. And considering how Romero likes Eternal, I don't think the current devs need to worry about being "fake".

[Wei]

Originally posted by UNBREAKABLE:

Kevin Cloud is still there and worked on 2016, Eternal and now dark ages. And considering how Romero likes Eternal, I don't think the current devs need to worry about being "fake".

Liking something and considering it part of your vision are two different things. Plus, who’d trash the sequels of their own creation that players love? It’s just common sense.

[@theweedfather]

Doom Slayer IS doomguy, he stayed in hell at the end of Doom 64 and resurfaced on an Earth that wasn't his that was in the process of Doom 1 and 2 again. If it wasn't him like others claim they wouldn't have taken the time to make the Eternal face look like him.

Guns are laying everywhere and maybe portals don't always allow them. Keycards are probably color coded to specific areas and new facilities need new colored keycards. Skull keys... who knows