So I went back to Doom Eternal and...

[lilkillpappy]

I noticed two big things:
1. The game graphically looks really good, not much of a step down from Dark Ages, but Eternal some how runs like 10x better.
2. The music in Eternal is instantly noticeably much better, and I wasn't even thinking about the music for my comparison. It was just so blatantly superior that I couldn't miss it.

Final thoughts:
Dark Ages is a better game in most ways, I think it's a more fun game and just better designed than Eternal, but the bad performance of Dark Ages is just inexcusable. You can get 90 FPS but the screen tears and stutters horribly. It doesn't run nearly as smooth as Eternal. Also, please ID, please bring back Mick Gordon.

[Icy1007]

TDA is MUCH more atmospheric and realistic. Eternal relies heavily on metal shiny surfaces and bright neon lights for all lighting.

TDA and Eternal have equally good soundtracks.

[KING]

Originally posted by Icy1007:

TDA is MUCH more atmospheric and realistic. Eternal relies heavily on metal shiny surfaces and bright neon lights for all lighting.

TDA and Eternal have equally good soundtracks.

TDA soundtrack is not good at all

[Icy1007]

Originally posted by KING:

Originally posted by Icy1007:

TDA is MUCH more atmospheric and realistic. Eternal relies heavily on metal shiny surfaces and bright neon lights for all lighting.

TDA and Eternal have equally good soundtracks.

TDA soundtrack is not good at all

Yes it is. It is very good.

[EmpathyandEntropy]

Originally posted by Icy1007:

Originally posted by KING:

TDA soundtrack is not good at all

Yes it is. It is very good.

Hell naw

[Icy1007]

Originally posted by EmpathyandEntropy:

Originally posted by Icy1007:

Yes it is. It is very good.

Hell naw

You must be deaf then.

[Naamtar]

Originally posted by Icy1007:

Originally posted by KING:

TDA soundtrack is not good at all

Yes it is. It is very good.

It's very good if you don't listen to metal, I guess. People always tell me it all sounds the same to them.

TDA's soundtrack sounds like someone handed a music major a Mick Gordon CD and said "do it like this but we're paying you 1/10th what we paid him" - there is no soul behind it. It uses musical theory just fine, but it's incredibly generic and uninspired.

[Dukey Nukey]

Originally posted by Icy1007:

Originally posted by EmpathyandEntropy:

Hell naw

You must be deaf then.

People only ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about the soundtrack cuz it wasn't Mick Gordon. WHile I will say that Mick Gordon's tracks have a distinct style that, personally I would say is better, TDA's soundtrack is in no way bad at all. It's an absolute banger if you like more traditional heavy metal, and as a metal head I do indeed like traditional metal as well.

[Icy1007]

Originally posted by Dukey Nukey:

Originally posted by Icy1007:

You must be deaf then.

People only ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about the soundtrack cuz it wasn't Mick Gordon. WHile I will say that Mick Gordon's tracks have a distinct style that, personally I would say is better, TDA's soundtrack is in no way bad at all. It's an absolute banger if you like more traditional heavy metal, and as a metal head I do indeed like traditional metal as well.

Exactly.

[Icy1007]

Originally posted by Naamtar:

Originally posted by Icy1007:

Yes it is. It is very good.

It's very good if you don't listen to metal, I guess. People always tell me it all sounds the same to them.

TDA's soundtrack sounds like someone handed a music major a Mick Gordon CD and said "do it like this but we're paying you 1/10th what we paid him" - there is no soul behind it. It uses musical theory just fine, but it's incredibly generic and uninspired.

You clearly don't listen to metal then.

[Powercrank]

raytracing is the reason the game runs like relative ass despite only looking marginally better

[Icy1007]

Originally posted by Powercrank:

raytracing is the reason the game runs like relative ass despite only looking marginally better

This game runs like a hot knife through butter. It is super smooth. No hitches or framedrops. Minimum fps and average fps are very close to each other.

[Naamtar]

Originally posted by Dukey Nukey:

Originally posted by Icy1007:

You must be deaf then.

People only ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about the soundtrack cuz it wasn't Mick Gordon. WHile I will say that Mick Gordon's tracks have a distinct style that, personally I would say is better, TDA's soundtrack is in no way bad at all. It's an absolute banger if you like more traditional heavy metal, and as a metal head I do indeed like traditional metal as well.

Brother they're using synth effects in some of the songs that sound like they were straight lifted from Cruelty and the Beast.

I don't expect Mick Gordon levels of passion behind the music, but the stuff I've heard is generic as hell. Like a metal trope vs a metal musician.

[Naamtar]

Originally posted by Icy1007:

Originally posted by Naamtar:

It's very good if you don't listen to metal, I guess. People always tell me it all sounds the same to them.

TDA's soundtrack sounds like someone handed a music major a Mick Gordon CD and said "do it like this but we're paying you 1/10th what we paid him" - there is no soul behind it. It uses musical theory just fine, but it's incredibly generic and uninspired.

You clearly don't listen to metal then.

I've been listening to metal since Show No Mercy was released, lol.

[Icy1007]

Originally posted by Naamtar:

Originally posted by Dukey Nukey:

People only ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about the soundtrack cuz it wasn't Mick Gordon. WHile I will say that Mick Gordon's tracks have a distinct style that, personally I would say is better, TDA's soundtrack is in no way bad at all. It's an absolute banger if you like more traditional heavy metal, and as a metal head I do indeed like traditional metal as well.

Brother they're using synth effects in some of the songs that sound like they were straight lifted from Cruelty and the Beast.

I don't expect Mick Gordon levels of passion behind the music, but the stuff I've heard is generic as hell. Like a metal trope vs a metal musician.

No they aren't. lol

[Powercrank]

Originally posted by Icy1007:

Originally posted by Powercrank:

raytracing is the reason the game runs like relative ass despite only looking marginally better

This game runs like a hot knife through butter. It is super smooth. No hitches or framedrops. Minimum fps and average fps are very close to each other.

you should look up what the word "relative" means