Is There Anything in DOOM 2016 you Prefer Over Eternal?

[FedEx Noelle]

I love Eternal, not hating on it in any way, I believe it is the superior game in every aspect, but there are very minor things that I liked in 2016 that weren't in Eternal, or Eternal changed. What do you all think 2016 did better over Eternal?

[tyl0413]

It took itself more seriously, the art style of the game and menus and everything reflects that but i still prefer playing Eternal bc the gameplay is just so much better. Which is a negative for some people i heard, many like the more simplistic gameplay of 2016.

[FedEx Noelle]

Originally posted by tyl0413:

It took itself more seriously, the art style of the game and menus and everything reflects that but i still prefer playing Eternal bc the gameplay is just so much better. Which is a negative for some people i heard, many like the more simplistic gameplay of 2016.

Yah the gameplay is amazing in Eternal. I hated Eternal at first for this, but the more I progressed, I couldn't stop playing. I was fresh out of playing Doom 2016, so it took a bit of beating down to get used to it.

Art style in 2016 is great, at times I was kinda scared to walk the corridors because of the ambiance and scenery. Felt like a horror games at times.

[Avat bokani]

doom 2016 is more dark and serious and gameplay is more simple , that's what i love about doom 2016 i agree that doom eternal's gameplay is so much better or fun but it has so many factors and let's say things that you have to keep and eye out for or do frequently which makes the gameplay of eternal more complex , iam not saying its a bad thing , no its so much cool and fun but sometimes it just burns you brain , while in doom 2016 you can run and gun endlessly , so doom eternal is actually a better game but doom 2016 has a special place in my heart.

[Meepist]

the glory kills in 2016 were better imo.

[Wylie28]

Originally posted by tyl0413:

It took itself more seriously, the art style of the game and menus and everything reflects that but i still prefer playing Eternal bc the gameplay is just so much better. Which is a negative for some people i heard, many like the more simplistic gameplay of 2016.

Did it? Doom Eternal's HUD resembled that of an actual race car. High contrasting colors are used in proffesional situations to aid with readability speed. Eternal imo takes itself far more seriously. Its designed for its S class player. Its got a much more thought out and deliberate design and ditches all the "Im a cool gritty adult" crap put in for the sole purpose of pleasing edgy teenagers and replaces it with properly designed visuals that allow the game to read-able without ambiguity.

Doom 2016 does do boss battles better though. But that is about it.

[AudibleSwiftness]

I love the overall aesthetic, it felt like it didn't want to completely negate doom 3 while also embracing a new direction. Glory kills are significantly better imo, the knife.. thing in eternal felt cheap somehow lol.

I also... like the music better, honestly. Eternal had some bangers for sure but overall it just felt like there was a lot of high-end synths and such, which didn't feel as powerful as 2016's soundtrack.

Obviously gameplay-wise eternal takes the cake- armor is way easier to come by, the regenerating chainsaw, grenades that are actually useful... everything. But there's definitely some stuff to love in 2016 as well

...also the guns are seriously overpowered coming back to this with eternal strats

[León Salvaje]

The mp in 2016 is miles better than the failure battlemode is. Also snap map is a thing. Eternal does take the cake on camapaign hands down

[rdowg]

Originally posted by León Salvaje:

The mp in 2016 is miles better than the failure battlemode is. Also snap map is a thing. Eternal does take the cake on camapaign hands down

Tbh battlemode would be much, MUCH better for most people had the skill ceiling for the game not been on the moon. I LOVE the mode, but every time I play it's against scrubs that dont even know how to quickswap. At least Id knows most people want the standard MP back, so we may be getting it in the next doom if they dont focus on coop or throw out the whole MP idea in the 3rd game

[Burning Biscuits]

2016 doesn't feel like it starts off too fast, and though the dark parts are way too prevalent, I don't see removing them entirely as the best solution. Eternal is bright and has variety, but sometimes it feels like a dark grittier part needed to be a part of that variety, even if it was only once or twice. The destroyed section of U.A.C. atlantica would have been a perfect place for it, and might have outright improved it. Eternal does fix a lot though, and the improvements it brings are enough to justify the loss of some aspects. Maybe in the next game we'll see a bit of both.

[PycassoClaudiu]

The art style, the lack of platforming and self damage. That's it.

[MULTIPASS]

Doom does not need platforming. 2016 had a bit here and there, mostly to add texture to level traversal which was okay. Eternal shoves platforming down your throat non-stop - I thought I was playing Mario in Hell.

I also prefer the storytelling style of 2016, the explicit lore-dump of Eternal sounded like cheesy fan-fiction.

[Mister Torgue Flexington]

haven't touched "Eternal" yet, as i'm waiting on the 2nd "Ancient Gods" Expansion to come out first. so with that said, from what i've heard (and seen on Twitch), the 2016 game has less platforming and the gameplay is simple enough.

[panopticon]

doom eternals gameplay is better, but doom 2016 had more content, specifically in the form of the level editor

[Megatronus Prime]

There are many things I prefer over doom eternal. The snapmap, the multiplayer. the darker and gritty tone, the satanic imagery, and the more serious story. Gameplay in doom eternal is better but it's harder to learn than doom 2016.

[Salamand3r-]

No.

Eternal evolves and iterates the game in every way.

The aesthetic in D16 is tied to the legacy of Doom 3 and the cancelled Call of Doom game, and the fact that they went in a direction closer to the pure action schlock arcadey roots of the original for Eternal is a pure positive.

D16 was a fun prototype, and served to help id snap the genre back to an earlier era, but it was fundamentally unbalanced and laden with the baggage of 20 years of lackluster id games.