The game itself is great in terms of movement, but there are persistent problems the game has:

Some areas to activate certain things you NEED to jump even though you shouldn't have to.

The map design can sometimes be leaving you doing the incorrect thing multiple times on your search for getting to areas (you'll know where I'm talking about when you see it).

The game seems to crash on my hardware after ~4 hours of playtime and then I have to restart it but I'm on underspecced hardware so that might have to do with it.

The bethesda.net single-player stuff (failure to connect to the server) is highly annoying but only pops up every once in awhile (~every half hour).

One of the cutscenes (the trailer one where he takes the plasma rifle from a random UAC marine) is confusing that it's left in considering that you ALREADY have a plasma rifle at that point in the game and have for a really, really long time, like, for ~5 hours already (on a 15-20 hour game(.

That's the negatives, the positives are:

Amazingly smooth movement and gameplay and even a newcomer to the DOOM series can play on Ultra-Violence with very little help.

Awesome optimization to work, I'm on a laptop so the thermals are garbage but I'm close to the minimum spec and am using the default settings and am getting a consistent 35 fps no matter what.

Graphics are amazing and the gameplay seriously can make up for most failures and usually you dying is your own fault (except for me and Marauders, I hate them because I suck at distancing).


Somewhat compelling story that integrates well with the rest of the games, I'd recommend that you at least understand the storylines of DOOM 1, DOOM 2, and DOOM (2016) for the best story experience if that's what you're aiming for, but this is a DOOM game, the focus is on the combat and not the story.

The game itself is great in terms of movement, but there are persistent problems the game has: Some areas to activate certain things you NEED to jump even though you shouldn't have to. The map design can sometimes be leaving you doing the incorrect thing multiple times on your search for getting to areas (you'll know where I'm talking about when you see it). The game seems to crash on my hardware after ~4 hours of playtime and then I have to restart it but I'm on underspecced hardware so that might have to do with it. The bethesda.net single-player stuff (failure to connect to the server) is highly annoying but only pops up every once in awhile (~every half hour). One of the cutscenes (the trailer one where he takes the plasma rifle from a random UAC marine) is confusing that it's left in considering that you ALREADY have a plasma rifle at that point in the game and have for a really, really long time, like, for ~5 hours already (on a 15-20 hour game(. That's the negatives, the positives are: Amazingly smooth movement and gameplay and even a newcomer to the DOOM series can play on Ultra-Violence with very little help. Awesome optimization to work, I'm on a laptop so the thermals are garbage but I'm close to the minimum spec and am using the default settings and am getting a consistent 35 fps no matter what. Graphics are amazing and the gameplay seriously can make up for most failures and usually you dying is your own fault (except for me and Marauders, I hate them because I suck at distancing). Somewhat compelling story that integrates well with the rest of the games, I'd recommend that you at least understand the storylines of DOOM 1, DOOM 2, and DOOM (2016) for the best story experience if that's what you're aiming for, but this is a DOOM game, the focus is on the combat and not the story.