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(Biiiig doom fan here, classic doom is my #1 game of all time, and doom 2016 is my #6.)

I'm pretty conflicted about eternal...

Visually, I think it's the best looking piece of media ever created. The skyboxes alone are physically jaw-dropping, the level environments wildly mesmerizing in their intricate creativity and variety. The gory creatures and animations and glory kills are so cool I 100% can't believe video games are capable of it.

The combat and gameplay, just such a fresh, impressive, ingenious take on action gameplay, especially for the shooter genre. The most satisfying abilities and effects I've felt in video games, swinging that crucible, spamming that chaingun turret mode, nailing that sticky bomb on an arachnotron turret...The sounds and music do a ton of the work here, in addition to the visuals, again.

...But...on the other hand, it's just so tiring to play. I'm not necessarily having what I would call "fun". I'm getting satisfaction, yes, definitely. I'm entering into an incredible trance, sure. But I'm just not sure I can call it fun. The missions...they're just so long. I can't make it through an entire level without exiting to take a break. And the combat...I'm kinda following the rules they've set up, I'm not really "playing", I'm "doing". I'm doing all the things they're forcing me to do, mostly just keeping up with my resources, not gleefully murdering like I want to.

And I've been trying to say the platforming was fine, there wasn't that much of it, it's not a big deal...but by the end of the game, I was really sick of it. You jump to a wall, look around to where to jump next. That's it. Over and over. The platforming was better in the first game, I might even say. I enjoyed the first game's argent tower level, that was pretty fun to climb!

(And my biggest gripe: I hated grabbing walls. Half the time I grab a wall, I suddenly start falling, and have to grab the wall again. I have tried every combination of button presses, it kept happening. )

Story and stuff was good though.

So in the end, I think I prefer 2016 better. I admit that Eternal is more interesting, more impressive, all that stuff, but I enjoyed 2016 more, and I think I'll be going back to 2016 more often in the future.

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