Doom (2016) released DRM FREE on GoG and with -80% discount [until 02/05/2025]
Developed by id software, the studio that pioneered the first-person shooter genre and cr
Best Doom game of them all. Doom Eternal is nowhere near as good, not even close. I wonder how new Doom The Dark Ages will go, but it already looks better than Eternal because it has no stupid forced mechanics...
Seem like Doom want eternal wanted people to be switching weapons constantly like high-level players of Doom 2016. But it just wasn't as fun to do it that way for every player
For me the forced mechanics of glory kills, chainsaw and flamethrower put me off in Eternal. Instead of managing ammo by collecting it and smart use you were forced to do above mechanics and they felt, well, super forced and stupid.
Doom 2016 gave you option, collect normal way or use chainsaw. I never used chainsaw through entire game for it and always had enough ammo. I played it on Nightmare iirc.
From what I was told by Digital Foundry when they previewed game's engine, they mentioned The Dark Ages doesn't have any of these forced mechanics which is cool.
I personally enjoyed both, but I understand why people wouldn't like Eternal. It's more of an action game than a shooter like 2016. The gameplay is still fast frantic and fun in my eyes. Only a handful of games actually have the same fluid first person movement that Eternal has. Titanfall 2 is one of them.
Gamers keep complaining about easy mode in games but also complain that Eternal is too hard with the ammo and shield management. Just can't satisfy everyone really.
I preferred Eternal
This was a pleasant surprise. I'm not sure buying the "bundle" version with the soundtrack is worth it as Mick Gordon got screwed over by Bethesda, and also it's just plain 320 kbps MP3 - not that my old tinnitus ears would be able to differentiate that from lossless, but worth mentioning.
nice i love buying games twice
Does it run natively on Linux now that it is DRM free?
DRM Free doesn't magically make it run natively on another OS, it still needs to be manually ported. No, there's only a Windows version, but the Windows game will run perfectly fine on Linux under Wine/Proton if you use the Heroic Games Launcher for your GOG games.
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