

That’s great, except this is Doom, and there ain’t no reloading in Doom. Years of training have taught me that when I’m done shooting something, I hit the left face button to reload my weapon. (I proceed to do that and then forget to use it again afterward.) Next time I’m going to light the first thing I see on fire. And why can I never remember to light things on fire? Remember to light more things on fire. Maybe I was doing too many Glory Kills, and that’s why I ran out of ammo. It’s a simple system, and yet, I could not seem to make it work for me at first.Īfter every death, I’d study that loading screen and play back in my head what went wrong. But each time I died, the loading screen had the same helpful instructions to read. More than I’m probably comfortable to admit. I died a lot in the E3 demo for Doom Eternal. When I stopped to think and plan, that’s when things would go awry. When my hands just did what they needed to do because of what my eyes saw, bypassing conscious thought, that’s when I was successful. There is a definite combat flow to follow, but it all goes so quickly you almost need to take your brain out of the equation. It’s fast and it’s frantic, but it’s not random. But I’m more used to the flavor of shooters that have you ducking behind cover to catch a breath and recover some health or the ones that make numbers appear when you shoot things and if you’re unsuccessful then you just need to find a gun that makes bigger numbers.ĭoom Eternal is… not that. Don’t get me wrong I play first-person shooters a ton. I’ll admit it: Doom Eternal is not the kind of game I typically play. Updated December 10th, 2020 by Hodey Johns: After getting feedback from players who have accomplished this feat, this list has been revised to more accurately state the tips that were the most important for those who have completed this tall order. While it's certainly still one of the single most brutal tasks in video game history, practice, dedication, and a few timely tips should help readers finally check this box off of their to-do list.Run and gun and jump and jump and dash and gun more It’s still brutal and requires incredible skill, but these tips will make it a bit more bearable. Thanks to some speedrunners and long-time Doom professionals like DraQu who have managed to pull it off there are some techniques the average gamer can learn from them to do it themselves.

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According to IGN it’s something even the developers haven’t managed to achieve and they built the thing. Beating Doom Eternalon a standard difficulty is impressive enough, but doing so on the masochistic Ultra-Nightmare setting is incredible.
