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I think the beauty of the single-player of new Doom doesn't translate well in videos. A lot of the features I thought were not that interesting or downright dum
by whatever_dude 10y ago
I think the beauty of the single-player of new Doom doesn't translate well in videos. A lot of the features I thought were not that interesting or downright dumb (e.g. melee executions) actually tie the gameplay in such a way that it just clicks. It doesn't just lack cover, it forces the player to be anti-cover. There's a lot of weapon variation, and the customization (via a RPG-ish leveling up aspect) allows you to play the game the way you want. The level layout (including map system, secrets, challenges, etc) make you really want to go back and play more, explore more, do more.
For me, it's a similar feeling to the original Doom, albeit in a very different (one could say "more mature") packaging. It's not trying to be a modern FPS as we know it, it's almost like a parallel universe version of a modern FPS. It's really masterly done, any way you put it, but you only realize it as you play through it. When watching a video, it's too easy to get distracted by the superficial qualities of it and miss the meta-game.
- ConnorG 10y agoAnother thing is how pretty the game is. It's hard to get that out of a video, but when you're actually playing the game you realize just how beautiful it is. Part of the reason is they use a lot of colors. It's not just another dark color palette shooter. Plus the frame rate is amazing.
- whatever_dude 10y agoGood point. In a world of 30-fps-locked games, a game that is engineered to run with your framerate just feels right, even if you're "only" playing at 60Hz.
- meroje 10y agoBut that means the voices get out of sync during cinematics if your fps is too low
- Kristine1975 10y agoNot if the cinematics are synced to a global timer instead of the frame rate. Then when the frame rate is too low the game skips some frames to keep up.
- whatever_dude 10y agoNo, the game uses frame delta times rather than a set tick rate per second. (In general it's how most games already work; it's just that it's normally convenient to set it at a fixed rate to make some things like physics more deterministic, and it gives a nice target performance/budget).
- corysama 10y agoDigital Foundry did a great technical analysis of Doom. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=la0O0SyM3gg http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=la0O0SyM3gg
- lookupmobile 10y agoWhat's your computer's spec?
- ConnorG 10y agoI've actually been playing on Xbone lately.