It's simple, short, easy to get into, and has a lot of replay value if you are into going for better personal best times. The card mechanic works super well, it feels fresh, the visuals are super fun, and it doesn't overstay it's welcome.

The dialogue is very reminiscent of American writers trying to use an anime style, but I found it pretty endearing. Keep in mind that I'm someone who enjoys camp and goofy writing way more than passable writing. If anything puts you off about this game, it's going to be in between missions, but you can skim the dialogue if you really need to. I'd imagine you can infer your way to the end of the story rather easily.

The music is one of the best soundtracks of all time for me, but it's kinda cheating by just being a Machine Girl album. I already liked them long ago, and this is some pristine work of theirs.

That whole "smaller games with worse graphics by devs who are paid more" quote that people like me have picked up is getting kind of redundant now, but this is a good example of the best possible interpretation of it. Stylized, simple gameplay, short duration, and polish should be what most games aim for nowadays.

The drug that hit the industry like an epidemic. DOOM put good FPS shooter combat back on the map, and corrected course after the era of cover shooters and Call Of Duty style games. This game is brutal, unashamed, awesome and tenfold better than it's sequel. Everything about it is confident. The tone is exactly how a modern take on DOOM should be, the enemy design is readable, the power fantasy is palpable, and the game is extremely insistent on not wasting my time. All cutscenes are there for a pacing purpose, and any downtime blurs in the rearview mirror as you enter the next combat arena. From there on out, it's you, how good you can aim today, and how resourceful you can be to shoot, impale, rip, and tear your way to killing them before they kill you.

Eternal is half the game 2016 is. I don't want to manage your stupid cooldowns so I can combo my weapons in exactly the way you want me to. I want the Super Shotgun, I want 60 spare shells, and I want a clausterphobic room full of enemies that are afraid for their lives. That's is what DOOM is to me.