hot takes are already comin in
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this one's courtesy of our friends at ResetEra
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Ok I really don't want to be THAT guy but based on what was shown something about it felt kind of off putting.
Don't get me wrong the gameplay looks WICKED SICK, but something about the narrative felt, for lack of a better word, xenophobic.
The most obvious part would be the holo-lady announcer, using the same language that progressives are constantly panned for, telling you to accept these outsiders and be considerate of them even though they've completely trashed the place.
But there's also the part on Phobos where weak ineffectual humans need to step aside for this prime alpha male as he is the only one with the strength and will to purge this foreign menace.
On top of that there's the call from corporate telling them to let the demons in, meaning leadership is compromised and now serve the demon agenda.
There's some other stuff going on but its stuff like that makes me wonder if there's some kind of message here.
I really hope that I'm just reading too deep into it, but it was still hard to enjoy the presentation with that uncomfortable thought sitting in the back of my head.
You know, who honestly, really sincerely gives a solitary shit about this?
I mean, you kind of, well, are being one of those guys. You are just seeing things you want to connect.
The UAC in Doom 2016 was basically like a cult worshipping the demons, so this is just an extension of that same concept and Id is having fun with it.
Similarly, in Wolfenstein you could overhear Nazis having a conversation that basically amounted to "so much for the tolerant left".
Some hardcore rightwingers got pretty angry over the latter. I think it would be foolish for the left to now get angry over the former. It's a joke, there's not really any deeper message here.
You sound like you were one sentence away from unironically calling the Doomslayer a Chad. Get a grip, dude.
I think that's possibly one of the best parts about this trailer. It really does show how powerful the character is that everyone just freaks the fuck out as soon as they see the Doom Slayer simply because of the reputation ascribed to him, and even when the UAC Corporation takes an antithetical stance to the Doom Slayer due to the events of the previous game and the secret hell worshipers (as evidenced by the "Doom Slayer Threat Level High" bit in the middle of the gamplay before the Archivile), the employees don't try a single bit to stop him, even the UAC Marines want none of that...
I just hope that because there are invasions in this game, then that has to mean this has co-op as well. Like real campaign co-op not just snapmap fuckery.
Yeah, surely Bethesda, the company that told Nazis to go fuck themselves at their last E3 presentation, is totally going to let id Studios slip a subtle alt-right message into one of their flagship titles.
I really need to, been dealing with a lot of anxiety lately, I was hoping watching the quake stream would take my mind off things but it looks like it didn't work.
Not even an unquenchable blood thirst for demons could quash my existential fears for the future.
I need to take a break.
It's a dumb joke. Are you kidding me?
not a fan of the new design direction, the sci-fi utilitarian look of most of my favorite doom 4 guns look like they've been revised by an edgy middle schooler, and the new monsters and hell props look really cartoony. Hope this is a heavy wip and i'm proven wrong, cause the last doom was a step in the right direction
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god i'm in love with this game already
If it were to release this year... oh gawd the hype.
Please do not refer to them as demons, it's offensive to them
the proper term is mortally challenged tq
I genuinely thought I fucking made up that glory kill in my head the first time I watched the demo.
He's like "Why would you do this to me?"
The only design I don't like is the new Mancubus. Everything else looks just as good if not better than the original.
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