Doom Eternal

Doom Eternal

March 20, 2020

ActionShooter Nintendo SwitchPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X

The Slayer returns. Rip and tear through demon hordes in a high-octane FPS.

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85.7

36 critic reviews

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Critic Reviews (36)

A.J. Maciejewski Video Chums Mar 2020
60.0 /100
Alberto Lloret Hobby Consolas Mar 2020
90.0 /100

"When everything works, DOOM Eternal on Stadia works like in the rest of platforms. That is something that depends, mostly, of your ISP connection. During our test we didn&s;t experienced input lag or video artifact, and even if it isn&s;t …"

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Alejandro Alcolea Huertos Hobby Consolas Mar 2020
92.0 /100

"DOOM Eternal is an example of how to make a great sequel. Doesn&s;t break with the 2016 game and allows us to embody a character that is a demon killer. It makes us feel powerful and is one of the …"

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70.0 /100
Andrew Reiner Game Informer Mar 2020
93.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

95.0

Story

70.0

"The 2016 game now looks like a primer for a much more elaborate battle against the forces of hell"

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Antonio Vallejo Taslimi Areajugones Mar 2020
80.0 /100

Graphics

80.0

Gameplay

75.0

Story

80.0

"DOOM returns to offer us another installment loaded with wonderful and vertical battles full of rawness and to rhythm of heavy metal. Although they have impressed us again in the shooter aspect, DOOM Eternal adds more content to the game, …"

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Ben Moore Easy Allies Mar 2020
95.0 /100

"Doom Eternal is a masterful shooter that&s;s willing to push players to new heights."

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Brad Shoemaker Giant Bomb Mar 2020
80.0 /100

"It may not reach the sublime heights of its predecessor, but Doom Eternal is bursting at the seams with hellacious action."

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Chad Sapieha Post Arcade (National Post) Mar 2020
80.0 /100

Graphics

90.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

30.0

"Id Software&s;s latest shooter is truly a gamer&s;s game, fully focused on glorified violence and addictive action"

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Chandler Wood PlayStation LifeStyle Mar 2020
95.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

96.0

Story

92.0

"DOOM Eternal is simply a really good game. It provides players with a brutal and extreme power fantasy while also presenting a challenge, a tightrope act of balancing that few games can ever accomplish with a masterful hand."

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Chris Carter Destructoid Mar 2020
85.0 /100

"Doom Eternal keeps the strong foundation built back in 2016 intact, while adding some of its own panache in the process. I think we can officially declare that the last iteration wasn&s;t just a lone fluke, and that Doom is …"

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Corey Plante Inverse Mar 2020
80.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

95.0

Story

30.0

"Even if you&s;re freaked out by monsters, demons, zombies, and everything in between, there&s;s something so empowering about thrashing them all to bloody bits. A game where you rip out a demon&s;s explosive heart to shove it down their throat …"

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Dalton Cooper Game Rant Mar 2020
90.0 /100

Graphics

92.0

Gameplay

93.0

Story

78.0

"Doom Eternal is a non-stop thrill ride, barraging players with incredible fast-paced action from the opening mission to its blood-soaked finale. Fans of the franchise should be thrilled with it, and anyone looking for a meaty FPS to fill their …"

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Dean Takahashi GamesBeat Mar 2020
90.0 /100

"Just when you thought power fantasies couldn’t get any better, Doom Eternal comes along with its universe of blood and gore to put you in a state of flow."

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Diego Perez Attack of the Fanboy Mar 2020
90.0 /100

"All in all, Doom Eternal is one of the most confident games I’ve ever played."

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Edwin Evans-Thirlwell GamesRadar+ Mar 2020
75.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

65.0

"An even faster and bloodier but slightly wayward follow-up to a thunderous shooter reboot."

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Eric Switzer TheGamer Mar 2020
100.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

95.0

Story

30.0

"Failure is part of mastery, and by the end of my ~20-hour playthrough of DOOM Eternal, I felt like I had developed a far greater mastery of the game than I ever did in DOOM (2016). Some battles took me …"

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Gabe Gurwin Digital Trends Mar 2020
90.0 /100

Graphics

93.0

Gameplay

92.0

Story

87.0

"Doom Eternal is a bigger and even better version of its predecessor, recognizing exactly why fans loved that game so much while giving them even more reasons to love the sequel."

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Giovanni Marrelli IGN Mar 2020
95.0 /100

Graphics

96.0

Gameplay

93.0

Story

88.0

"Vaster, magnetic and more brutal than ever, DOOM Eternal is a hymn to the frenzy that perfects the reboot formula, extending it beyond measure. Unmissable."

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James Davenport PC Gamer Mar 2020
94.0 /100

Graphics

95.0

Gameplay

96.0

Story

93.0

"Doom Eternal is a ceaseless, panicked nightmare that pushes you to point and click with more skill and style than ever before."

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Jez Corden Windows Central Mar 2020
90.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

92.0

Story

70.0

"DOOM marches back to the gates of hell with confidence, but some of its attempts to try new things fall flat. Literally."

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Joe Vargas The Angry Joe Show Mar 2020
100.0 /100
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Josh Hawkins Shacknews Mar 2020
80.0 /100

Graphics

90.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

30.0

"As a whole, Doom Eternal is a solid game, and a great sequel."

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Josh West GamesRadar+ Mar 2020
70.0 /100

Graphics

80.0

Gameplay

75.0

Story

30.0

"Doom Eternal is a smart iteration of what came before it that occasionally stumbles under its own desire to evolve"

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Kevin Dunsmore Hardcore Gamer Mar 2020
80.0 /100

Graphics

15.0

Gameplay

15.0

Story

15.0

"When everything comes together, Doom Eternal’s combat, mobility and levels combine to create one of the most satisfying gameplay loops and FPS campaigns in years. The Doom Slayer came, he sawed and he lived up to his reputation."

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Kirk McKeand TheGamer Mar 2020
80.0 /100

Graphics

20.0

Gameplay

80.0

Story

30.0

"This is the strongest Doom has ever been."

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Logan Moore DualShockers Mar 2020
90.0 /100

Graphics

92.0

Gameplay

96.0

Story

84.0

"DOOM Eternal is a drastic improvement over its predecessor in every way and sees the Doom Slayer reclaiming his throne in the shooter genre."

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Michael Leri PlayStation LifeStyle Mar 2020
100.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

95.0

Story

30.0

"The Doom Slayer has faced many nightmarish opponents and toppled them all, yet his greatest victory might be slaying the impossibly high expectations set by his genre-defining precursors."

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Mick Fraser God is a Geek Mar 2020
95.0 /100

"Doom Eternal is loud, brash, hellishly violent, and 100% entertainment. It might not be the perfect video game, but it absolutely is the perfect Doom game."

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Miguel Moran TheSixthAxis Mar 2020
100.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

95.0

Story

30.0

"Doom Eternal doesn&s;t just set the bar, it breaks it. Many of the best games of the FPS genre do what has already been done, and can do it really, really well, but Doom Eternal does what no other game …"

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60.0 /100
Phil Hornshaw Digital Trends Mar 2020
80.0 /100

"Doom Eternal intensifies the battles with Hell&s;s hordes by requiring you to constantly calculate the best ways to rip, tear, and stay alive."

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Ryan McCaffrey IGN Mar 2020
90.0 /100

Graphics

80.0

Gameplay

90.0

Story

70.0

"Doom Eternal is one of the best first-person shooter campaigns in years. Its brand of fun remains unmatched in FPSes."

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Sarah LeBoeuf Tom&s;s Guide Mar 2020
80.0 /100

Graphics

75.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

65.0

"In Doom Eternal, ripping and tearing has never felt so good, even if the last few chapters really test your patience."

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Seth Cano Mar 2020
85.0 /100
Tom Hoggins Telegraph Mar 2020
80.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

90.0

Story

60.0

"Older readers may remember the notoriety of the original Doom, one of the forerunners of the first-person shooter that sent players to hell and back, turning demons into kibble at the end of a floating shotgun."

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