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TESTED GAMESDoom Eternal’s litany of
horrors likes to hurt you as
much as possible, and there’s
not much use trying to hide in
a corner firing off pot-shots. In
order to survive, you’d better
go on the attack.
Dangerous and thoroughly
unpleasant, the game’s
enemies are also banks of
resources – once you know
how to extract the good stuff
from their savaged corpses.
Staggered enemies can
be finished off with a Glory
Kill, executed with a click
of the right stick, and they’ll
leave some crucial health
pickups behind.
This is the most manic form
of resource management ever
in a video game, but it gives
combat an incredible sense
of kineticism. Not only
are you trying to maintain
accuracy and avoid incoming
fire; you’re also having to
take split-second mental
pictures of the battlefield so
you can keep your supplies
topped up as you sprint
around the place.
So, can you avoid that
Mancubus long enough to
see off a stumbling zombie
and then get back to higher
ground before it eviscerates
you? Doom Eternal asks
questions of this type
approximately once every
0.8 seconds.Offensive? You
really should be...It’s a bit like an argument
over the last pack of fusilliin Asda, only not so heated.
If you’re self-isolating,
please don’t neglect
your personal hygiene.