QuakeCon 2018 gave us a lot of details about the future Doom Eternal. Before we knew only the name and the place of action, but now the information is much more. For example, the developers abandoned the number in the name of the game in order to avoid confusion in projects – even inside the studio the first part was called Doom 2016. In general, what to pray, they drove!

1. The character in Eternal is much stronger

If earlier enemies were supposed to finish exclusively with bare hands, now a folding blade is now at the disposal of thought. It diversifies reprisals and accelerates them a little: monsters can be pierced, decapitated, cut along. But the most delicious finishing is still done with a fist: the ability to flatten the head of a zombie is worth a lot!

And Dumgai will also have a powerful shoulder gun that replaced manual grenades. She knows how to spit with both fire and explosives, and ammunition is restored automatically.

2. Instead of a saw, sometimes there will be a sword

The chainsaw remained in the arsenal and it seems that it has not changed at all: it is still a reliable tool for close combat. And cartridges fall out of sawed carcasses in a solid amount. However, in addition to the saw, we will sometimes pick up a runic sword-it seems that this is some new mechanics of fighting bosses. He looks great, sorry only, did not show what he is capable of in action.

3. It will become easier to dodge

Dum Sleer will master quick jerks that help to move away from the lightning attacks of demons. It seems that this is another confident step towards the slasers: fat -haired monsters who need to be picking for a long time, the pace as the basis of gameplay and the mechanics of finishing up for a long time related to the game with this genre.

Jerks will be allowed to perform even in the air. In addition, double jumping can be repeated without landing if you grab on the road beyond the protruding part of the decor: jumped twice, caught on the pipe in the air, swayed – and you can jump twice more! Definitely, the mobility of the character in the sequel will increase by an order of magnitude.

4. More vertical gameplay than in the original

From now on, the player will spend much more time in the air. The fortune clock casino level of levels will become more complicated, and in some places the platform player tossing player will meet. Moreover, Dumgai will be able to climb on some walls, clinging to cracks.

But the main innovation is a under-barrel hook for a shotgun. Cool idea! After all, the double -barreled steamer is good at a close distance, and reduce it with the branded Get Over Here!»Scorpio – appropriate decision. And after all, the developers made this chip even cooler: not the monster is drawn into the arms of the player, but the player himself flies up to him. He pulled, shot, pulled to a new goal: you can quickly climb the top, the main thing is that there are enough enemies!

5. Classic plasmagan returns

The plasma rifle from the previous game could not replace the old plasmagan: it was too “ordinary”, gave out too little damage. But in Eternal we will return weapons of youth! The string of blue balls will again become a nightmare for demons, and the strange shape of the muzzle will again become fashionable. True, the weapon will still be called a plasma rifle.

6. Opponents from the original doom II will appear

Zombie sergeants, arachnotrons and elementals of pain again unsuccessfully try to stop the dumb. This time, designers really tried to make enemies similar to their pixel ancestors, they are recognized at one glance.

And the changes touched not only the newcomers – opponents from the game of 2016 also were slightly filled, and cacodemones, for example, again played with colors.

7. There will be completely new enemies

The developers were slightly carried away by skeletons: there are several subspecies in Eternal at once. One is hung with grenade launchers and for lack of legs moves on the reactive platform, and the second is partially covered with the same armor as Dumgai. Yes, and is armed with a suspiciously familiar shotgun! The developers called this skeleton a looter and separately noted that he had green armor for a reason.

8. Damage will be displayed on monsters

Simply put, demons will fall apart into pieces. The zombie will have a skeleton, the limbs of arachnotron will become thinner, and the elemental of pain in battle may even lose their horn! There will be so many meat that the last doom against the background of Eternal will seem to you a little vegetarian.

9. A decent plot will be written in Doom, and the world itself will work

The developers promise a full -fledged universe – Doom University. With serious and thoughtful mythology. And if two dozen years ago Karmak thought that the shooter did not need the plot, now times have changed.

10. The scene is not only the Earth

Visually, some new locations send us to Westmarsh from Diablo III – even statues are similar!

Shooting monsters among ruins is good, but the developers have something else to show. Dumgai will visit both the satellite of Mars, Fobos, and in hell, moreover, in its more interesting part. And we will also be shown a new mysterious place, which was never previously demonstrated in Doom. Is it really a technrai?

11. Dynamics on PC and consoles are different

Doom with a mouse and with a gamepad – almost two different games. The pace of the zombie on a powerful RS is much higher. The developers understand this, but they will still release the game on Xbox One , And on PlayStation 4 , And on Switch. The game will be released on all platforms in one day, but FPS in the Switch version, as in the case of the first part, will be limited to thirty personnel per second.

12. Muscovy writes Mick Gordon again

Last time, Gordon coped excellently, it’s hard to come up with the best person for the role of a composer for Doom Eternal. By the way, to some extent, the player also participates in the soundtrack, because the sounds of shots are an integral part!

13. Other players will complicate your life

So that a single campaign more often presents surprises, the DOOM ETERNAL will add the invasion function, well familiar Dark Souls. Monsters under the control of other players will wander into your game – both by one and groups. Will such monsters be stronger and more dangerous, incomprehensible, but, in theory, they should, otherwise they will die from the first hit from the BFG or a meeting with a chainsaw. And if there is no desire to fight living people, you can always disable the invasion.

14. There will be a classic multiplayer

In addition to invasions, the good old multiplayer will return to Doom, that is, without playing for demons and other experiments, including do not wait for Snapmap cards editor. Due to fixation on the multiplayer additions to the 2016 game, the audience was hardly remembered. In the age of network jacks, Doom is still perceived more as a single project, piece goods, and usually buy it for a single campaign.

15. Developers plan plot DLC

This, of course, is much more interesting than additional characters for the network game. But … how long have you seen a good story addition for a single shooter? Usually we are allowed to run for several hours on incomprehensible backbone in the role of some secondary character. The main story does not become richer, the heroes are not revealed from the new side.

However, doom in this regard can be special. There are no statists or side stories here. There are only Dumgay and devils that need to be stuffed with lead, plasma and pendelia. And the main thing is a campaign or an addition – it does not matter. Dryvovo will be for sure!