Doom Eternal
The hellish Doom series is back, offering immaculately designed carnage with big-budget sensibilities - and slaying with fire has never been so much fun
Jon Denton
Thanks to Covid-19, ‘Hell On Earth’ hardly counts as escapism at this point. But with ridiculous commitment to violent excess, id Software’s loud, gory and unapologetically old-school Doom follow-up is the shot in the arm we didn’t know the FPS genre needed.
With the Doom Slayer charged with taking down the Hell Priests who caused the pits of the inferno to spill out on our planet, Doom Eternal has double the demons with combat that comes fast and furious. Much of the long campaign sees you battling demonic foes at lighting speed - pause and you’re dead. Mind you, move around a lot and you’re probably dead too. It’s relentless, cracking along at a blistering 60fps with no hitches, and seemingly running at a steady 4K on the Xbox One X.