5/5 ★ – CountyLake's review of DOOM Eternal.

The best first person shooter of all time. Controls are perfect, the game feels absolutely incredible to play. Every weapon is extremely well balanced, basically a refinement of 2016’s weapon roster with some great additions like the flame belch, ice bomb, and crucible. Modifications to pre-existing weapons, like adding a meat hook onto the super shotgun, make the old weapons feel fresh. No weapon feels wasted here. In 2016 the second half of the game could be dominated solely with a maxed out super shotgun and gauss cannon, here every weapon and knowing when and how to use them plays a crucial role in your survival. The game takes a survival-horror approach in some ways, including the approach to ammo. Ammo is more scarce in this game, but it is easy to pick up with your refueling chainsaw. It adds another thing to consider and keep balanced during gameplay, and it’s something that allows players to bring more skill and thought into gameplay. I haven’t even mentioned the glory kills, which make amazing use of the slayer’s new blade. Environments look incredible here and the game has a lot more variety in 2016, which mostly took place in variations of hell, Mars, and UAC corridors. Here we visit numerous planets and locations, and no two levels feel like they take place in an identical environment. Level traversal is greatly improved with dashes that speed gameplay up. Small amounts of puzzles and platforming sections test your mastery of the controls and mechanics of the game. Every battle feels perfectly crafted, you are never immediately at an advantage or disadvantage, you must work to get to the end. Every demon has a weakness you can exploit, and there isn’t one enemy that is not fun to fight (even the marauder). Boss battles feel better than the small battles in 2016, in part thanks to the addition of other enemies to fight. The story is more focused on compared to 2016, but is still mostly there in a background role only. The music is incredible, so much variety and so many incredible tracks God bless ID, may the next Doom be even better.