Freeze And Shatter Demons With DOOM Eternal's New Ice Bomb Weapon

Ice cold

by Liam Doolan Fri 25th Oct 2019

The last time DOOM Eternal made headlines was when id Software announced the anticipated title had been delayed. Sadly, the Switch version has suffered the biggest setback and will now be released "after" the other versions are launched on 20th March 2020 (alongside Animal Crossing: New Horizons).

If the wait wasn't already painful enough, the official DOOM Twitter account has decided to kill some time by teasing the new ice bomb weapon, which allows you to freeze demons and then shatter them with a melee attack.

The DOOM series has always given players big and bad weapons to crush the hellish hoards, so it's great to see the tradition will continue in the latest outing.

Of course, DOOM Eternal isn't the only DOOM title on its way to the Switch. DOOM 64 is also being offered as a free bonus if you pre-order the latest outing to Hell.

Are you looking forward to getting your hands on this weapon in the new DOOM game? Tell us in the comments.

[source twitter.com]

Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief. He's also got a soft spot for Sonic the Hedgehog.

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adh56
Fri 25th Oct 2019

So is this part of their original PR cycle? The social media team didn’t get the memo that the game was delayed?

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KitsuneNight
Fri 25th Oct 2019

So this is new and or PR ?
Next we will get a trailer for the trailer to watch another trailer, that announces an extended trailer with ads.

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Sisilly_G
Fri 25th Oct 2019

As much as I enjoyed DOOM 2016, I feel like it was riding too heavily on the coattails of the originals, and there was very little inspiration in the choice of monsters and weapons (the majority of which were based on the original game). I get that it's a reboot, but in spite of the technical expertise on board, and as much as I do love the game, it just doesn't match the memorability of the originals.

I also loved that boss enemies would continue to appear after their initial appearance (in the original games), like the surprise Cyberdemon encounter in the secret level of Episode 3 of the original DOOM and the infamous Cyberdemon/Spider Mastermind duel in DOOM II etc.

Being confined to a small space to fight a boss with a visible health metre was such a step backwards and very un-DOOM-like as the practice was unprecedented for the franchise. Hell spawn should roam free!

While I am looking forward to DOOM Eternal, my enthusiasm has been dampened by Bethesda's refusal to house their games in full on cartridge, as well as the fact that DLC had been announced for the game a year and a half ahead of launch, which means more content that won't be included on the cartridge/disc.

Ideally, I would like to grab both the PC and Switch versions, however, the PC retail release won't include disc(s) (not even the AU$370 deluxe edition!), plus it imposes the use of the Bethesda client. I'm inclined to wait for it to become bargain fodder on Steam where I can at least back up the game files to a couple of Blu-rays. Meanwhile, as long as Bethesda are delaying the Switch release, it would be great if they delay it so that all of the DLC content can be included on cartridge as well, but I am in no way optimistic.

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Elvie
Fri 25th Oct 2019

Doom (2016), at times, gave me a Metroid Prime vibe. Now that we have freezing weapons in Doom Eternal, I going to be thinking of how they would look in Prime 4, another game people were hyped for that got delayed.