Updated - Wed 22nd Jan, 2020 03:30 GMT: DOOM has always been known for having multiple difficulty settings that will give even the most seasoned gamer a tough time. When DOOM Eternal is released, it'll continue this tradition. Shacknews recently went hands-on with a preview build of the game and spotted a "top-tier" Nightmare difficulty, which supposedly adds "roguelike" elements to the game. Most of all, you'll only get one life per run. So, if you die, it's a complete restart.
It sounds very similar to the Ultra-Nightmare mode in DOOM 2016, which resulted in permadeath and the player losing their save file the second they were killed in battle. According to Shacknews, the latest take on this mode will encourage players to compete against each other (a bit similar to games like Super Mario Maker 2 and Dark Souls) and allow you to also see how far other Doom Slayers got.
Are you looking forward to the arrival of this game? Comment down below.
[source shacknews.com]
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Harder difficulty sounds pretty awesome. Love having options.
Hyper-Nightmare mode: Because "Ultra-Nightmare" just wasn't metal enough.
@Kalmaro Great point, I've dropped the word from the headline.
@Liam_Doolan happy to help, just trying to cut off the people who like taking folks to task over that stuff.
This just sounds like Ultra-Nightmare from the first game.
@AnnoyingFrenzy Yeah, I don't see how this is any different. Even the Mario Maker/Dark Souls style death points are in the Doom 2016 Ultra-Nightmare mode.
@Thaliard Oh-ho-ho They changed the article! But I agree, the death points are in the original as well. Nice to know the mode is continuing though.
I played the first game in a PS4. When I play on that machine I get obsessed with trophies on games I like. For the previous Doom, I got every single trophy, only one missing for Platinum: Beat the first level on the top difficulty.
I could not get past the first groups of enemies... this is going to be harder than THAT? What they going to do? Bumping into walls fractures your own skull killing you?
Nah, difficulty for difficulty's sake doesn't appeal to me. Still a great game, I bet.
@Earl_Grey : Same. Especially for a fairly lengthy game.
Now, a theoretical "Ultra Nightmare" run of the individual episodes of the first DOOM would be a far more enjoyable experience, I think, as they lend themselves well to speed runs (back when games weren't punctuated with uninteresting and unskippable exposition).
If you're playing doom on any mode less than normal you're doing it wrong. Doom is supposed to kick your ass and you say thank you game! May i have another?
@Tharsman that was a tough trophy that took me a while to do, you just have to be really aggressive in your shooting as they give so little health for the glory kills. The later levels actually get easier as you have more abilities
@Alpha-2002 That is legit funny.
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