I've played this game a ♥♥♥♥ ton on the Microsoft version of the game, and I have to say it really is one hell of an experience.
During my time playing, I started getting in the combat more and more and "mastered" stuff like quick switching, movement (ballista boosting, but still working on bhopping), etc. I'm not sure whether this is what ID software intended when making this game but it flows together very very well. They outdid themselves on gameplay with this game.

However I noticed the fair share of some of its flaws as well.
Eternal combat wise is really good, and dare I say it as one of the best, but a lot of really nice features 2016 had was stripped away. Like the really good atmospheric tint and some dark shadows. It looked awesome in 2016 and I understand why it wasn't in eternal (Playtesters for the game said they couldn't see the demons much). A lot of the sound effects (not to be confused with the music/soundtrack) were pretty toned down and subjectively didn't sound as good as it's 2016 counterpart. The super shotgun sounded very weak compared to 2016 shotgun (Thank god for the mods).

I also think the story was very weak. I understand that Doom was always combat based but they tried lore and world building yet the base campaign didn't sell me out on that regard, and just putting a bunch of codex paper entries throughout the map to collect and read does not express lore to casual players.
2016 had voiced testaments to make up for the lore papers and that was more immersive as it dived into the stories of the slayer and his foes. I know that there were some audio logs for eternal but they just felt generic and didn't actually add anything to the slayer's lore or anything and is just speculation from the scientist thirsting (lmao) over the slayer.

2016 seems as a predecessor to doom 3 which was great but eternal feels like the predecessor of the first and second doom games. Which is why I felt 2016 was more gritty and eternal felt retro.

It's a great game and definitely one of the best first person shooters. I do suggest you buy it at sale price as buying this at full price is in my opinion not worth it as it doesn't carry much replayability.

I've played this game a shit ton on the Microsoft version of the game, and I have to say it really is one hell of an experience. During my time playing, I started getting in the combat more and more and "mastered" stuff like quick switching, movement (ballista boosting, but still working on bhopping), etc. I'm not sure whether this is what ID software intended when making this game but it flows together very very well. They outdid themselves on gameplay with this game. However I noticed the fair share of some of its flaws as well. Eternal combat wise is really good, and dare I say it as one of the best, but a lot of really nice features 2016 had was stripped away. Like the really good atmospheric tint and some dark shadows. It looked awesome in 2016 and I understand why it wasn't in eternal (Playtesters for the game said they couldn't see the demons much). A lot of the sound effects (not to be confused with the music/soundtrack) were pretty toned down and subjectively didn't sound as good as it's 2016 counterpart. The super shotgun sounded very weak compared to 2016 shotgun (Thank god for the mods). I also think the story was very weak. I understand that Doom was always combat based but they tried lore and world building yet the base campaign didn't sell me out on that regard, and just putting a bunch of codex paper entries throughout the map to collect and read does not express lore to casual players. 2016 had voiced testaments to make up for the lore papers and that was more immersive as it dived into the stories of the slayer and his foes. I know that there were some audio logs for eternal but they just felt generic and didn't actually add anything to the slayer's lore or anything and is just speculation from the scientist thirsting (lmao) over the slayer. 2016 seems as a predecessor to doom 3 which was great but eternal feels like the predecessor of the first and second doom games. Which is why I felt 2016 was more gritty and eternal felt retro. It's a great game and definitely one of the best first person shooters. I do suggest you buy it at sale price as buying this at full price is in my opinion not worth it as it doesn't carry much replayability.