Downloading atm, will play this for the first time ever and I know nothing at all about doom except some trailers.
any tips I should know?
- Move, move, move. Standing in one spot and firing means a trip to the grave and the movement mechanics are sublime. You're going to want to master movement in combat. Jumping over enemies, strafing, using verticality to your advantage, all vital.
- Switch your weapons as often as possible. There's no two weapon limit here - you have a weapon wheel with two shotguns, a pistol, a rocket launcher, a minigun, a heavy machine gun, a plasma rifle and a plasma cannon. You pick these up as you progress through the game - starting with a pistol and shotgun - but once you've amassed your arsenal, you're going to want to be swapping often. Some enemies don't like rockets very much, some could eat eat rockets like cereal but don't take very kindly to a well placed shotgun shell to the head. Swapping is the name of the game here.
- Glory kills are vital to your survival. When enemies are low on health, they enter a staggered state. When they glow blue, you know they're ready to die. As you get close to them, they'll turn orange - that's your queue to melee them, locking you into a second long animation that will kill them instantly and drop health and ammo. You don't regenerate here, it's all about the pick-ups. Glory kills are the way to drop much needed supplies when you're in the heat of combat and can't venture out to scavenge for health packs and ammo boxes.
- Tying into the first point, movement is so essential because of the way bullets and projectiles work. Bullets and other explody things aren't hitscan, they're projectile based. This means that when an enemy shoots straight at your head, it's far from a death sentence - the bullet needs to travel and therefore, can and should be avoided. Everything in the game is dodgeable, this is why learning movement mechanics is so vital. Bob and weave and duck and jump over enemy attacks before they hit you. This is a double-edged sword though as your weapons behave the same way. You will need to learn to account for enemy movement when firing as they can and will avoid your shots by running circles around you.
Once you figure out how to lead your shots while moving around, you'll be dancing a beautiful ballet of death.
Enjoy one of the best shooters of all time buddy, wish I could experience it for the first time all over again but hey, the third time around isn't so bad either.
