I'd argue the opposite for Doom Eternal in that I loved the fact they made the 'Doom Slayer' the original Doomguy and he's been fucking hell up with no lube for centuries that all the Demons screaming at you is them having PTSD seeing you!
The mechanics were hit and miss as some traversal puzzles were annoying while the combat was improved with the 'slaughtering enemies provides EVERYTHING you need' mechanic.
Trying to think of a bad example, I'd say probably Last of Us 2 as from appearance it played the same as the original that everyone enjoyed but the story threw everyone out of it that it ruined the experience. The 'no one wants to play as Abby' comes to mind.
Each to their own. I also liked the characterisation of the Doom Guy, but that's where my appreciation of the lore/story ended. The need to expand the universe and add gravity/grandiosity is ultimately what moved the game away from being what it was good at. As a result, it went from being a short and sharp corridor shooter to including a hub, replete with upgrades and other bullshit, and a bunch of uninspired and oversized "modern" levels to sell the premise.
Definitely agree on TLoU though. Tranny killed the beloved protagonist, and with it the franchise. Didn't help turning the second most liked character into a bulldyke who wouldn't tolerate bigot sandwiches in a world of starvation, either.
I'd argue the opposite for Doom Eternal in that I loved the fact they made the 'Doom Slayer' the original Doomguy and he's been fucking hell up with no lube for centuries that all the Demons screaming at you is them having PTSD seeing you!
The mechanics were hit and miss as some traversal puzzles were annoying while the combat was improved with the 'slaughtering enemies provides EVERYTHING you need' mechanic.
Trying to think of a bad example, I'd say probably Last of Us 2 as from appearance it played the same as the original that everyone enjoyed but the story threw everyone out of it that it ruined the experience. The 'no one wants to play as Abby' comes to mind.
Each to their own. I also liked the characterisation of the Doom Guy, but that's where my appreciation of the lore/story ended. The need to expand the universe and add gravity/grandiosity is ultimately what moved the game away from being what it was good at. As a result, it went from being a short and sharp corridor shooter to including a hub, replete with upgrades and other bullshit, and a bunch of uninspired and oversized "modern" levels to sell the premise.
Definitely agree on TLoU though. Tranny killed the beloved protagonist, and with it the franchise. Didn't help turning the second most liked character into a bulldyke who wouldn't tolerate bigot sandwiches in a world of starvation, either.