At E3 2018, Bethesda revealed that Doom Eternal would be the next title in the doom line. However, despite the reveal, there wasn’t really much else to go on. As such, many gamers were left speculating about what would be in the game, and what wouldn’t. Or just as important, what improvements, aside from graphics, would be made from the previous game. Well, now that the new gameplay trailer for the title is out, developer ID Software has dropped some key details about what to expect.
First off, while the previous entry had a story, ID noted that players apparently wanted more from them in terms of universe building. At the time, they were focused on SnapMap via multiplayer, but ID’s Marty Stratton notes that this time will be different:
“One of the big criticisms – and even if I could go back and do it again – I think we’d do campaign DLC after launch. People really wanted that. They wanted stuff created by us. SnapMap was really cool. I loved it. But it didn’t really scratch that itch for people.”
But, just because the team is aiming to give more of a story and world-building aspect to Doom Eternal doesn’t mean that multiplayer is going by the wayside. Instead, they’re focusing on different and special modes like “Invasion”, where you can actually go into another person’s Doom game and try to mess them up. But Stratton told Polygon that’s just the beginning:
“The Invasion stuff is just kind of one of the ways that we’re going to make the Doom experience social. But we’re not really going deep into that. We are working on a PvP component. It is new. It’s not an extension of what we did last time. So it’s new. It is something we’re developing internally, which we didn’t do last time. I think players are gonna really enjoy it.”
No release date for the game has been given.
