Having previously bought Doom (UAC Pack Edition) from GAME for less than £38 on launch, I quickly discovered that it adheres to much of what typifies a conventional iD game - ie it looks great and has great combat mechanics that only reminds one of iD's status as the pioneers of first person shooter gaming, but lacks an engaging story so as to hook players in further. Well, at least that's my experience with the game as I find that it only really lends itself towards quick "pick up and play" sessions, and isn't really designed at all for extended play-throughs. Doom's not Fallout 4 in other words.
Now don't get me wrong... Doom is a fine game, and as people have already mentioned on forums, is a welcome return to back to basics old-school gaming. But as someone who loves Wolfenstein: The New Order, ZeniMax Sweden AB (formerly Machine Games) were also able to prove that you can take a legacy franchise (one that was created by the masters of the FPS genre) and give it enough modern bells and whistles so as to ensure that it comes across as a work of art. Indeed, Arthur Gies (of Polygon) stated that "The New Order's got all the workings of a classic shooter. But in their trip back to the well, Machine Games has brought all of its tal...