
When I asked Martin about it, he said they are still iterating to get it right, but they felt it was essential to make these elements more visible when you're flying around the arena in the middle of a dozen demons.

One of the more controversial new elements to Doom Eternal is the bright neon user interface, which pops off the screen much more so than the one used in Doom. Your current demonic corruption meter is an indicator at a quick glance." Explaining The Neon U.I. "There are still some tucked in closets but you want to kill everything that was in that level before you leave to get all your combat points. "We think of the player like an exterminator – you're cleaning out this facility full of cockroaches," Martin says. To give players a clearer sense of if they've seen everything they need to see, and shot every demon that needs to be shot, id added a new corruption meter in the upper righthand portion of the screen. The Corruption Meter Tracks Your Level Progressĭoom Eternal's levels are packed with collectibles, secrets, power-ups, and demons. Glory kills reward health, using the flame belch shoulder attachment to burn enemies yields armor, and stringing together glory kills powers up your Blood Punch super, a new rune-activated skill that lets you take down an enemy with one brutal punch.

What else can we do to kind of allow you to take what you need when you need it from the bad guys that you're killing?"Ĭhainsawing enemies still procures a healthy ammo resupply, but now you have three other techniques for collecting specific drops.

"We decided to steer into it with this one and say, "That felt really good. "We felt like ultimately, was so much more satisfying than just overfilling the levels with resources everywhere so you're tripping over them," says creative director Hugo Martin. To make it through the fight, you need to take resupplies directly from enemies by killing them in various ways similar to the way you received a generous drop of ammo after using the chainsaw to slice apart an enemy. Doom Eternal still has ammo, health, and other power-ups littered around the battle arenas, but these supplies won't be enough to mow through the entire pack of bloodthirsty demons barreling down on your position.
