It’s no secret that id Software is placing a bigger emphasis on story in Doom Eternal.<\/b>
\nIt\u2019s no secret that id Software is placing a bigger emphasis on story in Doom Eternal.
That much has been clear since the moment Doom Eternal was first unveiled last year, and though the game\u2019s E3 showing didn\u2019t leave a lot of room for narrative, id Software is slowly starting to reveal a different side of the shooter.
In particular, the game\u2019s main protagonist \u2013 the Doom Marine \u2013 has been its most mysterious. The 2016 reboot left us with many questions, and the story didn\u2019t even address whether he\u2019s the same Doom Guy from the original games, or an entirely new character.
These questions and many others will be answered in Doom Eternal, id promises. Speaking to Game Informer, creative director Hugo Martin said the game will solve some of these mysteries but ask even more questions.
\u201cWell, one thing we\u2019re going to do is we\u2019re going to answer the question about whether or not it\u2019s the same guy from the 1993 Doom, we\u2019re gonna answer a lot of questions, actually,\u201d said Martin.
\u201cI mean, there\u2019s so many good mysteries in Doom universe and we need to answer good questions, and then ask new good ones. But to be clear, we won\u2019t answer it all outright.\u201d
Not all of the information will be fed directly to players, however, as Martin stressed that you\u2019ll still need to figure out some elements by digging through the lore.
\u201cI think that Doom\u2019s formula for how we flesh that stuff out is, usually it\u2019ll require some player investment to piece those puzzle pieces together, and we want to give the ability to do that.\u201d
Doom Eternal is out November 22 on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch.<\/p>\n