Board 8 > Rate the VG Story Day 30: DOOM (2016)

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I said that this topic would be one of 2016s finest stories and here we are, todays game is DOOM. How would you rate the story on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest?
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Previous Results:
Outer Wilds - 9.82 (19 votes)
Omori - 9.6 (5 votes)
Nier Automata - 9.25 (31 votes)
Metal Gear Solid - 8.73 (24 votes)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 8.72 (27 votes)
Disco Elysium - 8.58 (12 votes)
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective 8.35 (18 votes)
Final Fantasy X - 8.28 (50 votes)
The Last of Us - 8.21 (31 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - 8.13 (37 votes)
Life is Strange - 7.91 (29 votes)
Doki Doki Literature Club - 7.73 (20 votes)
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair - 7.68 (25 votes)
Bioshock - 7.6 (22 votes)
Celeste - 7.5 (23 votes)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 7.38 (28 votes)
Tales of the Abyss - 7.34 (27 votes)
Super Paper Mario - 7.14 (18 votes)
Dark Souls - 6.86 (19 votes)
*Hollow Knight - 6.81 (18 votes)*
Chrono Cross - 6.77 (15 votes)
Death Stranding - 6.73 (13 votes)
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - 6.62 (25 votes)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All - 6.43 (26 votes)
Professor Layton and the Curious Village - 6.1 (13 votes)
Final Fantasy IV - 5.62 (27 votes)
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune - 5.41 (26 votes)
Final Fantasy XIII - 4.77 (24 votes)
Fallout 4 - 4.39 (14 votes)

You can still rate previous days games if you missed them, just write <game name> <rating>. If you want to change your rating you can just specify that you are changing your rating. Nominations for future days are also welcome, nominate as many games as you like and I will get to all of them.

Rate and discuss, until it is done.

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Dark Souls - 6.86 (19 votes)
*Hollow Knight - 6.81 (18 votes)*

Lol at these two landing so close together

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Nominate Metroid Prime

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5

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3.5

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Question for LS: do you go back and add the votes from previous topics when people don't rate in the most recent one? There were a couple posted at the end of the DDLC topic.

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8.5. I unironically love this story, which is notable because I also ironically love this story. I have never before seen such a perfect balance of tone in a game.

Edit: KP, I do! I always check the old topics.

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I don't think the last three votes in that topic for DDLC, Last of Us, and MGS2 are reflected in the current rankings.

More on topic: No idea what to put for Doom.

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8.5

It's a ton of fun! I laughed a lot. Knew exactly the right amount of over the top to be. Except Olivia Pierce, she was too serious.
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5/10

I think most people know this quote from John Carmack: "Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie. It's expected to be there, but it's not that important."

Yeah DOOM 2016 should've followed that philosophy a little closer. Sure, there are enough tongue-in-cheek moments from the Doom Slayer to make the story have some levity and barbaric brutality that the gameplay is built on, but that gets a little muddy when literally every other character takes things so seriously and you have to stop the gameplay to read lore dumps like this is some dark fantasy RPG. I like the attempts at building up the Doom Slayer as this absolute legend with entries that could fit heavy metal lyrics, but it comes to a point where it actively hurts the game's pacing and flow and too often I find myself just skimming the story to get back on with the action. Simply, it's a game stuck between two story philosophies and can't commit to either one.

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8/10 - my first Doom experience and honestly the story with the scientists and how everything happened is pretty entertaining. Basically echoing Mac here.

6/10

The game is a masterpiece, but the story itself is a sliver above average. It's just there to give the combat a sense of purpose and direction.

That said, I love the concept of scientists tampering with Mars and creating a portal to hell.

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LeonhartFour posted...

Nominate Metroid Prime

I second this.

Snake5555555555 posted...

Yeah DOOM 2016 should've followed that philosophy a little closer. Sure, there are enough tongue-in-cheek moments from the Doom Slayer to make the story have some levity and barbaric brutality that the gameplay is built on, but that gets a little muddy when literally every other character takes things so seriously and you have to stop the gameplay to read lore dumps like this is some dark fantasy RPG. I like the attempts at building up the Doom Slayer as this absolute legend with entries that could fit heavy metal lyrics, but it comes to a point where it actively hurts the game's pacing and flow and too often I find myself just skimming the story to get back on with the action. Simply, it's a game stuck between two story philosophies and can't commit to either one.

Spot-on assessment.

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Eh, change my rating to a 5. I was probably too harsh on it.

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3

Didn't care enough about the story to do extra research beyond what the game offered.

It's all about the fast paced Demon slaying gameplay and exploration.

However I really think DOOM is an overrated game but DOOM Eternal is fantastic.

Jesus Christ I gotta stop giving short game reviews instead of sticking to just talking about the stories but I somehow can't help it.

5.5.

They made an effort to make things interesting at least, and it's better than one would expect for a Doom game. Eternal would probably be a couple points higher. I should buy that DLC some time.

Oh yeah, I think I might have posted my Hollow Knight rating after this topic was up, so that's good to know you check old topics.

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4.5

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Hollow Knight 9/10

Severely underrated on this website.

TheArkOfTurus posted...

Eh, change my rating to a 5. I was probably too harsh on it.

I feel a 5/10 for a game story translates to "The story exists without detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game."

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plasmabeam posted...

I feel a 5/10 for a game story translates to "The story exists without detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game."

That's where I pretty much score things too. 5 is always an average for me. There's a lot of context to take in to account, and in another game the vast lore and effort here would probably work pretty well. I just feel for a game like DOOM it's just a misfire.

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