Current Events > I still can't get over how Doom 2016 spoiled Eternal's big plot twist in its OST

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Spoilers, obviously.

Doom Eternal's big "gotcha!" is that Hell is contained, watched and works in tandem with "Heaven" as a means of keeping Heaven from collapsing due to an energy crisis.

In Doom 2016's soundtrack, the leitmotif of "Heaven" is heard throughout one song. Four years before the sequel came out.

Was that in the dlc? Granted, I wasn't playing eternal with a particular focus on the story, but I didn't skip anything I feel like there was no mention of heaven anywhere in the base game.

s0nicfan posted...

Was that in the dlc? Granted, I wasn't playing eternal with a particular focus on the story, but I didn't skip anything I feel like there was no mention of heaven anywhere in the base game.

It was a major part of the base game. But it's not exactly Heaven, just a realm by the name of Urdak. Of course it does draw influence from the idea of Heaven to work in tandem with the game's version of Hell. The primary antagonist is the leader of the Maykrs (the inhabitants of Urdak).

Eternal can be a bit confusing because you're jumping around not only between Earth and Hell, but also Argent D'Nur (a completely separate realm) and Urdak. I'm not sure if I'd consider that to be Eternal's big plot twist though. The Khan Maykr even shows up right at the beginning of Eternal, and I believe they explain what her deal is early on too.