Doom 4 Open Beta 15-17 April

[Neil]

Yeah, I've just never really got into Multiplayer - online anyway - I used to play Halo 2 deathmatch with some of my mates back in the day. We'd play that game for hours and hours - good times - I think that's the key thing for me. Multiplayer online you're still sat in a room on your own, often having to deal with too many arseholes and people who are way better at the game than you, whereas multiplayer in-person you're with your mates having a laugh. But at heart I've always been about the single player experience in games, to get lost in the world the dev team have created - and yeah, Doom's single player is rather good. They dispense with unnecessary story gubbins (quite humorously at times) and just focus on excellent gameplay. The fast-paced arena combat is a hell of a lot of fun (although it is used a touch too much at times), and how you dispense the final boss made me burst out into a devilish grin. You might want to check out a three-part documentary about the making of Doom (2016) on the NoClip YouTube channel. It's a really good watch and even digs into the aborted Doom 4 project (with preview footage). PART ONE (of THREE) here: Well, that's made me want to get it!

[MinionZombie]

Well, that's made me want to get it! You should definitely get it and you can probably pick it up quite cheap, too. I got my copy for £14 and certainly got plenty of bang for my buck.

[Neil]

You should definitely get it and you can probably pick it up quite cheap, too. I got my copy for £14 and certainly got plenty of bang for my buck. Can you do levels in co-op with one or more friends?

[MinionZombie]

Can you do levels in co-op with one or more friends? Erm ... you mean like play the main campaign with another person? No. If you want that kind of thing, I noticed that "Far Cry 4" lets you do co-op campaign gameplay (although, again, I'm just playing it single player ... it came out in 2014, IIRC).

[EvilNed]

Can you do levels in co-op with one or more friends? No, but there is a third mode called "SnapMap" where users can create their own maps. In this function there are a lot of COOP maps available, including several with a Survival theme. Not sure if Snapmap is on the consoles but I don't see why not.

[Neil]

Well, I've bought it... Just got to wait for 60GB to download now!

[MinionZombie]

Well, I've bought it... Just got to wait for 60GB to download now! Download code, is it? I stick with physical media, personally (although you still need to install the data on the console itself). I didn't download the update for it because it's like 35gb or something stupid!!! My internet connection simply ain't anywhere near fast enough to shift that kind of data in a reasonable time - it's been even slower over the holidays as well, what with all these people sitting online all day sending festive-themed pictures of their wing wangs and hoo hahs to each other. Also - yes - SnapMap is available on the console version.