Bethesda will launch a new Doom game on iOS and Android. His particuliarity ? A childish artistic direction that contrasts with the gore of the saga.
Since the very first episode released in the 90s, Doom has been a saga linked to graphic violence. It’s been ages now that we take malicious pleasure in slaying a horde of demons in a torrent of blood. Doom Eternal, the latest opus to date, goes even further: thanks to today’s graphic quality, developers can offer ever more disgusting gore effects. Strangely, mighty doomfuture episode unveiled by Bethesda on February 21, will go against this legendary essence.
mighty doom proudly displays its good-natured art direction, animated by toys and a more absurd tone. Bethesda indicates that the title, expected for March 21 on iOS and Android, is set in the “Doom universe”. We will embody Mini Slayer, who must get rid of his enemies in order to save his… pet rabbit named Daisy. Even the pitch can be considered adorable.
It’s Doom, but with cute graphics
We could hardly expect Doom to take this turn, when we look at his past. We saw him venture into a more horrifying genre with Doom 3 (super dark atmosphere), a genre that remains intended for an informed public. With mighty doom, we still feel the desire to address more people, as evidenced by this much more welcoming graphic rendering. Even the demons are less scary, except perhaps when they pass from life to death under the cannon shots of the Mini Slayer.
If the visual rendering has changed, the gameplay should continue to put the frenzy at the heart of the debates. Attention, mighty doom will not be a first-person shooter, but an intense top-down shooter. The Alpha Dog Games studio opted for a simplistic control scheme, transforming the experience into a “run & gun” (move forward and shoot). In this sense, it should prove to be more accessible than other games – which is fully in line with mobile platforms.
It will be possible to customize the Mini Slayer to be more powerful, with more devastating weapons, better equipment and special skills. There will also be mechanics like rogue lite, which implies a part of randomness in the levels crossed. Finally, we will have to fight against bosses.
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