Initially you’ll start off with a single life to spare, but more lives can be obtained within the map. Where the core game allows unlimited retries (unless you’re brave enough to take on the Ultra-Nightmare mode) Arcade mode restricts to a limited life system. The fast-paced nature is even encouraged in its continue system. The quality of the level design becomes more apparent in arcade mode too, as you attempt to race through the sprawling levels you discover that the stages have numerous amounts of routes that can be taken and with access to all the rune buffs and weapons from the start this encourages to take a strategic approach and to try and find the fastest yet most score effective route. Few games in recent memory have succeeded this trait, and it was only fitting that a surprise hit had a surprise upgrade. DOOM demonstrated exactly what DLC should be, and that’s not to say all DLC should be free, but the DLC doesn’t feel like it was attached on, it feels like it belongs in the game and it’s accomplished exactly what the intention of DLC’s have always been to enhance and prolong a game’s life span.
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Initially it doesn’t sound like a significant game changer, but in reality, it has almost entirely transformed the game into something new, and best of all it was completely free of charge. Earning medals such as headshots, barrel kills and glory kills further increases the overall score which earns for you either bronze, silver, or gold medals which are then posted onto an online leader board against other people and friends. Picking up items such as health, ammo and armour prevents the score multiplier from falling, advocating to keep the momentum. During inactivity however, and the multiplier starts to decline, forcing you to keep on the move. Consecutive kills grant a score multiplier of up to a maximum x32. The objective is simple, get from the start to the end of the level whilst scoring as many points as possible. Arcade mode slices the fat off the levels by abandoning whatever little narrative there was and throwing you directly into the heart of the action. Any level from the main campaign can be selected, on any difficulty of your choosing and with all the weapons and equipment that is accumulated throughout the main story campaign available from the offset, meaning you can tailor your buffs to whatever strategy you desire. Arcade mode is exactly what the name implies.
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Concentrating on its core mechanics and keeping a basic narrative did DOOM a lot of favours, and with the introduction of an Arcade Mode that got implemented in October last year, for free within an update, it further enhanced DOOM’s experience. Id Software’s reboot was a surprise hit, and while the multi-player and SnapMap level editing had a small following, it was the solo campaign that shone through. It’s the kind of finger flip DOOM’s developer demonstrated to early beta test critiques who criticised the game for going back to its roots, and withholding review copies until consumer release dates only added disparagement and scepticism.
‘Carefully remove the canisters’, Hayden tells our silent protagonist, as he lifts his leg up and forcibly stomps and removes the canisters by the soul of his boots.
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