{"id":94715,"date":"2025-05-17T02:55:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T02:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/17\/4-cool-games-were-vibing-with\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T02:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T02:55:56","slug":"4-cool-games-were-vibing-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/17\/4-cool-games-were-vibing-with\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Cool Games We\u2019re Vibing With"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Play it on:<\/strong> PS5, Xbox Series X\/S, Windows PCs (Steam Deck: YMMV)
Current goal:<\/strong> Finish the story<\/p>\n

I like trash. Am I saying the new Doom<\/em> game<\/a><\/span> is trash? No. It\u2019s fun! But I don\u2019t think anyone\u2019s fooling themselves into thinking it\u2019s fine art, is what I\u2019m getting at. And no, you won\u2019t get three weeks<\/a><\/span> of me talking about how much<\/a><\/span> I love this game<\/a><\/span> like you did for Clair Obscur<\/em><\/a><\/span>\u2014which I still haven\u2019t finished because I am glued to several grinding zones I\u2019ve mapped out in the world where I\u2019ll just spend five or six hours a night leveling up and drilling the combat. It\u2019s so good that I\u2014see? I almost wrote another damn entry for that RPG again!<\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> <\/em>Doom: The Dark Ages: <\/em>The Kotaku<\/em> Review<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

But no, this weekend I\u2019m gonna log some hours with the new Doom<\/em><\/a><\/span> (and maybe with Clair Obscur<\/em> in between somewhere). Normally, I might\u2019ve just not cared about a new Doom<\/em>. 2016\u2019s reboot was entertaining, but I bounced off of Eternal <\/em>in its opening moments and never looked back. In recent years, I\u2019ve also been properly introduced to \u201890s-era Doom<\/em>, and I really fell in love with those games and various wads. So when I\u2019m seeking Doom<\/em> vibes, I tend to prefer perusing the older entries or toy with neat player-made creations. <\/p>\n

So why am I playing the new Doom<\/em> game? For the story, mostly! Though it\u2019s less that the story has gripped me and more that I have a kind of morbid curiosity about what kind of story a narrative- and cutscene-heavy Doom <\/em>could even be telling. Just like that one time I got curious about how a story that spans seven loosely adapted video-game films could work and thus watched every Milla Jovovich Resident Evil<\/em> movie (wasn\u2019t worth it, but there was some unexpectedly neat cinematography from time to time!). Maybe you have similar proclivities. If so, why not check out what the heck kind of story is in this narrative-focused prequel to the current Doom<\/em> series?<\/p>\n

Five hours into the game, however, I really couldn\u2019t tell you what\u2019s going on. The story seems to be more interested in just showing things happening when what\u2019s needed is a bit of explanation for where the hell we even are. Or maybe it\u2019s just that the dialogue is so nebulous and uninteresting that it\u2019s easy to check out. The good news, though, is that the core loop, which is a bit long as it includes shooting, blocking, shield charging, shield throwing, and ammo-based melee strikes on top of the glory kill stuff that 2016<\/em>\u2019s Doom<\/em> introduced, is fun if not a little easy on Ultra Violence difficulty.<\/p>\n

I do still want this story to surprise me with at least one compelling scene, some clever line of dialogue, perhaps a bit of humor or some neat worldbuilding, so hopefully I come across that this weekend. Or not. Game\u2019s fun either way! \u2014 Claire Jackson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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