Mighty Doom, out now on iOS and Android, is a free-to-play Archero-like top-down shooter starring the one and solely Doom Slayer, aka the Doomguy. In some ways, it jogs my memory of these bizarre ‘80s cartoons that tailored gory, grownup motion movies into kid-friendly animated reveals, like Rambo or RoboCop. Sadly, whereas Mighty Doom is enjoyable, it nonetheless suffers from the standard mobile-game bullshit.
The primary Doom recreation hit the scene method again in 1993. The demonic shooter could not have invented the FPS style, but it surely actually popularized it and made it what it’s as we speak. Doom shortly grew to become probably the most in style video games on this planet, spawning sequels, a thriving mod neighborhood, and even the idea of speedrunning. A long time later, Doom remains to be related, nonetheless extensively loved, and nonetheless getting sequels. Now, its newest entry is a top-down cell recreation starring a tiny Doomguy ripping and tearing lil’ demons.
Mighty Doom, which I might have named Tiny Doom, is a brand new recreation from Bethesda and Alpha Canine video games that performs loads just like the current Tomb Raider Reloaded, which I lined not way back. Like in Tomb Raider, the Slayer in Mighty Doom shoots robotically. You progress them round randomly generated arenas crammed with demons, killing every little thing and unleashing particular assaults once in a while. Between arenas, you degree up and achieve new perks. Make it to the tip and take out the ultimate boss and also you unlock the subsequent space. Every run begins you off with no perks, like in a rogue-lite, and also you gather supplies and objects by way of every demon-killin’ run that you need to use to improve the Doomguy between video games.
In a swap from Tomb Raider Reloaded, in Mighty Doom the Doom Slayer—staying very on model—retains capturing till he dies or vanquishes all of the enemies. No lollygaggin’ right here. This small tweak makes the sport transfer sooner and really feel extra aggressive. Mighty Doom can even toss way more enemies at you since you by no means cease capturing. And in the event you do take injury, don’t fear, Mighty Doom consists of the glory kill system from the newest mainline Doom video games, letting you generate well being pick-ups by executing dazed demons.
From the heavy-metal music to the best way the sport encourages you to be extra aggressive and lively in fights, It’s all very enjoyable and really Doom-like. Effectively, till you must work together with all of the faff and gunk between runs.
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That is the half the place I’ve to sadly verify that Mighty Doom, like so many nice cell video games, is saddled with some annoying bullshit. The most important annoyance is the vitality meter. It’s very restricted, and in the event you make a number of errors and finish a number of runs early, you’ll shortly end up screwed and have to attend to play extra. Loot can be irritating, because it appears the sport is at all times ensuring you might be simply wanting what you’ll want to improve gear, resulting in you having to grind extra or spend some money to enhance your character’s deadliness.
Nonetheless, as somebody who can principally work round and ignore that form of stuff, after I’m really taking part in Mighty Doom, I’m nonetheless having a blast. Final night time I stayed up method too late taking part in it, one thing I’ve executed when taking part in the primary Doom video games, too. It’s only a disgrace that such a cool recreation is roofed in bullshit that can, understandably, postpone many gamers and preserve them from ever attempting it.