#Doom eternal final boss series#

Speaking of Doom’s inspirations, Glory Kill-style takedowns are available for you to instantly kill your enemies after a few shots. At times, you’ll think you’ve dodged a shot, only to take one directly in the face, but that’s probably more an issue with my skill than the game. You’ll never meet overwhelming, Doom-like hordes, either, but you’ll still need to dash, jump, and constantly be on the move if you don’t want to get overwhelmed. While it’s in the tradition of boomer shooters, it feels refreshing after spending so much time doing Super Mario jumps in Doom Eternal. Levels are linear, built around the concept of increasing your music’s momentum as quickly as possibly, and there’s no room for exploration nor gathering collectibles. Truth to be told, the aiming assist feels generous, as it doesn’t demand exact precision, but like I said, we’re here to have fun, right? The weapons feel good, and that’s what matters. It’s particularly exhilarating to quickly turn around while shooting, landing a headshot on the spin, perfectly on-beat, which is easier to do than it sounds. You might even say some of them are overpowered, but we’re here to have fun, right? Shooting is precise and reactive as you move your character around levels, especially with mouse and keyboard. It’s a full-fledged shooter, working exactly as you’d expect, with a good variety of enemies and weapons – the latter complete with extremely powerful special abilities. Metal: Hellsinger has more than just music to it, though. It’s a bit like playing a real instrument, at times. The game does a good job with that, dynamically switching between situations where you should follow a slower beat and a faster one throughout the same level.Īll is music in Hellsinger, and doing anything in time – sprinting, shooting, reloading, slicing a demon up with your sword – rewards you. It’s not long before you find yourself counting the seconds between each shot so you can get the timing right, and you’ll naturally increase your tempo – and your fire rate – as the tracks get more intense. The soundtrack really shines during boss fights, where they’re played at the 16x multiplier by default – it’s a bit of a shame they’re not very challenging, outside of the last two, but at least the final boss grants an absolutely epic ending to the game.

Most of time, it’s easy to follow the pace of those songs, especially as the soundtrack is filled with bangers − bands are not involved, but singers from System of a Down, Arch Enemy (our favorite with “Stygia”), Trivium, Dark Tranquillity and Lamb of God, among the others, definitely are – and they’re such foot tappers that you’ll get into the right cadence without even noticing. If you get shot or shoot out of time, your combo loses its intensity and the song gets back to its basics, down until the sole bass track.

With good timing, you can rank your way through to a 16x score multiplier, and doing so makes your weapons more powerful and brings in each of the original musical track’s vocals. This requires you to switch your mentality compared to traditional shooters, as you don’t simply need to progress through a level in order to “win” – you also want to dominate the leaderboards and land the perfect score.

As in a Devil May Cry-styled action game, you’re tasked with not only playing, but playing well. Metal: Hellsinger takes that combination of metal and guns, makes them smooch, and births a diabolical baby.ĭeveloped by The Outsiders, Metal: Hellsinger is an old-school FPS backed by rip-roaring, headbanging music.

#Doom eternal final boss series#

If the idea of a music-based shooter sounds weird to you, you’ve probably never played a Doom game before − that series has grown an icon status thanks to its legendary heavy metal OST.