THIS GAME IS SO GOOOD. Thanks to every one that hung out with me on twitch. I'll be streaming Doom 64 VERY soon. If you want to come hang out then give a follow! www.twitch.tv/jarek4gamingdragon EDIT: To every one trying to correct me about the rabbit. Yes, it is Doom Slayer's rabbit, Daisy. I am 100% aware of this but the original rabbit WAS A REFERENCE TO MONTY PYTHON. You can stop trying to correct me now.
@@guymann1660 lol, coming out. I've never hid it man. There's no "coming out" either. It's just a hobby and community. That'd be like coming out as a basketball player, it's not a big deal.
Doom Eternal is, by far, better than 2016. 2016 has the stronger punch and a traditional multiplayer, but everything else is so much more fun. It turned the chaotic gun fu into a pure art form. The visual variety is a HUGE welcome addition. The lore was incredible for me, particularly with the Story of the Sentinels lore (which you should have read, if nothing else). Hearing everyone counting on you, putting their hope in you, etc, along with feeling Doomguy's SHEER INTENSITY every time he glares, just gets me PUMPED. Doom Eternal is one of the best games ever made, and I absolutely adore it.
Probably my favorite bit of the Fortress of Doom were the books Doomguy reads. And the pizza boxes. I like to imagine that he sits at his computer, orders a pizza online, then has it teleported up to his desk. And on Earth the pizzeria people reverently prepare their savior's pizza; have special high quality ingredients just for him denoted with the Slayer's Mark.
The chainsaw is your reload and an enemy is a fully loaded magazine. And they basically all look for you so you rip and tear them for it, Stay safe Slayers
The Marauder AI feels like it literally abuses I-frames and animation cancelling as if it's some sort of Dark Souls or Bloodborne player. There's no real way to counter it aside from kiting the enemy around and hoping you can take the other demons out so you have room to work. It would be fine if, say, Blood Punch disabled its shield for a while. But as it is, I've had times where the thing literally times it so it pulls up its shield as soon as the opening animation is halfway complete, along with chaining its dashes in a way that makes it literally impossible to hit. It's not a problem of "git gud", it's "the enemy and its AI is literally broken to the point where it's not fun to fight".
legit just super shot gun ballista combo and dash in circles around him until he shows the green attack light. it takes me like 2 or 3 rounds of that to kill him on nightmare
Literally all I do is strafe around the bastard and catch him with the ballista. Let him run towards you, make sure you've got space behind you, and dash backwards when his eyes flash, then fuck him with it, stunning him, then fuck him with it again. Rinse and repeat. It doesn't make up for how difficult he is, but I hope this helps.
Two main strategies for beating him quickly, ballista-SSG-ballista (in that order) if you don't have BFG (need to do at least 2-3 times on nightmare skill). Combo that one-shots him is SSG/ballista-BFG, SSG or ballista to stun him then a single direct hit with BFG ball gibs him, recommend being up in his face when launching BFG to reduce travel time (so he can't put up shield).
The Archvile was honestly done dirty having no big reveal. I mean that Phobos Base reveal scene was just perfect for him I wish they kept it. He isn't no Marauder but he's still one of Doomguys most powerful enemies and having him show up like "get your ass ready for a whoopin" is just awesome.
I love the marauder but he's the most fun in the 1v1 fights with him. I would have loved for him to hunt other demons making you compete for resources until you are the only two left standing... then fight.
Thas it. Months into the Eternals release we now know the 3charge chainsaw as the same get out of jail free card as before, you just have to think ahead now and save your fuel. Super necessary on ultra nightmare imo.
It's been one of the best games I've ever played... and I grew up playing the original Doom. They truly mixed original with new and created a masterpiece... best $60 I've spent on a game since Red Dead 2
I find funny that for me, playing on Ultra Violence, the easiest way to kill the Marauders is to shoot the shotgun stick bomb close to him and damage him by blast damage as he doesn't block this kind of damage, the blast damage, so stick bomb, granades, missiles, etc... The worst part is that sometimes when you counter him he still manage to hit you, on Ultra Violence that's it, 1 hit and your out, for me this is the worst part about it.
On nightmare you're pretty much forced with using the ballista against him since you can't let him hit you more than once at a time, and that kills him in 5 hits
It also doesn't help that every single attack he has staggers and slows you, which can end up bouncing you around like ping pong doom guy because you literally can't see anything. I don't think the devs intended for them to be cheesed by explosive weapons, but its a total crapshoot. Here's the thing: I don't mind hard enemies. But the Marauder is a broken enemy. Their AI abuses timing windows and i-frames to the point where its like going up against a bloodborne pro or fighting game champion. It's not fun because it seems like the game throws an obstacle at you for the sake of making it harder. It's like a Dungeon Master tossing a Legendary Dragon at a bunch of mid-level players because they're succeeding too often. Yeah, it's hard, but it's not enjoyably hard
I found another way to damage him if you fire your Super shotgun at the same time he throws his axe you can stagger him. And you can always get in two shots when you stagger him with the Super Shotgun
@@BoisegangGaming the Marauder isn't really that hard if you know how to play the game. After the first two fights I kept beating him first try almost every time.. I died like 15 times when I first fought him and died only once in a Slayer gate with him. If you should hate any demons it the Fucking Whiplash.. I fucking hate her so much, she the main demon that kills me.
@@themonstergamer5441 It's not that he's unbeatable. I mean, I can beat the Marauder pretty decently(I'm on console, so there are a bit of problems when it comes to response time) but the point is that they aren't fun to fight. In my personal experience, I've never had that much trouble with whiplashes(mostly because as soon as I see one she's getting frozen and as many autoshotty shells to the face as it takes to down her) but I'm sure she's more obnoxious on higher difficulties(I've only beaten the game on Hurt Me Plenty/Normal, mostly due to time constraints, but I am planning to rerun the campaign on harder difficulties later). I guess it has a lot to do with playstyle and personal progression as to which enemies you find bad, but the problem for me is that the Marauder is on a total level of BS compared to the rest of the Superheavies. I enjoy fighting the Tyrants, Barons, especially the Doom Hunter, and the Archvile is horrible but manageable, while the Marauder just makes the entire pace of a fight break down. There's no decisions as to which actions to take. You're literally at their mercy because the only way to beat them is either get lucky and have their AI obey its own rules or cheese it with explosives, which shouldn't be the case. Oh, and they can summon those stupid dogs. As if they didn't break apart the flow of combat already, they can blind and stagger you constantly with that thing and if you even take your eyes off the marauder to deal with it, the thing goes full Capra Demon on you.
I remember the exact moment where the game clicked for me. Unfortunately, I don't remember the actual name of the level, but it was about four hours in after I had most of the weapon roster aside from the OP special weapons. I had the dash, the SSG fully mastered, the runes that increased the range of glory kill and gave me a speed boost upon glory kill; combine that in a big arena with mostly trash enemies with a few heavies and the occasional super heavy. It hit me like a freight train. The frantic speed, the bloody multicolored chaos, utilizing every weapon in my arsenal. The sensation of "holy shit!" was only heightened by the fact that Eternal's first few hours are honestly kind of a slog, which I found annoying at first, but with hindsight it makes me appreciate the rest of the game so much. Now I just wish unlocking skins for weapons was faster. I wanna pimp my arsenal.
Totally agree on the Archville not being introduced properly and the Marauder being a massive pain in the ass. I also want to point out that the engine is insanely optimized. I'm playing on a GeForce GTX 760 and I get 30 FPS most of the time (when combat dies down I get mostly 60 FPS), and even "low" settings look super good, much better than it has any right to be on my crappy computer.
It took me quite a while slashing those red demons until I saw the Archeville and though "whats that?" Some introduction would have been useful. I lost way to many extra lives until I figured out what up.
Hey Jarek! After seeing your review on Ori, I’m more comfortable recommending this, but I think a game you’d enjoy playing/reviewing (if you already haven’t) is Psychonauts! It’s getting a sequel sometime soon, and while it is frustrating every now and then (looking at you Waterloo), it’s characters and soundtrack have such a unique charm to them that I haven’t seen in any other game!
The only thing about the game that really bugged me was that Trent Reznor's awesome Quake 1 menu theme wasn't available as a collectible. Doom 3's theme song is awesome though, and it's amazing to finally hear it in high quality instead of ~96 kbps mp3. I think marauder would have been fine if they cut his health in half. The problem with him (for me) isn't so much that he derails the game but that he derails it for such a long time as you whittle him down. They *say* he's invulnerable to super weapons but he does take some damage, and BFG tendrils can still lock onto him if the shot passes behind his back.
You can kill him with bfg at point blank range, if he's attacking you, right at the "green eyes" moment. I do it accidentaly, when my shotgun ammo go to zero and autoswitch give me the bfg.
@@themonstergamer5441 All I can say, after four fights with this shielding-dog-calling punchbag of an ass, you'll need to trigger him to ran to you at full speed. After that he almost always do the 360-axe swipe, and that's the moment where you had him. And I still trying to do that again. That accident, btw, I shoot to the legs, almost at the floor under myself. Fast dash after, looking for the Marauder, and he's dissapeared, just some blood around left. I don't believe it, honestly, there's an imp nearby, and I think that it's pieces of him, but no, because right after that moment starts the monologue. It was an Sentinel city, the place at the entrance with stairs. Sorry, I don't remember the name of the level, think it's Taras Nabad. I'm sure you'll get the bastard! Keep slaying, bro!
Agree with all your points here i also had a bit of frustration around the marauder at first as he grinded the sense of speed to a halt. Although when you get used to the quick swap between super shotgun and the ballista he just melts in 10 seconds flat if you bait his attacks at a good range so it is possible to minimise this issue with practice.
couldnt agree more, loved everything about the campaign except fighting the marauder and the gladiator which interrupts the flow of combat and feels like youre fighting some sweaty tryhard for honour player or a sekiro boss, thankfully the marauder goes down with 6 ballista shots and the gladiator is a one off thing, even the multiplayer is fun
With a 980 Ti, I think it would be better to wait for 3000 series Ampere cards before upgrading. Buying a 2080 Ti now at full price will have a much shorter life than buying a 3080 Ti in six months. I think mid autumn is a fair guess at when ampere comes out. (I have a 1080 Ti and it's pointless even thinking of upgrading to 2080 Ti.) 4:54 Gonna be honest, I nearly feel off my chair when the Doom enemies spoke English. I hate the marauders too. I quit today because I just got to one, and got slapped a few times. Third one we come across if including the ones in in side battles. I was tipped off by a RUclipsr that the ballista is the best weapon against marauders, and it works. It confused me though, and I though ballista would not work, because it sad no special weapons. (Without even explaining what special weapons were.) One last thing though. Why does no-one mention the obscene amount of vomit inducing platforming? If you think marauders break up the gameplay, I quit so many times when faced with platforming. Also quit when facing puzzles too. I just want to play Doom with the great weapons and great sets, and not other game types.
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I fully and completely agree with you on the Marauder encounters grinding the game to a massive halt. Even after I found his major weakness to do the time trial fight against one (the ballista), every encounter with one was just annoying.
I am half way through my first playthrough on the 2nd difficulty. By the 3rd mission I've realized speed/momentum is everything in this game. Speed-based upgrades will make your experience much smoother.
The Marauder is neat on paper, but the results are just... "weird". According to some people, they said that there are occasions wherein he doesn't follow his "rules".
I got all the upgrades, all the secrets and all the costumes in Fortress of Doom, as well as all the suit upgrades. I now have excessive Sentinel Batteries and Suit Tokens.
TheAkrillion yea I have no idea why they did that. Granted, it’s better to have more stuff than less stuff but I’m just left confused and kept finding myself thinking “what’s the point in collecting this?”
One way to deal with the Marauder is the remote detonation mod for the rocket launcher, upgraded. detonating to his side when not aiming at him and he wont block. You can make him flinch here and get enough time to let off a ballista or super shotty round. Or more rockets, lol.
The only thing I wish is for the ability to use the chainsaw when you go berserk. Since it basically behaves like a glory kill. Only thing I wish to help amp up this game but just the option would we awesome. Seriously the only thing I wish for but it’s definitely a personal request haha
All they had to do to make the marauders more dealable is make him take only 3 or 4 super shotgun blasts (and other weapon equivalents) before he dies. It's the fact that he takes like 10 which slows it down even more
One suggested fix for the Marauder, ditch the shield, have him tankier for compensation, at the same time allowing the time when his eyes flash for the player to deal Critical damage to him instead of the ONLY window when you can damage him.
I ran Eternal on a GTX 960- All I really had to do was put everything on medium and I always disable motion blur so that wasn't a big issue. Even on old, not even top tier hardware 1080p60fps is achievable. Even on medium the game looks pretty damn good too.
I had to replace my R9 280x (it shat itself) with a HD 7870 (R9 270x) and it's amazing that Doom Eternal still runs on my system (I have an FX 6300 and 16gb of RAM). I do plan on getting an RX 5700 XT or an 8gb RX 580 as soon as the Coronavirus is over and I can upgrade to Ryzen (R5 1600 or 3600).
you can damage the marauder can also be damaged with indirect explosive damage so if there are enemies around to chainsaw and you don't mind blowing through your amo just spam stickies and rockets around him (also idk why but i was able to stick him directly a lot when he wasn't even attacking idk why)
I haven't encountered the Marauders yet in the game. Until I actually encounter them, the best reference that I have is through other players playing the game. I have seen a clip of someone absolutely dismantling a Marauder in mere seconds so with enough practice and experience, Marauders should be easier or more manageable to deal with. If there is a way to adjust them a bit to make them less annoying, I say maybe have it where you can use the BFG and Crucible on the Marauders but it doesn't instantly kill them. Instead, Marauders can block them with his shield at the cost of permanently disabling the shield, thus allowing the Marauder to be damaged normally. Again, I haven't encountered them yet myself. This suggestion is just based on watching other players encounter the Marauders.
Ok, so yeah, I finally fought the first Marauder in the game and...it wasn't that bad. Took me like at least 20 seconds to put him down. Super Shotgun to counter when the eyes flash green, Ballista to do more damage while he's stunned. I'm playing on Ultra Violence as well.
My issue with the marauder is that at least on a regular xbox one, whether or not he gets faltered by the super shotgun blast is really inconsistent. I cannot tell you how many times I was watching as chunks got blasted off of him, and he just finished his attack anyway. And considering that he was the only inconsistent enemy in the game, the game overall is still awesome, but that one black mark felt all that much more annoying.
There's a bug where some demons spawn and get launched through walls and get stuck somewhere and you can't proceed.It's minor but annoying because you're gonna have to reset the fight. I think it's due to high frame rate but i don't know and also there's screen tearing in some missions too which makes me unfocused real quick and end up dying. I love the game best purchase iv'e made in 2020 but these minor bugs need to be addressed in some way.
I think marauder has alot of problems. I hate how there is only one way to fight them, not sure if the super shotgun is the only way to stagger him but it gets old really fast. Also hate how inconsistent the damage phase is. There are times where I hit him perfectly when his eyes light up but he puts his shield up anyways blocking any follow up shots. Or how he only gives you enough time for you to hit him with like one extra shot. Or how he spawns in at the end of what are usually high enemy arenas. Its irritating because after I burn through all my health and ammo the game throws another super heavy demon at me. It just leads me to run around the arena searching for any ammo/health/zombies for resources. It's weird because the marauder boss fight is so much more enjoyable than any encounters you have after.
If there's one nitpick I have, the berserk power up is only in one level and the berserk power up only works on certain levels. Which is annoying as it's the best one.
My only issues with this game is the ammo count and the marauders speed. I understood where they were going with him but how can I look for his green eyes to attack when he moves too fast notice it to register to attack.
My advise is to follow the audio cue, I never look to his eyes, I just stare at him with the Alabaster and whenever the sound of the green eyes comes in, I shoot and he falls back. Do it a few more times and he literally implodes, I think it takes 4/5 Alabaster precise shots.
I agree. The ammo shortage went too far, I get that it was to encourage weapon swaps but there was times I was dry on every weapon slot. The chainsaw exists but it's so tempting to save up 3 fuel to instantly kill a big enemy. I think you can have something like 24 shotgun shells with MAX upgrades. Something like 16 without. Marauders are just awful in general. So many comments, the video itself and myself all agree on that. Sometimes you hear about games that cut an enemy for being 'too annoying' and I'm convinced that the Marauder is a cut enemy in other timelines. It can even block hitscan, because the damage block starts before it even plays the shield animation and he does it almost every time you shoot unless he's melee attacking that exact half-second. The Marauder almost feels like they locked a modeller and a programmer in a room seperate to the rest of id software and told them to make an enemy, without letting them know the balance and playstyle of all the other enemies. Then just put them into the final game together. They still have amazing visuals and lore at least.
One of my best experiences so far in this game is getting into The Flow State in the Master Levels. Just flashing through gun after gun, unconsciously slaying the Super Heavies and quick progressing to the next area to repeat the process is absolute Euphoria🔥🔥
The Marauder just feels like he's in the wrong game and its annoying. I agree that he isn't hard to beat, just use super shotgun or ballista. The problem is he feels like a puzzle piece that doesn't fit because it belongs to a different puzzle. You can fight every other demon and combination of demons on your own terms (excluding some bosses), use any weapon, and kill them in any order. There are better weapons to use on certain demons and better orders to kill them in, but with the Marauder it feels like there's only one way to fight him. You have to fight him on HIS terms, which is very hard if there are other demons in the arena. I think the solution would be to add a skill shot that would disable his shield for a short period of time allowing you to damage him with any weapon at any range and thus allowing you to fight him on YOUR terms.
Guess I made a good decision to hesitate on getting the game day one launch if Bethesda's service requirement for the game wasn't fully stable enough to probably handle the massive influx that would of been trying to play the game day one. Still not happy they attached that to Eternal because the moment I saw slayer club be in the trailers after the second trailer just made me worried that it was just gonna be another service instead of a game on its own sadly like the trend for games have become now a days.
i have the version that comes with the bethesda launcher. i did use the launcher to download the game it but youi dont even need to have the launcher running to play
@@Lilzycho That doesn't make me feel any better especially when it comes to using Steam which unlike your case requires the Bethesda launcher just to run Eternal like all the other games that have a launcher shackled to them.
Cursed Hawkins you can actually bypass this when you first launch the game when it asks you to log in or create a Bethesda account you instead close the game then turn your steam to offline mode then launch the game again and then it runs fine without need of Bethesda services just you can’t do any online stuff of course
This is the most fan divisive game ive ever seen. Check out the Steam Discussion page, it's been on fire since realease ^^' All the forced platforming and ammo mechanic seems to play a big role in all the discussions.
I totally agree with everything you said, the game is amazing, definitely one of the best games I've ever played, if not the best, id has done an incredible job
You’re telling me that a vr game will have better gun and movement mechanics than doom? That seems far fetched imo. Maybe hl alyx will be goty but I still think that doom will be shooter of the year
Half-Life: Alyx isn't really a shooter, more of a puzzle game. In every Half-Life game's shooting is barebones, that's why MMOD for Half-Life 2 exists. And yea, every Half-Life games has puzzles.
Hey jarek, i thought i'd put my little thing in, a weird thing a friend pointed out to me, disabling steam overlay will greatly increase your fps. i have no idea why this is, but i got an RTX 2070, and i was getting 40's - 60's on ultra nightmare, after disabling steam overlay, i kept above 100's and even 200's.
@@kite3278 Right click on the game in your steam library, then click properties, then you should see right there, two check boxes, one saying Use desktop game theatre while Steam VR is active, and Enable the steam overlay while in-game. you would want to un-check that for doom eternal. its such a strange bug to me. I thought the game was either unoptimized or really demanding. but after disabling that, i gained around 50+ fps. but that would vary pending on what you have.
nice video I think you had the same issue as me whit doom eternal mine crashed forstress of doom when I unseathed the crucible after obtaining it. I did know it was neither cause because I use a VPN or conection lost whit bethesda server. The marauder figths get worse when you have to face him in one of the slayer gates the arena is just small corridors. I think you can damage the marauder whit splash damage from the rocket launcher using the remote detonator mod
THIS GAME IS SO GOOOD. Thanks to every one that hung out with me on twitch. I'll be streaming Doom 64 VERY soon. If you want to come hang out then give a follow! www.twitch.tv/jarek4gamingdragon
EDIT: To every one trying to correct me about the rabbit. Yes, it is Doom Slayer's rabbit, Daisy. I am 100% aware of this but the original rabbit WAS A REFERENCE TO MONTY PYTHON. You can stop trying to correct me now.
"You can figure out that I like dragons and that _there's probably a lot more going on there."_
Superb.
Fur
@@Skiivin ry
No joke, so much respect for him just coming out as scaly. What a badass.
@@guymann1660 Not hard to figure out, check his related channels. He lives in a house dubbed the "Scaly House"
@@guymann1660 lol, coming out. I've never hid it man. There's no "coming out" either. It's just a hobby and community. That'd be like coming out as a basketball player, it's not a big deal.
"The soundtrack is good. It even came with a free game."
My favorite thing about the last level is the corrupted AI getting pissed off and saying “will someone please kill this idiot?!?”
Hi Jack
Same. I’m just disappointed we didn’t get to kill her.
"The doom marine can't save you"
*Literally a few minutes later*
"Will someone kill this idiot please?!"
I feel it works, it's almost like encouragement to murder everything in sight to prove that bitch wrong.
hmm...
wait i know this guy...
"i hate archviles"
that's my clue about this person's whereabouts.
Doom Eternal is, by far, better than 2016. 2016 has the stronger punch and a traditional multiplayer, but everything else is so much more fun. It turned the chaotic gun fu into a pure art form. The visual variety is a HUGE welcome addition. The lore was incredible for me, particularly with the Story of the Sentinels lore (which you should have read, if nothing else). Hearing everyone counting on you, putting their hope in you, etc, along with feeling Doomguy's SHEER INTENSITY every time he glares, just gets me PUMPED.
Doom Eternal is one of the best games ever made, and I absolutely adore it.
Phrieksho Industries I always believe that doom eternal will be as good or even better than doom 2016
no its doom. im not reading shit.
Probably my favorite bit of the Fortress of Doom were the books Doomguy reads. And the pizza boxes. I like to imagine that he sits at his computer, orders a pizza online, then has it teleported up to his desk. And on Earth the pizzeria people reverently prepare their savior's pizza; have special high quality ingredients just for him denoted with the Slayer's Mark.
"Why the doom slayer owes the demon community an apology"
My favourite book is "Why I'm So Great Pt II" by Dork Norkem.
@@Jarekthegamingdragon JAREK DEMON IS AN OFFENSIVE TERM.
It's "Why the Doom Slayer owes the Mortally Challenged Community an apology"
Doomguy was in the PC version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
Yes, he skateboards.
The chainsaw is your reload and an enemy is a fully loaded magazine. And they basically all look for you so you rip and tear them for it, Stay safe Slayers
I love the implication that DG was, indeed, skating with Tony Hawk at some point.
The Marauder AI feels like it literally abuses I-frames and animation cancelling as if it's some sort of Dark Souls or Bloodborne player. There's no real way to counter it aside from kiting the enemy around and hoping you can take the other demons out so you have room to work. It would be fine if, say, Blood Punch disabled its shield for a while. But as it is, I've had times where the thing literally times it so it pulls up its shield as soon as the opening animation is halfway complete, along with chaining its dashes in a way that makes it literally impossible to hit. It's not a problem of "git gud", it's "the enemy and its AI is literally broken to the point where it's not fun to fight".
legit just super shot gun ballista combo and dash in circles around him until he shows the green attack light. it takes me like 2 or 3 rounds of that to kill him on nightmare
Literally all I do is strafe around the bastard and catch him with the ballista. Let him run towards you, make sure you've got space behind you, and dash backwards when his eyes flash, then fuck him with it, stunning him, then fuck him with it again. Rinse and repeat.
It doesn't make up for how difficult he is, but I hope this helps.
I love the maurader 🤷🏼♂️
Two main strategies for beating him quickly, ballista-SSG-ballista (in that order) if you don't have BFG (need to do at least 2-3 times on nightmare skill). Combo that one-shots him is SSG/ballista-BFG, SSG or ballista to stun him then a single direct hit with BFG ball gibs him, recommend being up in his face when launching BFG to reduce travel time (so he can't put up shield).
@Ken Matharoo I think he'd be a lot more fun if he didn't have the stupid shield and the dog.
Doom 2016 was one of the rare cases where the final release looked better than what they showed at e3.
"You can't just shoot a HOLE into the surface of MARS"
Mission objective: Shoot a hole in Mars
Literal best moment in gaming 10/10
Some guy:Noooo, you can't just shoot a hole into Mars
Doom Guy:Haha laser goes wweweeewwww
The Archvile was honestly done dirty having no big reveal. I mean that Phobos Base reveal scene was just perfect for him I wish they kept it. He isn't no Marauder but he's still one of Doomguys most powerful enemies and having him show up like "get your ass ready for a whoopin" is just awesome.
I love the marauder but he's the most fun in the 1v1 fights with him.
I would have loved for him to hunt other demons making you compete for resources until you are the only two left standing... then fight.
YES, that's a amazing idea, gameplay wise
Genius but I doubt it’ll be added sadly
@@hovis_esports Maybe in a sequel.
chainsaw in doom eternal and 2016 were two diferent things
2016: free one shot on thougher enemies
Eternal: use on fodder to rechange ammo
Thas it.
Months into the Eternals release we now know the 3charge chainsaw as the same get out of jail free card as before, you just have to think ahead now and save your fuel.
Super necessary on ultra nightmare imo.
It's been one of the best games I've ever played... and I grew up playing the original Doom.
They truly mixed original with new and created a masterpiece... best $60 I've spent on a game since Red Dead 2
I find funny that for me, playing on Ultra Violence, the easiest way to kill the Marauders is to shoot the shotgun stick bomb close to him and damage him by blast damage as he doesn't block this kind of damage, the blast damage, so stick bomb, granades, missiles, etc...
The worst part is that sometimes when you counter him he still manage to hit you, on Ultra Violence that's it, 1 hit and your out, for me this is the worst part about it.
On nightmare you're pretty much forced with using the ballista against him since you can't let him hit you more than once at a time, and that kills him in 5 hits
It also doesn't help that every single attack he has staggers and slows you, which can end up bouncing you around like ping pong doom guy because you literally can't see anything.
I don't think the devs intended for them to be cheesed by explosive weapons, but its a total crapshoot.
Here's the thing: I don't mind hard enemies. But the Marauder is a broken enemy. Their AI abuses timing windows and i-frames to the point where its like going up against a bloodborne pro or fighting game champion. It's not fun because it seems like the game throws an obstacle at you for the sake of making it harder.
It's like a Dungeon Master tossing a Legendary Dragon at a bunch of mid-level players because they're succeeding too often. Yeah, it's hard, but it's not enjoyably hard
I found another way to damage him if you fire your Super shotgun at the same time he throws his axe you can stagger him. And you can always get in two shots when you stagger him with the Super Shotgun
@@BoisegangGaming the Marauder isn't really that hard if you know how to play the game. After the first two fights I kept beating him first try almost every time.. I died like 15 times when I first fought him and died only once in a Slayer gate with him. If you should hate any demons it the Fucking Whiplash.. I fucking hate her so much, she the main demon that kills me.
@@themonstergamer5441 It's not that he's unbeatable. I mean, I can beat the Marauder pretty decently(I'm on console, so there are a bit of problems when it comes to response time) but the point is that they aren't fun to fight.
In my personal experience, I've never had that much trouble with whiplashes(mostly because as soon as I see one she's getting frozen and as many autoshotty shells to the face as it takes to down her) but I'm sure she's more obnoxious on higher difficulties(I've only beaten the game on Hurt Me Plenty/Normal, mostly due to time constraints, but I am planning to rerun the campaign on harder difficulties later). I guess it has a lot to do with playstyle and personal progression as to which enemies you find bad, but the problem for me is that the Marauder is on a total level of BS compared to the rest of the Superheavies. I enjoy fighting the Tyrants, Barons, especially the Doom Hunter, and the Archvile is horrible but manageable, while the Marauder just makes the entire pace of a fight break down. There's no decisions as to which actions to take. You're literally at their mercy because the only way to beat them is either get lucky and have their AI obey its own rules or cheese it with explosives, which shouldn't be the case.
Oh, and they can summon those stupid dogs. As if they didn't break apart the flow of combat already, they can blind and stagger you constantly with that thing and if you even take your eyes off the marauder to deal with it, the thing goes full Capra Demon on you.
I remember the exact moment where the game clicked for me. Unfortunately, I don't remember the actual name of the level, but it was about four hours in after I had most of the weapon roster aside from the OP special weapons. I had the dash, the SSG fully mastered, the runes that increased the range of glory kill and gave me a speed boost upon glory kill; combine that in a big arena with mostly trash enemies with a few heavies and the occasional super heavy. It hit me like a freight train. The frantic speed, the bloody multicolored chaos, utilizing every weapon in my arsenal. The sensation of "holy shit!" was only heightened by the fact that Eternal's first few hours are honestly kind of a slog, which I found annoying at first, but with hindsight it makes me appreciate the rest of the game so much.
Now I just wish unlocking skins for weapons was faster. I wanna pimp my arsenal.
Lol I started it on ultra violent the marauder is just something you have to engage when there are no other enemies on the field
Totally agree on the Archville not being introduced properly and the Marauder being a massive pain in the ass.
I also want to point out that the engine is insanely optimized. I'm playing on a GeForce GTX 760 and I get 30 FPS most of the time (when combat dies down I get mostly 60 FPS), and even "low" settings look super good, much better than it has any right to be on my crappy computer.
It took me quite a while slashing those red demons until I saw the Archeville and though "whats that?" Some introduction would have been useful. I lost way to many extra lives until I figured out what up.
I still can’t get over the fact that Doom guy in the 90’s games had a pet rabbit. So awesome
my god I can't believe this was 7 months ago
You're not wrong about this game being one of the greatest Fps's of the decade along side some other great titles there Jared.
Greatest of the decade? It’s like, the only one to have come out this decade
Skiivin half life alyx has also come out
titanfall 2
Hanieh Yousefi that wasn’t this decade genius
Hanieh Yousefi also, this game blows titanfall 2 right out of the water.
I still need to finish Doom 2016 :(
Hey Jarek! After seeing your review on Ori, I’m more comfortable recommending this, but I think a game you’d enjoy playing/reviewing (if you already haven’t) is Psychonauts! It’s getting a sequel sometime soon, and while it is frustrating every now and then (looking at you Waterloo), it’s characters and soundtrack have such a unique charm to them that I haven’t seen in any other game!
Thank you. You described the issue with the Marauder perfectly.
The only thing about the game that really bugged me was that Trent Reznor's awesome Quake 1 menu theme wasn't available as a collectible.
Doom 3's theme song is awesome though, and it's amazing to finally hear it in high quality instead of ~96 kbps mp3.
I think marauder would have been fine if they cut his health in half. The problem with him (for me) isn't so much that he derails the game but that he derails it for such a long time as you whittle him down.
They *say* he's invulnerable to super weapons but he does take some damage, and BFG tendrils can still lock onto him if the shot passes behind his back.
You can kill him with bfg at point blank range, if he's attacking you, right at the "green eyes" moment. I do it accidentaly, when my shotgun ammo go to zero and autoswitch give me the bfg.
@@СергейСоболев-х4ч the same happened to Markiplier.... The Devs says its really hard to do.. And I keep trying but I keep failing.
@@themonstergamer5441 All I can say, after four fights with this shielding-dog-calling punchbag of an ass, you'll need to trigger him to ran to you at full speed. After that he almost always do the 360-axe swipe, and that's the moment where you had him. And I still trying to do that again. That accident, btw, I shoot to the legs, almost at the floor under myself.
Fast dash after, looking for the Marauder, and he's dissapeared, just some blood around left. I don't believe it, honestly, there's an imp nearby, and I think that it's pieces of him, but no, because right after that moment starts the monologue. It was an Sentinel city, the place at the entrance with stairs. Sorry, I don't remember the name of the level, think it's Taras Nabad.
I'm sure you'll get the bastard! Keep slaying, bro!
@@СергейСоболев-х4ч thats what I normally do... He's really easy when you learn how to fight him. It only takes me a minute or two on ultra Violence
@@themonstergamer5441 I'm sure you can frag him with bfg. Just don't forget to make a video of it!
jarek: if you havent played it , i would definitely recommend you to.
my pc: *dont you dare*
I know that trance you're referring to. I caught myself not breathing playing this game and taking huge breaths after fights are over.
Agree with all your points here i also had a bit of frustration around the marauder at first as he grinded the sense of speed to a halt. Although when you get used to the quick swap between super shotgun and the ballista he just melts in 10 seconds flat if you bait his attacks at a good range so it is possible to minimise this issue with practice.
couldnt agree more, loved everything about the campaign except fighting the marauder and the gladiator which interrupts the flow of combat and feels like youre fighting some sweaty tryhard for honour player or a sekiro boss, thankfully the marauder goes down with 6 ballista shots and the gladiator is a one off thing, even the multiplayer is fun
Great video jarek I really enjoyed watching you stream this can't wait to see you play doom 64!
Nicely done dude, agree on the marauder! Going to check out that Ori video now
You can earn the weapon masteries faster by save scumming. The achievement counter persists between loading the same save again and again.
With a 980 Ti, I think it would be better to wait for 3000 series Ampere cards before upgrading. Buying a 2080 Ti now at full price will have a much shorter life than buying a 3080 Ti in six months. I think mid autumn is a fair guess at when ampere comes out. (I have a 1080 Ti and it's pointless even thinking of upgrading to 2080 Ti.)
4:54 Gonna be honest, I nearly feel off my chair when the Doom enemies spoke English.
I hate the marauders too. I quit today because I just got to one, and got slapped a few times. Third one we come across if including the ones in in side battles. I was tipped off by a RUclipsr that the ballista is the best weapon against marauders, and it works. It confused me though, and I though ballista would not work, because it sad no special weapons. (Without even explaining what special weapons were.)
One last thing though. Why does no-one mention the obscene amount of vomit inducing platforming? If you think marauders break up the gameplay, I quit so many times when faced with platforming. Also quit when facing puzzles too. I just want to play Doom with the great weapons and great sets, and not other game types.
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Thunder Gaming why?
HOLY SHIT the skateboard is a reference to Doomguy in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 where you can unlock Doomguy in the pc version
I fully and completely agree with you on the Marauder encounters grinding the game to a massive halt.
Even after I found his major weakness to do the time trial fight against one (the ballista), every encounter with one was just annoying.
I am half way through my first playthrough on the 2nd difficulty. By the 3rd mission I've realized speed/momentum is everything in this game. Speed-based upgrades will make your experience much smoother.
If I really had to nitpick, the HUD aesthetic of DOOM 2016 appeals more to me, but the gameplay alone looks phenominal in this release
The Marauder is neat on paper, but the results are just... "weird".
According to some people, they said that there are occasions wherein he doesn't follow his "rules".
I got all the upgrades, all the secrets and all the costumes in Fortress of Doom, as well as all the suit upgrades. I now have excessive Sentinel Batteries and Suit Tokens.
TheAkrillion yea I have no idea why they did that. Granted, it’s better to have more stuff than less stuff but I’m just left confused and kept finding myself thinking “what’s the point in collecting this?”
@@windebiesteultima3317 I'm guessing it'll be used for DLC stuff, maybe?
TheAkrillion hopefully. Otherwise it’s just a waste.
One way to deal with the Marauder is the remote detonation mod for the rocket launcher, upgraded. detonating to his side when not aiming at him and he wont block. You can make him flinch here and get enough time to let off a ballista or super shotty round. Or more rockets, lol.
The only thing I wish is for the ability to use the chainsaw when you go berserk. Since it basically behaves like a glory kill. Only thing I wish to help amp up this game but just the option would we awesome.
Seriously the only thing I wish for but it’s definitely a personal request haha
The game not only looks amazing but it's really well optimized. I was able to play it with an AMD R7200... (All min settings, of course)
All they had to do to make the marauders more dealable is make him take only 3 or 4 super shotgun blasts (and other weapon equivalents) before he dies. It's the fact that he takes like 10 which slows it down even more
I just beat this on ultra violence it was just the most badass game I’ve ever played
One suggested fix for the Marauder, ditch the shield, have him tankier for compensation, at the same time allowing the time when his eyes flash for the player to deal Critical damage to him instead of the ONLY window when you can damage him.
Thanks for this analysis you did a great job! Definitely getting this game now!
I ran Eternal on a GTX 960-
All I really had to do was put everything on medium and I always disable motion blur so that wasn't a big issue.
Even on old, not even top tier hardware 1080p60fps is achievable. Even on medium the game looks pretty damn good too.
If you listen closely you can hear jarek talking over slayer gates by mick Gordon.
And the Doom Slayer shall bring about a new age: The Reckoning of Lead
I had to replace my R9 280x (it shat itself) with a HD 7870 (R9 270x) and it's amazing that Doom Eternal still runs on my system (I have an FX 6300 and 16gb of RAM). I do plan on getting an RX 5700 XT or an 8gb RX 580 as soon as the Coronavirus is over and I can upgrade to Ryzen (R5 1600 or 3600).
This looks like a game that gives you health and armor for almost anything because you are getting shot and hit all the time.
you can damage the marauder can also be damaged with indirect explosive damage so if there are enemies around to chainsaw and you don't mind blowing through your amo just spam stickies and rockets around him (also idk why but i was able to stick him directly a lot when he wasn't even attacking idk why)
pretty much what I did, but it's not fun and honestly feels almost cheap to me.
I have an answer to quicky kiling the Marauder, BFG + infinite ammo + onslaught = total anihalation
it would be cool if the Marauder's behavior changed the moment you whip out the Crucible. turn it into an honorable fight.
The skateboard is a reference to his inclusion Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2
pro skater 3 ya dingus
The virgin fur vs the chad scalie.
It took me a few hours to get into the combat rhythm but once it clicked I was all in!
I haven't encountered the Marauders yet in the game. Until I actually encounter them, the best reference that I have is through other players playing the game. I have seen a clip of someone absolutely dismantling a Marauder in mere seconds so with enough practice and experience, Marauders should be easier or more manageable to deal with. If there is a way to adjust them a bit to make them less annoying, I say maybe have it where you can use the BFG and Crucible on the Marauders but it doesn't instantly kill them. Instead, Marauders can block them with his shield at the cost of permanently disabling the shield, thus allowing the Marauder to be damaged normally. Again, I haven't encountered them yet myself. This suggestion is just based on watching other players encounter the Marauders.
Ok, so yeah, I finally fought the first Marauder in the game and...it wasn't that bad. Took me like at least 20 seconds to put him down. Super Shotgun to counter when the eyes flash green, Ballista to do more damage while he's stunned. I'm playing on Ultra Violence as well.
My issue with the marauder is that at least on a regular xbox one, whether or not he gets faltered by the super shotgun blast is really inconsistent. I cannot tell you how many times I was watching as chunks got blasted off of him, and he just finished his attack anyway. And considering that he was the only inconsistent enemy in the game, the game overall is still awesome, but that one black mark felt all that much more annoying.
There's a bug where some demons spawn and get launched through walls and get stuck somewhere and you can't proceed.It's minor but annoying because you're gonna have to reset the fight. I think it's due to high frame rate but i don't know and also there's screen tearing in some missions too which makes me unfocused real quick and end up dying. I love the game best purchase iv'e made in 2020 but these minor bugs need to be addressed in some way.
I think marauder has alot of problems. I hate how there is only one way to fight them, not sure if the super shotgun is the only way to stagger him but it gets old really fast. Also hate how inconsistent the damage phase is. There are times where I hit him perfectly when his eyes light up but he puts his shield up anyways blocking any follow up shots. Or how he only gives you enough time for you to hit him with like one extra shot. Or how he spawns in at the end of what are usually high enemy arenas. Its irritating because after I burn through all my health and ammo the game throws another super heavy demon at me. It just leads me to run around the arena searching for any ammo/health/zombies for resources. It's weird because the marauder boss fight is so much more enjoyable than any encounters you have after.
If there's one nitpick I have, the berserk power up is only in one level and the berserk power up only works on certain levels. Which is annoying as it's the best one.
This game looks fucking gorgeous on the Series X with ray tracing at 60fps
One of my favortie FPS games of all time
My only issues with this game is the ammo count and the marauders speed. I understood where they were going with him but how can I look for his green eyes to attack when he moves too fast notice it to register to attack.
My advise is to follow the audio cue, I never look to his eyes, I just stare at him with the Alabaster and whenever the sound of the green eyes comes in, I shoot and he falls back.
Do it a few more times and he literally implodes, I think it takes 4/5 Alabaster precise shots.
I agree. The ammo shortage went too far, I get that it was to encourage weapon swaps but there was times I was dry on every weapon slot. The chainsaw exists but it's so tempting to save up 3 fuel to instantly kill a big enemy. I think you can have something like 24 shotgun shells with MAX upgrades. Something like 16 without.
Marauders are just awful in general. So many comments, the video itself and myself all agree on that. Sometimes you hear about games that cut an enemy for being 'too annoying' and I'm convinced that the Marauder is a cut enemy in other timelines. It can even block hitscan, because the damage block starts before it even plays the shield animation and he does it almost every time you shoot unless he's melee attacking that exact half-second.
The Marauder almost feels like they locked a modeller and a programmer in a room seperate to the rest of id software and told them to make an enemy, without letting them know the balance and playstyle of all the other enemies. Then just put them into the final game together. They still have amazing visuals and lore at least.
VERSingthegamez the game gives you more than enough chainsaw fuel to counteract this, and there is an audio cue when its eyes turn green.
Grappling hook super shotgun Is still the coolest thing ever! 👍
One of my best experiences so far in this game is getting into The Flow State in the Master Levels.
Just flashing through gun after gun, unconsciously slaying the Super Heavies and quick progressing to the next area to repeat the process is absolute Euphoria🔥🔥
Waiting for those F***ING eyes to glow green!!! It sucks.
Specs smecks, it’s all good as long as your enjoying the game.
The Marauder just feels like he's in the wrong game and its annoying. I agree that he isn't hard to beat, just use super shotgun or ballista. The problem is he feels like a puzzle piece that doesn't fit because it belongs to a different puzzle. You can fight every other demon and combination of demons on your own terms (excluding some bosses), use any weapon, and kill them in any order. There are better weapons to use on certain demons and better orders to kill them in, but with the Marauder it feels like there's only one way to fight him. You have to fight him on HIS terms, which is very hard if there are other demons in the arena. I think the solution would be to add a skill shot that would disable his shield for a short period of time allowing you to damage him with any weapon at any range and thus allowing you to fight him on YOUR terms.
Maruder's problem is that he is a duel enemy which doesn't work in Doom gameplay.
I know now that you can rip and tear anywhere on the Nintendo switch
You can run Doom Eternal without a Bethesda account by switching Steam to Offline mode.
Who is the artist who created your Background Wallpaper? It looks incredible.
It was a commission I got from yacrical twitter.com/yacrical/status/1241031521189933056
@@Jarekthegamingdragon Thanks for pointing me their way.
Jarek: I want to play the game.
Me: I want read the lore AFTER I play the game. See, see, everybody's different. :D
Guess I made a good decision to hesitate on getting the game day one launch if Bethesda's service requirement for the game wasn't fully stable enough to probably handle the massive influx that would of been trying to play the game day one. Still not happy they attached that to Eternal because the moment I saw slayer club be in the trailers after the second trailer just made me worried that it was just gonna be another service instead of a game on its own sadly like the trend for games have become now a days.
i have the version that comes with the bethesda launcher. i did use the launcher to download the game it but youi dont even need to have the launcher running to play
@@Lilzycho That doesn't make me feel any better especially when it comes to using Steam which unlike your case requires the Bethesda launcher just to run Eternal like all the other games that have a launcher shackled to them.
Cursed Hawkins you can actually bypass this when you first launch the game when it asks you to log in or create a Bethesda account you instead close the game then turn your steam to offline mode then launch the game again and then it runs fine without need of Bethesda services just you can’t do any online stuff of course
How much VRAM does your 980ti? Because with that horsepower you should be able to 1440p/ultra it.
This is the most fan divisive game ive ever seen.
Check out the Steam Discussion page, it's been on fire since realease ^^'
All the forced platforming and ammo mechanic seems to play a big role in all the discussions.
I really want to play this game but I got an i3 6006u laptop without gpu :(
*AND PEOPLE CALLED HIM....*
*....THE DOOM SLAYER*
2:45 played this with my dad a few weeks ago , we hated this map
When he is taking about doom fuking is not a option
I totally agree with everything you said, the game is amazing, definitely one of the best games I've ever played, if not the best, id has done an incredible job
I wouldn't call DOOM Eternal "Shooter Of The Year" yet because i heard that Half Life: Alyx is also a great game
I think they won't put it together as Alyx is a VR game, not saying that's a bad thing, far from it but it's VR
@@Naldoepingo I think both are amazing game. Doom for the gameplay and half life alyx to show us what vr is capable of
You’re telling me that a vr game will have better gun and movement mechanics than doom? That seems far fetched imo. Maybe hl alyx will be goty but I still think that doom will be shooter of the year
Half-Life: Alyx isn't really a shooter, more of a puzzle game. In every Half-Life game's shooting is barebones, that's why MMOD for Half-Life 2 exists. And yea, every Half-Life games has puzzles.
Asais 10 half life 1 has very few puzzles and it’s shooting isn’t bad.
Ori and Wisps eh?
Funny
Why didn't RUclips notify me of that?
This game is absolutely the best shooter i have ever played, much better than doom 2016.
i read all the info in game, 13h? im at hour 26 at the final boss.
Yeah I agree the sword should work on the Marauders he is annoying not hard.
Hey jarek, i thought i'd put my little thing in, a weird thing a friend pointed out to me, disabling steam overlay will greatly increase your fps. i have no idea why this is, but i got an RTX 2070, and i was getting 40's - 60's on ultra nightmare, after disabling steam overlay, i kept above 100's and even 200's.
how do I go about disabling that
@@kite3278 Right click on the game in your steam library, then click properties, then you should see right there, two check boxes, one saying Use desktop game theatre while Steam VR is active, and Enable the steam overlay while in-game. you would want to un-check that for doom eternal. its such a strange bug to me. I thought the game was either unoptimized or really demanding. but after disabling that, i gained around 50+ fps. but that would vary pending on what you have.
nice video I think you had the same issue as me whit doom eternal mine crashed forstress of doom when I unseathed the crucible after obtaining it. I did know it was neither cause because I use a VPN or conection lost whit bethesda server. The marauder figths get worse when you have to face him in one of the slayer gates the arena is just small corridors. I think you can damage the marauder whit splash damage from the rocket launcher using the remote detonator mod
This game is like sensory overload: the game
This game is nuts
I watch all your videos ! Keep it up dont worry about the ori vídeo it was great
Rip City!
Ballista reminds me impaling weapon from Painkiller,
this game is easily GOTY Nominee
Analysis: DOOM Eternal
Shits good