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The Ancient Gods Arrive In DOOM Eternal Gamescom Reveal Trailer
The full reveal for part one of Doom Eternal's The Ancient Gods DLC made its debut during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2020, and it depicts the Doom Slayer ascending into the heavens to take on new threats from the Maykr race. Doom Eternal serves as a follow-up to the wildly successful franchise reboot by Bethesda that launched in 2016. The game delves into the earliest history of the Doom Slayer, as well as pitting the famous space marines against angelic entities for the first time. Doom Eternal introduced more movement mechanics to the mix, including a welcome grappling hook addition to the Super Shotgun and some controversial wall-grabbing and platforming elements.
Since launch, expansions for the game have been focused on multiplayer, giving those who are interested in the game's unique Battlemode asynchronous deathmatch more cosmetics and a more balanced roster of demons. So far, the Ancient Gods DLC has only been teased through screenshots and a brief bit of story revealed at this year's QuakeCon. Now, the full breadth of this story expansion is on display.
The Ancient Gods will follow up on the end of Doom Eternal's campaign, which saw a demonic invasion force once again eradicated. The new story has the Doom Slayer taking the fight to the invaders, with gameplay showing off new enemies and new environments. Those new locations include expanded settings from the Makyr homeworld seen at the end of Doom Eternal as well as a new underwater locale. In one of the best shots from the new trailer released by Bethesda, the Doom Marine grips onto a submersible and dives deep into the deep ocean waters. Later on, he's transported by a gigantic demon, suggesting that there may be some sort of "the enemy is my enemy" situation between the minions of Hell and their destined Slayer.
As far as new enemies go, the trailer put the showcase on three combat scenarios not seen in the base game. There is a red demon wielding a staff that shoots out cross-like energy projectiles. Their size means they may be a miniboss, similar to the Marauder, which had the final shot of the trailer thanks to the Doom Slayer going up against two of the annoying Doom Eternal foes. Finally, there's some sort of blue spirit that seems to power up lesser enemies, kind of like a less annoying version of the Archvile enemies that have shown up throughout the series.
One hopes that the Doom Eternal DLC features a sizable new chunk of story. While Doom Eternal left things on a good note, it seemed like there was definitely more to the tale of the Makyrs, enough to support an entirely new game if iD were so inclined. Whether The Ancient Gods ends up as connective material to the next sequel or a rad epilogue, the gameplay on display at Opening Night Live seems like more of the same speedy gameplay that made Doom Eternal so much fun. Players won't have to wait long, because the DLC launches on all platforms on October 20th of this year.
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods will be available on October 20th, 2020, on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, and PC.
