New ‘Doom 4’ Screens: Now With 57% More Raging Revenants

This year's E3 showcase got the Doom 4 hype train rolling nicely. Early footage shows a big, brash, balls-out bloody bonanza unlike anything Doom has brought us before. Even Brutal Doom --and if you've never played the mod, the title's pretty damn self-explanatory-- is like an episode of Barney the Dinosaur Meets Hello Kitty and Everyone Has a Happy Little Dance in a Meadow Somewhere in comparison.

Going in, the hardened Doom faithful had one big fear: that the new game just wouldn't be Doom enough. These guys know what they like, and the seminal shooter has a reputation that really, really needs to not be dumped on.

The reaction so far has been all kinds of positive. Much of this is due to that heightened goretastic; our marine buddy now has an arsenal of vicious new Mortal Kombat-y melee finishers which seamlessly integrate into combat. But while it feels like a natural progression, the latest entry also knows its roots.

The shriek of those rusty-ass Doom Doors (tm)? Of course. It'd be sacrilegeous not to have that. Familiar enemy types also prowl the environments, natch, sporting their timeless roars and howls and aiming fireballs at your scrote at happily as they always did. We're partying like it's 1993, right here, but with the overhauls and sexy visuals you'd expect of the 21st century.

Check out the new-look Revenant, for instance. This guy's been lurking about since Doom 2, but he's never looked better than in these new screens from QuakeCon 2015. Have a quick ogle below, or hit Destructoid for more shots.