After Doom 3, the Doom series gained a new vitality in 2016, especially after the release of Doom Eternal in 2020, which was the center of attention of many new and old players. The canceled Doom 4 gameplay images in this process have also just been shared by Bethesda.
This Doom 4 was set in the world, featuring characters other than our known main character, the Doom Slayer, and in fact “far from a classic Doom game, it felt more like a Call of Duty.”
Cancelled Doom 4 gameplay footage and sketches of Doom 2016
Only a few images were shared in 2015 for Doom 4, which was canceled in all these years. The visuals depicted a war-torn world environment and contained many soldiers in an unusual way. It looked like he was playing Call of Duty or Battlefield.
Noclip, who shared about an hour of gameplay video for the recently canceled Half Life game , continues his research. Thus, in their latest documentary, they have reached the gameplay images of Doom 4, which has been canceled and wondered for years.
Noclip, who stated that Bethesda gave the images in the documentary, also published these images in their original form. Therefore, the gameplay footage in question is directly broadcast in Bethesda studios.
In addition to Doom 4, the documentary also shared images of the early development stages of Doom 2016. In particular, it is possible to see how “Glory-Kills” look during the development phase.
According to ID Software, Doom 4 might have been a game that fans would enjoy, but it was thought that it would be better to spend the studio’s resources on a Doom that follows the original version of the series more closely. That is: the hellish environment, the fast gameplay, the Doom Slayer and the one-man army had to be protected. Bethesda has been arguing from the beginning that cancellation is the right option .
ID Software thinks their strategy worked and helped convince Bethesda to pull a Call of Doom off the dusty shelves years later.
