Halo 4 has brilliant contributions to the lore of the series, and an engaging side story with Cortana (that undermines the main story), but it’s overall kind of confusing because they lock essential details behind a 1 minute cutscene that’s hard to follow. The enemy designs and ai have been butchered, and the prometheans are an interesting concept but they are insanely repetitive because they don’t evolve or change over the course of the game. The weapon sandbox sucks. Human/Covenant weapons are mostly useless against the prometheans (who you will be fighting for a majority of the game) so you’re stuck with the promethean weapons which are mostly reskins of the human ones.

TL:DR, it has an interesting story if you’re willing to do your homework but the gameplay is too repetitive and the weapons just aren’t all that fun to use.

The atmosphere is oppressive, the demons are more hellish than ever and the shifting architecture creates dynamic labyrinths which strike the perfect balance between stress and excitement, but I feel as if we’ve taken a step back from Doom 2. Doom 64 is felt like a standard doom game, fun and all in short bursts, but I didn’t find it all that interesting.

Definitely a case of “it didn’t do it for me” rather than a genuinely mediocre videogame. The moody ambient soundtrack is definitely well made but that combined with the somewhat samey feeling levels it made the whole experience blend together. I don’t think I could pinpoint any distinct levels from 64 but I could definitely with doom 1 and 2. The Unmaker is a fine new weapon with a cool gimmick but idk I’ve just come to expect a bit more from doom. It just never really switches it up enough like 2 did, which would throw unique level after unique level at the player. I certainly didn’t leave doom 64 feeling unsatisfied, but I never left feeling all too fulfilled.

TL:DR, pretty decent, just not for me. Maybe I’ll like it more in the future.