The Doom campaign is actually pretty good

[Administrator]

Since we've only just received Doom review code, we're going to have a full review up next week. In the meantime, here are some early impressions of the campaign.
Remember the original Doom's pistol? It's the crappy little pea-shooter you fall back on when you've no other option, the spindly popgun you switch to when you're saving the beefier weapons for more deserving prey. Well, nowadays they call the pistol "the Standard UAC Energy-Matter-Gel Sidearm", and it is a product of Serious Science. See, there's a "gravity gear dynamo" in the stock which "charges a capacitor" as the "operator" (that's you) moves around. When you pull the trigger, the capacitor "compresses up to four megawatts of Argent Energy into a hardened plasma gel and launches the slug at high velocity".
Said gel slug "has the same impact properties of conventional ammunition, making the weapon act and feel like a standard ballistic firearm". Just like a pistol, then, but smarter. But hold on a moment there, Professor. In keeping with Newton, won't compressing that quantity of energy so quickly lead to overheating? My dear fellow, far from it. The Standard UAC Energy-Matter-Gel Sidearm "is constructed of thermally diffusive metal alloys which allow it to discharge rapidly and repeatedly". Walk with me, if you will, while I expound upon the particulars. Or, you could just shoot a few demons in the head with it. Up to you.
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