As far as assist trophies can go, enemies like the Archvile and Revenant can work, but you can also go with Keen, BJ or Ranger.
Would be cool if Heretic/Hexen were even allowed at all because the Iron Lich has the tornado attack.
Some news about Ancient Gods part 1 include:
- The Maykr enemy being called Blood Angel and having something to do with a shield related ability and some window of opportunity for when you can attack them.
- The "Summoner" is actually the Spirit that possesses enemies so they become stronger and deactivate weakpoints, along with being unable to flinch, while the only way to kill them is with the microwave beam.
- They want this DLC to feel bigger than expected and it's sold seperately, like with Wolfenstein Old Blood.
- One of the new areas is a forest in Urdak.
- There's two new composers, so Hulshult isn't the only one and both were told to do their own thing and not mimick Mick Gordon.
- They'll do more with tentacles and that "Hellified" turret eye thing from Nekravol.
There's probably more info in some interviews and a few Doomworld posts i read.
I wonder if an assist trophy Cacodemon could use a tongue attack from 2016's multiplayer, even if most people aren't familiar with it.
Because a thing with crossovers is exploring a series to see how much material can you use, even if it's from a barely heard/seen source.
When i was thinking of the art style differences between classic and new Doom, one could argue that classic is more cartoony than reboot because of the simpler designs, B-Movie-ish production and MSDOS aesthetic (With Wolf 3D being even more cartoony) while the new designs try to be "edgier" with the chittin/boney looks and more details.
Meaning that it could be easier to go with classic designs because we see them as goofy or even not as cool as the new ones.
But at the same time, you can also see some interesting "opposite" prespective.
Doom 1/2 were the kind of games that were considered to be edgy back then and had topics that were somewhat taboo (Despite Sandy Peterson not caring much because the demons were "cartoons plus you kill them") and even had Metal music and DnD as inspirations.
When you think of what demons look like and how they're portrayed through years, the classic demons being simpler and "old" makes them work, specially the Cyberdemon and Lost Soul.
They're simple enough to feel closer to a Heavy Metal album cover or even some older portrayals of demons you'd find in some ancient paintings or statues (The latter being something id used for textures, if you remember that Decino video).
Doom 1/2 was probably goofy for the same reasons it ever had any horror or "serious" elements to go with the low tech/used future aesthetic, outdated/non-futuristic weapons and some weird cyber flesh look on Hell or one or two textures rumored to be based on an historical figure's image of them hanged upside down.
You could say demons are meant to "mock" the imagery of humans, goats and other creatures which is why they had some "human" elements, since demons are also seen as representations of something like a sin or nightmare (With Doom 3 having the more nightmarish designs even if they seem more alien and don't have that campy/silly OG Doom charm).
New Doom has what seems like how some media portrays demons nowadays.
The more "busy" looking ones and the idea seems to be making them more demonic and scarier, but sometimes it may cause an opposite effect where they're more cartoonish or even alien (If the chittin elements end up creating some anatomy/system that is even shared through multiple enemies, to give them some kind of "nature" when Hell used to be more abstract).
These are the kind of designs that some people would compare them to a MMORPG or a MOBA, because to some degree, they're either more "appealing"/safe (Like a more marketable version of "cool") or because of some trends in art/design.
Eternal even tries to be goofier and on some level not really seen in classic Doom to the point id wouldn't mind comparing it to Pixar or kids' cartoons, when classic Doom rather had a "B-movie" feel to the silly side to it (And then there's the phrase "It tries to be 90's when Doom was rather 80's".
This may also be a side effect of the lore's direction and the engine showcasing how detailed the game is.
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