Everybody HATES Doom?

"...I have tested and captured on consoles." Nothing personal, but I do understand why you feel different to other more vocal group that is not happy with doom multiplayer.

I've read on both console and pc side of the doom beta (demo) and people that have played it on console, and generally play multiplayer games on console, love it. Whereas the PC crowd have mostly shunned the multiplayer beta (demo).

There is a distinct difference in experience, mentality and expectation between players that are used to playing PC games vs Console games. PC gamers are generally used to very fast paced twitch shooters that are very difficult to emulate on a console with a controller. Console players have been exposed to slower (compared to doom or quake) military based shooters with loadouts and squad based tactics. So when a PC player that is expecting the design tropes of older Doom or Quake games and instead get a weird hodgepodge of Halo, Call of Duty and a sprinkle of doom/quake, there will be a very large outcry.

No one is really expecting stale gameplay but they do expect some key markers for an ID multiplayer game, such as very fast movement speed, static weapon placement, being able to pick up weapons from dead players and strafe jumping.

@VictorKruger Definitely good points that PC and console audiences expect different things in FPS. Yeah, I do agree that, for the most part, that PC games are more fast paced and oriented around twitch reflexes and shooting. Just seems odd to have the outrage culture directed at this. Most reviews I've read off of steam either complain that it is too fast, not like the original and a COD/Halo clone or the polar opposite being that it is slow and doesn't embrace the modern model of the FPS genre.
Maybe it is just the vocal masses swarming to outrage culture that muddle up the actual genuine criticism, which every game has.
Does definitely feel like it is made with the intent of being on console as well, considering their position on MOD support, which is kind of my bias as well.
Good to have an actual conversation and different opinion from my own :)

We (pc gamers) are just tired of the shitty console ports that keep coming our way. It's the same with every single game that has a multi platform release.

@calpine it is very much the mass swarm of people complaining that is getting the message crossed in so many ways. It's the fundamental issue with being able to vocalise your complaints online immediately. Not everyone is going to either A) Make valid and critical complaints in a well worded form. and B) Agree on the real issues for the core of the people complaining. I have seen some of the reviews literally just copying another reviews words and some just posting pictures as well. It's more accurate to look at the fact more people aren't happy on a specific platform to understand the issue. A lot of people get angry when PC players argue this is a console version of DOOM. But you'd notice right away that it is the PC market who is complaining and not the console one. That's probably the biggest indication that this is the case at least for accuracy sake. There is clearly a better market intake for it on console and if you then take the arguments seriously you'd note that a lot of them centre around the fact iD had outsourced it to a team primarily making CoD and Halo Multi-player. Then it starts to become a little more clear why people feel this isn't in the vain of DOOM in regards to it's heritage. Look at the reactions to Duke Nukem, which had similar complaints with the load-outs and the like. There's more evidence of games being made to be for consoles. But then the core of what made them sell and fundamentally does even now. Is not here to make them sell any more.

People at large are unhappy with PC gamers complaining. Even some to say the old games still there, go play it. But people wanted a new DOOM, that is reflective of the new games and holds true to the DOOM IP. They missed the boat with DOOM 3 by making it too repetitive and stale. It wasn't the worst game when modded and sold decently. But then they even removed modding from the newest one and you have to wonder why this is the case.

I have no problem with people enjoying the game. But as a DOOM IP this isn't remotely reflective of it's history at all. It's far too shallow and at it's core feels like a cop-out.

Change is fine. Howeverthis isn't a change at all. They are making a game that's similar to other FPS and adding nothing new to the table to actually give it identity. The only thing it brings that the other games don't have is the barest sense of an Arena shooter. Far watered down and lacking any real depth at all. You can't argue that it's a change when it's just a copy of other games and not actually adding anything to bring itself or the genera forward.

Loved the Battleborn beta. I am really enjoying how they are making Story driven content and how they have made different PvP maps as well. I pre-ordered just off the last beta as it confirmed it was going to be fun.

Can't talk about Halo sadly as I don't have an X-Bone and won't be able to get it on PC either. I hope it is a good iteration to the series.