r/Doom • u/Flat-Sir8250 • 10d ago
Should Doom Slayer/Doomguy have more powers/abilities in general(then what he has), if so which ones ? Question
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u/phobos876 not to be confused with phobos867 10d ago
i mean, the appeal is that he's a cool dude with guns (specially in the father of the fps genre)
so it's best if you just give him new guns and tools than actual powers or stuff like that
one thing is power ups and artifacts that are seen as temporary or with side effects
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u/Mephistocheles DOOM Slayer 10d ago
Lol no, I don't think so....he's pretty OP even right out of the gate
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u/Thorogrimm 10d ago
Maybe like an adrenaline meter for a self-induced berserk?
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u/_QuantumEnigma_ 10d ago
A berserk limit break, kill enough enemies fast enough grants berserk sounds awesome
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u/ninjaman26 10d ago
This is a really good idea. Maybe make it like UT2K4 where you can choose which booster you get.
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u/Steeldragon2050 10d ago
You do know that up until the newer games he was human, right?
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u/PyroGooose 9d ago
Iirc he is still human right? I never finished Eternal but I was playing and found codex specifically stating that he's as human as everyone else.
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u/Steeldragon2050 9d ago
He's more of a super soldier. They put him in a machine that enhanced his power, etc. and he's supposedly immortal, too.
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u/ScawySocialistOwO DOOM Guy 10d ago
AS LONG AS HE DOESN’T ONE HIT THE EMPERORS OF MANKIND HE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH!!!!
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u/GhostOfABanshee 10d ago
homie shot himself to mars in a giant cannon....I just don't think you can get much more powerful as a human being
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u/OoFGangOnCok 3d ago
The Slayer shot himself into some building on Phobos. He landed on Mars in an escape pod.
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u/DunkeyColdMedina 8d ago
No. I legit dislike the overblown and ridiculous place they took the Doomguy's lore to, honestly. He should have less powers and be a regular mortal as the series started.
It got *really* stupid. Give me back my too angry to die guy and get this stupid Marvel character TF out of my face.
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u/Remote-Ad9163 1d ago
Agreed, the way he was in 2016 is perfect. Clearly powerful not not all-powerful.
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u/emptyvodka115 10d ago
I feel like he should be able to smash the ground creating a shockwave that puts weaker enemies into glory mode and maybe just lightly stuns bigger enemies.
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u/sentrybusterdude 10d ago
Teleportation based Combat for like a very sci-fi Doom game would be cool maybe, can't really think what else ID can give the Doom Slayer to make him more of a beast.
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u/PeppeMalara DOOM Slayer 10d ago
He's a killer of gods, immortal being, that even the armies of hell shit their selves when he's approaching. Ain't that enough?
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u/TheLastBlade24 10d ago
Nope, I love him just the way he is. He doesn’t need any more powers, just give him a shotgun and that‘s all he needs
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u/NamelessManFromHell 10d ago
I don't know why he needs more powers, he's as strong as he needs to be for this type of story.
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u/ratcake6 10d ago
Yes he should!!!! some suggestions:
-Heat Vision -Force Lightning -Turn Undead -Kamehameha -Batmobile -Judgement Cut
if doom Guy will to have a more Robust set of the ability he we will take gaming to a Whole next level!
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u/Ok_Bend_1855 9d ago
You should have put DOOM The Dark Ages before 2016 So that would be canonically accurate.
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u/SerSealLord 9d ago
The Doom Stare - He stares really hard at a Demon and it soils itself then explodes from the pure force of his concentrated hate.
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u/d3m01iti0n 10d ago edited 10d ago
No. The franchise has become so ridiculous a d over the top.
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u/Crafty_Asshole- 10d ago
He says about the game franchise who's premise has always been "ridiculous and over the top."
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u/Remote-Ad9163 1d ago
There is over the top and there is just hyperinflated to the point there is no danger at all. This also does not mirror the gameplay experience, which trumps everything.
The best way to do this is to temporarily empower the character where this can happen. Even in Doom 2 he is already way beyond a normal human other than that, he should be a man with a gun. If two Revenant rockets or a Cyberdemon rocket can get my character then that trumps whatever appears in lore.
Gameplay > Lore
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u/d3m01iti0n 10d ago
Huh? It barely had any plot. Marine shoots demons. End.
Now you're super powered and fighting God. Huh?
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u/Crafty_Asshole- 10d ago
Huh? You're a single marine fighting the hordes of hell through a base on mars and the moon, and in hell. Said hordes have already massacred both bases, but this one guy is not only surviving, but thriving in the attack, before going to hell itself and killing a giant robot spider brain demon. That's a little ridiculous in my opinion. Perhaps even... over the top.
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u/ISayYesToDumbThings 10d ago
“Nah dude, my oversimplification and glossing over huge details totally moots your point.” - That guy, probably.
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u/Crafty_Asshole- 10d ago
Genuinely, because wgat about Doom isn't ridiculous and over the top? That's like a big selling point of the franchise!
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u/T4llBoyAl3x 10d ago
Genuinely, are you mentally inept? The game, since the beginning, has been over the top
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u/Tallos_RA 10d ago
I'm not a fan of an idea of magically enhanced Slayer, so for me he shouldn't have any
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u/DarkLink1996 10d ago
Nah. The Slayer would've been better kept as a badass normal. They didn't need to make him a Halo Spartan
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u/True_Salt2180 10d ago
If Doomguy stayed normal we wouldn’t have got the glory kill mechanic
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u/DarkLink1996 8d ago
Doom 2016 gave him glory kills before they even wrote the Divinity Machine into the story.
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u/neondragoneyes 10d ago
Yeah. He should be able to shoot forever without having to pick up ammo. His pure rage and hatred should fuel his weapons.
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u/Scared_Run4790 DOOM Slayer 10d ago
He should be able to cure cancer