To those working at the Aether Paradise, there wasn't much that they would claim would surprise them. Their job was to construct a VLFS over the Alola Islands, they worked to develop and design a potentially real dimensional portal device. To them, this was just all part of their job.

But seeing a tank of a man in track shorts and an Alolan shirt walk by with two kids and get into an elevator? That… that wasn't expected. A few of the workers froze as the Doom Slayer appeared off of a boat, a few looked on in wonder, and one of them didn't seem to notice. They Slayer had to commend them on that, either they were blind, or dedicated. After a short boat ride to the lower section of the 'Aether Paradise', the Doom Slayer found himself standing silently off to one side as some of the staff at this new place seemed to be doing their typical rounds. He was somewhat disappointed with how dull this 'paradise' seemed, but also figured perhaps it was on the higher levels was where he would see what made this place so special. Right now, it was reminding him of the storage rooms in the Lazarus Labs back on Mars, the dull white and gray not portraying any real sort of character.

"This way." One of the workers said kindly, leading the three towards a triangular platform which descended to the floor, the small group got onto it, and the Slayer looked around, now taking in the structure of the building more than the 'character'.

"Interesting." Vega remarked as the platform rose. "How was this location constructed?"

"Years of work. It was assembled on-land, and then elevated one piece by another into the air, allowing the whole place to be brought together." One of the AP Workers remarked, casting a quick glance back to the Doom Slayer, who was silently standing behind Ash and Hau.

"Fascinating."

Ash and Hau had many more questions, Vega had a few, and the Slayer had (you guessed it!) none. Well, that was a lie. He had plenty of questions, but he didn't feel the need to ask any of them, as Ash and Hau were asking most of them. Honestly, the Doom Slayer only agreed to come here because apparently, they might be able to get him home. But he was also here because he was wary of what they claimed they could do… UAC had claimed they'd be able to open portals to help the general populace, and if that was the case, the Doom Slayer wouldn't be here right now. He understood that science was always moving forward, and he wasn't here to stop them, but he also knew the danger of advancing too far. He wasn't sure what kind of 'hell' existed in this world, but from the small amounts of information he had gathered, there was plenty of monsters he didn't want unleashed into this world, as most likely, this world would become much like his own…

But, at the same time, the Doom Slayer had to admit, he was… intrigued? Fascinated? He couldn't quite put a word on it, but he felt oddly… intrigued, yes, that was it. The laboratories they passed by seemed much like the UAC labs he had trashed and thrashed demons in, but there weren't any demons, or idiots trying to take the power of hell and make it their own. There seemed to be some sort of research going on, but even a quick glance without Vega tapping into their security systems, it was clear their research was far more restrained compared to UAC's. all this led to the Slayer not feeling calm, but not feeling the need to grab his chainsaw and start smashing everything in sight. However, he'd be lying if he claimed that he didn't want too… but…

"Ah, there you two are." A voice spoke up. The trio turned and the Slayer saw a man with probably the weirdest, (and in his opinion, stupidest) glasses he had ever seen. As the man approached, the Slayer could tell that this man would most likely be very, very annoying. Everything about him, even as he simply walked up to them had an air of 'I'm-better-than-you', which wasn't something you ever wanted to go up against the Doom Slayer with. But maybe he was jumping to conclusions, he hadn't even met the man yet.

"Hey again, Doc!" Hau nodded. "Thanks for inviting us."

"Of course, of course." The man nodded. "And I thank you for using my title… after all, how else will everyone know of my importance?"

The Slayer narrowed his eyes. One sentence. That was a record.

"I take it you're the one everyone has been speaking of? The one known as the Armoured Warrior?" The man remarked. "I, am Doctor Faba, Director of this branch of the Aether Foundation.

While it wasn't visible, the Slayer's eyes narrowed. A wave of anger crept through his body, taking hold of his spine, and his left hand clenched into a fist. Thankfully, only Ash seemed to notice.

"I'm Doctor Samuel Hayden, and I'm an incredible egotistical blowhard. Please, punch me in my stupid robot face."

The Doom Slayer didn't speak, looking at Dr. Faba, and the man looked around in slight confusion, as if he was expecting something to happen now.

"…well? Are you going to answer?" Faba asked, looking to the Doom Slayer who continued to remain silent. "The nerve of some people."

"Hello, I am Vega." The A.I. spoke up now. "I am an artificial intelligence and personal assistant to the Doom Slayer."

"Wait, an A.I.!?" Faba blinked, clearly not having expected that.

"Yes, the Doom Slayer does not talk much, but I would like to inform you he can hear and understand everything you have said to him thus far." Vega answered. Thankfully, the semi-implied-vague-threat-warning was heard loud and clear on Faba's behalf, as he coughed nervously.

"I uh… I was not informed of the Slayer's… mute-ness. I apologize for not being more accommodating." Faba managed to get out, before glaring at one of the workers, who held her hands up defensively. The Slayer just shook his head.

"The Slayer knows you meant no ill will, and harbours no negative feelings over it." Vega replied calmly. "This is a very common occurrence in your world, and it would be fallacious of him to suddenly get upset at someone for making a mistake many have made before."

Faba sighed in relief and nodded, leading the small group towards the center of the paradise. As they went, he explained how this place was built to be a refuge for Pokémon, a location where they could be free to live their lives free from trainers of battles… and that made no sense to the Slayer. He looked down at Marowak, who was still carrying Aron protectively, and considered the situation where he found both of them, and they seemed much happier with him. As for Magikarp? It was Magikarp.

"Ah, Miss Wicke." Faba spoke, a woman turning and smiling at them as she walked over. "I have business to attend to, would you please introduce our friends to the president?"

"Of course, Doctor." Wicke smiled. "Please, this-" Her smile wavered for a second as she looked up and saw the Slayer looking back at her. "Way."

"You think she notices our friend?" Ash asked quietly, laughing ever so slightly.

"No, I think she's just intimidated by our powerful presence." Hau smirked in response.

The woman led them to another elevator before turning to talk to them once more.

"Oh, how rude of me. My name is Wicke." Wicke smiled as she introduced herself. "You must be Ash and Hau."

"Yeah, we-wait. How do you know our names?!" Ash asked, bewildered.

"Doctor Faba mentioned you two you be stopping by to visit." Wicke said, her voice an extremely soothing one. "He also mentioned how you two helped defend a Slowpoke form Team Skull."

At the mention of the team of misfits and idiots, the Slayer looked back to her. At first, Wicke remained silent, unsure of what to make of the Slayer, and the Doom Slayer felt like Wicke harbored no ill will against anyone, and honestly seemed like she couldn't even if she tried. Still, since he was silent, the Slayer knew he needed to find another way to communicate that he wasn't here to fight, then it occurred to him. He made the hand gesture he had seen Tammy, Mallow and a few others make. From what he understood, it meant 'Greetings', and he hoped this would get the message across. Thankfully, it did. Wicke smiled and returned the gesture.

"Apologies, the Slayer doesn't tend to speak."

"I heard… Vega, was it?" Wicke asked, and the Slayer nodded. "This way, the entrance is just up through these doors. I assume you two must be trial-goers?"

"Yup! Him too." Ash nodded, pointing to the Slayer, and Wicke blinked in genuine shock. The Slayer shrugged, then nodded.

"Well… I wasn't expecting that." Wicke admitted, then looked down and saw the Slayer's pokémon. "Are those two… his?"

"Mar." Marowak nodded.

"Arr." Arron said, still not totally cool with being kept off the ground, but also too small and too weak to break free. Well, that and lacking arms.

"Yeah, he's been…" Hau began, but stopped when he felt someone glaring into the back of his skull. "Uh… he's been traveling with us for a bit now. It's a weird story, and I think Vega can tell it better than anyone…" Thankfully, his correction seemed to ease the ire of the Slayer, and Hau mentally noted not to do that again.

The group of four kept walking now entering what appeared to be a commons area, with multiple types of pokémon walking behind workers, or trainers. It was hard to tell what they were doing here, but it was clear they were dedicated to it. It wasn't until they went up another floor, onto the Conservation area that things really became interesting. Now, the dullish-gray colours were replaced with vibrant colours, trees, ponds, grasslands… the Slayer was genuinely taken aback.

"Aether Paradise is a safe haven for all Pokémon." Wicke spoke up. "Pokémon that have been targeted by Team Skull that don't have trainers, are given sanctuary here." Taking out an old journal, Wicke continued. "I hope you don't mind if I read an entry from my old PokéDex. I traveled through Kanto before, when I was younger, you see."

As Wicke began reading, Marowak and Aron began wandering around. Marowak was having trouble keeping his flaming bone form setting the bushes on fire, while Aron had no idea what was happening. Aron eventually set off on its own, leaving Marowak looking around in wonder.

As it traveled, Aron looked around, trying to find some metal to eat that wasn't the floor, Aron froze when something rustled behind him.

"Ar?" It blinked.

"…yeah, my Gramps always says that nature has its cruel side, but it also gives us its blessings." Hau nodded.

"Yeah, nature is what it is, but sometimes things don't go the way you hope it does." Ash agreed. He had been all over the map, and he had seen as much cruelty as he had beauty. However, he had definitely seen more beauty than cruelty, but still.

"Pika pika." Pikachu piped up from Ash's shoulder, having seen that too along their travels.

"Still, if you don't see the bad, you might never see the good, right?" Ash asked, and the other nodded in agreement.

"It can be difficult to judge how much humans have affected nature, can't it?" Wicke asked.

"Indeed." Vega agreed, knowing full well how much damage humans could do to a planet.

Hi, the author here. I know you're here for the Doom Slayer being the Doom Slayer. Not some second-rate Captain Planet fanfiction, and for that, I apologize. Let's move to something more interesting.

Back on Ula'ula island, a man lounged in a hammock, taking a long drink of his ice-cold drink before sighing contently, swaying back and forth in the light breeze.

"This… is the life." He muttered.

While the appearance of the Doom slayer had come as a shock to all, once he was gone and hadn't either taken the town hostage, killed someone to show dominance, or genuinely done much, the town off of Route 8 went back to business as usual. Part of that involved Captain Archie returning to his listless lounging. At first, the Ex-Team Aqua leader had come to the Alolan Islands with his crew to deliver a shipment of building supplies from the mainland, as Team Aqua had… 're-branded' to put it gently, since the incident with Kyorge… however long ago that was… then, when Shelly had told him about some sort of armoured man making his way through town, the Pirate had wanted to see this for himself, then after seeing him, decided this wasn't something he wanted to mess with, as he had learned his lesson about messing with forces beyond his control, and returned to the beach to continue his R&R. Although, he'd be lying if he claimed he wasn't interested in the new guy… Still, he was on break, and he wasn't gonna waste his time with-

In a bright flash, something shot by overhead, and he bolted upright in shock. He swore a small blue blur shot past, leaving a sparkling trail that he had only ever heard about in legends.

"What in blazes… that can't be right…" He muttered. "Azelf in Alola?" Grumbling something to himself, he grabbed his drink and went back to doing nothing, but his mind was now racing at a million miles a minute. Was that real!? Had he had too much to drink!? Had he not had enough to drink?! …yeah, it was probably that last one.

As he lay back down, he could hear someone approaching him, and at first assumed it was his first mate, and his confusion and want to relax wasn't helped when he heard a familiar voice.

"Of all the places I go, we both end up on this island at the same time?"

"Maxie. Fancy meetin' you here." Archie grumbled.

"You wouldn't happen to know anything about the-"

"Stop. Stop right there." Archie groaned, pulling himself up and turning to face the Team Magma leader. "I have no idea who that new guy is, and frankly, I don't really care. He ain't getting' in my way, and there ain't a chance in Arceus' blue oceans I wanna get in his."

"…the newcomer?" Maxie asked, puzzled. "I was asking if you knew anything about the massive shifts just off of Melemele."

"What shifts?"

"There was a massive shift in the weather the other day." Maxie remarked. "Heat and wave patters were all over the place for about fifteen minutes. Nothing damaging, but none of my scientists have any idea what could've caused it, and I was wondering if you had been attempting to use the orb again."

"Oh, c'mon mate." Archie groaned, rubbing his face. "After what happened last time, you really think I'd try and find that thing again? Besides, didn't we surrender them to that science center?"

"Hm. Indeed we did." Maxie nodded with a slight frown. "Okay, so… this new guy, what do you know about them?"

"Not much. But according to some of what I've heard, he apparently fell from the sky and has been walking around the towns."

"…okay, this is just getting weird." Maxie blinked. "He just… fell from the sky? Like some sort of meteor?"

"Yes, and apparently he's heavily armed. Allegedly someone say him take a chainsaw to a Steelix." Archie nodded, noting Maxie's shocked reaction. "According to a hotel worker, he did so to rescue some stolen pokémon from some local gang."

"Wait, 'He'? This guy has a name?" Maxie asked.

"…apparently he's called the 'Doom Slayer'." Archie answered. "Interesting name… wonder if he's looking for a job…"

"If I'm honest, that's why I'm thankful I found you." Maxie replied. "I'd like your assistance with something."

"Now, I've heard it all… the head of Team Magma is asking the leader of Team Aqua for help? What is this world coming to…?"

"If you're quite finished, I'm hoping you can help me find what's causing these shifts in the atmosphere before the Alolan islands are flooded, destroyed by fire, or trashed by that new guy."

Archie paused and thought it over. He was on break, so technically, he shouldn't care in the slightest… but Maxie did make a good point, and if there was something causing massive weather shifts at the same time that some spaceman showed up? Well, that was too coincidental to be a coincidence… and if he was honest, if this 'Doom Slayer' guy was responsible for it, he most likely had some sort of special tech or magical stones to be able to do that. Those would definitely be worth a fair price on either the legal or illegal market, so that was worth looking into…

"A'right mate. Where do we start?"

Back in the Aether Paradise, Aron was still wandering around, curiously exploring his surroundings, still looking for some metal to eat. For the third or fourth time, he heard a bush rustling and looked around, now growing somewhat agitated the small pokémon growled and pushed his way into a bush. A few moments of digging through the leaves later, Aron came face-to-face with another small pokémon.

"Bun?" The small rabbit pokémon blinked, tilting its head in confusion at Aron.

"Arr?"

Meanwhile, Marowak was looking around for its small metal friend, borderline panicking when it wasn't able to find Aron. All the while, the slayer was following Ash and Hau to meet whoever was in charge of this place, and more importantly, hopefully someone who could help him get out of here. Eventually, they approached a woman with floor-length hair, who was talking to some of the workers here. As they approached, she turned to face them, and to the Slayer's surprise, didn't seem too shocked to see him.

"Ah, hello." She said with a warm smile. "Welcome to the Aether Paradise, I am the president of this organization, but please just call me Lusamine."

"Hi."

"Hello!"

"Greetings."

"I believe I correctly assume you are the one who recently appeared on the islands?" Lusamine asked, now looking to the Doom Slayer.

"Yes, the Doom Slayer has only been on these islands for a few days." Vega spoke. "I am Vega, artificial intelligence and assistant to the Slayer."

"Do you think he says that to everyone he meets?" Hau asked, looking to Ash, who shrugged in response.

"Fascinating…" Lusamine mused. "When I was informed of your arrival, I was hoping I would be able to meet you in person."

"The feeling is mutual." Vega answered. "The Slayer is intrigued by your reservation, and he is uncertain what you mean by providing sanctuary to pokémon. Are they not wild animals? And as such live in their own ecological system out in the wild?"

"Well… yes." Lusamine nodded, looking back out over the paradise. "However, some pokémon are taken for profit, and others are displaced by changing the landscape around them, and some are imply displaced via hunting. Here, I wish to provide all pokémon a place of safety, and sanctuary."

The Slayer was of two minds right now. On the one hand, he understood her goals and somewhat respected her motives. She was someone who cared about those who would be seen as lesser to her… but at the same time, this was bringing him no closer to finding a way to rip Samuel Hayden in half and spend his free nights throwing darts at his head.

"How much are you willing to divulge?" Vega asked, speaking in a volume that only the Slayer could hear. There was no verbal response, but after a few moments, Vega had his answer. "All right then."

"If you don't mind me asking, where exactly are you from?" Lusamine now asked. "You clearly aren't from the Alolan Islands."

"Miss Lusamine, the Doom Slayer is not from your earth, or your dimension." Vega answered, noticing Lusamine's eyes widen in shock and what one could claim was hope. "We are from another earth altogether, and mainly agreed to visit the Aether Paradise Foundation because we are looking for your assistance in helping us secure a way back to our earth."

"Of course!" Lusamine practically shouted. "I would love nothing more than to help you with that!" Something about the way she said that sent of warning bells in the Slayer's head. It was understandable that someone would be interested in the science or knowledge of another world, but she-

"Hey, what's that?" Hau asked, pointing upwards. There was a shimmering light, then what looked like a tear in the sky appeared. Slowly, the rift became more circular in shape, and eventually seemed to almost solidify.

"What's happening!?" Ash exclaimed, but didn't receive an answer. Across the paradise, Marowak's head snapped to attention when it saw the tear appearing, and briefly questioned what to do: keep searching for Aron, or go see if the Slayer was okay…

"Marr…" It moaned, feeling uncertain of what to do.

From the hole in the sky, a creature slowly pulled itself into this world. IT floated in the air as if it was weightless, and looked like some sort of jellyfish. For half a moment, the Slayer saw it as a Summoner, but then realized that he wasn't face-to-face with a demon… but it wasn't clear what this was. Was it a pokémon? If so, why was it traveling through a wormhole? It floated in the air, and appeared to be looking at the group, as if analyzing each of them, looking for… something.

"Are you a creature from another dimension?" Lusamine asked, and the Slayer questioned what she expected to get in response from this creature. It let out a meow-like hiss and floated lower somewhat. Without warning, the Slayer had pushed Lusamine behind him, clearly not liking the look of this thing. "No, no… it's all right." She spoke softly, walking past the Slayer and looking at it. "You poor thing… where are you from?"

There was no response, and the creature flew past Lusamine and the Slayer towards Hau, looking him over, before moving onto Ash, and looking him and Pikachu over. Once more, it was hard to tell what it wanted or was looking for, but eventually it retreated back towards Lusamine. All the while, the Slayer found himself being pushed towards the edge of angry uncertainty.

"Mar?"

Everyone looked down and saw Marowak peeking out, before slowly walking out into the clearing, its body langauge made it clear it didn't like what was happening… but didn't know how to react to it all. The floating creature flew over and seemed to inspect Marowak, gently putting a tentacle on Marowak's head. The Slayer reached for a gun as Marowak froze stiff, unsure of what to do… then it moved away.

And then went berserk.

Its whole body seemed to shift to an agitated reddish colour, and it let out an ear-piercing shriek, making everyone back up in shock. Normally, one would expect that a pokémon battle would ensue, but then things got bad.

Without warning, the creature turned and lurched forward towards Marowak again, latching onto its head and unleashing some sort of energy, making Marowak shriek in pain and thrash against the attacker. In a movement so quick, the Doom Slayer grabbed the attacker and ripped it off of his Marowak, throwing it into the air.

"Wait!" Lusamine exclaimed, but the Slayer was pissed, and that meant something was going to die. To everyone's horror, the Doom Slayer pulled out a large, somewhat boxy gun, and opened fire on the creature. The heavy assault rifle shredding the floating menace in a hailstorm of bullets and fury. The gun settled down, and the creature seemed still… then it kept on floating, as if the bullets had done nothing…

"Perhaps this creature cannot be harmed by traditional weaponry." Vega reasoned, stating the obvious. Before he finished his thought, the Slayer grabbed his plasma gun and attached a modification he had found in the UAC labs. Charing it up, he unleashed a long string of plasma energy, which made the creature howl in pain when it contacted it. The beam seemed to ensnare the creature, and the Slayer slammed it into the ground relentlessly, thrashing it around him, into the railing and floor. About five or six blows later, it weakly moaned, then fell to the ground, unconscious.

"What… have you… done!?" Lusamine demanded, anger taking over as she glared hatred at the Slayer. "You don't even know what that thing was! It may have been harmless!"

"The Slayer's Marowak tells a different story." Vega answered as the Slayer approached, now looking eye-to-eye with Lusamine. And the anger in the president's eyes changed to fear as she looked through the visor, and saw the anger in the Doom Slayer's eyes. There was a fury so twisted that nothing could stand in its way, an anger so primal it could split a man in two… and Lusamine knew then and there, he was exactly what she had been looking for…

"Hey, it's still alive!" Ash called, down on one knee next to the creature, which weakly seemed to be pulling itself up. It weakly hissed, seeming both afraid and agitated, then disappeared into the air.

"…so, it's true." Lusamine whispered. "I still need that pokémon…"

"Pika?" Pikachu blinked, jumping off of Ash and going to check on Marowak. The bone pokémon hissed in agitation from its wounds, but seemed all right overall. However, Pikachu sent under its harm to help it balance as it made its way over to the Slayer.

"What… what was that?!" Hau stammered. "On both accounts! What was that thing… and what did you use on it?!"

"That was a plasma rifle." Vega answered as the Slayer picked up Marowak to look it over. "It is a weapon designed by the UAC for combat against demonic lifeforms. It also appears to be somewhat affective on the genetic structure of whatever creature just appeared in his room.

There was a rustling, and the Slayer saw Aron appear from a bush, followed by another pokémon that made the whole world around him freeze…

It was hard for them to travel without being noticed, but Rayquaza had an easier time as the legendary pokémon wasn't traveling across earth, quite the opposite, he was heading into space. Admittedly, the large, snake-like pokémon hated leaving earth, but this was an unusual time, so unusual choices were acceptable. While Rayquaza had been asked to guard earth from the sky, it occurred to the green serpent that if the Slayer came from outside earth, maybe there were some clues towards its existence further out into space!

Two hours later, nothing.

Grumbling as it retreated towards earth, Rayquaza slapped a meteor into smithereens with its tail as it sulked over the ineffective mission it had set out on. As the blue-and-green ball appeared, something spoke up in the vacuum of space.

"Hello there."

Rayquaza froze, looking around quickly to assess any sort of threat.

"Who goes there?! Show yourself!" Rayquaza demanded.

"I am not… …your… earth…" The voice spoke up, seeming to break up every few words.

"Speak clearly!" Rayquaza demanded, irritated by the voice's ineffective speech.

"This is… not… control…" The voice spoke once more. "I am… K…g N…"

"Very well… 'K'." Rayquaza said, eyes narrowed. "WHERE are you?"

"A place far…"

"That much is obvious."

"I bring… new… the Slay…" The voice continued, seemingly extremely patient with Rayquaza's tone.

"You know of the Slayer?!"

"Yes. Time is shor…" The voice continued. "His is here… soon will… you must…"

"Who?! What!?" Rayquaza shouted, sounding more desperate than intended. "Tell me, please! If there is information which can help us, I need to know!"

"You will… soon… tru…the Sl…ill fight…or you… I mu… go now… I will sp…th yo…soon" the voice continued, then went silent.

"Hello!? 'K'?!" The large pokémon called into the empty void of space. "Curses! What was he saying!?"

As Rayquaza continued flying back to earth, the words seemed to assemble themselves in the legendaries head.

"You will… soon… trust? Truth? The Slayer… ill fight, will fight, still fight… or you? For you? Abhor you? I must go now…" Rayquaza thought, trying to get an idea of what the voice had been saying. "What concerns me, is we're still no closer to telling if this Slayer is friend, or foe…"

And… the end! For now!

I'm amazed how much love this story has gotten, and I'm super thankful for that! I read every review, and take those into consideration as I craft the future of the story. Also, don't worry! We're just getting started! As hinted here, there's more than just the Slayer now, and something has happened that has shocked the Slayer… admittedly, it's kinda obvious, but if you don't know, I think you'll like the reveal.

So, before you ask… I wanna talk DOOM Eternal.

I LOVE Doom. That much should be clear. All the DOOM games are instant classics to me (aside from Doom 3, but that one is okay in its own way, but whatever.) and when D.E. got revealed, I got hyped. Then it got released, and I loved it! It was fast, frantic, teeth-grindingly difficult at times (even rather unfair IMO at times…) but what didn't completely gel with me was the story.

Now, before you all think you know what I'm gonna say, making the Doom Slayer and Doomguy the same person was genius to me. I loved that idea, that a mere man was so furiously pissed off that Heaven itself went 'Whoa. That guy's mad.' And then essentially went: 'Hey, you want a job?'. To me, what made Doom 2016 work was that they didn't stop and tell you anything, it was run and kill, run and kill. Relics, codex's, and other lore was hidden and entirely optional, while Doom Eternal decided to add a massive story when you only needed maybe a fifth of it.

Demons have invaded earth!

Kill the priests!

Oh no! Bigger demon!

Kill that thing!

Demons swear revenge!

The end.

I didn't mind the Mayker stuff, and I really liked King Novak, I mean if The Slayer shows respect to someone, you know he's a badass. But I felt like it was more Halo than Doom.

Now we arrive at the first DLC…

OH. BOY.

I haven't played it, and honestly, I don't think I will.

See, at its core, Doom is meant to be a thrill ride you can enjoy sober stoned, drunk, depressed, overjoyed, it doesn't matter. It's just Doom! But now? Like I said, it feels more like Halo, and the charm of Doom is being stripped away. I didn't mind the skins and costumed, but now they're a chore to get and a distraction at best. I didn't mind the somewhat comedic moments, but they needed to be spaced out (across D.E., not just the DLC). Now, don't get the wrong Idea, I still loved Eternal, but the new stuff… not so much.

Look, if you want what I really think, go find a guy on this site by the name of Josh Mystic. He's writing a Hazbin Hotel/Doom Crossover called Redemption (IDK what you think, I love Hazbin) and his past two chapters at the end essentially say what I want to. So, go to his story to hear my thoughts.