r/hatethissmug • u/xboxhaslag22 • 12d ago

Gaming These ai video game mash ups

I hate these stupid gimmicky ai slop video game mash ups. I genuinely do no care for them. Everyone is acting like it’s the coolest shit in the world, it’s a fucking gimmick you laugh at for 5 minutes before moving onto something with equal or less substance. It’s also more justification for ai being pushed into every little fucking thing for no reason.

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u/garmonthenightmare 12d ago

You can instantly clock the age of this meme by Abyss Watchers being there.

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u/TheWizardOfWaffle 12d ago

It just screams 2016 lol

Doom 2016, Overwatch, Abyss Waters

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u/NovelInteraction711 12d ago

Well yes doom 2016 would scream 2016

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u/DerBernd123 12d ago

that’s what he said

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u/usernamefart69420 11d ago

It takes place in 2016 stupid. It was actually made in 1972. First game released for the xbox one (1)

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u/TRpotatos_31 12d ago

Ah yes my favorite game, abyss watchers

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u/Mooselord111 12d ago

No, no you got it wrong he said abyss water. Not watcher.

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u/TRpotatos_31 12d ago

Ohhhh ok dude. Must be like the waters in new londo.

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u/DannyLJay 12d ago

Wait what happened when did the Abyss Watchers get cancelled?

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u/garmonthenightmare 12d ago edited 12d ago

It's just that Elden Ring is way more popular these days so it would replace it in memes or be something like Gael who is more memed and "reddit chungus".

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u/Historical_Bug_3631 12d ago

And also who would use Doom 2016 assets over Eternal? Not saying it shouldn’t be done but one dwarfs the other in popularity.

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u/garmonthenightmare 12d ago edited 12d ago

There is a lot of loud 2016 fans who insist it's only good one.

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u/ThePoliteOwlDemon 12d ago

I wouldn't say is the only good one, I enjoyed Eternal a lot, and for a while I thought it was the better game... but then I played 2016 again for the first time since well... 2016, and I was surprised to find it more enjoyable than Eternal.

The level design is better, the levels feel way more fun to get through, there is actual boss fights, the melee is actually useful, and the story despite not being amazing, it's miles ahead of Eternal.

I didn't managed to play Dark Ages yet, so I can't comment on it.

I feel like 2016 and Eternal both have their strong points, and their gameplay is different enough for people to prefer one over the other.

PLUS: Eternal got a lot of popularity from speedruns, 2016 also had that, but Eternal is just a whole other level of game for speedruns... I would say a lot of people never played 2016, and just think Eternal is an evolution of it, instead of being just a different experience.

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u/garmonthenightmare 12d ago

I don't really agree. I think doom 3 and 2016 has one thing in common. Both really want to be half life, but like Half Life already better at that.

Eternal being more arcadey is seen as a bad thing by some, but to me it's the move that was needed to be made. Levels are more varied, movement snappy, enemy design more demanding. I see people say Eternal focuses too much on battle arenas, but 2016 already was basically that in the second half just less engaging.

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u/ThePoliteOwlDemon 12d ago

I wouldn't say 2016 is not arcadey, 2016 was Doom going back to it's roots, it was praised when it arrived exactly because it was what a modern Doom game should feel. Doom 3 toned down way too much, I don't think it's even comparable to 2016.

2016 also had a lot of arenas in it's end stretch, but at least it wasn't 95% arenas, even tho I loved Eternal, I was a little tired by the end, in 2016 the final stretch feels more cathartic, and the boss fights do offer a "break" from the normal gameplay, they are easy but they are fun, and feel more like a cool moment that you anticipate in future playthroughs. In Eternal, the boss figths felt more like more of the same, 2016's boss figths are not amazing, but they at least feel like boss fights.

I do miss the air dash when I play 2016 tho, I love the freedom of movement Eternal gives you.

I do understand prefering Eternal tho, it's an awesome game, but I don't consider it to be a superior or an evolution of 2016, I think just like Dark Ages(from what I heard), it is it's own thing.

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u/Diligent-Neck6594 11d ago

doesn't 2016 only have a single boss fight at the end

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u/GKR990 12d ago

You are 100% right. Doom Eternal leaned way more into maps that are essentially just enemy arenas connected by hallways. They realized that was dull, so they added some boring platforming. Doom 2016 had amazingly designed levels that actually feel like a full game. Eternal felt almost like an indie game to me.

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u/puntycunty 12d ago

It easier : (

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u/Darth_Stoned 12d ago

I prefer 2016 to Eternal, Eternal just didn't grab me the same way.

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u/CongratulationsEVA01 12d ago

Jokes on you, I dont even know what that is!

Timeless meme for the uninformed <3

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u/therealpablown 12d ago

I mean 2016 doom guy as well