Doom Eternal - The Digital Foundry Tech Review - id Tech 7 Is Incredible 

That fact that they managed to improve BOTH the performance and the visual quality on all the platforms is truly a remarkable achievement. Everyone at id software deserve the highest of praise.

id tech carrying Bethesda on their backs with this release.

artist: spends hours putting small details in a room player: flies by it in 2 seconds

I can`t believe how fast the levels load.

The amount of detail the environmental artists have put into these levels is astonishing. Stuff you only see for 10 seconds but it's all there.

2010: "With Megatextures artists can work faster and have more control over assets" 2020: "Without Megatextures artists can work faster and have more control over assets"

This is such a mind bending upgrade on an already rock solid game. They really went above and beyond. Bethesda better kiss these guys asses for making them look good by association.

Doom Eternal is the best optimized game I've ever seen, it's truly incredible, and it's also one of the best FPS games I've ever played. It's right up there with Doom, Doom II, Quake, Quake II, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Bioshock, the first two Call of Duty (I & II) games, System Shock 1 & 2, and Thief 1 & 2. 2020 has been, and is going to continue being, a terrible year for a great many tragic reasons, but it's a glorious year for FPS and FPS-RPG gaming on PC. Just like 1995, 1998, and 2001, we're in another golden age of gaming!

I have concluded that everyone at Id is actually a wizard.

And the nice part too about them moving away from that old texture technique is the space requirement as this game takes up almost half as much space as Doom 2016 despite being much bigger and having way more assets. Always hated how Doom 2016 took up so much damn space.

Playing on PS4, I'm so impressed by how they managed to get the game bigger, sharper and faster than 2016. It runs so smoothly. Beautiful.

There is nothing like playing an optimized game like this on a PC you built yourself. The sense of satisfaction one gets at seeing visuals like this at well over 100 fps on a graphics setting called Ultra Nightmare cannot be overstated! id truly made a masterpiece here for the PC enthusiast who has been playing DOOM since the beginning.

this shows that capable devs are way more important than just powerful hardware. achieving 60fps across all platforms is just insane with that good looking game.

when id guys mentioned "10 times the details" it does feel like that. Just remind me about fallout 76's "16 times" out loud lol

7:06 "check out all the extra detail that was added" me: there were helicopters in DOOM Eternal?

21:20 - What are you talking about? There's loads of tearing. And ripping.

If only all the game engines optimized like this.

When a game with this image quality can run at 55-60 fps on the base Xbox one you know that they optimized it pretty well. Bravo Id

I still can't get over how small in filesize the game actually is. It's roughly 20 GB smaller than 2016, and possibly looks better.

This is what 16 times the detail means

"there's no tearing" I beg to differ...

Damn, these 3D artist must have so much fun having that level of efficiency

I can't imagine what it would have done to my mind if someone from 2020 could have come back to 1995 and showed me what the future of Doom was going to be.

This is the best game of the year and the best FPS in a long long time. Bethesda owes id big time.

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The soundtrack is an adrenaline fueling demon slaying masterpiece.

I played this with an ancient 2500k and 970 and still had a great 60 fps experience. I was very surprised.

I've heard you say this so many times that Megatexture was created for Rage or started there, but it didn't! it was first used in Enemy Territory Quake Wars.

This engine will make John Carmack proud

Wow, an engine that looks and runs great without demanding much from your PC/console gpu. Perhaps all other developers should use id Tech 7 and Vulcan.

If only cyberpunk 2077's engine was as optimised as this game.

God damn I really hope they license this engine out. With those tools, with the efficiency of it all, can you imagine what others can create with it? Don't get me wrong, Id Software will absolutely know the engine best and be able to do the most and get the most performance out of it, but still. I know I want IdTech 7 for *my* game rather than Unity.

This game has been kicking my ass for 2 solid days. I love it.

Not just the tech has improved, but the art style is a massive leap.

I really hope they sell a sh*t ton of this game. They deserve a huge success! Bravo id! Amazing quality, graphics and gameplay!!!👏🙌

"Other dimensions" Shows the Cultist Base, which on Earth

The new Doom games really show how bad some FPS developers are nowadays if their games look worse than this and don‘t even manage solid 60FPS...

Would love to see coverage on the changes in the enemy AI. They definitely feel different from 2016. Almost punishing if you push forward too hard and more apt to surround you than the last iteration.

"no tearing" comment should have been "no tearing except when it was accompanied with ripping"

ID: many details were added. players: enables lego mode.

I have a feeling id get's a lot of quality devs who actually enjoy working for them.

I had those hitches on Xbox One X too... then I disconnected the internet from my console and they are gone now. Try it if you have those “freezes”

I seriously am hyped to see what they do with ID tech 8

I've been blown away by the engine, how far we've come!!

60 fps minimum should be the standard in the new generation of pc/console games and not limited to racers and shooters only.

This game is the whole package. It’s visually the most gorgeous shooter I’ve ever played. Gameplay wise it’s the most fun and fluid shooter I’ve ever played, and somehow the battlemode multiplayer is way more fun than I thought it would be. Simply amazing. 10/10 for me.

Love how the video starts off with Quake Champions music.

The Pro has been impressing me even more the last few games

The atmosphere of the different dimensions are so well executed. Really feel the space and places.

I'd love a Quake 1 remake/reboot with this engine.

I love the phrase “destructible demon system”

Changing my HDR settings to the ones you show at 15:13 made it look so much better, thanks! For reference I'm on PC, monitor is the PG27UQ.

If they can pull this level of detail on this generation of consoles, can't wait what they'll be able to achieve in PS5 and SX. id Tech 7 is incredible, indeed!

It's insane how even with so much more detail and bigger environments, this game is still half the size of Doom 2016

Urdak is absolutely beautiful.

Doom eternal is forward rendered, I never expected this

TFW he said an i9 7960x and 2080 ti is a "rather capable rig" :3

2016: look at this brand new tech, megatextures! 2020: look at this brand new tech, no more megatextures!

Amazing video. The way this game looks, how fast it loads, and how good it feels in-game is just a technical marvel! We'd be lucky to get a new Quake on ID Tech 7.

Fantastic video, literally everything I wanted to see. Love that you incorporated the technical aspects, including clips of how the game looks inside the editor. Super interesting stuff! And to top it off, the pacing was phenomenal. Made a near 30 minute video fly by.

10:15 mario kart easter egg

They should make a new single player quake game with this engine.

GREAT analysis all around here. This is the kind of detailed tech talk I've always loved, be it a video like this or a keynote by someone like Sweeney or Carmack. Subbed.

Free on Gamepass Oct 1! Now that it’s a Microsoft owned IP it’s pretty much a guarantee that we’ll get an Xbox Series X optimized version

Bethesda: "Here's a DRM free .exe file, have fun guys!"

Id really went hard on this one. It's so fantastic the lengths they went to, to get this thing to where it is... Hats off!

Brilliant video John. Would love to see some more in-depth reviews like this.

I always wondered why the 2016 Doom had such a large file size, and I was further confused when I saw Eternal's smaller file size. Thank you for the explanation.

This is what extra time to polish gets you. It gets you a refined, wonderfully detailed game.

DOOM Eternal runs amazing, looks amazing and most importantly it plays amazing. GG ID software!

4:50 The “texture pop-in” issue isn’t a problem inherent with megatexturing but rather an issue with texture streaming in general. If your disk is busy, loading higher mips takes a while. Happens in Unreal engine.

“Other dimensions” *Shows picture of Earth*

Id Tech engineers are genius. Can't wait for the ray tracing stuff.

I immediately knew I was in for a treat when I witnessed those load times. Higher quality models, larger levels, better assets, yet the load times are shorter than doom 2016. Very well done on this engine id. I tell ya this, I have been more impressed with Vulkan in its limited line up of games over DX12 and its shoddy implementation in a lot of titles.

That intro logo and background music just amps you up. Nailed it.

I love having a thorough look at every single area. What I do is put the microwave beam attachment on my plasma gun when I want to soak up some details - It slows the player movement significantly, and functions as my walk button as Eternal is missing one (unlike 2016.) then I can walk around taking it all in at a nicer pace.

Can’t stress enough how much RU-vid does this game absolutely no justice. I’m just playing on ps4 pro and it’s a MARVEL to behold.

I'm 5 hours in and I absolutely love it. EDIT and what an amazing job on this review, really appreciate all the detail and thoughts both professional and personal. Cheers!

What a great review! I really liked the deep dive into the technical aspects behind it. Thanks a lor, now I know that I want to play it :)

Just got around to this as it came to Xbox Game Pass recently. My gawd is this one of the best looking games* I’ve seen on Xbox one X.

This makes me very hopeful for the Switch version - loved having Doom 2016 on the go though the performance wasn’t quite locked. Hopefully we will see a solid 30fps out of this.

Can't wait for the Switch version :D

In my opinion it's the greatest optimized game of all time. It's insane the frames you can get at Max settings on mid-tier hardware.

Im just so happy to see footage of idStudio, it looks really cool. Wish we had some kind of SDK

God I want to see the Evil Within 3 using this engine!

It's the best feeling PC game I've ever played, not a single stutter, hitch or blip anywhere and I'm getting 120-144fps which just feels incredible.

John "It Looks Great!" Linneman.

This Quake Champions soundtrack on the beggining

I was surprised that DOOM Eternal runs over 100fps with Ultra Nightmare settings @ 1440p (1080 Ti). Id's passion shines through everywhere!

"Doom: Eternal is forward rendered." WHAT????? No, seriously, WHAT? Holy crap that's amazing.

Doom Eternal OOZES with quality the environments are BEAUTIFUL Hell never looked so GOOD the Music is HATE JUICE whispering KILL in my ears the gameplay with the chunks coming out of the demons and the weak points is so ADDICTING with the many useful weapons and alternate firing modes the platforming is fun too this game is a 10/10 it should set the standard for the stale FPS genre

Some of the most INSANELY creative and unique and impressive and flabbergastingly cool environments i've ever seen in a video game. I'm fucking blown away by some of the levels in Eternal. The Super Gore Nest and the Nekravol Soul Factory.. words can't do this shit justice.

This game is a technical marvel, also the artstyle shines on ID tech 7

This is what happens when you have a competent team with a solid gameplan on a competent engine, ya love to see it again.

7:31 ngl, I would love to play doom eternal in this "decal highlight" mode

been in gamedev for 13 years, and ID always is pushing tech forward and inspiring the rest of us with every release! really cool breakdown :) thanks for sharing!

Thx for your hard work John ❤️

It's crazy that such a good looking game runs so well, even on a low end rig and consoles. Like seriously I have a gtx 1060 3gb an entry level card and I can run this game on medium-high and it looks absolutely gorgeous in 1080p.Tthe textures are great, but it's really the wider colour pallette and lighting that make those textures pop. ID really knocked this game out of the park in practically everything, whether that be gameplay, sound or graphics, it's one of if not the smoothest games I have ever played with such great visuals, especially on release. I also have never encountered a single bug either in my playthroughs. It's not often you see a AAA game released in such a fantastic state, there are many games that don't reach that in their entire lifespan let alone right on first day of release, when these days most games are released, broken buggy and overly monetized. Truly a well made piece of entertainment, ID deserve every bit of praise they get for this game and the work they put into it.

Super in-depth video brother, respect!

Fantastic analysis guys. The people at id did an absolutely incredible job with id Tech 7... wow. This game FLEW on Ultra on my machine and I don't even have a very modern graphics card.