Doom - Xbox One Collectors Edition

The statue is awesome, not like those crappy collector's toys you see sometimes with bad paint jobs and weird proportions. It is also a very good size so you feel like you have a conversation piece/display and not an action figure on a shelf. The metal case is really cool. I returned the game to Gamestop after I was done but kept the case. The game is completely incredible. Awesome graphics and atmosphere with gameplay that feels dated in all of the right ways but still completely new and fluid. The enemies are awesome, and I had so much fun every second I played, with tons of weapons and glory kills. The digital content you get is for multiplayer, and gives you a really good boost to help you out when starting as well as a unique armor skin for other players to see you wearing. It does NOT include a season pass though. That means it will still cost you money to get DLC expansions. I felt like it should have included that in there considering how much the initial MSRP is, but that is a matter of opinion. I got it on sale for like 30 bucks, WELL WORTH the price. I am not huge into collector's editions but if I had spent 100 bucks on it this is one situation I wouldn't have regretted it. One thing I don't like that is not a fault but just me; It is disappointing when companies that have such a diverse range of amazing characters and art to draw from just arbitrarily choose one of them and put it on most of their art for a game. In this case you have a Revenant statue, and both sides of the metal case include a revenant, as well as the box art. There are so many more awesome things about DOOM. Read more

The revenant statue is very detailed and feels sturdy. The battery cover on the bottom however was still fused to the bottom plastic therefore I had to carefully cut it to put batteries into mine. Quality control must have taken a brake when this one went by. Other than that everything else worked. The game play is much better than DOOM 3 was. No more boring prologue. You get jumped right into the game just like the original DOOM. The glory kills where fun at first then they just became repetitive after a while. It took me just over 12.5 hours to be the game on Ultra-Violence and I found about half of the secret items. All in all I really like this game, it's much better than the typical FPS on the market. I tried to play the multiplayer but would not connect to a game so I didn't bother with it. Read more

Right after Wolfenstein 3D became a commercial success, it didn't take long before a skin of the game became equally as popular as the game that created the First Person Shooter genre, and this game was known as Doom. In this hell of a review (see what I did there,) I will be talking about the collectors edition contents and quality. After that I will dive into the First Circle of Hell that is the single player campaign (and trust me, you'll want to play through the campaign first as well,) and what makes it so great. Then last but not least, I'll be writing about the depths of hell that is the screamingly fast paced multiplayer and all of its sweaty Palmed, heart racing, demon controlling fun. Let's get started. As you can read above, the collectors edition comes with a fairly large statue of one of the in game enemy demons. This statue is pretty weighty and you can see and feel the quality that went into the production of this product. The base that the statue rests on has a spinning turbine and LED lights that illuminate the statue from beneath a stylized vent. This is by far one of my favorite statues to be included in a collectors edition game bundle, period. The detail, build, and quality of this statue is by far one of the best for under the $150 price range. This edition also comes with an awesomely designed steelbook case with the previously stated demon on the front and back of the case itself. Last and not least you also get a voucher to unlock a demon themed armor set, six metallic paints for all armor that you may unlock, and three ID logo patterns to set yourself apart from the demon slaying masses that make up the Doom multiplayer. Also, within the same voucher code you will receive six hack modules in which I will discuss later in the multiplayer section of this review. Now, the campaign of Doom may not contain the best or easiest to follow narratives in game history but it does not take away from the awesome concept and themes of the game itself (I mean come on, it's a science fiction FPS in which you kill demons on Mars and different dimensions, who doesn't think that's cool?)The game starts off with a man waking up chained to a table (sorry folks, no lady to play as in the campaign,) and as a demon approaches, he breaks free from the chains and makes quick riddance of the faceless beast that approaches him. The game quickly throws its players into combat as the protagonist picks up a pistol that lies on the floor next to the table he once layed on. Through out the story you will be running around killing demons, and listening to an AI named Samuel Hayden that constantly disapproves of many of the actions that you take in trying to continue with saving all of humanity from the grips of hell itself. I completed this campaign in about fifteen hours which isn't too bad for the genre. The campaign contains lots of gore which definitely isn't new to the series. We haven't seen anything this bloody since the newest Mortal Kombat released earlier last year. While this game is rated M for Mature via the ESRB, IT doesn't contain anything sexual or any nudity, if you parents reading this feel uncomfortable with your children viewing or playing games with ultra violent content such as ripping off heads or bashing demons faces in using their own arm or other objects then skip this game by all means. As I stated before, for anyone who has never played Doom or something like Unreal Tournament, then take some time to get used to the pacing and enjoy the demon murdering campaign. In terms of multiplayer, this game is faster than any Call of Duty game that most core gamers play. While the campaign allows the players to learn the controls and get used to the general pacing, everything here feels so very fast paced and it's not a bad thing! The execution of the multiplayer is fantastic and demands players to stay on their toes and always move as the only way to get armor and health back is to pick up health and armor packs that are spread around the maps themselves. Then there's the demon mechanic that enables players to play as a demon of their choice when they pick up the perk. This is very much like power weapons in many other games but has that very dark touch that sets it apart from many other shooters. Also, there is another mechanic that allows players to see the last player they've been killed by through walls, see all of the available weapons on the map, etc, these are known as Hack Modules and they help mix things up. Every player can create classes prior to each match, allowing all players to play however they excell. Whether it's a running around with a machine gun, or changing positions frequently with a sniper rifle, there's something for every players play style. Let's not forget about the character and gun customization that enables players to change armor pieces and colors, there's also a really impressive dirt and damage mechanic that enables players to make their characters armor appear more distressed and worn down. This game and edition is one of my favorite purchases this year, and I couldn't be more happy with how the game lives up to the name of Doom. I hope this review helps you in making a choice to whether purchase the game or not, and in the case that you do, I'll be seeing you in hell. Thanks for reading! Read more

The media could not be loaded. Defective... I got this game for my boyfriend and upgraded to the one with the limited edition statue for him. Both me and him got the package, no signs of damage or dents or rough housing on the package very well sealed and packed. We carefully took everything out and put in the batteries and then the lights came on but the turbine didn't. Hmmm.. odd, we looked at the instructions maybe there was something we had to do, so we found the switch (which was already on thats why the light came on the moment we put in the batteries) and tried turning it on and off and fan still didn't move any. Looked up if there is any way to manually turn it on but no... We both love the game and love the detail that was put in to this statue but its very very sad and disappointing that it was sold as a defective. Read more

Steel book looks great. However a stripped screw like they others waiting for replacement than we can update their stars Update 1. Plastic and stripped screw didn't stop me. I prayed and dug it out. Also there power switch hidden. Although got a replacement coming just had to see it work anyway. Go grandpa update Doom is doom but freaks out the 4yr old spoiled grandchild. Cons. 3rd one on the way. Fan stopped working. Before that lights quit. Would had the standard version if had a decent cover. Read more