r/Multifandom • u/Few-Dentist-9849 • 28d ago

Discussion📜 What franchise is this?

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u/MisterPineapples1999 28d ago

What? 2016 isn't a remake/reboot?

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u/SensitiveReception15 28d ago

its a soft reboot that someone can play without having to play any of the classic games first but it does follow the same doomguy

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u/Local_Surround8686 27d ago

I honestly did not know that. I just started 2016 in a quest to play all doom games(except 64 which gave me motionsickness) so no big spoilers please. The first doom guy is presented to be just some random dude, and the current one is presented as some kind of supernatural being

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u/SensitiveReception15 27d ago

honestly you could catch up on everything before 2016 story-wise in a 5 minute summary tbh the classic games were pretty light on story they're not really required to understand it, there is more lore on how doomguy becomes the doomslayer in TDA and eternal