Why Isn’t Doom’s Sequel, Doom 2? What Does Eternal Mean?
Bethesda E3 2018: Questions We Still Have
The Doom reboot was one of the pleasant, and non-controversial, surprises from the Bethesda E3 2018 conference. The last game was so great, who is going to complain about getting a new one, right?
What I’m wondering, though, and I fully admit I might be looking into this too much, is why it isn’t called Doom 2. The most obvious answer to that would be that it’s because there already is a Doom 2, and that might be confusing. But it didn’t bother them with the naming of the reboot.
The subtitle choice, Eternal, sounds like it could be something persistent, never ending. The teaser panned out showing a large, open world-like landscape. Maybe it’s because Fallout is going multiplayer that we’re a bit spooked that everything is going to get some kind of always-online, multiplayer focused entry. I’m probably making a mountain out of a molehill, but hey, just something I noticed, and maybe you did too? I just want more of the the 2016 Doom please.
