Unreleased images of the canned game Doom 4 have been revealed.
YouTube documentary channel Noclip shared the footage in its latest video, focusing on the development of Doom 2016.
It begins, however, with a first look at Doom 4, which was later abandoned.
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The first clip is a combat encounter with a devil, with the emblematic shotgun of the series. It certainly has a much slower pace and a realistic aesthetic compared to the frantic action of Doom 2016.
The second clip, very short, is of melee combat, which ends properly with a bloody ending.
The footage was uploaded by Noclip as part of its mission to preserve the history of video games.
As GameSpot points out in a previous 2016 Noclip video, Doom 4 executive producer Marty Stratton explained that the game was canceled for lack of personality that looked like a Call of Duty clone.
“We explored a direction and we got to a certain point and we felt that this didn’t really capture what we felt would be a strong Doom and what the fans would want from it,” he said.
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