did not think that this game would ever make me go "awww"

best-in-class killing machine doomguy hovers over "destroy neural core", hesitates, hits "vega backup" and finishes the job

i'm so glad doomguy is a silent protag bc like. can you imagine how fucked the mood would be if he was shouting like "any more motherfuckers want a piece??"

@monorail honestly Doom 2016 is one of the few games where "Silent Protagonist" actually genuinely works and doesn't just feel like a concession for gameplay reasons.

@monorail Also yeah that bit with backing up Vega, OF HIS OWN VOLITION, WITHOUT BEING ASKED OR TOLD, considering how much other stuff he just trashed is just... ;w; <3 <3 <3

@Nine actually now that i think about it, it's weird that they didn't ask him to

like they forgot that was a function that vega had

@monorail Oh dang I just rewatched the intro scenes and .. there's several things I missed before.
1: The pentagram on the marine's right palm that you see fora split second before he clenches his fist to pull at the chains binding him.
2: As Samuel Hayden is first talking to him, he's probably just going to ignore him and push the screen aside but when he says "benefits us both" he's visibly angered and immediately shifts his grip to THROW the screen away.

@monorail 3: he rubs his thumb across the Doom Slayer mark on his helmet, hesitates slightly, before putting it on. Some have said this is "familiarity" but really it looks way more like "the fuck's that doing on there? ... not coming off? Ah well, not like it can stop me anyway."
4: as much as I like the idea you had of him just randomly putzing about, sadly he's far too familiar with tech and guns for him not to understand at all ^^; his hands move like he's USED to the systems.

@monorail 5: Oh damn I just realised, Samuel seems really clued in on who the Doom Marine is, which stands to reason, he's been researching him a lot and he's got a computer brain too. So even without Doomsy replying, he KNOWS he's aware of the demonic invasion and KNOWS that he's probably pissed as all hell, and KNOWS that he's gotta be putting serious thought into "screw this place and this Hayden guy, I'mma gut him for this shit when I find him". So tries damage control.