Holy crap this game has pissed me off again.
As per the Wongawatch thread I've had a new PC for a couple of months, and I was aware that Doom Eternal got an update last year to add ray tracing, so I decided to install it on my new PC and try out the new shinies. So yes, I can run it at native 4K and max everything out completely, including all the ray tracing stuff, and it looks incredible, truly jaw dropping.
The game however, remains the same. All the stuff documented in this thread still holds true, and even at its very best when it's giving you an intense arena battle, all the fiddly crap you have to contend with spoils it.
Constantly running out of ammo, constantly having to juggle tiresome cooldowns to micromanage your resources, it ruins the combat, which is the best bit of the game.
And oh my god all the other shite, the fucking, FUCKING platforming sections, the AWFUL TEDIOUS BORING STORY THAT NO ONE GIVES A SINGLE FLYING FUCK ABOUT, and PUZZLE SECTIONS for the love of Christ. Oh yes and runes and upgrades and other nonsense, and endless tutorials for all the fiddly shite they've put in that no one asked for, super fist punch, because that's what we were all after.
I absolutely cannot get my head around how they fucked up the DOOM 2016 sequel so badly, it's mind-boggling. I've persevered with it for a few hours on this playthrough but I hit a wall with it last night, dropped back to desktop and installed DOOM 2016.
I will say though, that the ray tracing stuff is luscious, but certainly not worth playing through the game for.