Other scenes depicted massive beasts attacking the player in Hell itself. Another weapon grows stronger with every step a player takes.Į3 2015 offered a glimpse into Union Aerospace Corporation’s Martian research facility which has been overrun with demons. Multiplayer modes reportedly include new weapons that allow teleportation and telefrag kills, as well as guns that can target and fire through walls.
When selecting weapons, action slows but does not stop. In-game footage shows eight slots on the weapon selection wheel, seven firearms and one melee. Melee kills have been added for point blank sequences. The iconic BFG also appears to make a cameo at the end of one preview sequence. The combat shotgun can be charged up for multiple blasts. The fan-favorite Shotgun and Super Shotgun (double-barreled), Plasma Rifle, Chainsaw, Chaingun, Heavy Assault Rifle, and Rocket Launcher, were demonstrated. Hayden then points out that as a Crucible is the only weapon capable of killing a Titan, the Slayer will have to retrieve his personal Crucible from Taras Nabad, where it was embedded in a Titan's body during a historic attack on that location.Original Doom weapons are confirmed. After the Khan Maykr drains all the Sentinel energy from the Fortress of Doom, the Slayer uses the Crucible to restore power the irony is not lost on Hayden, who points out that the very energy that the Slayer tried to eradicate could now be used to save Earth. In Doom Eternal, the Slayer recovers the Crucible from the ARC Complex along with Hayden's damaged torso. Anticipating that the Slayer would come to retrieve the Crucible at some point, Hayden had it stored in the ARC Complex for safekeeping. With Earth facing a global energy crisis due to the loss of the Mars facility, Hayden presented the Crucible to the Allied Nations' Global Council and explained that it could be used as a conductor to generate man-made Argent energy. It is at this point where the true form of the artifact is revealed. After the defeat of the Spider Mastermind, Hayden forcibly brings the Slayer back to Mars and confiscates the Crucible from him. He retains it from that point into the end of the game, using it like a key to shut down the power source of the Hell portal in Argent D'Nur. The Slayer finally acquires the Crucible after facing off against the three Hell guards encountered at the end of the Necropolis. Samuel Hayden reveals the true form of the Crucible.Īs stated previously, the Crucible serves as the main MacGuffin in the game and is seen primarily in visions, out of reach of the Slayer.
The Slayer's mark somewhat resembles the Crucible.Īppearances Doom (2016) As statuary strongly associated with the Maykrs sometimes depicts the weapon, it may have some historical connection to them. Argenta engravings which can be found in areas such as Empyrian and Taras Nabad frequently depict the Crucible against the backdrop of a diagram which resembles the mystic tree of life as it appears in kabbalistic tradition. Additionally SnapMap, Doom’s custom map making and sharing features, won’t be.
The multiplayer map Argent Breach also contains a statue created by the culture of Argent D'Nur which depicts the full form of the weapon. Bethesda tells me that Doom will not be using Nintendo’s Switch voice app either, at least not at launch. This is the only hint that is given of it before its appearance in the game's ending. If a stone tablet in Samuel Hayden's office is carefully examined, it can be found to display an etched picture of the Crucible in its true form. Hayden intends to use it to further his Argent energy research and further endanger mankind in the process. While an important item in the story, the Doom Slayer never gets to wield the demonic Crucible actively as a weapon, only briefly using a sacrificial dagger concealed in the bottom of its hilt to destroy the captured souls of the Wraiths which power the Well.
Stating that he is unable to kill the Slayer, Hayden still manages to activate the Crucible in a threatening display, revealing it to be a weapon in the form of a sword with an Argent energy blade, inscribed with blazing red runes. Hayden forcefully while he is being held captive by the tethering device. The true form of the Crucible however is not directly revealed until the end of the game, when it is taken from the Doom Slayer by Dr. It appears as a compact skull-like ornament connected to a base by a central handle. Defeating all three of the Hell guards allows the Slayer to at last reclaim it, after which he encounters the spirits of five of the Night Sentinels in a green, ghostly form. The Crucible is found at the end of the Necropolis within the Hell guards' arena, where it is stored inside a retractable pillar.