Agree with you, this game would really benefit from:
- Increased movement speed.
- Getting rid of loadouts, the game needs weapon pickups instead.
- Music during match or at least some riffs or music cues when things get hectic.
- Better ambient/weapon sound equalization.
- Better announcer, someone with a better voice and doesn't so dull.
The way things are right now the MP is getting sent out to die, sure people will play it first couple weeks maybe some months but after a while most people will be bored with it or will be forgotten.
The issue is that these problems are deeply rooted into the design and would require map overhauls, though it pains me to say this but right now the game seems balanced and fine the way it is.
It's just the current product isn't that good and it's coming out in
26 days...
If they were to add weapon pick ups, they would need to restructure maps and change where the armour and hp locations are as well, this requires effort.
The mere existance of loadouts has already determined the viability of many of the core systems inside the game, if loadouts were removed and weapon pick ups were placed in that would mean actual weapon balance would have to be done instead of what the other user said, a sweeping plethora of mediocrity. Would the already pointless leveling up system be simply for cosmetics? But they already have DLC planned that adds weapons, but since it looks like all weapons are pretty lackluster they don't fear anything gamebreaking from adding in more weapons.
The entire audio department needs to be fired, because they didn't do a damn thing. If my OBS wasn't broken and I had a video editor I would record footage of CQC Shotgun battles where I don't hear a damn thing coming from the opponent but I hear far away rocket launchers. Do they have grunts and pain noises recorded? Do they just have a whole new announcer on hand? Why won't they just reuse Mick Gordons OST for the Multiplayer? Again all this takes effort, none of which I expect from a company that is a shadow of it's former self, with BETHESDA being the shadow puppet master.
The whole thing is rotten to the core and would require another half year to fix/implement. I usually don't go off on games like this but right now it's a mishmash of just things that most shooters do wrapped under the Iconic name of Doom. I'm not asking for a new quake or a new UT, but I really am just insulted by the seemingly low amount of effort that was put into this. What multiplayer designer would sit down and just give the ok to no pain noises, zero readability as to if you're being hit(even call of duty shakes your screen if you get shot...isn't that the series everyone tries to copy?) and melee finishers? Such basic, core things missing that would make the game that much better.
I had fun playing it, I really did, but I don't see myself playing this for more than a few days tops since you just point and shoot and get easy kills/points do to the super streamlined weapon system.
This is the finished product, the word 'Beta' has meant extended preview demos for quite a number of years now.
