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* [[100% Completion]]: Most levels have multiple secrets, a combat rating that goes up the more demons you kill, many collectibles and bonuses that can be found with a little bit of exploration.
* [[Ascended Meme]]: Not only does the infamous "[[Memetic Mutation|RIP AND TEAR]]" from the [[Doom (Comic Book)|''Doom'' comic]] get incorporated into the opening intro, but it's delivered in a manner that replaces the [[Narm]] with ominous dread.▼
* [[Action Bomb]]: Lost Souls fly towards the player and detonate on them, kamikaze-style. It's also the method they use to possess weaker willed beings.
* [[Black Comedy]]: Some elements abound, like how the UAC doesn't even pretend to hide the fact there's a demonic invasion in progress.▼
* [[Affably Evil]]: [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] Samuel Hayden, who is very polite to the Doomguy and assists him throughout despite their conflicting agendas. Even after turning on Doomguy, he admits Doomguy might be right to completely obliterate Hell, and merely [[Released to Elsewhere|sends Doomguy to parts unknown to keep him from interfering.]]
* [[Ascended Meme]]:
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** The achievement for killing the Cyberdemon is called [[Captain Obvious|"Shoot it until it dies."]], referencing a GamePro Magazine issue that gave that as a joke protip.
* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: Codex Entries tell the story about how the UAC ended up as a demon-worshipping cult. The demons have their own in the form of the Slayer's Testaments, which tell the story of the Doom Marine's rampage through their realm.
* [[Ascended Fanfic]]: The game borrows the Glory Kill mechanic and Ultra-Nightmare difficulty (where dying restarts the entire game) from the popular fanmod [[Brutal Doom]].
* [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]]: The Doomguy's usual modus operandi. See a drone carrying mods? Punch it. Argent filters that could stop a demonic invasion? Punch it. Ugly demons from hell? [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|Punch them!]]
* [[Bad Boss]]: Olivia Pierce sacrificed many of her own employees and was willing to sacrifice all of humanity to become a demon goddess.
* [[The Berserker]]: The Glory Kill mechanic and the Berserk rune rewards the player immensely for getting up close and personal and [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|ripping demons limb from limb.]]
* [[BFG]]: The BFG-9000. A massive plasma cannon that boils enemies alive {{spoiler|and is used to [[Finishing Move|Glory Kill]] the final boss.}}
* [[Big Bad]]: Olivia Pierce, a scientist-turned-cultist who believes that having the world engulfed by Hell will lead to the next step in human evolution. {{spoiler|In the codex entry "A Farewell", Olivia reveals that she seeks to reach the "real heaven" of Argent D'Nur and be made a god. And everyone else? They can just rot in the deepest pit of Hell for all she cares. She eventually gets her wish, merging with the master of the demons to become the Aranea Imperatix - The Spider Mastermind.}}
* [[Big Good]]: Samuel Hayden, who extracts Doomguy from Hell as a safeguard in case things go wrong. {{spoiler|Through, he's still a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] willing to exploit Hell for its resources.}}
** God is implied to exist in-game, {{spoiler|as stated by the Slayer's testaments, which claim that Doomguy was bestowed power by the seraphim.}}
* [[Big Red Devil]]: Barons of Hell fit this to a T, being massive, having red skin and goat legs, along with curved horns.
▲* [[Black Comedy]]: Some elements abound, like how the UAC doesn't even pretend to hide the fact there's a demonic invasion in progress. The UAC spokesperson holograms are also hilarious.
* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: It does a good job surpassing the brutality and bloodshed in the original ''Doom'' games.
* [[Body Armor as Hit Points]]: Armor in the game works the same as in old Doom games: any damage you take is done in armor first.
* [[Body Horror]]: In addition to being reanimated zombies in all but name, the Possessed are so warped beyond the people they once were that whatever clothing, equipment or even weapons they had on themselves before being transformed are painfully grafted into their bodies.
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: Shooting in the head will deal extra damage and will cause the [[Your Head Asplode|enemy's head to pop like a bloated watermelon on death.]]
* [[Boring Yet Practical]]: The Tactical Scope for the Heavy Assault Rifle and the Gatling Rotor for the Chaingun. Compared to the [[Macross Missile Massacre|Micro-Missile Launcher]] and the [[More Dakka|Mobile Turret]], the former seems rather mundane. However, the scope allows you to use the Assault Rifle as an automatic sniper rifle while the rotor allows you to keep your Chaingun ready to fire at an instant. Both also have a final upgrade that increases their damage when the mods are used, making them extremely powerful to use.
* [[Borrowed Biometric Bypass]]: Required to access certain areas and progress. The player rips a dead guy's arm off to bypass a handprint scanner, and later in the game an entire upper torso of a corpse to bypass a optical scanner.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: There's no reload function in the game, as each gun holds all the ammo you have for them. A special perk later on even grants unlimited ammo so long as you have a certain amount of armor.
* [[Brain Uploading]]: Samuel Hayden was diagnosed with brain cancer, and had the healthy parts of his brain installed in a 10 feet tall robot body to cheat death.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Several are scattered throughout, harkening back to the previous entries in the franchise. Some however are more subtle than others.
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: The chainsaw will instantly kill any non-boss enemy provided you have enough fuel. Killing anyone with it will also spawn a massive pool of ammo.
* [[The Comically Serious]]: Samuel Hayden. His frequent exasperation and the seriousness he displays to Doomguy's more [[The Berserker|'simple-minded']] decisions is a source for some hilarity in the game.
{{quote|'''Samuel Hayden''': ''[[Gun Nut|Your affinity for guns]] [[Deadpan Snarker|is apparent]]. I'm confident you'll find [[BFG|something useful]] there as well.}}''
* [[Demonic Invaders]]: The basic premise involves Hell itself invading Mars.
* [[The Dreaded]]: Doomguy is this for the demons. After the destruction of Argent D'Nur, Doomguy trashed Hell so badly and ripped so many demons into pieces that he was only stopped by ''dropping an entire temple on him.'' [[Horrifying the Horror|The demons view him as their own personal boogeyman]] and feared him so much they covered the site where he [[Sealed Good in a Can|was entombed]] in runes and fought with unprecedented levels of desperate ferocity to prevent Samuel Hayden and the UAC from retrieving him. Obviously, it didn't work...
* [[Evil, Inc.]]: Again, the UAC, which shows all throughout. Even going so far as to exploit ''Hell'', with predictable consequences.
* [[Genre Throwback]]: Of sorts to the original ''Doom'' games, while simultaneously building over what worked in the 1990s and incorporating 2010s-era game design.
** A recent update allows players to play using the old school centered gun field of view of the original Doom games.
* [[Gorn]]: The "Glory Kill" mechanic, which allows you to brutally melee enemies to death upon staggering them. Most weapons, from the chainsaw and shotgun to the BFG, do a good job with gibs as well.
* [[Last of His Kind]]: {{spoiler|"Doomguy" is suggested to be the last of his world before Hell absorbed it.}}
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* [[Sincerest Form of Flattery]]: The game incorporates and builds upon elements from ''[[Brutal Doom]].''
* [[Stealth Sequel]]: It's strongly implied that "Doomguy" is the same character from the original games, albeit following a [[Broad Strokes]] rendition of them.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Doomguy's drive. The Beserker Artifact is also told in Codex Entries to cause this in anyone who consumes it. [[Oh Crap|Bad news for the demons when the Doomguy picks them up.]]
* [[Unwilling Roboticization]]: The more mechanized demons, such as the Revenants and Cyberdemon are revealed to have gotten that way thanks to UAC experiments, being attempts at ''weaponizing Hell''.
* [[Well Intentioned Extremist]]: The UAC, Samuel Hayden in particular, likes to present itself as this, believing that all its work (including its interest in ''Hell'' for Argent energy) is for the good of all mankind.
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