Yeah was interesting to see Carmack and Romero go different ways.

On the Carmack side you had an excellent technical execution of a fairly bland experience.

On the Romero side you had a very shoddy execution of what could have been an interesting concept… Maybe…

Of course Doom itself was fun, but not exactly made in an era that demanded much in the way of plot. Here you are, you got guns, there’s demons from hell… Go for it. The instruction manual introduction, the titles of the levels, and visual design cues were all that was plot wise.

Trying to have a half life style plot didn’t really fit the franchise. Doom 2016 both had a bit deeper plot than old Doom, but was self aware enough to have doom guy just destroy something to make the exposition go away and get on with what needs to go on.