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This mod makes Doom 2 a third-person hack-and-slash

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Rip and tear.

The work of modder Edy Pagaza, the Doom: Eternal Slayer mod adds a 3D player model with modern Doomguy's sword to classic Doom 2 so you can rip and tear up the old levels with something closer to the new game's combat. 

The mod isn't finished yet, with more melee weapons and a collection of ranged weapons still to be added, but it is already playable. Seeing a rounded marine run through MAP01: Entryway carving up pixel imps is weird, although it pairs well with Andrew Hulshult's remake of the original music.

You can download the current version of Doom: Eternal Slayer from ModDB. According to the description, "this is the base of the mod. Also, will contain an exclusive boss fight with the marauder and icon of sin. But will take some time to release it."

Jody Macgregor
Jody Macgregor
Weekend/AU Editor

Jody's first computer was a Commodore 64, so he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show about videogames, Zed Games. He's written for Rock Paper Shotgun, The Big Issue, GamesRadar, Zam, Glixel, Five Out of Ten Magazine, and Playboy.com, whose cheques with the bunny logo made for fun conversations at the bank. Jody's first article for PC Gamer was about the audio of Alien Isolation, published in 2015, and since then he's written about why Silent Hill belongs on PC, why Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is the best fantasy shopkeeper tycoon game, and how weird Lost Ark can get. Jody edited PC Gamer Indie from 2017 to 2018, and he eventually lived up to his promise to play every Warhammer videogame.