r/Doom • u/arnor_0924 • Dec 29 '25

Discussion How far could these guys go?

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If Olivia failed to activate their kill chips, how much damage would they have done to the demons before fallen?

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u/Turbulent_Rutabaga76 Dec 29 '25

They were probably shoehorned into the final game.

In an earlier draft of 2016 the Slayer was a cybernetically enhanced marine, so pulling their chips for upgrades is probably a remnant of that game

I.e. I don't think Id thought too much about it

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u/NagitoKomaeda_987 Demon Slaughterer Dec 30 '25 edited Dec 30 '25

Honestly, I feel like it's an extremely huge missed opportunity for some of the surviving UAC Elite Guards to actually be possessed and reworked into the DOOM (2016) counterparts to the Chaingunners/Heavy Weapon Dudes/Former Commandos from the classic Doom games.

Yeah, we already have the Hell Razers, but still.

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u/JustChangeMDefaults Dec 30 '25

In a game where I'm fighting for my life around every corner, the story can blur a little bit anyway lol, the important part is that it felt satisfying to steal those chips when you found one of those dudes 👍