>>712764143 (OP)
>Doomguy the 1st, 2nd and 64th are all off-the-shelf armor that looks identical to what other troopers are wearing, give or take the abdomen damage, very in-line with 80s/90s scifi design
>Doom 16's Praetor suit and its more primitive, fantastical counterpart in the Dark Ages armor looks more like 21st century space marine hero looks, no exposed skin, face obscured by visor. Like the dozens of space marine heroes shat out in the wake of Halo.
Doom Eternal's art direction as a whole is trying to reconcile classic Doom aesthetics, which is why its pickups and user interface are so vibrant and video game-y and the enemies try to look more like their classic counterparts. But it's like the only thing they got from Doomguy was
>exposed arms
and weren't willing to give up on the superhero shit they were going with since 16.
I think the key weakness is now his armor just looks stupid because it's trying to evoke classic Doomguy's "armor over fatigues" look, exposing his forearms, and with all the green with patches of brown or gray, while still just being segmented power armor. And also nothing else in the universe looks like it, either in Dark Ages' setting or nuDoom's Mars/Earth setting. It makes it look like he's wearing chaps. Either just give him something made of an actual fabric like pants or a t-shirt visible under his breastplate, or commit to the power armor.
I feel like there was reason Halo mostly stuck with Master Chief's armor being mostly green with dark neutral accents. Even then he's not the only guy in super special power armor around, by Reach you start seeing shitloads of Spartans with their own variations, on top of multiplayer.
Anyway the real longterm consequence of this is how much the game obsesses over justifying everything Doomguy does as if it was really essential. It's like if a Mario game had a five minute long cutscene about Mario's Red Wing™ boots being blessed by the princess to crush turts.
