
New game modes that can be selected when starting a new game, Standard Mode (Default gameplay and default weapons, either in a pistol start or an assault rifle start), Purist (plays through the Vanilla Doom weapons) and Tactical Mode (Lower speed, but can sprint otherwise the same as standard mode).Can be enabled or disabled in the options. Some maps have an Map Enhancement system, modifying maps into their 'brutalized' forms.^ "Players Choice - Mod of the Year 2017 feature".^ "Mod of the Year 2012 feature - Brutal Doom mod for Doom".^ "Doomworld - The 18th Annual Cacowards"."Watch 1993's Doom with features you'd expect in 2015's Doom".

"The 10 best Doom mods you should play on its 25th birthday". "Brutal Doom Is About To Become Even More Brutal".

"Just in Case You Thought Doom Needed to be Even More Brutal". In November 2020, Brutal Doom v21 surpassed one million downloads on Mod DB. īrutal Doom won the first ever Cacoward in 2011 for "Best Gameplay Mod" and the "Mod of the Year" award by Mod DB in 20.

Chris Plante of Polygon called it "incredible", "stomach-churning" and "hysterical". TechRadar called it "the most modernised, spectacular Doom mod to date". Andras Neltz of Kotaku said that it was "shaping up to be one of the modding greats". Dominic Tarason of Rock, Paper, Shotgun remarked how the mod "risen to such ubiquity that it has spawned a whole parallel mod scene of its own" and considered it "a game in its own right at this point". The mod was praised by John Romero, who jokingly said that if Id Software had released the original Doom with the features of Brutal Doom, they would have "destroyed the gaming industry". Weapon behavior is also changed, with a fully working reload system for most guns alongside weapon recoil and iron sights. The mod includes new and updated guns, such as a flamethrower, the demonic Unmaker, assault shotguns, new rifle types, a grenade launcher and even allows the player to equip enemy weapons in the form of Revenant missiles or a Mancubus' flame cannon. Brutal Doom adds many gameplay features, such as blood splattering, allied Marines, an updated particle system, the ability to drive vehicles such as tanks, stealth kills, headshots, and a host of " Mortal Kombat-esque fatality animations." Enemy AI has been revamped, with most enemies gaining new attacks and behaviours.
