Doom VFR
Taking place after the events of Doom, you take control of scientist who was killed during the initial demon invasion of Mars. Available for PlayStation VR and VIVE platforms, this Doom adventure will bathe…
Doom VFR is a shooter developed by id Software, released 30 November 2017 on PlayStation VR, SteamVR and Windows Mixed Reality.
What Doom VFR is
Doom VFR is a shooter game developed by id Software and released in 2017. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation VR, SteamVR and Windows Mixed Reality. It runs on id Tech 6.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Doom is a 2016 first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is the first major installment in the Doom series since 2004's Doom 3 and is a reboot of the franchise. It was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in May 2016. A port for Nintendo Switch was co-developed with Panic Button and released in November 2017, and a version for Stadia was released in August 2020. Players take the role of an ancient warrior, known colloquially as the Doom Slayer, as he battles demonic forces within an energy-mining facility on Mars and in Hell.
How it plays
It is played from a virtual reality perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 15 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Doom series
Doom VFR is the 40th of 73 entries we hold in the Doom series. The next entry was Doom II + Master Levels in 2018. Its critic score of 75 is 4 points below the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations at 91.
How it was received
Doom VFR holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350 or better, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 480 or better. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 17GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Doom VFR launched on 30 November 2017, within three weeks of Star Wars Battlefront II, Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Star Wars Battlefront II, Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Doom VFR yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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