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DOOM lore
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this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2025
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There's lore?
I thought the lore was that I'm on mars and there are demons I gotta go kill because it's my duty as a space marine.
Actually, everything you just said about modern Doom is wrong.
I'm pretty sure it's implied that Doom & Doom II weren't fully removed from the continuity, though.
IIRC, the original games end with the Doom Marine stuck in hell... Which is also where they found the Doom Slayer. Additionally, despite his background with the Argenta, the Slayer is confirmed to be human in an audio recording; and his Praetor armor is similar enough to the UAC Elite Guard armor that he can upgrade his armor with tokens taken from dead guards.
So... In short, the Slayer might still be the Marine, but with a ton of interstitial backstory that kind of renders his actual origin irrelevant.
It is essentially confirmed that the Doomslayer is the same Doom Marine from Doom 1 and 2. Doom 3 is canon but the protagonist is a different guy. 2016/Eternal pick up the story of the original guy.