I think that as far as they might be concerned, Doom 2016 is a soft reboot with only passing references, not a hard core sequel to anything. Not that I think iD cares enough about tying plot threads of previous games into the current structure. There is no apocalypse, only a containment breach. Many survivors still linger, and by the time of Resurrection of Evil, it becomes clear that the situation is fairly localized and contained to Mars alone. In Doom 3, the marine is more or less a security officer already stationed in the base when the attack hits. A very galactic apocalypse is well underway (both on the moons of Mars, as well as Earth). Deimos in fact is already in Hell itself. As the mission progresses, it becomes clear that you were all too late, and that there are no survivors.
In Ultimate Doom (as in OG Doom either way), DG and his squad are called out of Mars to investigate and contain the situation in a base that has already been overrun. This is an important distinction for one key point it directly effects the start of the adventure. Given that Doom 3 guy is on Mars while OG Doomguy is on Phobos/ Deimos, my head canon says no, he's not the same. when there's branching time lines i feel like "who cares it's in 1 timeline, there will always be another etc." it's fine that Marvel and DC did this. Personally i don't feel like the gravity of an "apocalyptic scenario" really feels grave, as an example. i also don't feel as invested emotionally to characters knowing they exist in another time. it's hard for me to explain as to why, but it leaves the creators with a way to pull things out of their ass plot wise.
In my opinion it's lazy, and easily allows the writer of the plot to be left with no accountability. I seriously pray that the canon of Doom's universe is NOT an infinite Branching of timelines. A world that doesn't quite get itself as mixed up with the others as Doom 1/ seem to do.įirst off this is just my opinion, and i know the thread is dead. But then that would mean there are multiple Doomguys anyway, so the Doom 3 marine could in fact be the Doomguy, just a different incarnation in a world with different rules. If you consider Doom 3 to take place in an alternate timeline in the same universe as the Doom games, the OG Doomguy/Doomslayer could be the warrior depicted on the tablets that were dug up in the excavation sites, with the hell dimension being the bridge that connects each timeline.