Unwilling

From DoomWiki.org

An unwilling.

The unwilling are a type of zombie which occurs mostly in Hell in the 2016 Doom. They are stated to be Hell slaves and are forced to labor for the demons. They are the remnants of civilizations absorbed by Hell, being the final form taken on by possessed who are brought there, and according to the game's lore, they built most of the structures that can be found on that plane. They are sometimes spawned by a summoner, even outside of Hell. The unwilling is similar to the bony zombie from Doom 3. Like the weakest forms of the possessed, they can quickly be staggered for an easy glory kill with a melee weapon bash.

"The Unwilling are fully transformed Possessed that are used as shrine worshippers, slave labor or cannon fodder for battle within Hell."
― SnapMap description

Tactical analysis[edit]

Infighting[edit]

They may engage in combat with imps.

Pre-release[edit]

Attack of the Unwilling, a screenshot released by Bethesda after E3 2015.
  • In the wake of Bethesda's E3 2015 presentation, a screenshot was released collectively calling the zombies which had been seen in the game "The Unwilling." This was later changed so that most are referred to instead as "possessed," while the name "unwilling" was reassigned to the specific type of zombie that occurs in Hell.
  • According to The Art of DOOM, a development name for this type of Possessed was "Unwilling hellified zombie".[1]

Trivia[edit]

  • The unwilling is referred to as Hell_zombie in the game's files, like its counterpart in Doom Eternal. This is most likely a shortening of this enemy's development name.

Sources[edit]

References[edit]

  1. id Software, Bethesda (21 June 2016). The Art of DOOM, p19. Dark Horse BooksISBN 978-1616559342.