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Goddammit, learn to use your imagination.
Plastic can be quite light y'know and it is rather solid for it's weight. We have no idea if they might invent something that's even lighter and just as strong as steel sometime in the future.
Don't be so damn nitpicky on realism.
And besides, general military equipment could possibly be made lighter
in the future, which lends more "weight capacity" to armour.
And before you misunderstand me completely, know that my "criticism" of the art wasn't meant negatively - I just found it a little amusing that the Doomguy would wear what would be equivalent of us wearing the kind of footwear used by 19th century soldiers.
If I'm not mistaken, history likes to repeat itself and I know that soldiers evolved from wearing skin to first wear some loose helmets and later to wearing heavy plate armour until the invention of muskets (more or less). When armour became useless because of guns, soldiers stopped wearing armour of any kind - not even helmets and that lasted until WW1 when people realized that giving soldiers helmets could actually save lives.
A few army units and police units wear bullet proof vests on some missions nowadays. Some more years into the future we may see increasingly advanced helmets and armour and the development circle will continue.
Like I said, use your imagination it's just a game.
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