DOOM: The Dark Ages

When I first played this on launch, I hated it. I couldn't' stand it. I came straight out of an ultra-nightmare run for Doom Eternal, ready for more high-speed gameplay with fast movement. I was very dissatisfied after beating the first mission, so much so that I never touched it again after that. Then, when Revelations released, I figured I'd give it another go. I can't call myself a huge Doom fan if I don't even give it a chance, right? I'm glad I did!!!! While there are still a few things I think the game got wrong, i believe the things that it got right heavily outnumber them. I started my run on nightmare with the parry window as tight as it can be. I struggled, I suffered, and when I had those "lock-in" moments i felt like i hit ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nirvana dude. The gameplay loop is very different, but when it hits, it really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ HITS. I just wish that 2/3rds of the weapons were fun to use. When I found my small little loadout, I never touched anything else. Maybe on the ultra-nightmare run for TDA.

плюсы: быстрый геймплей схожей с прошлой частью парирования с добавлением которых игра не похожа не на оду из прошлых частей минусы: путин президент

RIP AND TEAR AND RIP Those ID Sofware devs who got layed off Bravo you will be rememberd by this Great game

Weapons, environments and enemy design are all completely forgettable. Nothing has any bite or personality, everything's insipid and uninspired. The soundtrack does nothing to compensate, it's just there, and goes unnoticed five minutes after you hear it. Combat's nothing but a Simon-says QTE simulator. Green flash = slowmo parry, built for ADHD brains that need a constant win state fed to them. No flow to it, just an endless string of QTEs. On top of that you get the dragon and turret sections thrown in as padding completely disconnected from the actual combat loop, breaking whatever pacing the game had going on. Marvelsop tier writing, supposedly serious cutscenes chopped off mid-line to dump you back on the chapter select screen. Whatever narrative momentum they're trying to build gets killed at the end of every single chapter. 79.99€ slop that recommends a 3080 to look worse than 2016 btw.

Incredible game. If Eternal was the evolution of Doom, then Dark Ages is like if they polished the original. It plays how I remember old school Doom in my head. It's slower and heavier than Eternal, the whole game feels chunky with a great sense of momentum. Though a few of the centrepiece gameplay segments can drag on a bit, the majority of the game feels great to play. They also gave up on trying to make the story serious, and it's much better off for it. This game reminds me of 90/00s PC shooters in all the good ways. If you like Doom in general, this game is excellent. Though if the fast paced combat was the only part of Eternal you liked I'd probably give this a miss.

Жду мод с музыкой от Мика Гордона

Cool game, DLC made is x20 better. Welcome back Doom Eternal.