Doom: Dark Ages Review

Torment It is the third match for the new “Doom” era since the franchise restarted in 2016 and was followed up with a second match, Eternal deathIn 2020. While this latest title makes some big changes to the game, I mean “big”, it seems that he lost a little charm of perdition that made me feel dizzy whenever I saw the phrase “Rip and Tear”.

For this last transformation, the developer identifier program modified the DOOM formula to overcome just photographing enemies while it was found in Dooom Ertnal. The result is a combination of procedures that really sings when everything is timing properly, but it is also located on a surface outside the movement. There is just a shortage of areas where adrenaline begins to pump compared to previous perdition games.

To lay the foundation TormentThe game takes place before the 2016 restart events. DOOMGUY, referred to as Slayer all the time, was transferred to hell after the events of Doom 64 to fight the legions of monsters. After that, after fighting the demons for billions of years, it was transferred to the Argent d’Ar, a different world inhabited by humans fighting against the legions of hell in this epic war with future weapons with an idea in the Middle Ages. As the killer, it is present to help humans win and the following is a very exciting story of almost the type of thrones but it feels shared.

And I get it. Doom was not at all in the story but it was since restart. What I love to restart is that I play the same character that I was 20 years ago in the high school computer laboratory. A character returned from the depths of hell and was used as a living weapon to defeat the army from hell again. After that, in Dooom Ertnal, we learn how Doomguy was a legendary hero in this other field and travel to this world was this pathological experience that felt like the cover of the heavy metal album.

In DOOM: Dark times, I did not feel the same excitement to learn more about the pastguy past. The plotting attempt did not succeed, so the incision of my way across the seasons was sometimes a width. Don’t make me wrong: the procedure was exciting, most of the time, but it takes some time to reach the top of this place where all the new elements of the game are suitable.

New DoomGuy Games (and tricks)

Of these new elements, and most importantly it is the addition of the shield. It is strange to play DOOM game with a shield but it is part of the ID attempt to redefine the game by adding some depth. The shield provides four types of important procedures while playing, including the most obvious defense.

Some enemies have special guns in particular that can tear you if you do not use your shield. As you may expect, there is a shield, La captain America, so that you can use it as a weapon. This throw can serve as Instakill for the weakest or thunderbolt enemies for a tougher enemies as their bodies are torn.

Doomguy also has a shield that causes some damage but works as a way to spread quickly on enemies as well as breaking open barriers across levels. Finally, there is a Bari shield. Some enemies shoot the green projectiles that can be restored to them, which is required to defeat some enemies. I appreciate that there is an option to make a bari window more generous or more hardening, depending on what suits you.

Another change is the arsenal available to Duomawi. Doom Ertnal has introduced some new weapons along with the basic pillars of the privilege such as Chaingun and BFG 9000. But in DOOM: Dark times are all new weapons except for the guns that you start with. New weapons are very intense but have a similar feeling with other weapons like the accelerator compared to the plasma rifle.

Each rifle has an alternative fire that makes it act like a new weapon. For example, the cutting feels a standard machine gun that releases the bolts to the enemies. Later in the game, you can open the alternative version, called Impaler, which release large nails and almost works like an immovable snipers because it deals with severe damage with the shots. Another weapon, which is the slope, is the most prominent of its design, which crushes the skulls and launches the bone cut in the spread of multiple enemies at the same time. Weapons were not the only new weapons for DoomGuy, as there are also new quarrel weapons, the most prominent of which are Flail.

The shield and each weapon can be upgraded by gold, sapphire and Wraithstones around the levels. This is where the procedure can be fun because upgrading weapons in a certain way can have different effects on enemies, from dealing with damage to enemies close to a longer thunderbolt or making enemies drop more ammunition or shields. There is a mixture of promotions that create this wonderful harmony between the shield and weapons. There are a lot of experiences available for players to make their favorite weapon more enjoyable.

Large maps, larger battles

It can be said that the most worthy change in death: dark ages are open levels. Previous games were more restricted, as players should remove rooms. In this game, there are large maps with multiple areas you need to survey to complete the chapter. This allows a lot of exploration because there are many secrets that must be found. The enemies spread all the time, but there are areas where a barrier will appear and you will have to deal with the legions of demons in a closed space similar to the previous DOOM games. Like the rest of perish: dark ages, these levels have a medieval view with some future accents here and there. This style, which also appears in Doom Eternal, creates a great show on the Xbox Series X series when combined with heavy metal music.

When talking about the presentation, the “big” additions to the DOOM concession are the dragon and the mech atlan, which are available at certain levels. The procedure similarly changes when riding either of them. Whether you are on dragon or mechanical, you advance through levels and do a mixture of attacking enemies and inflammation. Traveling on both of them is fun, but the dragon flies all over the levels and can chase certain enemies, destroying the buildings where it fights the giant demons. Although it is fun, I must confess, I did not mind that they were limited to certain levels; There was not much to do with them.

All new additions programs presented in Doom: Dark times are welcome changes to maintain a concession that has been present for more than three decades. I can still get rid of the feeling that something is missing. He does not have the same clouds like the last DOOM games. For this reason, he did not give me the same rush while playing. There were extensions as I felt honestly bored, which is wild to say about the game of death. Certainly she picks up places and provides some wonderful moments, but I kept wishing that there was more meat on the bones – just something that made me more care about this adventure.

DOOM: Dark times appear on May 15 for Xbox, PlayStation and PC devices, and It will be available in Game Pass at all. Players who buy the excellent version of DOOM: Dark times will get the game on May 13.