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Doom: The Dark Ages - Previews Thread (lemm.ee)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Previews and first impressions of the new Doom game are out from various game journalists!

IGN: Doom: The Dark Ages - We've Played It!

PC Gamer: Doom: The Dark Ages' melee-heavy, parry-focused gameplay was nothing like I expected, and now I'm more eager to play the full thing than ever

Eurogamer: Hands-on with Doom: The Dark Ages reveals another reinvention, but one that feels less cleanly defined

PCGamesN: Doom The Dark Ages nails the essentials, but some of its new ideas fall short

VGC: Doom: The Dark Ages nails the gameplay, the tone, and the gore

RockPaperShotgun: I threw hands with Doom: The Dark Ages and its rock 'em sock 'em robot

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Is this serious? Every Doom game has involved going to hell and fighting Demons from hell in space and such. You know, a mythological place and mythological creatures and insane situations that are clearly fantasy.

They changed the type of place and creatures slightly. This isn't really a stretch for the series.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Is this serious? Doom was sci-fi. Now it's fantasy. The new game has you riding a dragon for Christ's sake. What don't you understand?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 15 hours ago

You could argue that Doom was always more fantasy focused than sci if, but it doesn’t really matter. Doom doesn’t need to be about the same thing forever. They already had some fantasy/medieval vibes with enemies like marauders, those awesome swords, and some of the visual designs of the areas. I think they saw that it worked and decided to expand on it.

IMO, it probably always needs to be about high-octane demon killing. If it stays true to that, it can still be called Doom.