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Doom: The Dark Ages - Previews Thread (lemm.ee)

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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] 1 points 1 month 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.