Heading into Doom: The Darkish AgesI assumed the sport being a prequel to the 2016 collection reboot would make an excellent entry level for the collection. Regardless of having fun with high-octane first-person shooters, Doom and its 2020 sequel Doom Everlasting in some way by no means landed on my radar (though I’ll defend the so-awful-it’s-good 2005 movie and its first-person-shooter sequence). So I entered The Darkish Agesone thing of an origin story for the Doom man and his campaign in opposition to the forces of Hell, able to gorge the lore and push by means of the collection.
After finishing its roughly 10-hour, 22-chapter marketing campaign, I can definitively say: That shit doesn’t make any sense. And it doesn’t matter. We obtained demons to kill.
The Darkish Ages casts you because the Slayer, a outstanding soldier who’s so significantly better at murdering demons than any of the human rabble you come throughout. Why is he the very best demon assassin? Shh, demons to kill.
Doomguy is saved in reserve by some type of alien group known as the Maykrs (a tragedeigh pronounced like “makers”), chilling in a ship floating above the human-versus-demon battlefields. He’s virtually like The Winter Soldier in that he’s saved as one thing of a prisoner in between being known as upon for demon-slaying missions.
Within the early components of the story, earlier than he breaks free, he’s mainly loaned out to techno-medieval people as they battle in opposition to hordes of demons from Hell. Or are they aliens? Is that this sport set on Earth? Dude, there are demons to shotgun within the face.
Whereas on mortgage, Doomguy reveals up everybody incapable of killing demons by slaying tons of upon tons of of them himself, generally simply by leaping from actually excessive up (so cool). He fights with some human kingdom in its quest to maintain some MacGuffin away from some Large Unhealthy Demon. The story takes the Slayer to Hell and in addition to an alien planet… perhaps. Who actually is aware of? You’ll be too busy parrying assaults with the chainsaw protect or piloting a mech go well with to care.
Its story received’t be receiving any honors come awards season, however Doom: The Darkish Ages’ gameplay would possibly. Parrying assaults and an emphasis on melee add welcome selection to the methods the Doom Slayer battles enemies, and by the tip of the sport, as you’ve upgraded his arsenal, you’ll really really feel like an unstoppable demon-killing machine, swapping between from the skullcrusher to the accelerator to extra relying on what the state of affairs requires. As soon as the BFC — large fucking crossbow — winds up in your palms, it’s really lights out for the demons.
Although its plot might not matter (or make a lick of sense), by the tip of The Darkish Agesyou’ll at the very least perceive the concern Doomguy instills in demons after you slaughter who is aware of what number of of them, together with their chief. Doomguy’s taken over the Maykr ship, now seemingly his base of operations for his demon-slaying exploits. He’s the demons’ nightmare, their everlasting enemy, their John Wick after his pet was killed. He’s unrelenting in his quest to rid the cosmos of demons. Why once more does he must kill demons?
Hey man, simply get pleasure from that candy, candy chainsaw protect.
