Posted on: September 30, 2025
Sergorov
Verified ownerGames: 182 Reviews: 8
Still the best of the new Doom "Trilogy"
Though somewhat related to Doom 3 this is kind of a re-imagined version of the classic Doom 1 (which Doom 3 also was, hence the parallel but different story). The story is set on Mars for the most part, and just as in Doom 3 it's based on humans messing with unearthly forces for profit/exploiting new energy sources. But that's about where the commonality stops, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. You do uncover a new background story of the Doom Slayer, and it has everything that makes Doom what it is since the beginning: tech, zombies, demons, blood all over the place. It also stays true to the concept: no open world, linear levels, clear objectives, a few get.the-key or push-that-button puzzles (if you want to even call them that). The graphics are not overwhelming but still OK by today's standards and have in my opinion aged well for a game that is by now almost ten years old. In comparison Doom Eternal felt way too much like a jump'n'run rather than a shooter, which I personally didn't like very much. This one does not fall into that trap. Dark Ages in comparison almost completely drops the Science Fiction aspect in favor of a bogus fantasy worldbuilding already present in Eternal, which made it feel like Warhammer 40k fantasy (like e.g. Vermintide) rather than "proper" Doom. So, to me this is essentially the best/truest Doom there ever was, the peak experience.
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