Comprehensive Review & Analysis
Where DOOM (2016) asked you to run-and-gun and DOOM Eternal demanded that you fly through the air like an F-22 fighter jet, DOOM: The Dark Ages asks you to stand your ground like an ironclad war machine. Serving as a dark-fantasy techno-medieval prequel to the modern saga, The Dark Ages reimagines combat around the "Iron Tank" philosophy—and the result is gloriously heavy.
The centerpiece of the Slayer’s arsenal is the Left-Handed Shield Saw. With a single trigger pull, you can block incoming hellfire, rev the spinning chainsaw rim to shred demon armor at point-blank range, hurl it like a serrated boomerang to slice through five fodder imps at once, or execute a frame-tight green-flash Parry against massive Cyberdemon projectiles—reflecting the blast right back into the sender's face to open a stagger window for your spiked flail. Pair that with the Skullcrusher weapon—which literally grinds demon skulls into bone-shrapnel spread—and every arena becomes a masterclass in aggressive forward momentum.
Running on id Tech 8, environmental destruction, gore physics, and colossal Atlan mech and cybernetic dragon siege battles run with buttery 120 FPS responsiveness.