Status ChickenItza Jun 14, 2025
Good pacing, well optimised game, looks great. Gameplay good - good variety in the weapons.
Doom: The Dark Ages (2025)
PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S
3.94 from 250 ratings
504 members have it in their collection · 35 playing now · 105 backlogged · 228 wish listed
How long? Main story 18h · with extras 18h · 100% 25h (from 26 logged playthroughs)
A single-player first-person shooter and prequel to Doom (2016). Set in the dark medieval world of Argent D'Nur, players control the Doom Slayer in a grounded, weighty combat style that emphasizes strategic engagements over the acrobatic mobility of previous entries. The game introduces a Shield Saw for blocking and parrying, new melee weapons, and drivable vehicles including a cybernetic dragon …
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A single-player first-person shooter and prequel to Doom (2016). Set in the dark medieval world of Argent D'Nur, players control the Doom Slayer in a grounded, weighty combat style that emphasizes strategic engagements over the acrobatic mobility of previous entries. The game introduces a Shield Saw for blocking and parrying, new melee weapons, and drivable vehicles including a cybernetic dragon and a massive mech. The narrative focuses on the Slayer's origin story with expanded cutscenes and character development.
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Details
- Developers
- id Software
- Publishers
- Bethesda Softworks
- Genres
- Shooter
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Science fiction
- Franchises
- Doom
- Series
- Doom
- Events
- Xbox Developer_Direct 2025, PC Gaming Show 2024: Most Wanted, Xbox Games Showcase 2024
Release dates
- May 13, 2025 (Advanced Access) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- May 15, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Also available on
- Doom: The Dark Ages - Premium Edition (2025) · PC, PS5, XSX
Related
Expansions
- Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations (Jul 2026) · PC, PS5, XSX
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Rating distribution
5 stars
69
4 stars
113
3 stars
54
2 stars
11
1 star
3
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status DucksOnQuack Jun 14, 2025
Pandemonium down. Ultra-Nightmare to go. Default Nightmare settings except 150% game speed.
Status Malus Jun 8, 2025
I don’t know what it is, but I dislike this game. Somehow it fails to capture what I like about Doom 2016 and to a lesser extent Eternal. Playing this game isn’t fun or entertaining, it’s just spending my time doing something. It has no positive or fun value to me. Thank Kami I played it on game pass instead …
I don’t know what it is, but I dislike this game. Somehow it fails to capture what I like about Doom 2016 and to a lesser extent Eternal. Playing this game isn’t fun or entertaining, it’s just spending my time doing something. It has no positive or fun value to me. Thank Kami I played it on game pass instead of bought it and wasted my money.
Edit: The shield is kinda neat though.
Status SIGINT Jun 2, 2025
I didn’t really get that into “Doom 2016” and found Eternal rough to start, but still ended up being a big fan of that second game by the end. The relatively distinctive-feeling gameplay loop that forced you to be aggressive and switch up your tactics was very satisfying at the time. It’s been over 5 years though, and after …
Read moreI didn’t really get that into “Doom 2016” and found Eternal rough to start, but still ended up being a big fan of that second game by the end. The relatively distinctive-feeling gameplay loop that forced you to be aggressive and switch up your tactics was very satisfying at the time. It’s been over 5 years though, and after revisiting those prior games and trying this one out, I’m not sure I’m really into this kind of thing anymore. Maybe if it had come out a few years ago, I would have got more excited about it, I just don’t really care right now even though this seems like a fine game.
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Status DucksOnQuack Jun 1, 2025
Pandemonium difficulty is a fun time, but it is baffling how glaringly buggy it is. I had to redo 2 levels on my last and best run. Once I lost all of my lives and died at Chapter 19, I started a new file and there are no 1-ups for me to get. id Software needs to fix this ASAP. …
Pandemonium difficulty is a fun time, but it is baffling how glaringly buggy it is. I had to redo 2 levels on my last and best run. Once I lost all of my lives and died at Chapter 19, I started a new file and there are no 1-ups for me to get. id Software needs to fix this ASAP.
Edit: After this status update, I just had to start level 1 again after just beating it.
Edit 2: I have to do level 10 again
Status jias333 Jun 1, 2025
TLDR: The worst of the modern doom games but still a fun romp, not worth full price but worth playing on gamepass or on a discount.
More detail: Big downgrades in gameplay, story actually just wastes your time and is so bad i would legitimately recommend skipping all of it for better gameplay pacing. Games way too easy, even cranked …
TLDR: The worst of the modern doom games but still a fun romp, not worth full price but worth playing on gamepass or on a discount.
More detail: Big downgrades in gameplay, story actually just wastes your time and is so bad i would legitimately recommend skipping all of it for better gameplay pacing. Games way too easy, even cranked up on nightmare it was a walk in the park. Secrets are trivially easy to find and completion is just a bit of a time waster tbh, puzzles are always dead simple and never made me feel clever. THE MUSIC!!! Compared to Mic Gordon's sountrack this games music feels like it was made by a vegan church group. Dragon and mech sections felt like a completely unfun waste of time. Core combat was the only redeeming factor and it is still quite a step back from 2016 and eternal's combat chess and tight encounters.
As I said at the top, fun for a few hours but nothing truly special here.
Status DucksOnQuack May 29, 2025
Still on my Pandemonium attempts. I've been getting a lot more consistent at getting through Chapter 4, 5, and 6, without dying. 4 was such a hurdle for me and 8 is still a weird one. I broke my habit with Chapter 5 by going to the Super Shotgun first and then the Cycler and it made runs much smoother. …
Read moreStill on my Pandemonium attempts. I've been getting a lot more consistent at getting through Chapter 4, 5, and 6, without dying. 4 was such a hurdle for me and 8 is still a weird one. I broke my habit with Chapter 5 by going to the Super Shotgun first and then the Cycler and it made runs much smoother. I'm getting the hang of these weapon combos against certain enemies and I have been using my melee's a lot more. I'm at my best run right now with Chapter 9 where I died twice. Still, I can get lives back. I did good on my first go with Ch. 9. I feel like I am getting closer and closer to actually completing an Ultra-Nightmare run.
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Status Gangreen May 21, 2025
This game is trying to be edgy and cool in a juvenile way... and I love it. Robotic enhanced dragons with mounted machine guns, giant mechs, smashing through walls with shield bashes. Jumping out of giant flying fortresses and being picked up by your dragon buddy.
Status DucksOnQuack May 20, 2025
Pandemonium on Nightmare is quite the challenge. Especially chapter 5. It will likely be the biggest hurdle for Ultra-Nightmare. It replaces Extra Life mode in Eternal so that it makes you die and repawn at the start of the level for each life that you lose. Mixed on it, but I totally get the intention for those using this mode …
Read morePandemonium on Nightmare is quite the challenge. Especially chapter 5. It will likely be the biggest hurdle for Ultra-Nightmare. It replaces Extra Life mode in Eternal so that it makes you die and repawn at the start of the level for each life that you lose. Mixed on it, but I totally get the intention for those using this mode to practice for Ultra-Nightmare.
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He has such kind eyes.
Status TheCorbeauxKing May 18, 2025
Whoever decided to give the Imp Stalker the same death sound as the Classic Archvile was doing Satan's work
Status TheCorbeauxKing May 18, 2025
Its like Doom Eternal if it were a good Doom game.
Status TheChampionTiger May 16, 2025
It's weird how the game where the Slayer jumps on his supersonic jet dragon and flies around blowing up demon warships feels like the most restrained entry so far.
Status DucksOnQuack May 15, 2025
Not on the same level as Eternal IMO, but really, really good. Got me in the mood to watch Pacific Rim.
