The pace is slower and the platforming is gone, replaced with a multi-use shield and mace under the “stand and fight” marketing mantra from the studio. DOOM: The Dark Ages should be evaluated ...

Just a few missions into Doom: The Dark Ages, I felt like I’d reached the ... a flail, or a spiked mace. Each one has its own speed and power, but each easily allows me to chip armor off of ...

I missed the 2016 DOOM installment and, while DOOM: The Dark Ages is a prequel ... and you could feel the weight of the Mace. The only complaint I have is that, unless I did feel like I needed ...

The Dark Ages' new cutscenes exist because of fans' unlikely obsession with the series' lore: "A Doom game that doesn’t have a story is just an arcade game” ...

Or rather, to an alternative version of the Dark Ages, where knights slay demons, and instead of crusades, there are hells. The announcement of the game immediately provoked a reaction from the ...

Featuring many new ways to slaughter hordes of demonic foes, The Dark Ages isn’t just the biggest ... from a simple punch to a heavy mace, but they operate on a cooldown. However, a successful ...

Because while not all of Doom: The Dark Ages’ fresh fighting systems are ... gamut of destructive guns that span rocket launchers, a mace-throwing Chainshot gun, and yes, the incredibly brutal ...

Real ones already know that the Doom Slayer is one of the most powerful characters in gaming history. The Dark Ages shows ...

With Doom: The Dark Ages, id has struck a perfect balance ... A shield saw, an iron flail, an electric gauntlet, a doom spike mace, and some of the “most powerful” guns that the franchise ...

Its jumpscares and “monster closets” instill a sense of anxious survival horror, a sharp contrast to the run-and-gun arcade frenzy ... most recent entry: The Dark Ages couldn’t be more ...

Doom: The Dark Ages takes us to the past, showing us the origins of the ... shooting skull fragments), as well as three types of melee weapons (including a battle mace). Once again, the key to success ...