Doom: The Dark Ages review — gory, gothic and a little baggy
Demons! Shotguns! Gore! Yes, Doom is back in all its macho glory. It's now set in a world touted by its developers as the largest they've made, but is bigger really always better?
That question is tested throughout The Dark Ages, a prequel to 2016's series reboot (simply called Doom) and its sequel, Doom Eternal (2020). Everything is on a grander scale than before. Here, the first-person shooter's typically futuristic setting is swapped for a grungy techno-medieval realm filled with gothic castles and mountains.
The plot is bigger. Doom games usually favour non-stop action over storytelling, but now there's plenty of cinematic scenes with all the graphical frills in between missions. It delves into lore hinted at in past titles as our cantankerous
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