The Dark Ages does have big shoes to fill, as its immediate predecessor, Doom Eternal, was hailed as an achievement in first-person shooting design.

Doom: The Dark Ages players took to social media to express how much they miss using the Meat Hook from Doom Eternal, which is a weapon enhancement for the latter game's Super Shotgun. Although ...

While 2016’s DOOM and DOOM Eternal seemed a little faster pace, I found I benefitted more by leaning into the Doom Slayer’s more thoughtful and methodical movements in DOOM: The Dark Ages.

Doom Eternal was a game built on breaking the rules of first-person shooters, demanding that you think about resources, weapons, and engagements in new ways. The Marauder breaks the rulebreaker ...

The Dark Ages has taken a step back from Eternal and taken a page out of classic DOOM games, where players encounter a more bullet-hell environment with many more enemies on-screen, rather than ...

Ultimately, Doom: The Dark Ages feels like more Doom and doesn't change too much of the formula that made us fall in love with Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal. If you liked those games, then you'll ...

If Doom (2016) was a modernized take on the classic shooter, and Doom Eternal was a faster and more thoughtful remix of past ideas, then Doom: The Dark Ages aims to turn the iconic protagonist ...

Doom: The Dark Ages launched last May 15, 2025. As many gamers and games press noticed, it had considerably less SteamDB numbers compared to its recent predecessor, Doom: Eternal.