Alright, let me try to unravel this chaos. So, “Doom: The Dark Ages.” When I first jumped into this game, I thought it’d be the perfect way to kickstart my love for the series. And yeah, okay, I love a good first-person shooter – they get the adrenaline pumping like nothing else. But somehow, those popular Doom games from 2016 and 2020? Totally missed the boat on those (though I will forever champion that wonderfully bad 2005 movie, especially the wild first-person segment). Anyway, got sidetracked there. The Dark Ages… supposed to be about the Doom guy’s beginnings and his epic beef with Hell’s demons. I was all set to soak up the lore and dive headfirst into the madness.
But after about ten hours of hacking, slashing, and napalm raining, I’ve gotta say: none of it makes sense. Seriously. But who cares? There are demons to blow apart!
You’re the Slayer – no ordinary soldier, nah, you’re top-tier in the demon-slaying department. Why you? Beats me, but hey, back to slaying demons.
So, Doomguy’s basically chilling under lock and key by these alien folks called the Maykrs – yeah, don’t ask me why they spell it like that. It’s kind of like The Winter Soldier getting called up for demon duty now and then.
At the start, he’s working alongside these techno-medieval humans – I’m not making this up – fighting off what I guess are demons from Hell. Or aliens? No clue if we’re even on Earth at this point. But never mind, just grab a shotgun and go nuts.
And while he’s at it, Doomguy totally shows up these humans who can’t slay worth a damn. I mean, leaping from some insane height to crush demons? Go big or go home, I say. Somewhere in there, there’s a human kingdom, a mysterious object, and a super nasty demon. The story drags you to Hell and some other alien world. Who knows what’s going on – you’re too busy wielding chainsaw shields and mechs to notice.
Plot for award season? Nope. But the gameplay? Now we’re talking. Bouncing from one demon to the next with everything in your arsenal… then you get the BFC – and bam, game over for the demons.
By the end, still no clue about the plot, but damn, you’ll see why demons are scared of Doomguy as you decimate their ranks, all the way up to the big boss demon. Now Doomguy’s got control of the Maykr ship – all his for future demon-hunting escapades. To demons, he’s the ultimate boogeyman – relentless as John Wick on a bad day. What fuelled this vendetta against demons? Not sure. But dude, enjoy the epic chainsaw shield.
