STiFU

@Airship-Ballet just play it on Gamepass, that's what I did.

Neveeerrr ️

@peter_spy the gameplay was honestly fun, but there are some caveats. Here is my full review:
Everything about the new DOOM screams badass — the setting, the scale, the visuals, the sounds. You’ve never felt more like an unstoppable killing machine than in this installment. The level design is excellent, and the new shield-based melee combat is genuinely fun and satisfying. However, this game doesn’t quite reach the genius of DOOM Eternal for four reasons: Reason One, Mick Gordon no more. Mick‘s music defined the franchise's identity and even gave birth to a new metal subgenre—Argent Metal. While the new soundtrack does have its moments, it is lacking punch (and volume in the default setting). Gone are the days of headbanging so hard in front of your screen that you mess up your shots. Reason Two, the new resource management. The previously built-in combat-mechanics to obtain armor or health have been removed and replacement functionality is now gated behind (partially late-game) weapon upgrades. This frequently has you scouring for items mid-combat in early-game, and in late-game, you'll likely stick to to those specific weapons rather than swapping weapons situationally. Reason Three, vague weapon roles. In Eternal, weapon roles were crystal clear—each enemy type had a go-to counter. That precision is missing here. Sure, you’ll still use plasma on energy shields and melee against physical ones, but beyond that, the weapon utility feels blurred and underdeveloped. Reason Four, painfully slow weapon swapping. Even if there was an incentive to swap weapons situationally, you probably wouldn’t because weapon swapping is sluggish as hell and leaves you vulnerable to attacks. All that being said, The Dark Ages is still a fantastic game, but when you’re following in the footsteps of genre-defining titans, comparisons are inevitable. 8/10