the-dark-ages

[half umbra]

Of course

[clever mortar]

They always do

[wooden acorn]

Hear me out: Marauders….but they’re manlets

[half umbra]

I may be in the minority here but I hope the weak point system comes back

[clever mortar]

No

[wooden acorn]

It’s a fun system

[clever mortar]

Agreed

[wooden acorn]

Aw man :(

[clever mortar]

I predict the final boss. Will be the titan we buried our crucible in

The one we yoinked the sword from in eternal

[obsidian heart]

I think it's still in the game, at least in some capacity. From the first trailer alone we can see that the Pinky-esque enemies can have the archers riding them killed/dismounted via melee attacks, and one gameplay detail I remember from QuakeCon was that this game's Shield Soldier analogues can be insta-killed with a shieldsaw throw.

[daring flax]

why nov 14????????

does he know something we dont?????????

[grim cloud]

My ass knows, that is where i pulled it from

[daring flax]

please tell me more about Doom TDA

[spring fractal]

Its very dark

[wooden acorn]

maybe has some ages in it

maybe even a "the"

[spring fractal]

Woah now, let's not get TOO speculative.

[wooden acorn]

true, we don't know much yet

[tidal stirrup]

[neat mountain]

I think it would be really cool if the game had a motorbike when it was released, I would think it was really stylish but it's great.

[stray urchin]

You shoot demons with guns

[daring flax]

https://tenor.com/view/the-universe-tim-and-eric-mind-blown-mind-blown-meme-mind-explosion-mind-explosion-meme-gif-18002878

[nocturne star]

I mean the style. It just screams Skyrim

[leaden ibex]

I wonder about 1 thing: to get ammo in eternal you use the chainsaw but what will you use for TDA?🤔

[wheat sigil]

Hopefully it's integrated into the gameplay

[leaden ibex]

I kinda think its the shield that like going to pop spikes from it and you slay them like that but thats a theory

[graceful lion]

oooh tha could be cool

or maybe u can throw it and that drops ammo

[leaden ibex]

Like a boomerang

[graceful lion]

there were also skull pickups, so maybe the skullcrusher becomes the new chainsaw

(in the nvidia demo showcase)

theres also doom stuff coming out jan 23rd from the xbox event

[leaden ibex]

Im ditching everything just to see it

[floral swan]

same

[kind citrus]

Question I haven't kept up that well what will doom the dark ages be available on

[slender night]

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, PC

[kind citrus]

Ok thanks

[floral swan]

hope we get a release date

[wooden acorn]

day 14 of 2025 is it out yet

[lethal lotus]

nuh uh

[wooden acorn]

crying

[lethal lotus]

as we all

[grim cloud]

In 9 days we might get a release date

[obsidian shard]

Flail

[obsidian shard]

real

[daring flax]

Probably the chain shield thingy in the trailer

[leaden ibex]

Probably

[hard thistle]

glory kill

best feature of 2016 back in tda lets go

[leaden ibex]

Glory kill is different than the chain kill

Chain is for ammo and the glory is when the target enemy is almost dead

[hard thistle]

im saying you will get ammo from glory kills

would be so dope if you did

we've had 5 years to practice ammo management so we know it now and we can go back to ammo from glory kills

please identification software🙏

[nocturne star]

Glory is for health...

[plucky plinth]

Hot take but I sorta hope the glory kill system doesn’t return as a fundamental mechanic

[wheat sigil]

I agree

Remove glory killing and chainsawing

Or at least the way it was implemented

[hard thistle]

i heard somewhere that they are revamping the glory kill system

[half umbra]

I feel the same but mostly because I do want something new in its place

[ebon shale]

okay so you just mean its fantasy

[nocturne star]

I mean fantasy with like a lil bit of extra pizzaz.

[ebon shale]

Aka giant skyscraper tall mechs

Never seen those in skyrim

[jovial urchin]

When is the game coming out

[grizzled jay]

tmrw

[jovial urchin]

WAIT FOR REAL????

[hard thistle]

It says something on the ceiling... but it escapes me.

[jovial urchin]

When does the game release.

Are you guys sure it's gonna release tomorrow

[hard thistle]

The date has not been announced. A Google search will tell you this

[jovial urchin]

When is it coming out!!!!!

[hard thistle]

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills

[hard thistle]

march 21st

[pine terrace]

Here's all the info you need on finding out the release date: https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=When+is+Doom%3A+The+Dark+Ages+coming+out%3F

[hard thistle]

by the way if the date somehow is announced to be march 21 do not call me a leaker this is a complete guess

[jovial urchin]

Bro

DONT YOU THINK I ALREADY FUCKING DID THAT.

[plucky plinth]

The answer is simple: 2025, no other confirmed date

[jovial urchin]

Yes I googled it already

[teal nebula]

Hello

[unkempt dragon]

Then don't ask three times in the same day. If anybody on here knew, then we'd all know and be talking about it.

[hard thistle]

Bro we need more gameplay of dark ages😭

if they're gonna announce a date at the xbox convention thing i think it should be for the trailer and not the game

give us something else to wait for so we can hold out easier for tda

[glad hinge]

The latest breaking news on the Dark Ages release date

I've been told the first 100 preorders worldwide will receive a piece of the game's placenta, along with a physical copy of the game. They are not packaged separately, so you will need to sanitize the cd before placing it into your disk drive

[wooden acorn]

fascinating

[remote thunder]

just leak it yourself bro 🌝

[obsidian shard]

May

"insider go bruui

[languid granite]

my wallet is NOT safe

[plain iron]

Neither, my dumbass bought a whole ps5 slim for TDA

[languid granite]

i literally bought a xbox for roblox and metal gear rising 😭

it was worth it but now my total in xbox giftcards is 700+ in only 1 year

[plain iron]

Damn we both abnormal

[languid granite]

at least half of that 700 was spent on roblox, fortnite and metal gear too

[neon perch]

Something that occurred to me just now.

So we got confirmation of more grounded/horizontal oriented combat.

A hitscan arachnotron and a winged Tyrant-like enemy, reminiscent of the Vassago.

I'm beginning to think Legacy of Rust was a preview for TDA.

if the Calamity Blade shows up I'm gonna go crazy.

[digital robin]

I dont think my pc will be close to being able to run tda

[errant field]

who knows the release date of The Dark Ages?

[leaden ibex]

Probably next month

[grave cave]

2025

[hushed geode]

Does the game take place before the 2016 one?

[spare mist]

Yes

[winter idol]

No one cause its not revealed yet

[west thorn]

I know the release date but i wont tell it until january 23rd

[lethal lotus]

💀

[lethal lotus]

завтра

[plain iron]

This implies there's a mother who is birthing this at id software

[daring flax]

Love this 😂

[carmine vine]

will there be pvp in dark ages?

any info?

[grave cave]

Just a quick reminder

Dark age release date: 2025

[analog island]

Wait so does anyone know when The Dark Ages is coming out?

[half umbra]

No one knows when I will come out, we all know the same thing which is nothing except a 2025 release

[lethal lotus]

where the guy that asks everyday “is it out yet”

[half umbra]

Right? I need the daily milestone

[vernal coral]

What the fuck is that on your back round in your profile😭😭😭

[lethal lotus]

nothing important fellah

[vernal coral]

Oh nah

My British senses are tingling

[hushed geode]

Just a soon to be fallen object 🙂

[grim cloud]

maybe we find out in 8 days

there is your daily countdown to the next potential countdown

[lethal lotus]

[wooden acorn]

day 15 of 2025 is it out yet

[grim cloud]

so we 4% there?

[lethal lotus]

most likely

[carmine vine]

any news on pvp?

[safe ice]

bro just wait till the 23rd

they arent gonna reveal anything until the 23rd

[cyan lotus]

Don’t ask doom fans to be patient they’ve been absolutely demolishing YouTube shorts and doomguy bot on loop

[grim cloud]

i remember before eternal started it BIG marketing cycle, midnight youtube videos and his strange theories. I miss those days

"Is that the betrayer! Or is it the wretch! Is it the OG doomguy? Does the baalgar shadow himself last night?"

We know nothing about PvP. I assume there is a MP mode. I also hope for Invasions

[lethal lotus]

in the new doom ages went dark

secret information

[cyan lotus]

midnight 2021-2024:

[cyan lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/burger-flipper-gif-23720676

[proud bramble]

I still remember back in July of 2019, around 5 a.m. they posted a trailer out of the blue showcasing the Doom Hunter as one of the new demons to face in Eternal. So when you talk about Id & Bethesda’s marketing regarding Doom, it was definitely extraordinary.

[hard thistle]

march 21st

im a real identifcation software insider and thats what they said

[lethal lotus]

no wayyyy

[grim cloud]

doubt

[hard thistle]

bet you wont be doubting me when the trailer premieres at xbox developer direct

[spark ridge]

that's my birthday and that would be sick

[proud vine]

i will say that it's gonna be in april because of easter

b u n n y

[grim cloud]

ok, my fathers cousins brothers daughters former roomate's childhood penpal also is a software id insider, and she said it is 11/14/2025

[hard thistle]

why would you be in contact with someone like that💀

[slender night]

My father is john romeo he work for doom

[spark ridge]

guys you're all wrong, my fifth uncle twice removed works for Nintendo

[grim cloud]

i also have a uncle that works for nintendo.

[daring flax]

https://tenor.com/view/how-it-feels-when-you-meme-nanami-jjk-gif-10683277372535996893

[lethal lotus]

[wheat cliff]

never

[misty beacon]

my uncle is volvo or valve or whatever its called and they said ur gay
Congrats on your coming out <3

[final dune]

Nuh uh I'm more real and they told me that it's April 1st

[grim cloud]

6/6/2024 seems like a logical day. It is a Friday too

releases now days, early release on friday for CE, then standard on tuesday

[wooden acorn]

What about 06/06/66 tho

They push it back 41 years just to be funny

[grim cloud]

Doom Forever 666 comes out then, we got a while, ill be dead

[wooden acorn]

Sadness

[lethal lotus]

[grim cloud]

Summoners or Archviles? Maybe both? I want both

both is good, both is best, more demon types to kill the better

[hard thistle]

neither

although it would be cool to see an archvile in medieval times

if they did add it hopefully they made it just revive dead enemies instead of just spawning more and buffing the entire arena

like the classic days

[obsidian shard]

Instead of fighting demons

We fought off cancer

[shadow hull]

True!!

[gleaming moat]

Holy shimoly

[unkempt dragon]

lmao hi Kex!

[oak temple]

1 week today

[safe ice]

we will be seated soon

[proud vine]

I want believe in a march or april release window but i think it's gonna be in the winter ngl

[winter idol]

by winter you mean Q4 right?

cause winter begins 10 days before the end of the year

[left ginkgo]

Honestly a summer release would get way more sales

[ebon shale]

Would it?

[proud vine]

I mean like november/december

[winter idol]

if its not coming out in the summer then yes, novemberish

[misty beacon]

DOOM: The Dark Ages release date:
||When it's done||

[obsidian shard]

May

[lethal lotus]

April

[unkempt thicket]

Do you think we'll see The Dark Ages in Switch 2?

[steady panther]

Can't wait man

[slender night]

Maybe? It's a 50/50 chance imo

DOOM ports on Switch were rather botched so I hope they get a better porting team for this one if they port it, but even then, the Switch 2 is (apparently) equivalent in power to a PS4 Pro, which, if the game makes extensive use out of the PS5 hardware, will require drastic dumbing down to even work, let alone smoothly

[wooden acorn]

Day 16 of 2025 is it out yet

[lethal lotus]

[lethal lotus]

not sure

but we have such an amazing console as Xbox Series S

and TDA should be on this piece of art, so maybe we will see TDA on Switch 2 also

I think they are quite similar on their capabilities

[slender night]

I think the hardware can run it if they hit it with a wrench enough but they'd need a good porting team

[supple oracle]

Since in developer direct they said they gonna showcase THE FULL GAME, that mean the game it pass the production phase and finish from the start to the end, they start with polishing stage I will say gonna take the most 5 months, might release in may or june at most.

maybe yes maybe no, who's know LOL

[lethal lotus]

release is tomorrow

[supple oracle]

yes tomorrow gonna release tomorrow 🤓

[sly dove]

Two insiders says may soooo who knows

Will see in a week

https://tenor.com/view/shut-up-and-take-my-money-money-futurama-gif-6882124657810317443

[lethal lotus]

I’m inside

[grim cloud]

7 days

[tropic path]

Man the thing im most curious about this game is the Skull Gun

The one that crushes a skull and shoots its pieces in the trailer

Bloody mf is so cool

[grim cloud]

yah i wonder about the new weapons. Will there be a chaingun?

[tropic path]

I dunno

And the first doom game i played was the OG Doom when i was like 13 years old

Now i play Doom 2016

After that the next one is Eternal

And then ill play The Dark Ages

[grim cloud]

not sure what uac tech we will see other than the stuff Doom guy brought over from Doom 64

now if Doomguy can cross over into argenta antiquity, does that mean any of the "future" demons could as well?

paradox

[wooden acorn]

I think the skullgun might work as the chaingun

[winter idol]

i think the accelerator is the replacement for the chaingun

[wooden acorn]

which one is that?

[winter idol]

fast fire rate and more accurate than the skul crusher

[winter idol]

the one that looks like the plasma gun, its called the accelerator

[wooden acorn]

ohhh

[arctic pagoda]

I like the skullcrusher

[arctic pagoda]

Your thoughts on there being a parrying system now?

[tropic path]

Man shit is AWESOME literally like gun has its own animation crushing skulls with rollingblades

No other gun is as cool as that

[arctic pagoda]

True

[tropic path]

Also i am so mad rn

I was playing for hours and saw i only finished 1/7 of the game

Fuck

[daring flax]

This game is gonna be like souls-shooter

Epic

[tropic path]

The game is Doom 2016 and i play at ultra violence the guy plays it at ultra nightmare and he did shit in 40 min that i did in hours

Is this normal

I guess i fuckin suck ass at doom

[slender night]

I mean yeah it's normal, there's speedrunners for every game

[tropic path]

No i just watch a walkthrough

Not a speedrunning video

He finished it at 5 hours

Without dying damn

Ultra Nightmare must be damn hard

[slender night]

I was using speedrunners as an example to prove that you being slower at the game is not bad

[tropic path]

Well there is a start for everything i guees

But i like the combat so much

And it feels like this is the whole thing for Doom

[slender night]

I'd move this to #doom-2016 btw

[arctic pagoda]

Ye

[tropic path]

The funky combat

And violent glory kills is the whole thing Doom has at nearly all new games

Does new games even have lore

[slender night]

They have a lot

All of the new games have glory kills, not nearly all

[tropic path]

Yes ig

And did someone else made the old ones

Like OG Doom or 2 3 64

[slender night]

64 was made by Midway, otherwise they all have the same dev company

[tropic path]

id software

Right

And Bethesda

[slender night]

Yes

Bethesda did not work on the older games no

Neither do they really work on the new games tbf, they're just publishers

[tropic path]

This might be the only fucking game series that Bethesda made and performs at a good optimization level

[slender night]

Bethesda did NOT make DOOM

[tropic path]

Who came up with the Doom idea

Was it a guy at Id software

[slender night]

It was id Software themselves

[tropic path]

So there was no doom before

[slender night]

Well yeah DOOM is an original IP

[wheat sigil]

Not dying will make your runs significantly faster

[ebon shale]

Bethesda are just reaping the rewards haha

[tropic path]

Man is the combat better at Eternal than 2016

[slender night]

Subjective

[tropic path]

I really liked the combat at 2016

[tropic path]

What is the idea of the much of the community about it

[slender night]

They like it

[tropic path]

No about comparision

[slender night]

I have no idea what you mean by that

[tropic path]

Comparison on combat between 2016 and Eternal

[ebon shale]

The majority probably prefer eternal to 2016

[slender night]

Eternal is a lot faster and gives you more stuff to have fun with

[tropic path]

Also why didnt they remake the OG Dooms

Like it would be fun with new mechanics

[slender night]

No reason to do so

The older games have aged well enough to stand on their own without a remake

[tropic path]

Also what is the name of the Doom Guy in 2016

Like some people bullshit about him being B J Blazkowicz

[slender night]

He has the nickname of "Doom Slayer" but his actual name remains debated

[slender night]

B.J. Blazkowicz is Wolfenstein 😜

[tropic path]

Yes ik i played all of them nearly

[plucky plinth]

Absolutely not

[tropic path]

But some people say its him

[tropic path]

Why

[slender night]

He is not the Wolfenstein guy

[plucky plinth]

The older games are built around their own gameplay loop. 2016 and Eternal’s loops would destroy the games at best

[wheat sigil]

Eternal

[slender night]

M1 is biased

[wheat sigil]

Well I mean the combat is almost objectively better in Eternal

[tropic path]

Man also the Doom Slayer suit and Master Chief’s armor has uncomfortable similarity at some level

Who stole the design from the other

[wheat sigil]

Whether you like 2016 or Eternal more is subjective, but Eternal's combat is almost certainly better

[slender night]

Green suit and yellow visor isn't really that original

[tropic path]

How come

[slender night]

If it IS stolen, it'd be DOOM from Halo, but it isn't, it's likely just inspired

[slender night]

Well... you know, it's not really that unique, it's a common design

[tropic path]

What about both of them being green

I get the visor

But color

[slender night]

Military suits are green

[plucky plinth]

Eternal and 2016 center mainly on keeping your local resources high while the older games are much, much more based in managing a limited amount of resources

[tropic path]

Nah they are not like i ve never run out of ammo in the old games

[slender night]

What difficulty were you on

[plucky plinth]

I never run out of ammo in the newer games lol

[tropic path]

I dont remember it has been some time

I played them at my phone

[plucky plinth]

I absolutely hate using this argument but the older games are balanced around HMP and above (ignoring Nightmare)

[slender night]

Well if you're balancing NM then that's a weird thing to do innit

[plucky plinth]

NM wasn’t even added until later, which was my main reason for ignoring it

[slender night]

On UV running out of ammo is common

[tropic path]

Also they must be joking while put Doom 2016 or Eternal in the Survival Horror kind at Steam like who experienced horror and try to survive is it Demons

[slender night]

DOOM II shipped with NM and those maps are DEFINITELY not balanced around it

My point here is NM exists to be bullshit

[plucky plinth]

I know

[slender night]

Well we do have a horror DOOM

[plucky plinth]

But that was my main reason for ignoring it

[tropic path]

What do you guys think about that

[wheat sigil]

Still, like the goat I am, I beat it (the first mission in D1)

[arctic pagoda]

He was canonically named BJ in 1997

[slender night]

What's your source for this

[plucky plinth]

I am aware it shipped with Doom II. I am aware the maps weren’t balanced around it.

[tropic path]

Also yes he kinda looks like B J Blazkowicz at the old games

[arctic pagoda]

Wait no, the doom 64 one hinted at it

[slender night]

I know sir, I was just making a remark, it wasn't to discredit what you said

[plucky plinth]

Alright

[slender night]

...source?

[tropic path]

Also what are other games that has similar combat like Doom 2016 and Eternal

Is this combat called hack and slash

[slender night]

Entirely different genre

[wheat sigil]

Depends on which game you want similar combat to, 2016 or Eternal?

[tropic path]

Eternal

[arctic pagoda]

Wikipedia

[plucky plinth]

Yeah, they both play very different

2016 is closer to 1, 2, Final Doom, and 64’s roots

While Eternal goes on its own path

[slender night]

Can you just send a screenshot? D64 says nothing about Blazkowicz

[plucky plinth]

Well, not much closer

But closer nonetheless

[tropic path]

The thing i love most is Glory Kills

[plucky plinth]

In the sense 2016 doesn’t focus on verticality as much as Eternal’s loops does

[wheat sigil]

That's about the similarities you get

[plucky plinth]

And also does lean a tad more into those game’s limited resource management than Eternal does

But its faint

[tropic path]

That violence while ripping that son of bitch Demons apart

[plucky plinth]

I personally dislike them

[tropic path]

Come on

[plucky plinth]

Repetitive, kills the loop, lasts in my opinion too long

[wheat sigil]

I'm just gonna reguritate a few games I see mentioned, since I haven't played a ton of games:
Turbo ultrakill, ultrakill and shadow warrior 3

Which of them you want depends on what aspects of Eternal you want to focus on, because they definitely aren't copies

[tropic path]

Without them game would be soft imo

[plucky plinth]

The older games did just fine without them

[tropic path]

I love carnage

[slender night]

Your opinion will change with time

If you play the games long enough you'll see

[wheat sigil]

what do you mean by that?

[plucky plinth]

After 100 hours of Eternal and about 20 and counting in 2016, I fucking dislike GKs

[tropic path]

Well the og and second was just shoot kill typa shit they couldn’t possibly have glory kills

[wheat sigil]

after 975 in Eternal and 5 in 2016 I agree💯

[plucky plinth]

Yet it still had grittiness to them

The series absolutely does not need glory kills

[slender night]

Saying they're just shoot kill typa shit does them injustice tbh

[tropic path]

I mean it adds some soul into the game like makes Doom Guy badass and somewhat psycho

[plucky plinth]

Yeah, exactly

[wheat sigil]

you're certainly badass without them, and the soul of the games stem from the amazing combat

[tropic path]

Come on that was all they had i love nostalgia but gotta be realistic

[slender night]

That was not all they had

[plucky plinth]

The older games in a nutshell (to me) is the following: A bullet hell full of combat puzzles and resource management with engaging gameplay

[half umbra]

I’ve always enjoyed your pov on the games, it’s usually the opposite of what I feel but I can’t even say I don’t get why you’d say that

[slender night]

Being realistic here they hold up well because of their excellence in combat flow, secrets and great level design (usually)

[tropic path]

Yes combat is amazing but glory kills are like some salt for a plain soup

[plucky plinth]

The older games make me actually have to think

[wheat sigil]

that's a crazy take

[tropic path]

Nah man i like to tear mfs limbs apart

[half umbra]

What runes did you use in eternal?

[tropic path]

Like it might be about me being somewhat delirious but thats why i liked The Forest and Sons of The Forest too

[plucky plinth]

Not to discredit the newer games with that statement btw, I could’ve worded it better. The older games made me think harder about the combat than the newer games had. But the main two I remember was Air Control and Dazed And Confused

I haven’t played Eternal in a few months

[half umbra]

I do think it spices up the gameplay and makes the slayer feel like a madman literally tearing down his enemies

[tropic path]

Like wish Slayer was able to make weapons out of his enemies limbs

[half umbra]

It’s fine, I love eternal and DOOM as a whole but I don’t care if everyone in here hated the games. I like to see other peoples pov

[plucky plinth]

Actually what I said here is just a reworded version of what I already said

[tropic path]

It would carry his madness to whole another level

[plucky plinth]

So uhh, that was a useless explanation

[wheat sigil]

glory kills were implemented in a bad way, making them have a forced animation just sucks

[tropic path]

Like i love blood and gore and violence in games

[plucky plinth]

Yeah

[wheat sigil]

if you could perform a glory kill with a simple punch or something it would be way better

have it be an option in settings

[half umbra]

I use the rune that speeds you up after you glory kill so for me it’s also part of my gameplay to go for one

[plucky plinth]

Or an engaging animation

[tropic path]

Nah that would go too simple but i think the same about the setting part

[plucky plinth]

Like what Cruelty Squad does with reloading

[tropic path]

Like there might be some 8-9 year olds playing 2016 or Eternal

Or the people who doesnt like GKs

[wheat sigil]

how would it be "too simple"?

[plucky plinth]

Make GKs actually take skill instead of being boring, repetitive, unneeded filler

[tropic path]

Man just punching a Demon to kill after you drained his hp would feel so plain it must be violent the last hit you give to that mf

Like tearing his shit apart

[wheat sigil]

I disagree, which is why it could be a setting🙂

[tropic path]

Make him see his intestines or lungs fall out

Or or better making him eat his own fuckin heart

[plucky plinth]

So you can make the shitty system have to last even longer?

Yeah sorry, no

[slender night]

Basically;
"I don't want these animations"
"but that'd be lame, imagine instead having animations"

[tropic path]

Damn wish they added this the GKs that slayer makes them eat their limbs

[plucky plinth]

Like if they want to add in these animations, make them interactive

Instead of wasting my time

[tropic path]

But some countries would ban the game

Because of too much of violence

[slim nexus]

Day 16 of 2025. Is TDA out yet? @wooden acorn

[slender night]

Literally the same level of violence the game already has

[wooden acorn]

No :(

[plucky plinth]

We got the Switch 2, tho

[tropic path]

If i was at the damn dev team i would make the game so violent them mfs who decides PG ratings would create whole new level for that shit

[plucky plinth]

So you could restrict a game from people that can’t handle it?

To me that’s a horrible decision

[tropic path]

It would be so inhumane irritating gorey and bloodful

[plucky plinth]

Also, excessive violence isn’t fucking needed

[tropic path]

Why thats a Doom game

Kill them demons

With the most possible inhumane way

[plucky plinth]

The games were violent, but never made their way of making them excessively so

The need for so much violence is absolutely without a doubt, unneeded

[tropic path]

Well if i was the one who made the game the slayer would bite their fingers or noses and spit that back while he rips their fucking intestines out and feeding it to them

[plucky plinth]

It would just take more development time on the animation, programming, FX, and engine programming teams just to make a possibly inferior game tailored for people that have a love for a topic that you shouldn’t have a love in

[tropic path]

Would that shit get me banned from this server

Should i delete and let it go

[tropic path]

Well i think you should feel that you the slayer is their worst DOOM ever and that can be possible with violence

There might be other stuff but well i like violence as you knoe

[slender night]

Go play Brutal DOOM

[plucky plinth]

You mean Shit Doom?

[wheat sigil]

You achieve that by killing loads of demons though...

[tropic path]

Man it has bad graphics i want that shi on newer games like the bad graphics is the biggest threat to violence in games

[slender night]

bad graphics
Conversation disengaged

[tropic path]

No you should kill them and at the same time scare others so bad with gore and violence that it reminds them messing with you is the worst decision of their life

[slender night]

Please don't 14yo-edgelordify DOOM

*I play DOOM... I'm an alpha 🐺 *

[wheat sigil]

Me frfr

[tropic path]

I am not talking about that shit i just want more violence in that game

The violence 14 year old dummies cant cope with

[slender night]

No offense man but that is a terrible thing to do industry-wise

[plucky plinth]

The fact you want to add in that stuff makes me genuinely sick

It’s unneeded, it’s creepy as fuck you want that

[slender night]

FIrst of all, excessive gore means poor performance, you'd be fucking the hardware over, second, limited reach, third, you can enjoy a game without wanting blood all over everything, DOOM has a moderate ammount, you can add in gore mods if you want to so bad

[tropic path]

Yea i know it will give bad rep to Bethesda as well as id software

[slender night]

That's not how it works

[languid granite]

this is kinda how the fandom sounds like im ngl

[tropic path]

I dont mean sick shit by saying gore just extra blood and ripping demons worse

[slender night]

DOOM fandom is terribly unfunny but we don't make alpha jokes

[tropic path]

Thats all

Not cannibalism and worse shit that sickens me too

[languid granite]

cannibalism in doom would be insane

[slender night]

Didn't you just talk about making the demons eat their guts

[plucky plinth]

And then also wanting to bite off their limbs?!!

[tropic path]

Well just stuffing that shit into their mouths not actual cannibalism like cannibalism means a demon eats another demon on purpose or doom guy eats it as breakfast

[tropic path]

Yes and spitting that shit not eating damn

[languid granite]

the only time i could see cannibalism happening in doom is if a hellhound started attacking a zombie or something like that

[slender night]

It'd need to be a zombie to a zombie to be cannibalism

[slender night]

Cannibalism is not the act of eating something it's to eat your own species my guy

[wheat sigil]

it doesn't have to be on purpose

[tropic path]

Well whatever

[slender night]

I'm disengaging now, bizarre conversation

Not even a disturbing one it's just a really strange one

[tropic path]

Yes because shit unintentionally touches it or comes close to it when you talk about making Doom more violent

[tropic path]

Me too cannibalism makes me sick af

[slender night]

This chat is gonna look weird as hell when people read back on it

[tropic path]

Yes hope i wont get banned

[obsidian shard]

Dawg what the fuck was this

[half umbra]

😂

Does anyone here think that the dragon segments will make the frame rate drop like crazy?

[frigid nova]

7 days.

🧖‍♂️

[ebon shale]

No

[scenic lichen]

Doubt, id software is great at optimizing their stuff

[obsidian shard]

Goat is here

[obsidian shard]

They make it look BEAUTIFUL AND AWESOME And extremely Optimized

[scenic lichen]

I remember how amazed I was at how well doom eternal ran on my first ever pc

[slender onyx]

i hope we see king novik in person (we probably will but just saying)

[arctic pagoda]

Hey

[arctic pagoda]

Doom guy when disaster girl walks in

[tropic path]

Damn actually game has this you can see the action scene where doom slayer does this to the big monster who flames you with shooters it has at each hand the one that looks like a pear

At the place with red light portal source

The one that you go to kill the bitch

[arctic pagoda]

Ye, he makes the mancubus eat his own heart

[tropic path]

Man i like this game even more

But shit wish i was able to use the red sword

[arctic pagoda]

The crucible?

[tropic path]

Yes idk the names of the most shi

Also would you watch if i opened a stream @arctic pagoda

Doom 2016 stream

I just wanna chat and play

[arctic pagoda]

It's ok, I don't know the names of half the guns in dark ages

Maybe I dunno

[tropic path]

I need a yes or no because i will play sum and then sleep but would be very grateful if the answer is yes

[arctic pagoda]

Sleep, you can play tomorrow

[tropic path]

Ok then

Tomorrow i will get drunk so bad

With my friends

[arctic pagoda]

Good

[tropic path]

I will drink atleast 6 beers or a small bottle of vodka

[arctic pagoda]

Take some iron supplements

[tropic path]

Yes but ill probably forget

[arctic pagoda]

Just make sure you eat lots of oranges or carbs

[tropic path]

Yes because when you go berserk while hungry it fuxks u up pretty bad

[arctic pagoda]

Or do carbs make it worse...?

[tropic path]

I dunno

But i know sugar does that shi

[arctic pagoda]

It doesn't

It doesn't help either

[tropic path]

It does it lets alcohol enter your system faster

[arctic pagoda]

Electrolytes, and water help

[tropic path]

Shit is true thats why cocktails make you tipsy faster than normal versions of those drinks

Other than that i really gotta sleep ig

Gn turtle

[arctic pagoda]

Night

[atomic cipher]

Gng when we getting a date of release

[half umbra]

Speculated on the 23rd we will get something about it

[atomic cipher]

Noice

[tawny scroll]

Co-op as sentinels or something like that would be a banger

[obsidian shard]

It's gonna be May

Trust

[peak galleon]

watch it be April 26th

[tribal lagoon]

Be amazing if it was but I’m holding my breath till the direct

[knotty bane]

watch it be my birthday

(may 31)

[vagrant path]

Bro I want brutality in doom as well but jesus christ

honestly all I want from doom the dark ages is some characterization of the sentinel people

make the betrayal of the slayer hit all the harder if you get to know the characters

[tribal lagoon]

A Doom game with over excessive gore doesn’t make it a better Doom game let alone a good game at all

Also that heart eating GK you mentioned. Literally you do that to the Mancubus

[plucky plinth]

Another point that I mentioned, GKs alone don't even make a better Doom game. I'd even say their current implementations in 2016 and Eternal make them overall worse games due to their forced, unvaried animations

I just hope if they return to TDA they're either shortened by alot or made interactive (similar to Cruelty Squad's reloading, I guess?)

[languid granite]

off topic but it took me a painfully long time to learn tda meant the dark ages and i thought it was a entirely different game

[obsidian shard]

Rumors be rumors, but honestly for me, as long as it's this year and I can Pre-order the Collector's Edition soon id can keep cooking

[neon perch]

It's more or less confirmed you won't be locked into predefined animations anymore.

[plucky plinth]

good enough for me

[neon perch]

You can sorta see it in motion with the footage before the mech section, where the player wails on the pre-Doom Hunter Doom Hunter with the flail and kick.

[grave cave]

Can't wait to kick and bash up huge demons

Definitely a baron of hell, go toe to toe with the mafaka

[hard thistle]

Dude it just hit me we're getting new info in a week from now

Finally bro

[daring flax]

https://tenor.com/view/christmas-1week-until-christmas-christmas-week-meme-airpods-christmas-meme-gif-24202365

[tribal lagoon]

Me personally I like GK’s there brief enough for me that I don’t mind. Wouldn’t be disappointed if they didn’t return though. If they did rework the system that’d be cool too (which apparently Dark Ages will do or so I’ve heard). New animations are great and all but idk what that other guy was on about

[lean mural]

lowkey excited for this, considering bro's got a fuckin cape

[chilly wagon]

do you guys think that TDE might get delayed? if not, do you expect it to be in the first or second half of 2025?

[devout cove]

First

[tired gazelle]

me after buying this game at launch
1st week : Doom the dark ages
2nd week : ice water soup

[winter idol]

Some rumors are May-June, but if we dont get a concrete release date next week then I personally am expecting it to be out sometime in november.

[chilly wagon]

Yeah I agree, I do remember eternal and 2016 being early aswell

[proud bramble]

Remember though, Eternal was originally Nov. 2019 then got delayed to March of 2020. So who’s to say the same thing won’t happen should we get a date for TDA.

[chilly wagon]

True

I just wanna see gameplay haha

[winter idol]

I dont think it will get delayed again

people expect mistakes to be repeated too often

[grim cloud]

i dont think we will get a release date at the direct honestly, that will come at the june showcase 11/14/2025

[ebon shale]

In the current state of triple I would absolutely expect it

[winter idol]

lots of games were delayed for about a year back in 2020-2021 but thats changed now, dosnt happen as often

[wooden acorn]

Day 17 of 2025 is it out yet

[daring flax]

Prob not because they showed gameplay in the announcement meaning they’re pretty far in development

I hope 🤞🏼

[daring flax]

May 25 mark it on your calendar

[wooden acorn]

🫡

[west thorn]

Whos doing the music this time?

[winter idol]

no one knows

[placid saffron]

i am

[grim cloud]

6 days!

[hard thistle]

dont think it'll get delayed this time

[manic shore]

We dont know if it will get delayed until we get a release date

After that a delay might be possible

[manic shore]

Why may 25th

[daring flax]

Don’t worry about it…

[neon perch]

It's going to be recordings of a garage door opening and closing again isn't it.

[obsidian carbon]

Yall whos doing the music?

And how much will the game cost🫣

[plucky plinth]

Nobody knows

The "big 3" (Gordon, Hulshult, & Levy) all confirmed they aren't apart of it

[obsidian carbon]

Man im sad marty made gordon quit

[heady jacinth]

on the upside good chance for someone else to make a name for themselves

[strong dragon]

hey i wanted to ask do any of you guys know what specs we will need to run doom the dark ages?

[plucky plinth]

Assume Eternal's requirements with slightly higher requirements, I guess

or look at the Indiana Jones game?

[strong dragon]

Yeah true

[stray urchin]

Curious why you think that because online retailers are updating their sites right now for the game. There's lots of activity on steamdb. It's all pointing to a release date being shown imo.

[slim nexus]

I heard that's a rumor 😳 🤔

[daring flax]

Where did you hear that

[safe ice]

game releases on febuary 29th trust the plan

[daring flax]

ok my guess is Q2 but it could be also Q3 no way its Q1 thats too soon and Q4 is GTA6 territory

[safe ice]

6 days.

[daring flax]

im so exited

[hard thistle]

I also think it'll be somewhere between March - May

[devout cove]

where's the exit

[tidal bloom]

i think in the trailers it was shown that the glory kills are more interactive, I like that they took a bold approach with 2016 and they were implemented not too poorly and in eternal they were improved upon slightly but still does feel like a gimmick. At least it isnt like duke nukem forever lmao.

[mossy geyser]

Somehow I feel as if id might not want to make another doom after dark ages for a while. While we will still get doom games, they will definitely be more focused on other projects

It is not a wrap up but it is a breakdown

[mossy juniper]

this is a stupid idea but how would you guys react if DA had quick time event glory kills

[mossy geyser]

I would be okay with it

Just do your best and take a break

[slender night]

I hope we get shitty fail animations along with it if we do get QTEs, like in Spider-Man 3

https://tenor.com/view/spiderman-fail-funny-gif-8043594

[mossy juniper]

honestly i think it could be cool

especially if you can mash through them as fast as humanly possible

[mossy geyser]

I am okay with anything

[mossy juniper]

it would suck if it forced you to wait for the animations between each key press

[mossy geyser]

I can see

I think it would also be a bit much on your plate to make them wait

[mossy juniper]

i hope doom da has full rt/path tracing

[mossy geyser]

It could

[mossy juniper]

for future gpus and ppl on the high end

im super hyped im picking up a 5080 to play Indiana Jones with path tracing and potentially DOOM DA if it has path tracing

[mossy geyser]

But remember the devs need a break after this

[mossy juniper]

if they released a ray tracing uodate later on that would be cool too like they did with eternal

[mossy geyser]

Dark ages will definitely be the last in a while and after that I am guessing they would polish the other games

[mossy geyser]

Yes

I do have one concern, the medieval or Norse mythology type setting

Would it have a bad effect on the game?

[safe ice]

Im pretty sure RT is gonna be there on release

however that makes me concerned for if RT is gonna be forced or not

[mossy geyser]

I worry the game would be closer to god of war/dark souls than doom is all

[mossy juniper]

I'm wondering if it will be RT + Raster or full RT/Path tracing

[safe ice]

Im pretty sure full

since the game was at the nvidia showcase for path tracing I think

I just hope it can be played on the steam deck lol

[vestal dagger]

Full tilt would be a surprise, even a lot of "path traced" solutions still use a few rasterization components.

[mossy geyser]

I am fine if they have a medieval/norse setting but the guns

[safe ice]

are awesome?

[mossy geyser]

I mean I just worry about how they will work and if they will

[mossy juniper]

true, but that's implied when "path traced" is said about gaming

[mossy geyser]

Don’t get me wrong I like it but I am just concerned it will ruin it

[safe ice]

I mean they seem basic enough to where you'd probably have to deliberately make bad decisions for them to not work

[vestal dagger]

Then again it is a bit disingenuous* of me to put the path traced in quotation marks, path traced doesn't imply exclusively path traced. Cyberpunk 2077's path tracing mode still uses SSR for certain reflections. I'm not quite sure how Indiana Jones handles it though.

[mossy geyser]

Yes but will they still work like guns while being Nordic/medieval?

Ok the chainsaw shield will but the others

[safe ice]

you can boil them down a shotgun, an auto shotgun, and a raygun-like weapon. those have been around for a while

[mossy geyser]

Ok

[safe ice]

eh, from the trailer they seem to fit well

at least design wise

[midnight marsh]

what is for sure though is: we need those FPS. all of them. right?

[mossy geyser]

Design is fine but I’m worried about the gameplay

[safe ice]

its seemingly gonna play more like the classic games

[mossy juniper]

happy to see with the slayers nee bulky armor they are moving away from stretching the metal for anims

[mossy geyser]

It could work

Back to the series roots I see

[vestal dagger]

Oh my god yes this drove me nuts

[mossy geyser]

Yk the skull gun in the trailer?

It reminds me of diepio

One of the tanks in the game

[mossy juniper]

I KNOW RIGHT. like i get animators with bend and stretch things in occluded areas but the metal stretching on the slayer was egregious

[safe ice]

Im confident in that. id tech is a very optimized engine

hell, my old laptop could play doom eternal with decent FPS

[mossy geyser]

I would say I hope for something similar as in 3 larger barrels or different styles for fewer guns

I hope they make fewer weapons with more for them

That’s how it feels for me

[mossy juniper]

do you guys think skins will be a thing again? or no skins

[mossy geyser]

Probably not

[safe ice]

I hope not lol

[mossy juniper]

they were a lot more open about marketing game features long before the release with DOOM Eternal

[mossy geyser]

I am guessing it will be fewer guns but the shotgun would be, let’s say, either a spas or a db

[mossy juniper]

This game has felt like radio silence

[mossy geyser]

Like there would be a default shotgun with attachments that will both strength and weaken your shotgun

[safe ice]

they could always just need more time to cook

[mossy juniper]

We are potentially months away from release and haven't seen more than 1 short trailer.

( im not criticizing just making an observation)

[mossy geyser]

Like you do more with it

Left click for one action and right click for another

Does that make sense? Maybe not but

I think there is going to be at most 4-5 guns

[mossy juniper]

with Eternal's makerting they had showed off almost entire levels, the menus, game features, multiple trailers, a developer gameplay and breakdown etc.

[mossy geyser]

Hmm

[slender night]

4 guns? That's not likely

[mossy geyser]

You don’t understand

[vestal dagger]

I think I prefer this approach, as long as there is content in the first place that they've opted not to show

[mossy geyser]

4 guns with more to do with them

[mossy juniper]

true, i just remember salivating over DE gameplay fondly

[mossy geyser]

Like 3+ moves per gun

[safe ice]

I'll say like around 7

there was never any big doom game that had less than that

[mossy geyser]

Well I do feel as if it would be something new

[slender night]

Biggest question is; are we getting the pistol back

[mossy geyser]

I think so but it would be just a handgun

Although it would be something not powerful but better than nothing

Like pleb

Obviously you can’t use any currency at all. If you want to unlock stuff you have to find it

[safe ice]

tbh this is the one doom game where I can confidently say we arent

[mossy geyser]

Yep, you can’t get a weapon for 2 batteries you have to actually do a challenge to get it

[slender night]

I'd like to see the pistol back at least temporarily, like in the intro sequence before ditching it for something better

[mossy geyser]

It would still be very bad and reload slowly as hell

[slender night]

Well it's the intro sequence

[safe ice]

like dont get me wrong, it would be pretty cool if it worked the way it did in the classic games, but a pistol doesnt seem to really fit with how TDA looks so far

[slender night]

You get a bad weapon against bad enemies

[mossy geyser]

That can work

[safe ice]

or maybe the pistol could work like in wolfenstein the new order

[mossy geyser]

Possibly but we don’t want it to be op

Also no currency

[safe ice]

the pistol in TNE isnt OP tho

[safe ice]

what do you mean

[mossy geyser]

You can’t use 2 batteries or anything, you just have to find what you want

No shops or anything

[safe ice]

oh yes please

I wanna find a secret and just. get the thing in the secret

sentinel batteries were a bit annoying

[mossy geyser]

You can get upgrades but they don’t make everything better

For example you can make your shotgun accurate at the cost of barrels

If there is a powerful gun, it would take up too much ammo

Health is not common either

It is not rare but uncommon

[storm shadow]

Really hope the bfg goes back to using plasma like before, especially if the new game has “more than 3x the enemies” like Hugo said

[mossy geyser]

Bfg could but again I say, it won’t be the best for every situation

It won’t be “the only gun you need”

[storm shadow]

Fs, if you can’t spam it in the old games, they for sure won’t allow it now, but man the bfg just feels sorta lame to use now

[mossy geyser]

Like you can’t bash the demons like a piñata that drops candy (armor, ammo and health)

“I am at 25% health, if I time every shot right, I should be okay until I find some hp, I will save the bfg for when I’m below 10.”

[mossy geyser]

That is how it would be

“I have 3 sentinel batteries so I can get some better armor. I will just glory kill and I will be fine. I can just finish them with my bfg.”

[mossy geyser]

That is how it won’t be

[storm shadow]

Yea ik what u mean, but idk hopefully they don’t focus to much on melee and still give guns an equal amount of usage.

[mossy geyser]

They won’t but there would be the chainsaw shield

Which would just push enemies back

Unless you had fuel or something

Also I do feel as if this game is a bit similar to god of war

So it would be not as good as 2016/eternal (whichever you prefer) but better than the other

[storm shadow]

Nah I love Eternal to death, been playing monthly basis since 2020, but the way they are pushing this game to resemble the classics will prob make me like it more then the previous entries.

[safe ice]

you guys think they'll open preorders when the developer direct happens?

[vagrant path]

I hope so, then I can spend what money I want and just wait for the game without any worries.

[winter idol]

depends on if the release date is in May-June, if so then maybe, if not then no

[grim cloud]

Id bet on pre orders more likely than release date honestly. but we will see ...

5 days

[wooden acorn]

Day 18 of 2025 is it out yet

[obsidian shard]

My Bad, i forgot to release it maybe Tomorrow

[winter idol]

i dont remember them doing preorders before a release date

[mossy geyser]

You can’t just ask everyday if it is out

[meager spindle]

What happened to doom the light ages

[slender night]

https://tenor.com/view/cheering-clapping-crowd-gif-22334667

Funny!

[ebon shale]

YoU caNt JuSt shOOt A hOlE inTo THe sUrFaCe oF MArs

[neon perch]

What happened to Doom.

[plucky plinth]

it all went down hill as soon as Doom stopped being about survival (Doom 2)

[slender night]

DOOM 3 exists

[plucky plinth]

Eh yeah, true. Also UDoom came out after Doom 2

[daring gyro]

RELEASE ALREADY

OMFG

IM TIRED OF WAITING

[plucky plinth]

Let it cook

[daring gyro]

Idfc

[plucky plinth]

Bloody hell, I can't believe people can't handle waiting a standard amount of time for a game to be made

[daring gyro]

Shut up

[slender night]

I Love buggy unfinished prototype builds 🔥 Cyberpunk 2077 was SOO well received!

[plucky plinth]

Yeah, like every modern COD game!

[daring gyro]

whats cyberpunk???

[tribal lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/crying-sad-emoji-gif-22168442

[surreal arch]

Who's starting DOOM Dark Ages on Ultra Nightmare 🙋‍♂️

[white patrol]

Imma just play It for the story. Dont care about difficulty. I hope there is a multiplayer tho.

[plucky plinth]

Me who's gonna play it for fun instead of the story:

[wooden acorn]

I will tho, it’s the only thing keeping me sane….

[hard thistle]

what if they make ultra nightmare stupidly difficult and make all the demons one shot you with any projectile

[surreal arch]

https://tenor.com/view/the-rock-come-at-me-gif-22671519

[safe ice]

ZeroMaster I assume lol

[wheat cliff]

that sounds about right

[grave cave]

Just hope it dose not do what 2016 did

(Complete the game to unlock UN)

[cyan lotus]

You didn’t even have to complete the game you only had to like beat argent tower or smthn

It’s been a while but i know it wasn’t the full game that was necessary

[hard thistle]

yeah he started master levels on utlra-nightmare blind

[proud bramble]

That’s second playthrough for me. Suicidal on first if you ask me.

[wheat cliff]

the game does that to protect the player's sanity

[cyan lotus]

Not downplaying anything but there’s a difference between a first playthrough being UN and a master level being cleared on UN first try after the players already acquired knowledge of the game, still impressive, but the former is infeasible

[tribal lagoon]

"DOOM: The Dark Ages - Ultra-Nightmare Speedrun in 30:00"

or something like that

[wheat cliff]

20 seconds after launch, bro is gonna be writing the title

[tribal lagoon]

He’s got the video ready for a scheduled upload on his YouTube rn

Had the title done when the announcement was made

[slender onyx]

just 4 more days

[devout spruce]

Have you ever wondered if Doom Eternal players will be given a new special skin for buying and playing Doom Dark Ages?

[half umbra]

Would be nice to have the Doom eternal slayer skin but who knows

[grave cave]

I'm 100% gonna rock with the dark age skin

[brave rock]

Have there been any more leaks of dark ages?

[neon perch]

No, I fixed the leak.

[grave cave]

Nah but new info is in 4 days

[brave rock]

what is new info

you dont have to necessarily post it here but what are sources?

[slender night]

#announcements message

[wooden acorn]

day 19 of 2025 is it out yet

[grim cloud]

4 days

[native cliff]

till info

[half plaza]

dark ages footage! just 4 days away! can you believe it guys? dark ages footage is in less than a week! oh wow. i am so happy about this information

https://tenor.com/view/can-you-believe-guys-christmas-one-week-until-christmas-im-so-thriled-about-this-information-christmas-christmas-meme-gif-24202287

[unborn tiger]

WHY CANT IT BE JANUARY 23RD ALREADY

[scenic lichen]

PEAK AGES

[half plaza]

https://tenor.com/view/doom-doom-slayer-doomguy-doom-the-dark-ages-doom-dark-ages-gif-17796023110931187535

[half plaza]

patience friendo

[unborn tiger]

I know but one can dream

[grim cloud]

its going to be a slow start ot the work week. ugh mondays

[dense thunder]

What if it were called the Dank Ages

[scenic lichen]

The game opens up with a sentinel army holding off a demonic invasion one says “we’re DOOM’d aren’t we?” When suddenly doomguy walks up behind them and says “No, we’re just in a dark age…”

[vestal dagger]

aand its all over my screen... thanks mate

[flat bough]

“What is this, some kinda DOOM: The Dark Ages?”

[proud vine]

He is right behind the dark ages isn't he?

[plain iron]

[daring flax]

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-12869046600151364058

[half plaza]

i loved the part when Samur Maykr said "the real ripping and tearing was the dark ages we made along the way"

[daring flax]

absolute cinema

[half plaza]

GOTY 2025

[daring flax]

on god

[half plaza]

https://tenor.com/view/peak-it's-peak-mid-it's-mid-shaking-head-gif-14930609437819582275

[robust basalt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Ba3n0DD20

[near valley]

It would be nice if we actually fight the titan we see in the 2016, in doom dark ages, with bare hands and guns, like mentioned in the codex.

This fits perfectly because the time Doom Dark Ages takes place is close to when he killed the Titan, after he got his powers from divinity machine.

Imagine battle like the Icon of Sin fight, but with more versatility or whatever. You could run across the Titan, evading its attacks and attack him (kinda obvious). There’d be so nice animations for each attack or move, showing the Doom Slayer scaling the Titan, attacking with his bare hands. It would be so nice, and we could see the scaling of Doom slayer, I mean how strong he is.

[daring flax]

DOOM TDA is going to be melee based so maybe

not fully melee based but more than the other games

[near valley]

Yeah, and thats perfect for killing a titan with bare hands

And maybe so melee weapons

[fickle radish]

Maybe a hot take but the new mancubus design looks meh

[daring flax]

real

[near valley]

But I doubt they would add this boss fight

[daring flax]

why not?

you see that big demon in the trailer with the metal arm?

its possible to have big bosses later in the game

[near valley]

Yes, but idk how are they gonna make the boss fight fun

Because in the codex it said he used his bare hands and some weapons, bot crucible

Maybe u could climb on him, but idk

[daring flax]

take icon of sin

[near valley]

Like u could punch his weak points, like ankles head or something

[daring flax]

that was a good boss fight

[near valley]

It was

But in the timeline, doom slayer didn’t have his sword and shield, im pretty sure someone in hell made it after he defeated the titan, so does not really fits already

[fickle radish]

Is doom the dark ages taking place before or after doom eternal

[daring flax]

before

[near valley]

Before

[fickle radish]

Alr

[left aspen]

Between doom 2016 and the original games

[near valley]

Mhm

[fickle radish]

Wait wasn't doom 1 and 2 happening before doom 2016? Or what I said is outdated

[near valley]

Doom 1 and 2 is before the 2016, but doom dark ages is in the between Doom1, Doom 2, Dark Ages, 2016

[fickle radish]

Alr thanks

[neon perch]

These are the longest 3 days of 2025.

[fickle radish]

Fr

[grave cave]

3 longest days ever

[grave cave]

And doom 64

[final dune]

nah the 3 longest days will be the ones right before the release

[neon perch]

Not really, we'll probably get little chunks of info along the way for a while to keep us engaged. By then we'll know most of what the game has to offer and plenty of sites to cover ground on what ID has in the works. Right now we know next to nothing.

[void sierra]

Do any of you guys think the dark ages will be on the new switch console

[safe ice]

probably not

depends on how extensively it uses next gen stuff

since I heard the new switch will have comparable power to like the PS4 Pro or something

[void sierra]

They made doom eternal work on the Nintendo switch

[tribal lagoon]

If Dark Ages comes to the Switch 2 they’ll have to do a lot of what they had to do to Eternal on the Switch 1 most likely

There’s a reason Dark Ages wasn’t advertised for Xbox One and PlayStation 4

[void sierra]

They haven’t announced what consoles they will be on yet

[safe ice]

they did tho

[tribal lagoon]

They did

[safe ice]

it'll be on PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC

[tribal lagoon]

It’s at the very end of the announcement trailer

[void sierra]

Oh didn’t see that

[tribal lagoon]

Doesn’t make much sense for triple A studios to be developing with last gen consoles in mind

Makes more sense to take advantage of the current gen’s more powerful hardware

[half umbra]

Not to be that one guy but is there a point to even release games on old consoles?

I know that not everyone can afford it fr, not being rude just asking

[tribal lagoon]

I mean if your making a game that can run on old hardware without any issues than doing so would probably be beneficial if anything

Cause more people could play it since not everyone can upgrade

[half umbra]

By that point Sony should lower the price of the ps5 considering they supposedly were talking about a ps6

It just seems counter productive to me

[tribal lagoon]

Even though the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are “last gen” consoles there still widely used it’s just natural progression though that companies are being to develop with the Series X/S and PS5 in mind going further as with how every generation of consoles goes

[tribal lagoon]

They probably will

It just makes sense

[sterile sage]

I have a question. Why wasn't the invasion mode released during the ETERNAL game?

[grave cave]

Covid stuffed things around from what I heard

[ripe surge]

I wonder if they'll add a DOOM 2016 esq multiplayer this time round? I hope we get returning modes like Horde from the get go as well.

[grave cave]

Horde mode in dark ages will be insanely fun

Hopefully they put endless

[void sierra]

I don’t even multiplayer will be a thing this time because it went badly for eternal

[placid saffron]

Do we even know it'll have the gamemode?

[graceful lion]

well, it looks open as absolute fuck

very much a missed opportunity if they dont add it

[placid saffron]

Yeah but those seem to be just some of the "regular" arenas during normal gameplay

[grave cave]

Hopefully a fist only run is possible

[void sierra]

We don’t know if it will have a multiplayer, but I would guess that it won’t and if it does it will be added later

[placid saffron]

Hordemode was practically a singleplayer mode anyways so "no Mp" isn't really worth anything

[void sierra]

Fist only for eternal is technically possible because the fist does 1 point of damage

[placid saffron]

I wouldn't be surprised if regular fist was also a more nuanced mechaniv like it is in eternal, with actual melee mechanics taking the front stage first

[void sierra]

I hope they add a bfg type melee weapon

[graceful lion]

mmmmm, what would be a badass thing the slayer can weild that does that

maybe something like the crucible but it launches slices?

crucible damage and dblade range/aoe

[cursive dirge]

Call of doomy

[safe ice]

if it launches stuff then that would really make it a melee weapon would it

[void sierra]

Maybe like a big attack like the hammer from the ancient gods that kills everyone

[grave cave]

A big hammer that releases green shockwaves when slammed to the ground? Not sure but sounds doable

[near valley]

I hope they make good boss fight, the titan that was in 2016 maybe

[graceful lion]

the titan whose corse you walk by and stuff?

[near valley]

Yes, and in the codex it said that he killed the titan with bare hands ( probably with weapons but meant he didnt use mech ir whatever)

But they wont probably add the boss because he killed him before his “shield and sword” forged in the hell so

[slender night]

Bare hands was just a fancy way to say that it was him who did it

[near valley]

Yeah

[graceful lion]

iiiii dont think we will be fighting a titan with our base hands lmao

[near valley]

I mean he used weapons, u could say we killed Icon of Sins with bare hands, its just to make it sound more badass

[graceful lion]

like you can say kratos fought thor with his bare hands, but he obviously used his weapons

[graceful lion]

definitely

[near valley]

Yeah

[wooden acorn]

Day 20 of 2025 is it out yet

[grim cloud]

3 days

[near valley]

I hope there will be a release date

[grim cloud]

maybe there is, but i have tempered my expectations for a release date. I still think its coming out second half of this year

[near valley]

I hope it comes out in summer

[grim cloud]

"the dark ages uses ray tracing to enhance gameplay not just visuals"

google that for the link

[safe ice]

how will ray tracing enhance gameplay?

[grim cloud]

i think they are using the tracing to mimic more realistic feed back

with destructible demons and what not. how that works, no clue

beyond my big brain, this stuff is

[safe ice]

this has got to be either desperate marketing or secret esoteric knowledge

and theres no in between

[hushed spade]

Se tiene alguna idea sobre cuales seran los requisitos del Dark Ages?

[half umbra]

Pensamos que es el mismo del Doom eternal

[placid saffron]

mirrors

[placid saffron]

also that's just a shitty journalistic article, games have been using raytracing for bullets since OG wolfenstein lmfao

"So when you fire your weapon, the heat detection would be able to tell if you're hitting a pixel that is leather sitting next to a pixel that is metal," Billy continues. "Before ray tracing, we couldn't distinguish between two pixels very easily, and we would pick one or the other because the materials were too complex. Ray tracing can do this on a per-pixel basis and showcase if you're hitting metal or even something that's fur. It makes the game more immersive, and you get that direct feedback as the player."
qoute is also literally just describing visuals anyways 😭

[safe ice]

well that was misleading as shit

[hushed spade]

Ojala que sí hermano

y espero que no salga 70 dls

[grim cloud]

"shitty journalistic article" that is par for the course now days

[safe ice]

tbh I was thinking of like using puddle/water reflections to see behind you or something

[placid saffron]

that's why you just don't read the head titles at all lmfoa

[safe ice]

also made me terrified as shit because I thought the game would require a card that supports RT

[placid saffron]

guns have used "rays" for bullets for a long ass time now anyways

even if it was "new" calculating at most 16 lines (shotgun) is nothing

i'm guessing the only "new" thing here is maybe shooting 2 rays per bullet, 1 thick one for hit detection the other for the specific material? which is still really not that impressive except maybe conceptually if it's a first

[safe ice]

also arent mirrors already possible without RT

[placid saffron]

kind of but they wouldn't look as good and tends to use tricks that won't fit in most arenas iirc

[half umbra]

Vamos a ver

[plucky plinth]

tbh I’ve often found non-RT mirrors to look better in most cases

[grim cloud]

i do need a new computer, not sure if upgrading my 3080 to a 5 series is worth it,

[placid saffron]

unless you're playing 4k, probably not lol

do you really need a new computer with a 3080 btw

[grim cloud]

i play 4k, get about 90-100 fps

on Doom Eternal that is

[placid saffron]

still don't think the 50 series is that worth it considering how overpriced for minimal improvement it is
iirc, the 40TI series is literally just as good as the 50 series with just weaker software (mostly no AI gen stuff)

[junior warren]

Hello when do we know when Doom the dark ages will be released ?

[plucky plinth]

Nope

[placid saffron]

probably end of the year/2026

[plucky plinth]

All I can really say is When It’s Ready™️

Yeah, basically that time range

[grim cloud]

2025 - When is anyone's guess. Id say they are pretty determined to get it out this year so delay past 2025 is unlikly but not impossible. 11/14/2024 is my guess and im dying on that hill till someone says otherwise

[placid saffron]

14th month no way

[slender night]

American date moment

[grim cloud]

inches, pounds, ounces, fahrenheit.

at least you can blame the english for some of that

[graceful lion]

the 4 elements

[hollow sandal]

I don't see it coming out that late this year

[placid saffron]

The english atleast kind of switched off, so no it's really just you guys to blame

[graceful lion]

i think mid year

[grim cloud]

6/6/2025 seems promising. And there is no confusion on that date either

[vestal dagger]

ray-triangle intersection sounds very handy for high-resolution hitboxes, and that's the area of biggest improvement for hardware-rt acceleration for the last 6 years

[harsh egret]

The leaks saying may release sounds pretty plausible tbh

[vestal dagger]

I don't know enough about graphics APIs to know if it was easy enough to "just drop-in" or if ID had to do some witchcraft to make it a non-visual thing

One day I hope I will know though

[proud bramble]

You all playing TDA on pc or console?

[harsh egret]

pc ofc

[grim cloud]

both, but PC first

[hollow sandal]

Hopefully it's as optimized as well as eternal

I'm running a gtx 1080 😭

[harsh egret]

they set the bar pretty high on that with the other games, doubt they will even let themselves not release a product as good if not better

[graceful lion]

it will defintely not run on the 1080, that is for sure

[vestal dagger]

I think it will run well with the catch that a GPU has the lastest graphics API support. So it might run on a Switch 2 but not something like a GTX 1080 despite the vast FP/INT32 throughput advantage

[graceful lion]

id say maybe a mid tier 20 series?

and for the amd users, an rx 5500?

[hollow sandal]

😭

[graceful lion]

well, maybe not that much but

[vestal dagger]

Every current-gen console comes with some form of hardware RT acceleration, even the Switch 2 if it's a T239. Eternal was running somewhat on an absolute baby food Maxwell chip inside the Switch 1

[graceful lion]

you will need an upgrade

[hollow sandal]

rip

[graceful lion]

not surprising at all tbh, game looks pretty high fidelity, and is also very, very open at times

[vestal dagger]

Actually I'm not sure about the RX 5500 either, its limited much like the 1080 in instruction set and the 1080 dunks on it in compute

[graceful lion]

oh i mustve completely misunderstood what the 1080 was

[vestal dagger]

The RTX 2050 (the laptop one) however, despite its unassuming size, does still have support for every vendor-agnostic graphics API feature

[graceful lion]

buut, newer gpus are likely to get updates for newer games

[hollow sandal]

1080 is a powerhouse, but it was released forever ago so..

What would you guys reccomend? As a decent card for these days?

[vestal dagger]

It was a very solid card for a very long time, but I think with RT acceleration also being used for game logic and not just rendering, support for GPUs older than AMD RDNA2 or Nvidia Ampere could be up in the air

but for cards that are that or newer, even the low end ones should run alright

[hollow sandal]

Ah