the-dark-ages

[hot lava]

https://tenor.com/view/simpsons-homer-bart-lisa-join-us-gif-13066208

[vital rapids]

Also, I think the baseline level of goofy or campy graphics in pixelated games when we were only just out of the 80s was a lot higher. It was a time when people wore fluorescent headbands and Bermuda shorts in earnest. For its time Doom was practically goth

[narrow star]

Ok I moved my game to an NVME SSD, I checked if the graphics are using an integrated card and they aren't, all of my settings are on low, I have TAA on, and my frame rate is better than before but still hovering around 18-19fps on a 3080 with a 11th gen i7-11700. With DLSS on balanced it hovers between 20-21.

[olive canopy]

I recommend turning TAA off and use DLSS, this a game that even with DLSS still looks amazing

[narrow star]

With DLSS there's a slight performance boost but not much.

[vital rapids]

Have you checked your windows power profile is set to High Performance?

Or at least balanced

[narrow star]

Power profile just says "plugged in" and is greyed out

[vital rapids]

Are you trying to run at 4k or anything weird like that? For a 3080 those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up

[hasty stone]

there's a new free skin

[narrow star]

Resolution is 3440 x 1440

[hasty stone]

Onyx

[vital rapids]

How is are the frames at 1920x1080 out of interest?

[narrow star]

From 20-21 to 23-24 so slight boost

[vital rapids]

Oh?

[hasty stone]

check on google i can't post the link

if anyone wants the link let me know

[vital rapids]

Still really strange. Almost like power limited or thermal throttling tbh

[mild cave]

Guys is the game hard like much harder than doom eternal ultra nightmare?

[narrow star]

Hmmm... I realized tech talk allows images to be posted so I sent a sc of the ultranightmare spec readout there. I'll look into if there could be those things. Since the pc is rather hot.

[agile charm]

My game won't load because my pc doesn't meet the requirements, does anyone know how to ignore it?

[hard thistle]

what's your specs

[agile charm]

were would i see that?

[hard thistle]

In your computer usually

[vital rapids]

It depends on what hardware you've got and/or which version of the game. With some 1000 series nvidia cards and the game pass version you may be able to find the game .exe and run it directly and it might use driver rt support without rt cores

[agile charm]

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core Processor

[vital rapids]

What graphics card?

[agile charm]

that's my cpu

Radeon RX 570 Series

[vital rapids]

Dude, I think you will be unable to run it

[agile charm]

I was able to run eternal and 2016 just fine

And helldivers at high graphics

[vital rapids]

Not sure what you're saying there. Check out the minimum requirements for the game

[agile charm]

ok

[vital rapids]

Rx6600, or rtx 2060 super or better

Sucks man. Hope you get to upgrade or play on a console

In the meantime, 2016 and Eternal have got you

[agile charm]

might refund it

[vital rapids]

Yeah, don't run out your refund window

[shadow storm]

i hope we get news for the doom tda campaign dlc soon 😦

[cobalt fog]

BALL HUHUHUHEHEHEH NOOOOOOOOO BALL BWAAAAAAEEEH BALL .. BALL

https://tenor.com/view/doom-doom-slayer-doom-the-dark-ages-flail-slam-gif-3602213455553818448

[delicate stirrup]

The "Not Doom enough" purists should stick to the classics

[cobalt fog]

Bro I don’t imagine we will get any until December

And I’m fine with that

I’m happy to beat the shit out of things with a ball for a while

[oblique raft]

People say doom dark ages is short how is i he'll is short game

[cobalt fog]

It’s not

[oblique raft]

Doom 2016 and eternal was short then doom dark ages

[cobalt fog]

People are just upset with the change of everything and will do their best to complain about it even if this new change is better than the old

[vital rapids]

Thanks dude, "doom the dark ages onyx skin" in the Google worked. Found, redeemed, new skin unlocked

[hasty stone]

@vital rapidsnp!

[oblique raft]

I'm buying the game tomorrow on pc

And eternal because I'm doom fan

[vital rapids]

It seems long for a release day doom campaign to me, not short. But idk probably my bad memory

[oblique raft]

I heard it's really good game

[vital rapids]

Most of us here will be biased tbh 😂 but yeah, it is very nice game

[cobalt fog]

After all of it I’ve kinda realized there’s eternal fans and 2016 fans and then there’s both combined

No offense but I’m just being honest

MODERN DOOM or 2016 and eternal fans are just brain rot assholes that cope because they only like 2 games and don’t like doom itself

Doom fans are peak and have played every doom game and have an opinion on all and if it’s not every doom game it’s more than just eternal and 2016

Keep in mind this is all my opinion so don’t take offense

[oblique raft]

i dont like trophy on eternal

[vital rapids]

I consider brain rot assholes objectively offensive. And I'm not even a target of it 😂

[cobalt fog]

I’ve played every doom game and I’ve completed about half of the old ones because one and two are so damn long

[cobalt fog]

Honestly…. You make a point

But that’s just how I see them because they don’t know doom itself

They know 2016 eternal and that’s doom to them

[warm comet]

"No offense but a vast majority of this community are ASSHOLES!!!!!"

[cobalt fog]

[vital rapids]

I'm a "classic doom fan", although that seems a bit grandiose for me. I probably just fear change

[oblique raft]

the online trophy on eternal sucks

[cobalt fog]

Based

[vital rapids]

https://tenor.com/view/waynes-world-change-nochange-gif-19341811

[warm comet]

I'm a doom fan and that's about it. As long as the games are difficult, I'm a fan.

[cobalt fog]

Here’s the thing i have no problem with modern doom fans as long as they don’t shit talk the games without knowing anything about any game

[fleet spruce]

God forbid Doom being anything other than tech bases and hell

[cobalt fog]

I love every doom game but not 3 but I’ve played it

[vital rapids]

You're not wrong in concept
Execution's a bit messy

[cobalt fog]

That’s my problem with them

[hard thistle]

ok

[cobalt fog]

And the reason I refer to them as brain rot assholes is because they will cry about classic games and newer ones say there shit and then fanboy on anything unrelated

Now not all of them are like that

So I shouldn’t say all of them are brain rot assholes BUT

[vital rapids]

I try not to crap too much on id's other games because they obviously put a lot of heart into them, but it is 100% hard not to revel in obnoxious git gud trolls making all the same complaints they smacked down now there is newnew game, and getting short shrift. I try, but LOL

[cobalt fog]

Yeah

[vital rapids]

And very difficult not to answer "skill issue lol"

[cobalt fog]

One problem I do have with the older games is obtaining things

It’s so hard to find shit but I still enjoy it

I’ll look my best and if I’m lucky I’ll accidentally find it when trying to progress

that’s how I’ve found any secret

[vital rapids]

I have a lot of respect for the work in 2016 and Eternal. It cannot be denied they have done good work and put a lot of heart into it

[cobalt fog]

Just trying to finish

[cobalt fog]

I love those games

[vital rapids]

And now, I have a favorite nu Doom game

[narrow star]

I feel like there's a happy middle ground that base eternal did well, and the ancient gods part 1 like massively overshot.

[cobalt fog]

And TDA especially omg TDA was super fun to me because it was my pace and I’ve got like a bunch of slow processing disorders, so with the game adapting to standing and fighting I didn’t have to position, I parry and shoot and I have fun

It’s like I got a game I needed and wanted

[vital rapids]

I play it like a maniac tbh 😂

[cobalt fog]

The music was perfect for me too

I LOVED THE MUSIC OMG

[vital rapids]

Unchained Predator

slaps

[cobalt fog]

What…? Like this ? https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/932354406823903314/1376711471517401128/e94d7d4a-195a-4a03-a73a-a53b2f881633.mov?ex=683a4678&is=6838f4f8&hm=da4b7f2671c9a4ef13dc988e0de3f7c037784470e5ab8638fa4692dd9e257136&

[narrow star]

TDA is a lot of fun but the parry mechanic is a massive pain given my technical issue mess with framerate and input delay. I have to set it to be like absurdly forgiving to the point where it isn't satisfying.

[cobalt fog]

Spoiler btw for Komodo

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/932354406823903314/1376708027289305229/75a3e809-aa91-43c1-b9d2-e31301582dda.png?ex=683a4343&is=6838f1c3&hm=4ff50027fe271a2fdebb09df40ba3e247d84742844a61987c5265624a8ddc69f&

[hard thistle]

MFW (my face when) I can enjoy games without an annoying internet bitch in my ear telling me it's bad

[cobalt fog]

Here’s better context besides the gameplay

[warm comet]

I love the parrying mechanics. It was frustrating when I didn't fully connect with the mechanics, but once you get that grip on the mechanics it starts to all come together and turn into pure bliss

[cobalt fog]

I knew people where gonna have a meltdown about this game

[hard thistle]

there's also some timing mechanics that are a bit broken at the moment
early days of the game stuff

[vital rapids]

It's weird. I love games with cognitive load, spinning plates etc I inflict them on myself all the time, the more the better. But FPS I play for the experience of singular, almost narcotic laser focus, the "zone". Setting a target and getting it in the most direct way. So I like that TDA leans in that direction

[cobalt fog]

Never did I expect ign to make a decent review about it tho

[cobalt fog]

Omg yes especially in the final boss fights

[narrow star]

The parrys become fun from like 25fps onwards, below that point they become a bit annoying.

[hard thistle]

IGN has a handful of people that genuinely care about what they do
The rest I swear are people that just needed a job

[cobalt fog]

Although that one boss in that you gain access to in the air before the last 2 missions people will know what I’m talking about but he’s just projectile spam

Very annoying

Took me a hot minute to realize I had to listen to audio queues before I parried

[narrow star]

Also I don't like the dragon perfect dodges they're kinda annoying since they're almost the entire dragon combat experience

[cobalt fog]

I thought the shield could be disabled with my cycler

[hard thistle]

that's probably my biggest hot take
I don't give a damn about the dragon stuff at all, could have and should have been a cutscene for me

[cobalt fog]

I like them, they feel cool to me, I just don’t like how the only attack is chaingun

[hard thistle]

it just feels so jank

[cobalt fog]

I like the dragon I just don’t like using the chaingun but as long as I get to see him fly, hear the booster sounds, look at the animations, Im satisfied

[terse hollow]

No I think that's one of the only takes I've seen the majority agree with. Alot of people are split about the atlan chapters and such but we all agree on the dragon 😅

[cobalt fog]

Final Atlan mission was SO BADASS

[hard thistle]

the atlan missions were just too short for me, they needed much more variety

[cobalt fog]

I expect them in the dlc

[hard thistle]

I'm sure the expansions will turn all them up to 11

[cobalt fog]

I’d hope so, I wanted to get access to those spears you see the atlans hold in eternal

[terse hollow]

Yeah i liked how they felt for how short they were, if they scratched all the dragon chapters and replaced them with more or longer atlan ones it probably would've been nice

But who knows. Maybe if they focused on just the dragon that would've been better too though lol

[cobalt fog]

I liked the dragon but again I just wanted more attacks for the dragon

Like I can only use fire during a glory kill and that’s bs

[hard thistle]

I just wanted it to feel better

[cobalt fog]

It felt fine to me especially the flight

[hard thistle]

there's 4 or 5 glory kills for the dragon

[cobalt fog]

3

||Breath, neck snap, bite ||

Although I DID find out how to break the dragon sadly it got patched

I found out how to literally x ray with the dragon

Like I said though it got patched

[noble mauve]

idk i thought it was really lame imo

the boss fight in the atlan was really brain dead even on nightmare

[cobalt fog]

If your interested and want to try and see if you can still do it, pilot the dragon, fly as close as you can to the landing spot to where you are practically touching it then land

[warm comet]

The cyber demon in TDA is my favorite in the whole series solely because the parrying system gives it so much more life

[cobalt fog]

TRUUUUE

His goofy stomps are so fun to parry

[vital rapids]

I never thought of it that way, but you're right

[cobalt fog]

My favorite fight anytime tho is the Komodo

[warm comet]

Entering encounters is also super fun in TDA cuz its not just enemies teleporting in. My favorite thing is jumping into crowds and killing all the fodder by landing, and then if there's shield guys I'll shield bash, one shotgun shot, and shield throw. Instant euphoria.

[cobalt fog]

I feel overwhelmed when fighting an Agaddon hunter and I still like him but I feel cornered sorta speak

It’s not a problem I’d just rather dance with a Komodo then fight the agaddon up close for 5 minutes

[cobalt fog]

Best thing to do is to simply jump from up high then land next to fodder

DAMN THAT SHITS SATISFYING

[light flower]

next doom they should work the equipped guns into the glory kill animations so you dont just pop them up after

[cobalt fog]

So they said glory kills will be unique when you equip different melee weapons but I haven’t seen any differences

[vital rapids]

Although also satisfying is targeting a shield charge from above mid jump. Probably suboptimal vs hitting the ground, but super fun

[light flower]

also jumping on an an on fire brain gattling gun guy is cool af

[cobalt fog]

Okay so hot take… all the skullcrusher guns are very good

[karmic dagger]

you guys have tips for cacos? dont like fighting them at all...

[cobalt fog]

Yes

Use your surroundings to your advantage, cacos often spam that dumb ass shield and it because absolutely stupid

When you encounter them fire the cycler, ravager OR impaler at them

[honest vortex]

The more I see people talk about Dark Ages, the more I realize it's a black sheep of the franchise

[cobalt fog]

With the other weapons you will have trouble due to range, you can also use the shredder but I wouldn’t recommend it

[willow dagger]

Do yall know if the berserker achievement got fixed yet I heard there’s a new patch but haven’t heard anything about an achievement fix

[karmic dagger]

i like using impaler against them but the other guns (maybe excluding cycler) have bad reach

[honest vortex]

Seems near universally agreed upon that Dark Ages is the weakest of the whole modern trilogy by a landslide and lacks a special and magical feeling to it that 2016 and Eternal did, despite being "technically" good

[cobalt fog]

I see, if you can get at a medium distance cycler will crush them but do not get too close to them

[warm comet]

Sometimes it feels like I'm playing plutonia when I play the dark ages. Enemies in front, behind, can't look any way or else I'm turning my back on an even bigger threat. But its still fun. Jumping over mancubus projectiles while facing away from them to kill a hell knight is so damn FUN.

[honest vortex]

Even the critic ratings and user scores of Dark Ages are noticeably lower than 2016 and Eternal

And Dark Ages gets by far the lowest votes out of "favorite modern DOOM game" in pretty much every poll I've seen

Didn't expect the game to be so ridiculously divisive and controversial

[cobalt fog]

They hurt if you do, I like to role with the ravager and have at least the first 2 upgrades done and select the upgrade that allows an increase in fire

[karmic dagger]

the cacos are really annoying when theres other stuff to deal with, i miss the eternal quick kill with combat shotgun or grenade

[cobalt fog]

The ravager is super broken and can devastate anything if your in the right opening

[cobalt fog]

Oh yeah, their shields bother me a ton

[warm comet]

Certainly an unpopular opinion, but I'm almost 100% sure that once Im done with a 150% speed playtbrough, I'm gonna like TDA more than eternal.

[cobalt fog]

Especially when they shoot them at you and they are like twice the size of every damn projectile

[cobalt fog]

Agreed

[karmic dagger]

I'll try to incorporate ravager more, I dont really use it much. I think SSG and impaler are so good they feel a level above every other weapon

[cobalt fog]

The ravager is like a mobile turret from eternal but it heals you

[willow dagger]

You should try the quickswap tech which isn’t entirely necessary compared to eternal to win but it would prompt you to use other weapons

[cobalt fog]

It’s absolute chaos when you use it

[karmic dagger]

Id like it a lot more if enemies behind you were a bit less aggressive and if you could disable parry and execution slow downs

[cobalt fog]

You can lower that down

[karmic dagger]

the slowdown just makes me feel wrong. getting rid of the intense screenshake helped a bit with that

[cobalt fog]

The aggression

[honest vortex]

I said this in the other server but I feel like I'm ALWAYS in the minority opinion of everything.

Dark Ages is by far my favorite. Even though apparently it's the "worst modern DOOM game by a landslide" by 80-90% of the DOOM fanbase

I like 2016 significantly more than Eternal.

I find Eternal glazed way too much.

Doesn't matter what, it feels like I'm the odd one out and the "minority opinion"

[wind dew]

I heavily disagree with the SS nerf. That was stupid

[karmic dagger]

I just dont like getting sniped from things I can't see, I feel like it happens a lot more than eternal. But I think eternal made you way less likely to get tagged if you just kept moving, whereas here you can walk into stuff all day and die very fast

[cobalt fog]

I agree I love TDA it’s my favorite game out of all of them and I have played all of them

[cobalt fog]

It got a nerf?

[honest vortex]

I also ONLY find people who have Dark Ages as their favorite in the Dark Ages server

[cobalt fog]

It didn’t need a nerf

[earnest swift]

Being the weakest modern entry is frankly saying very little.

[honest vortex]

Every other server and community thinks Dark Ages is the worst modern DOOM

[earnest swift]

It could kill Hell Knights in one shot. That’s overtuned.

[wind dew]

Its effectiveness against armor

[cobalt fog]

OH DAMN

[honest vortex]

Difference is, it's a huge drop .... and people will just say it's "good" at best.

But will say it isn't magical or special like 2016 and Eternal are

[hollow sandal]

It was nerfed only against hell Knights or every demon?

[cobalt fog]

Never knew that, but too be fair I used weapons like the chain shot, cycler, and combat more then the SS

[karmic dagger]

also the way the maps are... just feel so big with not that much fighting in between the combat encounters. and i really dislike the dragon sections. i get why people dislike it. im still having a decent amount of fun with it though and i hope some small fixes clean up my major complaints

[honest vortex]

They say it's extremely weird, crazy, and rare to have TDA anything other than being your least favorite of the trilogy

That's how huge the drop off is in terms of consensus

[cobalt fog]

There’s only 2 things I really dislike about the game

[earnest swift]

It’s kinda damned into that judgment tbh. 2016 and "Eternal" were fairly revolutionary in evolving the shooter landscape. "Dark Ages" is decidedly not interested in recreating that.

[cobalt fog]

The turret sections, because if you panic there’s a chance the titans will get too close

And second, siege part 1s length

I don’t think the length of siege part 1 needs any explanation

It’s a great mission but FUCK ITS LONG

[earnest swift]

And a ‘good’ game on its own is nothing to sneeze at. If it’s fun, it’s fun. For "Doom", that is its second top priority after nailing the power fantasy, and both priorities were nailed here.

[karmic dagger]

did the new patch already come out or what? i dont see it on steam

[cobalt fog]

Overall doom the dark ages does everything I want or dreamed of in a shooter

And it’s my favorite game I currently own

[karmic dagger]

oh it looks like they are adjusting it server side

[real rampart]

https://slayersclub.bethesda.net/en-US/article/active-tunables

[karmic dagger]

I dont know how I feel about the remote updates. Cool tech wise but a bit weird

[hollow sandal]

Ok ssg "nerfed" just against hell knight and certain armor.

[narrow star]

Are there performance issues specific to the gamepass pc version of the game?

[karmic dagger]

chain shot my beloved

[real rampart]

haven't heard of any

[karmic dagger]

chain shot is so good against armored stuff... aaaa man i wish this game had quick switching

[cobalt fog]

If it’s just that than that’s not bad

[real rampart]

have you figured out your pc specs @narrow star for the game to be running at 30fps on your 3080?

[cobalt fog]

The chain shot is just a goofy weapon that hits hard and I love it

[hollow sandal]

Yea

[hollow sandal]

Thanks for this btw

[narrow star]

Nope. Still around 20fps and dips into 13-15 during combat. I have been looking and seeing that other people on gamepass pc are having performance issues on reddit.

[cobalt fog]

Also chain shot is the perfect weapon for about anything in the game that has up close parrys

[real rampart]

again, I will say it once more, its 100% not the game's fault, you have the recommended graphic card to run the game at 60fps on 1440p with high preset

its most definetly something on your rig, which you should look into and see what your other specs are besides your graphics card

[karmic dagger]

if its anything like eternal, dark ages might print out some crazy detailed performance stats

maybe you can have that on when you play and see where the time is being used up (just a suggestion, dunno if it would help)

[narrow star]

Yeah I have that enabled. Idk how to read most of it but it seems like nothing but something called "RS" is being maxxed out.

[narrow star]

The processor is 11th gen i7-11700KF @3.60ghz

[real rampart]

how much ram?

[narrow star]

32gb

[real rampart]

and is your game installed on an nvme ssd?

[narrow star]

Yep

[real rampart]

do you have any other game to test your graphic's card perfomance?

[plain iron]

... vram amount?

[warm comet]

The only weapons I've used for my whole playthrough have been the combat shotgun and the super shotgun🧟‍♀️

[real rampart]

they have a 3080

cause all your specs are good, so my theory is something in your pc is dying or wrong, cause getting 30fps with that specs is completely sus

and the game is well optimized within the specs they ask from minimum to recommended

[narrow star]

It struggles with Oblivion Remastered and some levels in Girls Frontline 2 as well but it runs most games fine.

[real rampart]

is your monitor connected on the graphics card slot or on motherboard?

[velvet elbow]

Achievement fixed yet?

[narrow star]

Graphics card. Should it not be?

[real rampart]

it should

then if its plugged on graphics card

my other theory is your gpu is dying or something is wrong with it

[narrow star]

oh. shit.

[real rampart]

there's a "game" on steam for you to test your pc specs and compare to other people's with the same specs

let me grab the name

[plain iron]

Hrr that ain't good. A 3080 is a lot of money.

[real rampart]

you can install that and run the benchmark and see what the results

@narrow star download a software on steam called "3DMark"

[narrow star]

🙏 Ok thanks I'll do that

[real rampart]

after it runs the benchmark, take a screenshot and post on #screenshots

[narrow star]

$35 what da hell

[real rampart]

download the demo

doenst need to be the full thing

[narrow star]

K I'll do that

[real rampart]

let me know when you're done

[ocean kraken]

tbh i wish there were more skins other than the promo ones im too lazy to get

[real rampart]

your score looks fine, everything looks stable... strange

I would recommend you to try and reinstall the game, and maybe update your processor drivers too

[narrow star]

It could be possible that it's the gamepass version. I saw this in a reddit comment "I've posted this on other threads and gotten no response as to why but I'm running a 4080-SUPER and having issues. I think the GP version is just booty right now. I actually seem to be having this issue on GP version where changing my settings do absolutely nothing to improve/worsen performance. I even put my resolution to as low as it could possibly go and it still didn't effect performance. It's weird"

[real rampart]

maybe its the gamepass version yeah

because with those specs you should be rocking 100 fps on 1080p at high settings

I noticed you play on 1440p, but still, you should be getting 60fps with that pc of yours

(on high settings)

your processor is a bit under the recommended one for 1440p, but I don't think it should make that much difference

[narrow star]

Does eternal have comparable performance to tda? Cause it doesn't look super different and I have eternal on steam to test.

[willow dagger]

Would you say I could run the game on decent graphic on a Radeon rx 580 ik it’s ass I mainly play console

[real rampart]

nope, Eternal should have double the performance because its far lighter than TDA

[real rampart]

no it can't because rx 850 isnt a raytracing capable card

[willow dagger]

Yeah I really need to upgrade

Then again the difference between keyboard and mouse and controller on tda is much more minimal compared to eternal

[narrow star]

Hmm cpu seems to be pretty high most of the time. I put a screenshot in tech talk and it's consistently high but not maxed out.

[willow dagger]

Like eternal is almost unplayable at high difficulty on controller

[hard thistle]

580’s silicon is nearly 10 years old lol

[honest vortex]

Hard disagree

[uneven dragon]

https://tenor.com/view/true-true-morgan-freeman-morgan-freeman-star-wars-every-word-of-what-you-just-said-was-wrong-gif-2733941962566386039

[lofty hull]

Hey so, I have killed the Agodon Hunter a million times but I haven’t gotten the achievement, I am even replying the game on Nightmare and just beat the boss but still no achievement, anyone know why?

[narrow star]

I like Eternal more but like 2016 is by far the worst one not TDA

[scenic lichen]

for me its 2016 < TDA = Eternal

[honest vortex]

Fair fair

[honest vortex]

https://tenor.com/view/kevin-oleary-kevin-o'leary-morgan-freeman-true-morgan-freeman-he's-right-you-know-gif-15408222301704197500

[scenic lichen]

its sad to see some of the divisiveness TDA brought along because i truly thing its an amazing game on par with eternal for me judging from a first-playthrough but i believe some criticisms are def fair

[uneven dragon]

Eternal < 2016 < TDA imo

but they're all so close together in terms of quality in my mind it's really hard to rank them

[honest vortex]

Dark Ages ahead of Eternal, mostly because of the second half for me.. IMO

But I do understand how the dragon and mech segments can be controversial enough to weigh down the pacing a lot

I feel if Dark Ages had Mick Gordon and didn't have the mech and Dragon stuff, it wouldn't be seen by the vast majority to be the weakest (or least good, but still good) modern DOOM game.

[honest vortex]

Don't get me wrong, I have my fair share of criticisms for TDA myself....but the awesomeness of the 2nd half cannot be overstated

It makes up for the criticisms I have for the game.

[brazen cove]

Hello! I’m at chapter 13 of TDA, is there any good channel or thread going over combos or tech? I know it’s not like eternal with the quick swapping but I’m sure there are some cool stuff

[scenic lichen]

i honestly dont mind them at all

i thought the last mech section was great esp with the boss

i also love playing w/ sliders

[fierce river]

Did all achievements did ult nightmare with sliders completely against me

Now what 🥀 when do yall think DLCs will come out

Or if new challenges will come out? Idk how it was in doom eternal

[hollow sandal]

Try bowsr, and sylar on YouTube

[fallen notch]

cyberdemon with wings is so cool.

doomslayer with cape is so cool.

revenant with hood is so cool.

cthulhu is so cool.

I love this game. ❤️

[gritty matrix]

The cyberdemon design is much better that the flat head weird eyed tyrant

[uneven dragon]

fax bro

[uneven dragon]

that's the classic cyberdemon design tho...

[fallen notch]

true

[gritty matrix]

But overall isn't a scary monster like the original cyberdemon.

[noble mauve]

when is the last time you played eternal?

i am replaying eternal now after TDA its way way way better imo

[gritty matrix]

Dunno, the original was better. The tyrant looks like sloth from the Goonies

[noble mauve]

i dont get whats going on with balance changes. why are they making attacks from behind more forgiving? the whole point is to zone enemies so you dont get shot from behind. its not a "cheap death"

also its funny they nerfed the ssg, but the impaler is the insane broken gun

[gritty matrix]

Well people are complaining a lot about it

[cyan lotus]

The same mechanic exists in eternal lol but nobody complained about it

also eternals isn’t relegated to higher difficulties it happens on all difficulties

[noble mauve]

eternal is a way way way harder game. i just finished nightmare TDA and am replaying eternal right now. its night and day

[gritty matrix]

I found this quite strange as well. They retouched same guns without addressing the elephant in the room

[scenic lichen]

1 month ago

[cyan lotus]

subjective, my point is people only take issue with it because they know it’s a thing, if they made this change and didn’t put anything in the patch notes about it, not very many people would notice

[scenic lichen]

alogn with 2016

[noble mauve]

its not really subjective, the two games arent close to each other in difficulty

the first slayer arena is absolutely nuts for where its in the game and harder than anything in tda

[scenic lichen]

i have 700 hrs on eternal so i have lots of familiarity with the difficulty, id say eternal NM is harder than base TDA nightmare but i personally cranked up my sliders on TDA to be harder and i died a lot

[arctic dirge]

Yo just saw the SSG got nerfed a little. Anyone tested it out yet?

[cyan lotus]

difficulty is inherently subjective in my opinion, also eternals forgiveness gets bigger on lower difficulties which seems counterintuitive

[gritty matrix]

But TDA nightmare isn't supposed to be max difficulty. In fact the default sliders are set generously

[cyan lotus]

I think it was something ridiculous like 90% damage reduction for attacks you’re facing away from on ITYTD

[scenic lichen]

yeah i did

only like 75% damage to demons it doesnt seem to one shot a hell knight anymore where before it did

[cyan lotus]

That + sentinel armor would make a cacodemon bite on nightmare do 11 damage lol

[arctic dirge]

Eh that's okay

[cyan lotus]

( nightmare percentage is 70% iirc )

1 damage on ITYTD 🥀

[scenic lichen]

hopefully the impaler gets taken a look at next i feel that its overtuned imo

[noble mauve]

its too gnarly especially with the dreadmace cooldowns

[dark thunder]

does anyone know if u get a skin for 100% all levels

[noble mauve]

i feel like the hitbox for headshots is really forgiving, thats probably the best way to tune it

[scenic lichen]

ssg with the mastery feels fine now from some testing

[dark thunder]

Also where can I see all possible skins to earn in game

[gritty matrix]

They should bump up the grenade launcher

Useless gun ever

But I fell like they need a patch rather than a tune up

[gritty matrix]

No you get a skin for completing pandemonium and nightmare

[dark thunder]

what's the one you get from pandemonium

[gritty matrix]

The Makyr inspired one, don't remember the name

Reverent or something

[dark thunder]

oh that ones sick

[gritty matrix]

Some other skins you get by completing some actions and I don't care enough about skins to do them

[karmic dagger]

im watching some other playthroughs of TDA and they seem to get more/different music during the combat encounters

maybe i just dont notice it when im playing but i dont feel like the music is the same...

[uneven dragon]

what's your music volume level at

[karmic dagger]

havent touched it, so whatever the default is. i guess ill check tmrw

[uneven dragon]

definitely turn it up 100

[karmic dagger]

i get music i just dont think it sounds like what i see in videos. maybe im imagiening it

[honest vortex]

I like the mechs too.

Not so much the dragon though.

But at the same time, the onfoot encounters and on foot level design on the dragon missions are some of the best in the entire game.

Which kinda makes up for it tbh

[scenic lichen]

tbh what i liked more about the dragon was providing a sense of scale to the levels you were playing on rather than the actual combat itself if that makes sense

like holy city of aratum felt massive

but yeah i was hoping for something more out of dragon combat, its quite insulting we didnt get to use the fire breath move outside of a titan finisher

i was hoping more for something like fighting a titan would've been engaging it in close quarters with melee and fire breaths

[sand bane]

Just finished dark ages, it was so good i really enjoyed it

[uneven dragon]

the issue with the dragon is that it plays just like the mech

[sand bane]

And i like what they have done with the characters, especially thira she so bad

[uneven dragon]

i LOVED the dogfighter chasedown moments where you had to chase after the hell ships and shoot at them, but i don't really care for the parts where it's just stationary dodging

[uneven dragon]

what was your favourite level?

[sand bane]

I must say I really liked the later levels, chapter 20 - 22, just having to tear through hordes

and the boss fights were pretty good I enjoyed them

[sand bane]

Yeah those dog fights sorta gave me starwars vibes for some reason haha, but yeah i thought it was pretty cool

[uneven dragon]

i hope the dlc has more dog fights

[uneven dragon]

oh yeah the second half of the game has such a great run especially the cosmic realm and the ending levels

and agreed about the bossfights i think they're probably the best of the franchise

[sand bane]

Yeah for sure, and I really liked the visuals and environments as well. I found myself spamming the screenshot key alot

Is there some sort of public roadmaps for dlcs and all that? I really hope with the dlcs they absolutely flood you with demons, especially since idtech 8 is built to handle alot of enemies

[dry quiver]

Some would say it’s good as Hell

[honest vortex]

Dark Ages seems to be the most loved modern DOOM game on Facebook.

Let's go.
Facebook rare W

[sand bane]

Its so annoying because its a really good game, just on the charts its getting destroyed with the price. I hope that doesn't discourage the ID team.

[brave leaf]

Currently at ancestral forge

[narrow star]

Sucks that game speed is tied to stuff like voice lines. The game is just straight up more fun at 150% but it makes it hard to engage with the story when everyone talks in fast forward

[dry quiver]

As a fan of classic Doom 1 & 2, I love the more bullet hell feel to dark ages. Playing pandemonium right now I feel like avoiding damage is the main thing for me to focus on, which is what I loved about the og games

[sand bane]

I also love how dark ages is sorta like a blend between eternal and 2016, the arcady and fun gameplay loop with the realism and more tactical i guess approach

[rancid niche]

Hello, I don't know if anyone can help me, but after finishing DOOM The Dark Ages, I have a problem with this game. After turning it on, the screen freezes during loading, but the game still runs. I can start any mision or go to settings, but the screen doesn't respond.

[dry quiver]

What platform?

[rancid niche]

Pc

[dry quiver]

I play console unfortunately :( don’t know much about pc Doom

[sand bane]

What driver version are you using? and what sort of specs do you have

windows I assume as well right?

[fallen notch]

I love the visuals on the new game bro. A stunning, medieval, hell.

[gritty matrix]

I don't think the dlc will have the dragon or he Atlas

[sand bane]

couldn't agree more, artists did a mad job. medieval slayer is so bad ass

[gritty matrix]

spoiler alert: ||definitely not the dragon||

[noble mauve]

agree, its the best part of the game

[brave leaf]

Same 🔥

[gritty matrix]

Do the usual troubleshooting. Repair the files, if doesn't work reinstall

[honest vortex]

Dark Ages balances Eternal's gamey elements with 2016's atmosphere, sense of place, and dark brutal intimidating look very well. Yeah I agree

[honest vortex]

Also Dark Ages has the super punchy sounding guns like 2016 did

[gritty matrix]

What I like of dark ages is that it doesn't break immersion. Weapons aren't missable even if they're not rotating pick ups.

[honest vortex]

It also has much deeper and more satisfying combat than both games IMO, and can be the fastest one with sliders

[gritty matrix]

The weapons drops similar to space marine are quite cool

[honest vortex]

I love how he brutally rips key cards off of bodies like it's 2016

The Slayer also analyzes his new guns like 2016

[uneven dragon]

YEAH I LOVED THE RETURN OF THOSE CUTSCENES

eternal's biggest disappointment to me was having the weapons in random spots and with no interactions unlike 2016 and TDA

[honest vortex]

The Slayer himself kinda acted like a mixture of his Eternal and his 2016 self.

[gritty matrix]

But the arena design is imho inferior. In eternal you had jumping pads and portals, doom TDA is much more mild. Apart some monsters on elevated areas and the acid pools in belly of the beast there is not much interesting

[honest vortex]

I wouldn't say inferior. Those types of arenas probably wouldn't fit TDA style very well.

But I could be proven wrong once they make Master Levels and DLCs

[next oar]

mid-air parry's would go so hard

[gritty matrix]

I don't know, jumping pads are in the game to reach secrets, I don't see why they shouldn't be in arenas

[next oar]

parrying while sprint jumping already feels cool

[gritty matrix]

Also in eternal you had that triggerable traps like blades and smashers

[honest vortex]

Yes. I also miss stuff like "carefully release the hinges* smashes

YOU HAVE NO IDEA what you have juuust DONE!

It was a perfect energy source! By Science!

[uneven dragon]

you have those in TDA too

[honest vortex]

Tbh Dark Ages felt like it had the most as well as nastiest traps from the three new games

[next oar]

not really triggerable tho

[gritty matrix]

Uhm I don't recall any, and I've completed the game

[next oar]

just on timers

[honest vortex]

Though I guess maybe not trigger able ones

Wait no. Dark Ages had quite a bit of that too. Some levels were full of landmines

[gritty matrix]

I'm talking about traps in the arena not that stuff that just shoot you, I hate that

[uneven dragon]

yes those are in TDA

[gritty matrix]

Ah the barrels, ok the barrels are a must

[honest vortex]

I meant straight up landmines, not just barrels

TFW Kreed Maykr was Samuel Hayden in his goofy days

[dense belfry]

Anybody able to get the Juvee skin?

[wicked creek]

I cant. The link just goes to an almost blank Juvee page. Looks like they ran out of codes :/

[dense belfry]

No way

its literally the last skin I need for the collection

its barely been 13 hours

[oblique raft]

I'm finally downloading doom dark ages on pc

[dark thunder]

fuck king novik

[tulip canyon]

Like me, who’s want’s a Night Sentinel Doom Slayer Skin for DOOM: The Dark Ages future updates?

[ebon stirrup]

heretic.

[dark thunder]

NO

[ebon stirrup]

Fuck Prince Asswaad!

[dark thunder]

He doesn't trust the slayer and then his ass is all like bro I know the priests betrayed us and made us lose the war but dont kill them bro

[ebon stirrup]

#doom-eternal ⬅️⬅️⬅️

[dark thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/omni-man-invincible-gif-21644488

[upbeat sail]

Has the game been more broken today for anyone else? Melee not working, shield not working, I didn't notice these issues so much before

[delicate grotto]

A couple arenas have them, but you have almost no aerial verticality in this game, so you can’t really utilize them that well during combat.

[ebon stirrup]

We aren’t at that part of the timeline in this channel, bud. Go direct your hate towards Novik in #doom-eternal.

[dark thunder]

no

[ebon stirrup]

yes

[dark thunder]

nope

[delicate grotto]

That’s probably the biggest drawback with this game’s combat. It’s great, but the enemies need huge open spaces to function well, resulting in mostly flat arenas.

[ebon stirrup]

Time hoppers will not be tolerated.

[dark thunder]

nope

[ebon stirrup]

Stop breaking the rules of time!

[charred oasis]

Does anyone have issues with the bugsplat error crashing the game every once in a while (I have tried all the usual fixes)

[ebon stirrup]

The what?

[charred oasis]

Every time the game crashes there’s a bugsplat error

[ebon stirrup]

Ahhhh

[lofty karma]

My 5070ti isn't getting past the first load animation

[oak temple]

The flat arenas were done by design. It's more like classic Doom

[inner mauve]

I love the bouncy shield upgrade

[smoky reef]

Are Nvidia drivers still struggling with the game? Playing on game pass?

[haughty idol]

Why are doomguys eyes so big in this game?

[lyric palm]

To see the huge guts better 👁️ 👁️

[smoky reef]

First thing I checked was the hair ngl, it felt so weird in eternal

[honest vortex]

I'm replaying DOOM 2016 on Nightmare and I have made it to Kadingir Sanctum and....

It's just pretty good.

That's it.

I was probably one of the biggest 2016 shills on this whole server for the longest time....yet I have to confess it.

The "special magic" is gone

[honest vortex]

I think Dark Ages rewired my whole brain

[uneven dragon]

is this your first replay

[honest vortex]

Nop. Idk what # this replay would be, but I probably have done 15-30 replays since 2016?

I don't know. I didn't keep track of the exact number lol

[uneven dragon]

tbf i think the 30 replays might also be contributing to the lack of magic

[honest vortex]

I mean that point makes sense usually, though I only started feeling this way after I played Dark Ages .

2016 got more and more fun on replays because I kept discovering new strats and trying new quick swap combos and tech I haven't done

I always said 2016 was a game I could never get tired of. So this is very shocking I'm getting like this

[oak temple]

2016 is great but after playing Eternal and TDA it does feel a bit shallow

[lyric palm]

Yeah that's kinda what I think too. Down to personal preference of course. Not that shocking though, maybe just give yourself time apart, enough to rust a bit and forget details, enjoy the new and the magic might come back for the old eventually.

[uneven dragon]

I replayed Doom 2016 after Eternal and it was still just as magic for me tbh, though that might be because I just like the setting, characters and story more (though I also enjoy the gameplay a whole lot too of course)

Haven't replayed 2016 after TDA but I imagine that will feel a little weird as TDA was the type of gameplay I'm looking for in Doom (more classic oriented) so adjusting back to 2016/Eternal style will be odd

[lyric palm]

ngl I didn't know how much I missed straight up sprinting movement until then

[uneven dragon]

yeah same

[rocky badger]

How do you best deal with those machine gunners with metal shields? By far the most annoying enemy

[dusty dagger]

Supershotgun then shield throw

[worldly sun]

I had this stupid thought that a Ultra Nightmare run should end after chapter 18

[strong dragon]

somehow doom the dark ages runs on a 4th gen i7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ_rrGvH9JM

im shocked it even does since the cpu is so old

[vital rapids]

Perks of a dev that actually uses your expensive GPU hardware to some of its potential

[wispy parrot]

Just like the OG doom I appreciate what it did

[oak temple]

TDA is the best game in terms of making you feel like the lore accurate Doom Slayer

[hearty mural]

Can i get help here? Looks like i still need 2 of these wolf statues that are still glowing pink but i got most done and just one collectible needed what did i miss?

[brazen cove]

I mean it was great at the time but after eternal it’s just hard to go back lol

[barren shale]

There's a bunch of things I prefer about 2016 over the later games but yeah the gameplay is much simpler and slower paced than Eternal and Dark Ages. Very few enemies and not much reason to swap weapons other than wanting self imposed variety

[solemn matrix]

Does anyone have the QR code from Juvee Energy Drinks for Doom the Dark Ages to get the Limited Time Skin?

[whole owl]

are they gonna fix berserker achievment

[ornate portal]

how to beat agaddon beast??

[meager vortex]

shield charge+super shot gun+flail=glory strike him

[ornate portal]

flail?

[uneven dragon]

what level

[meager vortex]

or power gauntlet

[ornate portal]

whats that

[uneven dragon]

the melee

[meager vortex]

melee weapon

[ornate portal]

ive tried so many times

😭

[hard thistle]

Speed up

Or turn your difficulty down, there’s no shame in that

[ornate portal]

finally beat him, trick was to use shiled and parry his green attacks then use super shot gun and always keep health over 70

what to do with ruby?

[vital rapids]

👆🏻 tune the game so it is a FUN challenge for you imo

You could do what I practice instead of what I preach, and live/die/repeat ad nauseam until you git almost imperceptibly guder, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone sane tbh

[vital rapids]

#the-dark-ages message

[ebon stirrup]

Y’guys know those Sonic fandubs?

Are there any of those but it’s DOOM instead

If not, when will we get a Doom meme fandub?

[winter idol]

probably never

[ebon stirrup]

Just imagine the comedy gold that would come out of a Dark Ages fandub!

[stoic mica]

Is anyone else having a problem where right click doesn’t pull up the shield?

[hard thistle]

so much guts so many birdies
rip and tear smell the flowers
run walk.
no yes.

[hearty mural]

I got it thanks 😊

[flat quail]

Quick question how the could I do the doom quest thing for the profile on mobile?

[lunar swan]

Pretty sure its over by now

[limber laurel]

double barrel to instant red and then shield

theres probably a better way

im playing on this game on 100% for the first time and EW

i feel like the flash. everything is in slow motion

[hard thistle]

Wtf even is this enemy y’all are talking about?

[plain iron]

Chaingunners.

[limber laurel]

the shields with the horns on them use chainguns

[hard thistle]

The normal soldiers with the metal shield??

I’m sorry I’m trying to find a picture of these guys

[limber laurel]

Chaingunner Soldier in the codex

[vital rapids]

If you're prone to mopping up shields asap as you enter an encounter you might barely notice @hard thistle

[candid jay]

wait this is crazy

[harsh egret]

chaingunners can be a pain in the ass

[candid jay]

so u could run this game completely cpu bottlenecked out the wazoo as long as u have a good gpu?

[vital rapids]

Shotgun is nice for shields, but also plasma is great if you want to heat em up with spammy fire

[harsh egret]

well i have a 12600kf and a 5070ti and it runs rly well so idk

[vital rapids]

It seems to be EXTREMELY efficient with cpu and memory. I think internally, probably almost everything the GPU can accelerate by hook or by crook, it does that work

[harsh egret]

if theres alot of AI in an area then a weaker cpu wouldnt like that, but past that yeah thats probably the case

[brave leaf]

How do you get the twitch drops

It doesn't show a campaign

[hard thistle]

Yeah that might be my issue here
They’re easy health farming at the start of a fight

[wheat sigil]

are*

[harsh egret]

lmao

[hard thistle]

Tbf id tech 8 is brand new, it’s gonna be a bit for kinks to be ironed out

[harsh egret]

i didnt mean it in a bad way, i like annoying enemies as long as they arent just bs

[wheat sigil]

i dislike chaingunners

[hard thistle]

I’m just trying to understand what I’m doing that makes them easy so I could help here

[brave leaf]

I don't feel like making an alt account just to get the drop 😭

[wheat sigil]

they force me to take cover (🤢)

[vital rapids]

I kill the obvious shield strogg~ I mean soldiers right away as I come in, and if I decide to let some live for pickups during the fight, I stay out of their line of fire unless they piss me off

[hard thistle]

Ok yeah I either hit one with the chainshot or impaler then toss the shield

You only need to break one to break them all

[wheat sigil]

the guys with the horns in their shields don't die, and one impaler shot isn't enough for them either

those are the ones i dislike, the other ones are just free restack, i like them

you have to balance their current hindrance (blocking paths) with their potential utility of dropping resources

[hard thistle]

Is this an ultra nightmare thing?

[stray stone]

Is this game gonna run on my rtx 3050 4GB ?

[wheat sigil]

what?

[hard thistle]

There’s a 3050 4GB??? Laptop?

[hard thistle]

I’m just genuinely confused about what this enemy is, despite 100% the game

I assume it's not 4 GB ram

[rancid niche]

I tried that nothing worked

[oak temple]

Probably

[hard thistle]

But 4GB VRAM and more regular ram

[harsh egret]

it will "run" yes

how well is a diff topic

[hard thistle]

If you have less than 8Gb, you need a mod to get it to run

Can it run DOOM?

[hard thistle]

Me playing doom on a pregnancy test (real)

[vital rapids]

I've only seen disaster from 4gb cards, although the GPU itself would be possible

[wheat sigil]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1188393862968922132/1377989041911500860/doom-the-dark-ages-chaingunner.png?ex=683af7cd&is=6839a64d&hm=4ec55c91c28ba07750463f70ac24d8770d04b6b2e735741fa1dc3502655dc206&

normal shield guys are easy to take care of and neat

[hard thistle]

Still better than DOOM 2 (I almost wrote DS2)'s chaingunner since I got shield and a lot of good stuff now

[vital rapids]

I think these are the normal shields that are not in a shield wall. But like I said, I kill shields asap if they can hit me

[hard thistle]

I don’t know if I EVER saw this guy

[stray stone]

4GB is my vram , and 16 gb Ram

[hard thistle]

I was just like 'that's supposed to be the chaingunner? I always just SSG + Shield saw them'

[hard thistle]

That sounds more like it yeah. You never know if it works unless you try

[vital rapids]

The game trains you not to give them time to shine tbh

[hard thistle]

Sucks to be them

[hard thistle]

Yea I think we’re thinking of the normal shield guys

[stray stone]

Well i just started playing eternal so im getting ahead of myself here lol

Ill be getting this game in like ... 2-3 months from now

[hard thistle]

I bought it on release date which is something I very rarely do

[vital rapids]

Perhaps someone at id has watched this conversation and has their hand hovering over the wtfbs slider for the chaingunner in tunables. And we're all going to be very sorry

Proof of the wtfbs slider's existence can be found in the last tune up

[solemn matrix]

It appears that link is not working

[vital rapids]

"doom the dark ages onyx skin" in Google found it for me

[hard thistle]

It's the first time I hear of this skin's exisstence

It looks cool, reminds me of the lux and golden bounty hunter slayer sets (Golden bounty is the favorite skin I have on Eternal), tho without flames.

Eh I don't feel too comfy opting into some newsletter just for a skin

[ebon stirrup]

How does Doomguy fuel his chainsaw passively in eternal? That's simple! He Gasoline-maxs!

[hard thistle]

His chainsaw is fueled by adrenaline

[ebon stirrup]

like Eggman!

[pseudo rampart]

Supposedly now you have to actually buy the doom drink collaboration and scan the code, I haven’t gotten anything through the newsletter

[hard thistle]

Microtransaction with extra steps, it seems

https://tenor.com/view/yoda-star-wars-gif-8063259

[pseudo rampart]

From what I saw the drink was $30, not even microtransactions

Which is upsetting honestly, it’s probably my favorite skin besides the legionary

I’ll end up getting the legionary skin anyways so not too much of a loss I suppose

[hard thistle]

30% 'micro'-transactions? In this economy?
Good thing my preference still goes to GOLDDDD

(I do find it a bit unfortunate I don't have gold in Eternal but eh, It feels nice to have one in TDA)

[pseudo rampart]

I got it on the 15th and then beat it on ult nightmare the 17th, I do enjoy the gold skins

[sullen turret]

Pretty sad they fired Mick Gordon

[feral solar]

I got gold on RELEASE

nah but I got him 16th because I love that damn game

*it

[honest vortex]

I disagree about this.

But Dark Ages kinda makes both games hard to go back to for me

[astral ravine]

played eternal after tda and I fucking dashed forward at a marauder with a blinking green eye lmao

muscle memory

I tried parrying in doom eternal lol

[short plinth]

anyone else having an issue with twitch drops

Watched a guy for 2 hours doing the end of TDA, and got nothing?

I have all connections to twitch, and didn't get shit

[alpine maple]

Yeah the soundtrack is a very clear step down

[sonic turret]

Before Eternal came out, Hugo said that they wanted to make a game that made us not want to play 2016 anymore, and I guess they've succeeded in this twice for the most part.

[alpine maple]

I was replaying through 2016 before TDA came out and i can’t say I agree, Doom 2016 is just pure run and gun goodness, it’s more simple for sure but still cathartic

[sonic turret]

I mean I personally prefer the Bobby Prince stuff more than anything. I thought that Mick's stuff was largely just noise, with the exception of a few more atmospheric tracks such as Exultia etc.

[alpine maple]

Because of the glory kill system alone I might prefer 2016 over TDA, I’ll need to sit it on for a bit but it really does seem like a misfire to not have glory kills for at least anything above fodder demons

[short plinth]

.

[alpine maple]

What I don’t understand is that sometimes you DO have cool cinematic deaths but it’s few and far between

[alpine maple]

We will have to strongly agree to disagree there lol.

Even in Killer Instinct, Mick Gordon’s music was incredible. He absolutely gets you going

The ONLY moment in TDa that had a hype music moment for me so far was ||when Doomslayer rams Charon’s ship into the gate of the living||

[sonic turret]

KI was always good anyway, with or without Gordon.

Same with Doom.

[short plinth]

my message to people still stuck in the past about Mick.

Move on

That ship has sailed

[alpine maple]

It’s not about being stuck in the past, it’s just the reality that new soundtrack is almost universally considered a downgrade in TDA

[short plinth]

it's like obsessing over an ex gf

[alpine maple]

Considering that sales of the game are fairly low and Mick Gordon’s absence is always in the top reasons why people say they don’t buy it(the $70 price tag being number one lmao), it would be foolish to tell people to move on when many already did by not buying the game lol

[short plinth]

objective opinion, but you do you

[alpine maple]

It’s a subjective opinion, yes, but a majority one

[short plinth]

ever heard of day one game pass

[brazen cove]

Maybe I should do it again then, it’s been a while since I’ve done it

[alpine maple]

Gamepass cope does’t work anymore, when we have games like Palworld, Stalker 2, Expedition 33, etc games that launched day 1 on gamepass that sold boatloads

[sonic turret]

I don't think the current music is inferior, I just don't think it's been mixed as well.

[alpine maple]

People buy games that they think look great

TDA just didn’t catch a lot of people sadly. It sucks because I think it’s a good game

[sonic turret]

Pretty much, I don't buy game for the music, I rarely even hear the music until I play the games.

[short plinth]

okay, but to hit 3 million total players on all platforms 7 time faster than Eternal did is quite impressive

[alpine maple]

That’s corpo speak, when they use players and not sales, the game did not perform well. It sold under 1 million copies, 2.2 million of those players were on Gamepass but the completion rate on achievements is not high which means many people dipped and it hasn’t seemed to move Gamepass subs.

Again, I’m not trying to roast TDA specifically, I bought it for $58 on Pc and I like it, but Microsoft/Bethesda are just doing the standard Ubisoft/EA thing

Like they did with Veilguard and Shadows

[short plinth]

community outreach is key

id is still making bank/profit, even with "low sales" of the game

[alpine maple]

I don’t think they are but we will see come Microsoft’s next financial report and any possible layoffs in the future.

Eternal popped off in part because of Covid

[short plinth]

mainly covid

[alpine maple]

100k concurrent players day 1 was massive

For Doom anyway

[short plinth]

because of covid lockdown

5 years ago was a different time, albeit not too long ago

[alpine maple]

I do wonder what’s next for Doom though. Eternal kind of ends the current timeline and I’m not sure they’ll keep doing prequels.

Doom 3 Part 2? lol

[short plinth]

nah. Doom 3 got retconned

[alpine maple]

Ooo so a Doom 3 remake that is canon

[short plinth]

do you know what retcon means

[alpine maple]

Pure survival horror, I’m sure people will LOVE that lmao

[alpine maple]

Yes, that’s why I said they’ll do a full remake that they make canon lmao, though I guess “reimagining” would be more appropriate

[short plinth]

no, they wont

[alpine maple]

Hey, never say never

[short plinth]

Hugo is steadfast on TDA DLC

[brazen cove]

A remake of a game from 2016 sounds silly

[short plinth]

Doom 3 was 2004

[brazen cove]

At least not for a long time idk

[alpine maple]

Doom 3 did NOT come out in 2016

[brazen cove]

Oh doom 3 sorry i just woke up

[alpine maple]

Technically the real Doom 3 is Doom N64

Remake of that??? lol

[short plinth]

a Plutonia remake in idtech 8 would be interesting

[sonic turret]

So what's Final Doom?

[short plinth]

a fan made distro

[alpine maple]

It wasn’t developed by id so we don’t count that <_<

[slender night]

Neither was DOOM 64

[sonic turret]

Neither was Doom 64.

[alpine maple]

True enough tbh

[short plinth]

Plutonia = the Casali Brothers

TNT: EVILUTION = Team TNT. Also, very controversial

[alpine maple]

I guess Doom 3 doesn’t exist

[slender night]

DOOM 3 is DOOM 3

[alpine maple]

They should probably make one xD

[short plinth]

nope

[alpine maple]

It’s not canon anymore, so we need a new one 😄

[short plinth]

not in Hugo's wheel house

[slender night]

We don't

[alpine maple]

I loved Doom 3 so I’m down for a remake/reimagining

[short plinth]

Also, NO ONE wants to deal with Doom 3's shotgun

[brazen cove]

If they do make a remake I hope they also remake the shotgun

[sonic turret]

I mean Doom 2 used exactly the same tech as UD, so perhaps Doom 64 is the real Doom 2 and Doom 3 is really just Doom 3.

[alpine maple]

Big brain

[slender night]

I do

[short plinth]

I feel sorry for you

[slender night]

I don't find it a bad weapon at all, sure the spread is a little fucky but that doesn't mean it's terrible

[short plinth]

D3's shotgun is the WORST in the series

[smoky reef]

Would you say that it'll come any time soon(2-3y)

[slender night]

Worst =/= bad

[alpine maple]

Not a chance but I can dream

[short plinth]

honestly, I hope TDA's DLC gets us acquainted with VEGA and Hayden's backstory

[smoky reef]

I wish that could happen with this engine but huh yeah more likely to have new lore than that

[smoky reef]

Tbh there's so much lore to explore

[short plinth]

Doom lore is like Sleep Token lore

E X P A N S I V E

[hard thistle]

do we have a channel for streming doom in this server?

[smoky reef]

I believe there's no vc

[plain iron]

I just want to see Samur.

[hard thistle]

well that absolutly sucksssss

[smoky reef]

You can create new lore for like 3 games with all the different expansions it has

[smoky reef]

😔 It's what it's, if it's not there it's for a reason I suppose

[hard thistle]

shame though as we can share our streams and stuff but thats dumb, ill go find a server that does allow that. shame though, this a pretty well set up server, good potential

[plain iron]

We did have one. But folk were feral bastards and so it was removed.

[short plinth]

certain bad actors in this server ruined the fun of VC months ago, hence there isn't any VC's

[smoky reef]

Config of the server is great

[smoky reef]

Though it could be something like this, sadly it's pretty common in this type of servers

[short plinth]

did you not play TAG 1

[plain iron]

Same reason why we don't have memes.

[plain iron]

He's still alive lmao

[hard thistle]

thats a shame

[short plinth]

okay, but TDA is a prequel to 2016, not Eternal

[plain iron]

... he was still Samur

He was Samur first.

[honest vortex]

Hugo changed his mind since I think.

During TAG 2 streams, he said neither game are better, just different, and he doesn't want to invalidate any of the games

[short plinth]

but Samur was a seraphim, which, we didn't learn about UNTIL 2016

[plain iron]

Sure he was banished but like. It was to earth. And we go hebeth, which we is right next to nudoom earth

[plain iron]

... we still see him before then. He still blessed us. He's still samur dawg 😭

[short plinth]

we went to the lost city of Hebeth at the end of Mars Core in Eternal

[plain iron]

Have you played like. The first 4 levels of TDA yet? We go to hebeth in TDA. Around the time Samur banished himself to earth.

[short plinth]

I have a 96% completion on UV 150% game speed in TDA

I'm implying we didn't learn about Hebeth until Eternal

[plain iron]

Okay. So like. Didn't need the rest of that. We clearly learnt about hebeth earlier. Bcs like. We fucking went there

[warm comet]

Kay, so final boss is the best final boss of any of the doom games

[short plinth]

I still like humiliating the Cyberdemon in 2016 with weapon wheel BFG glitch

[split gate]

I’m hyped for more content coming up, master levels coming, likely horde mode, new game modes, DLC, and because they’re focusing on the single player experience, they have more time to do so

[short plinth]

ML's for TDA be like

"Oh, you're in the villiage of Khalim? Fine, Have a vagary champion at the start"

[covert goblet]

I actually do hope we see the khan maykr in DLC.
Yes, I know she doesn't meet her end until Eternal, but I would want to see more of how she tries to cover up the deal with hell, and get more of her character.

[sonic turret]

I'd definitely want to see more of Samur Maykr.

[short plinth]

wouldn't be surprised in the least bit, if Thira betrays her post and ends up as Khan Makyr

[covert goblet]

No, the Khan maykr already exists. She's a different character.

[covert goblet]

100%

[split gate]

Fuck it, traps galore

[short plinth]

what I want to know, is if we get more tools in the DLC to further humiliate the cyberdemon

or better yet, would Thira be a perfect Mother Demon from 64

[sonic turret]

I see people on Facebook still complaining about the Arachnotron not having a codex entry, as though it didn't have one in Eternal.

[short plinth]

the arachnotron

Been ignored of any info since 1994

tiny spider with plasma gun go pew pew pew

[sonic turret]

But Doom 64 has already happened by TDA.

[short plinth]

but, doomguy in TDA stays in hell after killing demonic Billy Corgan, which is so end of 64

[hard thistle]

Got take
The fact that TDA has any loading at all in mission is insane given they require an SSD

[short plinth]

you probably have old tech

[hard thistle]

Pcie gen 5 ssd and current gen hardware is not old tech

[short plinth]

didn't I say probably. I wasn't certain if you had old tech or new gen

[honest vortex]

Ye probably

[honest vortex]

Not a final boss though

[short plinth]

Dark Lord is just Marauder with extra steps

[sleek ermine]

Hi Thomas

[hollow sonnet]

Hey can anyone help me figure out how to initiate this encounter and open up this secret door?

I’m trying to initiate the encounter right next to the sentinel shrine and central elevator on The Kar’Thul Marshes and open the secret door right there as well

I’ll have 100% the level if I do

I just unlocked the elevator

[covert goblet]

Power Gauntlet or Flail;
What would y'all say is better melee?
(Dreadmace is pretty different)

[grave pike]

Guys are the ps5 trophies still bugged? Or i can complete those finally like before?

[hard thistle]

Gauntlet

[true wadi]

Did the RPG get updated? They removed the green light that shows you when you have a enhanced shot ready and replaced it with a glowing projectile in your rpg

[covert goblet]

Did it?
I played last night, and it was still the same for me.

[raven helm]

good game

[wide steeple]

i became a believer hoping it would make my game work 🙏🙏

[fleet glade]

If dreadmace was a option I would choose it but I like the flail o er the gauntlet

[covert goblet]

I get that. I like the dreadmace a lot as well.
But the dreadmace works as a one-hit heavy weapon, in contrast to the gauntlet's and flail's 3-hit melee combo.

[fleet glade]

Once I got the dreadmace I didn't unequiped it so I played though the campaign again just using the dreadmace and chainshot

Pretty fun challenge ultra nightmare

The Bane of my existence was the vagarys

[covert goblet]

Vagarys were fine for me. It's the aim-bot cyberdemons that are a pain.

They just melt armor & Shield

[fleet glade]

I just used the shield and cover before using fully charged chainshot a few times

The just die after that

[livid portal]

Isn’t the patch today? Someone said it

[hearty mural]

What patch

[livid portal]

Any

[hearty mural]

Hm am waiting for a new game+ update cause i still need health and weapon upgrades

[fleet glade]

Also what cosmetics should the devs add for the dlc, because eternal had some goated cosmetics for the ancient God dlcs

But it seems like the cosmetics are modeled differently

[hollow sonnet]

Please if anyone knows how to initiate this lmk

Also is anyone kinda disappointed with the weapon options? I use the super shotgun, the chain shot, and sometimes the cycler. That’s it. The rest of the weapons are mid imo

[fleet glade]

Nah I liked the weapon options compared to eternal

Beside the rail spike weapons

[hollow sonnet]

In eternal I found uses for most weapons

Not really on dark ages

Also please let me change what weapon I have when I’m blocking

I’d really love to block something with one weapon and then pull out another to hit after I parry

[fleet glade]

I think eternal prioritized switching weapons quickly while dark ages really didn't allowing for more time spent fighting each enemy

[brazen cove]

do you often have the bug of the shield stopping to work
it's very annoying

[hollow sonnet]

Sometimes

My least favorite thing is that if I hit melee twice because it just. Doesn’t work the first time? Suddenly I’m melee-ing twice and can’t do anything else

Honestly I wish I could turn off the slowdown feature

The game would be so much better if I could turn that off or make it shorter

[fleet glade]

They couldn't do that without removing the chronospike

But I get what your saying

[hollow sonnet]

Idk what that is so I must not be there yet

[brazen cove]

there are mods to remove slow donw

on melee

[hollow sonnet]

Console

[brazen cove]

rip

[hollow sonnet]

Yuh

I don’t have a PC cuz I have a MacBook for audio stuff

Do you get a double jump later in the game btw

I think my biggest disappointment with the game is the lack of vertical mobility

[brazen cove]

no

[hollow sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/ahoklollmao-noooo-nooo-noo-no-gif-17139315586294057944

[fleet glade]

Yeah dark ages definitely doesn't prioritize speed at all

[hollow sonnet]

Which is weird cuz ACTUALLY

I went back to Eternal yesterday for a bit. It’s slower than Dark Ages, movement speed wise

Especially with the sprint

[fleet glade]

Yeah coming right out of eternal I felt the same thing

[hollow sonnet]

When I jumped into dark ages I thought it was slower

Hell I set the game to 150% speed and then went back and was like “fuck I’m running like 300 mph in the new one” and reset it

[vapid lodge]

what kind of launch event are they posting around social media

some huge banner says 5 29 25

"launch event"

[plain tartan]

Doom: The Dark Ages releases on May 15th, 2025 for Xbox, PC and Playstation. Pre order now.

[hollow sonnet]

That was yesterday

[merry pumice]

wrong

the shield bash is lightning quick

and the TDA sprint is really fast compared to eternal base run speed

[oblique fjord]

diddyblud

[hearty mural]

You can set game speed

[vapid lodge]

https://imgur.com/a/pS9XPIH

I meant this.....

ah its a release party

[copper torrent]

You're faster in TDA but the maps are much larger

[thin zinc]

Yeah ive been replaying 2016. Way slower than dark ages. No sprint.

[plain tartan]

how many hours do you have on dark ages

[pseudo rampart]

@hard thistle I found ONE can with the code if I find another one I’ll send a code your way

[light crow]

how on gods green earth do i get the ranger skin in the uk 😭

[chilly flax]

I'm from France, I tried but I couldn't because it's to far or something like that...

[pseudo rampart]

Honestly I’m pretty disappointed with the dark ages skins, eternal was much better at them but still there’s hope we get actual skins and not just recolors. I get it’s hard to make different models tho

[fleet glade]

I hope in the dlc

[pseudo rampart]

I would LOVE a skin of the concept art that was the classic doom guy armor with sentinel pieces on it

[chilly flax]

Yes, recolors are not enough, They could put back the classic DOOM Marine, DOOM II, DOOM 64, the Sentinel, the Praetor suit (2016 and Eternal) from Eternal and just adapting them to TDA and also finally put DOOM³ one, at least all those ones

[fleet glade]

Fr tho some of that concept art was so fire

[fleet glade]

I loved the 2nd or 3rd one where it had him in a mor armored sentinel gladiator outfit

And the one where he had a eldrich eyeball hand

[pseudo rampart]

I agree but I thought it looked too similar to the sentinel training armor from eternal

I do love the design they chose, just wish they didn’t expose the biceps in this one honestly

The exposed biceps felt more like a mobility thing in eternal and they just feel unnecessary in dark ages

[spark elm]

I heard they nerfed the Super Shotgun in this game. On Ultra-Violence, I was able to shield bash + SSG combo defeat a Mancubus.

[fleet glade]

It just kinda makes me thinks of if doom guy had a son

[fleet glade]

[spark elm]

Heard it was like STRONG on hell knights

[fleet glade]

It is

Destroys their armor

[oak temple]

Completion rate on achievements are always way low. It shows how few people complete games as a whole

[astral summit]

I finally got myself a GeForce RTX 3060, i open Doom TDA and!…
i have to update my NVIDIA drivers. I download the driver on the NVIDIA app, and now i have to install it. I click the thing and it still says “preparing to install” right now after like ten minutes. I’ll check back later

[hard thistle]

That's really nice, thanks. Tho if someone else really wants the code too, they can also have it

[smoky reef]

I really hope you can enjoy the game

[terse hollow]

At least everyone can buy the drink it seems like. Not like a pizza restaurant that's only in a few states 😂 stupidest shit

[barren warren]

can confirm that if you call a prince st. pizza location and buy a slice of hellfire pizza to give away over the phone, they’ll give you a code for the ranger skin

[smoky reef]

How would you rate the skin

[barren warren]

reminds me of power rangers so i’d say a solid 4/5

the shade of green and gold does go nice together

which i guess makes sense because of the name after all

[sonic turret]

I'm not really enthused by the current TDA DLC.

[smoky reef]

Bet I was thinking on getting it ngl

[barren warren]

you can also ask what the cheapest menu item that will get you the skin is and buy that instead

[smoky reef]

Will do, thank you!

[foggy breach]

You think that they'll add more classic elements in the Dark Ages?
(designs, references and such)

[frail bloom]

? Whaddya mean enthused

Like excited???

[frail bloom]

Give me muh classic baron

[foggy breach]

I just love seeing the classic games being inserted in whatever way possible in the Modern Doom.

The Imp Stalkers (Classic Imps) are pretty rad.

[frail bloom]

And the lost souls

[smoky reef]

Probably they'll in the dlc but as you said adapted to the new era

[foggy breach]

Makes sense.

[smoky reef]

I love how they're doing it in the base game so I'm sure I'll like it

[delicate grotto]

Yeah Gamepass didn’t help the sales numbers. Few are going to buy a linear singleplayer game, with no multiplayer, after they’ve played it once or twice for free. There’s no incentive to own it once you’ve experienced all it can offer. On the flip side, more players are getting into Doom, and that’s always a good thing.
Doubt the spec requirements helped much either.
Happy id reached a milestone with their player count though.

[sturdy hinge]

I finished the game

[oak temple]

Finally hit 100%

[sturdy hinge]

Yessir

[vital rapids]

Grats

[sturdy hinge]

Azrath got messed up lmao

[oak temple]

There is no DLC out yet

[sonic turret]

How come we don't see much of Emerson? I mean when Hugo was Art Director, he was very much the face of id Software and Doom 2016, along with Marty, but now that they've both been promoted, the new Art Director is still not in the limelight and gets only the occasional mention.

[sturdy hinge]

This was my first doom game, what do you suggest I play next?

[ebon stirrup]

I have one question to ask you, Slayer... What's the name of the VR Company owned by the lizard man?

[sonic turret]

There's like half a dozen different skins, where have you been?

[oak temple]

Ah I thought you meant actual DLC like story.

[vital rapids]

The classic doom games. Doom 1993 / Doom II / Doom 3

[terse hollow]

Those are not considered dlc wtf😂😂 those are just exclusive skins

[sturdy hinge]

I'm not a fan of those older graphics tho 😦

[terse hollow]

Is every new skin fortnite adds a dlc now

[sonic turret]

You download them, they're downloadable, and they're content, thus downloadable content.

[foggy breach]

That's a shame.

[ebon stirrup]

replace Doom 3 with Doom 64

[sturdy hinge]

Eh is it though?

[ebon stirrup]

Doom 3 is not a Doom game

[hard thistle]

it is

[foggy breach]

Loved the vibrant colors imo.

[vital rapids]

It’s a shame, they’re pure fun

[hard thistle]

It says DOOM on the title

[remote thunder]

japanese soldier who kept fighting 29 years after wwii

[scenic lichen]

you mean classic doom game?

[vital rapids]

From Carmack’s ❤️, it’s more Doom than any of us has a right to deny tbh.

[scenic lichen]

because it sure as shit is a doom game

[delicate grotto]

The BFG edition feels more akin to the other Doom games, but vanilla is still very much one itself.

[ebon stirrup]

yes, Doom 3 isn't classic

nor is it modern

[oak temple]

Doom 3 is a Doom game just a very different type of Doom game

Take a shot every time you say Doom

[ebon stirrup]

Didn't Doom 3 nearly kill the franchise?

[vital rapids]

lol no

[scenic lichen]

..no not even close

[oak temple]

No

[scenic lichen]

what do u think it is? halo 5? bruh

[hard thistle]

It did not and even if it almosts did lol, a doom game is still a doom game lmaoo

[scenic lichen]

people loved doom 3 on the xbox, i played it in november 2024 and i can say its a fantastic game with like any other doom game, flaws

[delicate grotto]

You run and gun through the UAC’s labs, surviving as a one man army. No, you don’t reach the same power fantasy as the other games, but you’re still a badass taking on the hordes of Hell. It’s slower, sure, but the latter half of the game always has something waiting for you behind the next door.

[scenic lichen]

and its pr fuckin scary on first playthrough

[delicate grotto]

True lol

[scenic lichen]

first pinky encounter made me shit myself

[vital rapids]

Doom 3 is both good, and a Doom game by Carmack’s id according to their vision, Romero notwithstanding. Any time we decide their game per their vision isn’t Doom, we’re simply wrong tbh.

[delicate grotto]

Same bro. Did not expect that thing to break through the glass lmao

[sonic turret]

In Doom 3?

[scenic lichen]

Yuh

[delicate grotto]

The thing’s horrific looking and the game has it get right up close and personal with you as a first time “Hello”

[oak temple]

Doom as a series is always changing

[delicate grotto]

I prefer Doom 2016’s direction with the series, but I love all Doom games. TDA is my favorite of them all.

I liked that D3 tried something different. I felt id succeeded in creating a fun, action-horror experience.

[covert blaze]

https://imgur.com/a/DkIg6VU 😍

[astral summit]

First level done. Absolutely based

[oak temple]

It only gets crazier from there

[smoky reef]

Enjoy the level of craziness you'll find soon

[astral summit]

Aight help i’m on the shield saw tutorial and i have to destroy enemy shields but i keep shooting them and nothing changes and i launch the shield saw and it just kills the enemies and the counter doesn’t go up

[vocal sentinel]

I just boosted

[delicate grotto]

Sweet

[astral summit]

Apparently this is a known issue. You just need to disable tutorials

[delicate grotto]

Yes, that one area in particular

Couple people have had the same issue. Very odd.

[mild loom]

hey guys just wanted to ask whats the best way you guys found to deal with the arachnotrons

[barren warren]

shield charge + one ssg blast to instakill

for armored arachnotrons, shield charge + ssg blast + shield throw + ssg blast

i think one reaver shot can also insta kill/stagger but i’m not sure

[opaque crow]

Did the berserker trophy get fixed?

[arctic flame]

I've had a ~690 megabyte update on steam, not sure if it was today or yesterday but my game is very buggy, climbing walls only to fall down and retrying 3-4 times after eventually succeeding, the shield too is acting up, I've died 3 times in 3 different encounters after parrying or blocking a Hell Knight, Battle Knight, Vagary or Cyberdemon.

Anyone else having issues?

Even when going in for an execution or glory kill, I sometimes get thrown to the other side of the arena

[astral summit]

The plasma rifle equivalent doesn’t sound very plasma-like

[vital rapids]

ugh. Even actual John Romero gets some absolute knobjockey criticising his fps in chat when he streams a game 😂

[fresh thicket]

Hi guys, I'm having an issue with an infinite loading screen in DOOM. It throws a driver error, even though the latest one is installed.
Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

Completely removed all drivers and reinstalled them

Updated the BIOS

Disabled the integrated graphics through BIOS and Windows

Set launch parameters in Steam

Reinstalled the game 3 times

My PC configuration: R5 7600X + RX 6800 XT
Has anyone else encountered this infinite loading issue and managed to fix it?

[astral summit]

What happens when you hit the ground too hard:
Half-Life: you die
Doom The Dark Ages: demons around you die

[hard thistle]

I think someone had this at some point, and downgrading the driver fixed it.

Not sure how much of a downgrade though.

[fresh thicket]

so only the latest version of the driver has support for the game

[honest vortex]

2016 has your favorite direction but Dark Ages is your favorite game?

[hard thistle]

Weird.

I know for me I haven't updated drivers, and it still works. Not sure what'll fix it then.

knobjockey? New world learned today

[hard thistle]

Doesn't sound like an oxymoron

Direction can be interpreted in many ways, and a game is more than a direction, there's many 'finer things' that make a complete game

[honest vortex]

I kinda agree though in a way though. I think 2016 has the best story, lore, and characters and general "mystery".

[delicate grotto]

I preferred the story direction in 2016, but appreciate the creative freedom id has taken advantage of with the Doom IP in Eternal and now TDA.

[fresh thicket]

I've already tried everything, the latest driver that is needed is installed, but it still gives an error that such and such a driver is needed (which is already installed)

[hard thistle]

Yeah the story presentation of 2016 is my favorite outside of the cutscenes being unskippable (I prefer more direct and to-the-point cutscenes over teh more conventional storytelling of Eternal and TDA, but being able to skip stuff is nice for replays)

[honest vortex]

Yeah, I'm the same, for Dark Ages atleast (for creative direction)

[copper scarab]

If you are on Steam add this:

+com_skipIntroVideo 1

to your launch options as it skips the intro which could get you to the main menu if that's your problem

[hard thistle]

I also liked 2016 being more simplistic

Tho overall TDA might just be my favorite. Might since I don't want to give in to recency bias

[honest vortex]

The dynamic between Slayer and Hayden was one of the best in FPS history. But I wish the cutscenes were skippable as well

[fresh thicket]

mine freezes after warnings, there is a loading screen, and yes it didn't help me(

[honest vortex]

Also a lot of checkpoints are BEFORE cutscenes.

So when you die, you have to sit through the cutscene again. :/

[hard thistle]

Love the whole 'overconfident and self-righteous, 'professional' boss'/'disgruntled employee' dyanmic between the two

[copper scarab]

There are so many things it could be which is what makes it so difficult atm, have you tried verifying game files to see if any may be corrupt or missing?

[honest vortex]

Dark Ages is my favorite as well.

Though I do like 2016 more than Eternal.

[hard thistle]

I'm currently preferring Eternal over 2016 but I am seeing some things I like less that only stood out to me after 2016 and TDA

Like, the SSG sounds like a stapler in Eternal. Does not feel weighty

[fresh thicket]

and checked for integrity, and downloaded from steam, xbox game

[lavish kindle]

The Eternal SSG sound is an embarrassment. Absolutely zero punch to shots and the reload is basically silent.

[fresh thicket]

Help pls😭

[hard thistle]

I'm afraid I dunno what to do

I think ChatGPT would seriously know more than I do in this case since I don't play modern DOOM on steam

[fresh thicket]

gpt chat gives useless answers, it didn't help me

[hard thistle]

Hope the more tech-savvy folks in this place show up

[fresh thicket]

I also hope for the best, unfortunately, what I tried didn't help me, in my opinion, I updated everything I could, but it didn't help

[stone mica]

Is there a fix for that permanent black screen bug I’ve paid 70 pounds to not even see the main menu

[fresh thicket]

same thing brother

[stone mica]

It’s pathetic

[outer herald]

is there any way to quick switch melee weapons

i just got the third one and its so annoying to have to open the dosier every time

[pseudo rampart]

No. It’s designed to have you pick your favorite and run with it. Quick switching it would still reset the charges anyways so it would be fairly pointless

[foggy breach]

Wait wait, they nerfed the super shotgun?

[harsh egret]

against the hell knight and some armored enemies yh

[frail bloom]

So, what does john think of tda

[foggy breach]

Dang 😔

[frail bloom]

The big john

[harsh egret]

its good nerf

[frail bloom]

John romero john

[wheat sigil]

needs more of a nerf

[harsh egret]

i only had time to watch him do the intro

[frail bloom]

I haven't watched it yet

[harsh egret]

was gonna watch the rest but got preocupied

with the intro i mean the opening scene

ok dud

[frail bloom]

Uh huh

[hard thistle]

I hardly need to quick switch when I got the SSG

[frail bloom]

Did anyone watch romero's stream lol

[hard thistle]

Wait, hardly? More like, never. Unless I run out of ammo of course

[hard thistle]

I have not, any tl;dw?

[frail bloom]

I haven't either I'm asking for summaries

[hard thistle]

oh lmao

[copper scarab]

Have you tried;

• Windows fully up to date

• Do a clean boot of Windows, just make sure there's no background processes conflicting with Doom loading

• Download and Use Display drive Uninstaller from AMD;

The general process for using DDU involves:

1. Downloading the latest version of DDU and the desired AMD driver package from
   AMD's official website.
2. Disconnecting the PC from the internet to prevent Windows Update from
   automatically installing a generic driver.
3. Booting Windows into Safe Mode.
4. Running DDU, selecting "GPU" and "AMD," and choosing the "Clean and restart"
   option.
5. Once the PC restarts into normal mode, install the previously downloaded AMD
   driver pack (latest driver, if that doesn't work repeat process and try AMD Adrenalin 25.4.1)

[harsh egret]

he had like 800 viewers surely theres someone here

[hard thistle]

Waiting for romero to summarize
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnzRBZd5_uA

Love this ost