the-dark-ages

[frosty roost]

I'm so excited for re9 and silent hill

[obsidian shard]

Hell yeah dude, hope y'all have fun,
Just got off work myself! Gonna make dinner in a bit then do my workout

[merry sapphire]

additional content makes it sound like less of a dlc and more of a content update, even though it is technically what a dlc is. so probably AI garbage icl

[harsh egret]

I also have slight suspicions that it might be AI lol

and it just grabbed the only date related to TDA and randomly tied it with new content

[elder raven]

hello i am the doom the dark ages dlc. ask me anything

[obsidian shard]

Words

[merry sapphire]

i mean i think thats the latest possible release date they are allowed to have

assuming it has the same one year deadline of doom eternal dlc

[obsidian shard]

There is no "one year' deadline on the dlc

[merry sapphire]

the devs didnt really give any timeframe so anything is possible

[obsidian shard]

2026 is our time frame (Confirmed)

[merry sapphire]

wait seriously? thats uuge im not gonna lie

[harsh egret]

Well then we shouldnt be assuming it has a deadline

[merry sapphire]

did hugo say that?

[merry sapphire]

Fair. im just going by DE

[harsh egret]

Well you shouldnt

[obsidian shard]

Tip #1 with anything Dark Ages

Nothing is like Eternal

[harsh egret]

^

[merry sapphire]

that is true

[potent parcel]

are you a one part of some Ancient God ? .

[obsidian shard]

What's up Bajookie

[solid nacelle]

With everything they're packing into this thing at this point I would be surprised if the dlc makes a spring release

[elder raven]

no. i am dark ages dlc sir

[merry sapphire]

hope we get like a visual teaser of some sort soon though. the concept art of the dlc looked sick

[harsh egret]

And shivero I really hope you're not expecting any announcement and the Dice awards

[merry sapphire]

whats the dice awards

[harsh egret]

they roll the dice on who wins awards

[potent parcel]

I am wondering how long it actually is, 'cause some of the stuff Hugo says they've got in there doesn't make sense for a pack of two or three missions

[obsidian shard]

I hope they announce that Dark Ages wins smth

[harsh egret]

jk

[merry sapphire]

they should actually do that

[harsh egret]

same

[harsh egret]

tga already does that

[solid nacelle]

They should rock paper scissors for it obviously

[merry sapphire]

also do dice awards even announce anything i thought they were like the golden joystick awards

[obsidian shard]

A video game award show for video games

[obsidian shard]

Rock paper wizard it

[harsh egret]

for legal reasons thats also a joke

[merry sapphire]

lowkey'

[harsh egret]

they dont, which is why i was sayin that

just in case lol

[merry sapphire]

if they have a livestream chat im gonna spam the dark ages hype train and then tweak out on twitter when we dont get an announcement

[harsh egret]

I do recommend not expecting anything and just waiting for it to drop cuz otherwise u are gonna be dissapointed every time its not announced

[merry sapphire]

i am joking

[obsidian shard]

Always bet on nothing

[harsh egret]

Like atm I genuinely do not expect any announcement in the next couple of months at least

[merry sapphire]

thats is true, but im always gonna expect something cause i dream big 💪

[obsidian shard]

"Introducing 12 gorillas in a Pringles can"

[harsh egret]

But I dont expect it either to drop by may 15th or anything

[obsidian shard]

My est is still around/by August

[potent parcel]

fair I guess. but an announcement is not a release
whether it's announced or not you still can't play it yet 😛

[merry sapphire]

only expectation i have is the dlc dropping before may 15th, but it is based on basically nothing so im not counting on it that much

[harsh egret]

https://tenor.com/view/avengers-endgame-hawkeye-no-please-no-no-sad-gif-16886381

[solid nacelle]

What if we get ripatorium 3.0 before dlc

And then like 4.0 after or something

[harsh egret]

well i was talking about an announcement, poor wording i guess

[split gate]

No announcement today, there’s always tomorrow 🫡🫡

[potent parcel]

living for the moment!

[harsh egret]

ripatorium 6.66

[potent parcel]

of the announcement

[merry sapphire]

what can they even add other than quality of life stuff. ripatorium is in a really good spot right now so id rather they just make master levels or new unique content

[slender night]

Idk guys I got one of my childhood games announced to be rereleased during the State of Play, I can live with no DLC reveal

[obsidian shard]

My wishlist is Ripatorium goes up to 5.0 or 6.66 (number looks nice)
Master Campaign/NG+ (Bring back Dragon and Atlan upgrade system???) and DLC

[merry sapphire]

i know its all but confirmed explicitly that we getting a master campaign so cant wait for dat

[harsh egret]

new maps too, also dlc enemies post dlc

[merry sapphire]

they could do a dlc map like the frozen hell one

[solid nacelle]

I think there's a lot they could do in terms of more customization to make encounters feel like your own, enforcers would be nice, new maps, dlc enemies + whatever new weapons and goodies it adds

[obsidian shard]

I also want a free roam on Serrat mode and or a Photo mode

[harsh egret]

yees

photo mode we need fr

[obsidian shard]

Ong

[merry sapphire]

photomode is a must they gotta add that

[solid nacelle]

Photo mode would be great for my ripatorium thumbnails

[merry sapphire]

also i find it funny how doom eternal photo mode is still in "beta"

[potent parcel]

I am wondering now if we've actually seen the last of Serrat in "Reckoning", or if he went to hell
could we be riding some zombie skeleton dragon in the DLC?

[solid nacelle]

I also think it would be nice to choose to have certain enemies respawn, rather than have the entire wave just go again

[potent parcel]

'cause, like, the Slayer came back

[harsh egret]

I really hope nothing like that will happen, just takes away the impact of his death during the azhrak fight

[merry sapphire]

they really should do what doom eternal did and kill off a single zombie if they are the last one in a wave and they are far from you

[potent parcel]

fair
maybe a different zombie skeleton dragon then

[harsh egret]

thats almost worse

[solid nacelle]

That would be very nice

[harsh egret]

just finds a replacement right after he dies

[merry sapphire]

yeah the thing is that his death (to me atleast) had no felt impact

[harsh egret]

lore wise it makes no sense is what im tryina say

[merry sapphire]

i thought the dragon was gonna be like a huge part of the story n shi. just to have like 2 cutscenes that show the dragon interactions

[merry sapphire]

i guess yeah

but like, id rather cool shi that kinda break the lore. i mean that already happened multiple times in the lore

keyword on kinda

[obsidian shard]

I mean it's in 1/3 of the games
The issue is it's connection to us is in its codex

[potent parcel]

I kinda get that. I do get attached to animal characters so I can't say I felt nothing, but I didn't feel like his death was earned either

[merry sapphire]

do you mean narritive and emotional wise or just straight up lore and continuity

nevermind read the message wrong

[obsidian shard]

Straight up, Theirs like 5-6 levels with Serrat

[merry sapphire]

yeah they should have fleshed out the dragon more in cutscenes

[obsidian shard]

(Need a Serrat Statue)

[potent parcel]

gameplay-wise Serrat felt more like an extension of the Slayer than like his own character

[harsh egret]

i didnt feel that way

[merry sapphire]

they really should have added alot more memorable cutscenes with serrat. maybe have him be more of an active role in the story other than "here you can ride him now"

[harsh egret]

dude I swear my serrat youtooz package is either lost or they just scammed me

I dont understand where it is

They didnt even answer my last email about it

[merry sapphire]

maybe making him be apart of the levels where you can see him attack demons in the background or cutscenes. just like show more of him that isnt just you riding him

[obsidian shard]

Reach out to em!!! That's strange asf that you haven't gotten it yet

[harsh egret]

I emailed them 3 weeks ago

I guess ill try again

[merry sapphire]

i agree

[obsidian shard]

Cant believe I'm saying this but make a post on the youtooz reddit

The support is pretty active on there

[potent parcel]

I guess that's why I think if they showed that Serrat went to hell and he could resist its influence that would flesh him out as a character a bit more, even if it undermined his death scene
but that's a double-edged sword I suppose. Adds one thing and takes away another.

[harsh egret]

checked their site rn and it says "estimated arrival jun 29 - jul 27"

i wonder if thats not updated from last year or if thats this year lol

[obsidian shard]

..... Damn dude....

[harsh egret]

it still also says "preorder item"

thats also like the exact time frame im gonna be in another country

[elder raven]

it will come the same time the dlc does

[obsidian shard]

Rip

[elder raven]

(tomorrow)

[potent parcel]

the DLC will be released on the same day your delivery date will be announced

[harsh egret]

Maybe my Serrat figurine is dead

Lore accurate figurine

[potent parcel]

Azrahk figurine gets delivered instead, to gloat

[obsidian shard]

"Absolute Dead pic"

[obsidian shard]

YES PLEASE

[vocal grotto]

anyone getting serious amounts of fps dps even on a high end rig?

i set everything to low, there's nothing for me to do and it still dips

[harsh egret]

is this recent or

[vocal grotto]

yep right now

wanted to give this game another shot after it disappointed me

[harsh egret]

weird, all i heard recently was some issues with performance on w11

but disable discord overlay and see if that fixes anything

otherwise idk, i got a good pc myself and it runs well

[vocal grotto]

ill try this

seems to have smoothed things out but something still feels off

[obsidian shard]

Turn up music to 20% louder then Sound Effects

(it's better imo)

[frail bloom]

Day 3 of asking for maykr drones and lost souls for the ripatorium

[marble tulip]

Cool

[vocal grotto]

oh god no music stays off

sorry, this game's music is not it. i have my own playlist, my first playthrough i was snoring from the music

[harsh egret]

[obsidian shard]

Music was updated in August to be good

It was not good at launch

[vocal grotto]

i revisited after that update, i believe heavy fighting never triggered due to a bug

[obsidian shard]

The music is good, why don't you like it?

[vocal grotto]

but yea no music is still weak, it doesn't kick at all compared to the previous entries

regardless of the genre it literally does not have that same kick

the only track that i like from this game is unchained predator, that one goes pretty hard but the rest i dont like them. i listened to each one individually afterwards too, they're not hitting the spot man lol

[obsidian shard]

I can understand not liking it, But could you explain a little more?

[vocal grotto]

explain what exactly?

its literally not tickling my brain like its supposed to

like every other track from the previous entries do

its not getting me pumped or excited, if anything its just blue balling me

[obsidian shard]

I hayve you tried listening to the GameRips like Eternal?

[vocal grotto]

i have

[obsidian shard]

Since FM composed like 8 Hours of Music and had to get like 3 minutes per track, ALOT gets Missed

[vocal grotto]

i dont know what to tell ya man, they shouldve gone with andrew and the other guy instead of this band for the music

the two dudes that did eternal's dlc were amazing, its disappointing

[obsidian shard]

You don't like the Main Menu? Or any of the Cosmic Realm Stuff?

[obsidian shard]

It's not Disappointing, you just don't like it,

Big difference between the OST being "Disappointing" and "Not it" vs you not liking it

[vocal grotto]

you saying it kicks as much ass as the previous games?

[harsh egret]

it kicks more ass than the previous games

[obsidian shard]

It's different for sure

[harsh egret]

how bout that

but not everyone agrees and it is what it is

[vocal grotto]

sure we dont agree but we dont have to lie to ourselves

[harsh egret]

?

[vocal grotto]

it does in fact not kick more ass than the previous two

[obsidian shard]

It's like how I like Dark Ages more than Eternal,

Eternal isn't bad it just doesn't hit like Dark Ages does FOR ME

[harsh egret]

u just said its ok to disagree then just call what i believe a lie

[twilit stone]

It has about as many highs and lows as Eternal's OST had imo

[vocal grotto]

you said it kicks more ass than the previous two

[harsh egret]

and i said its ok if u dont agree, people have this thing called "taste"

[vocal grotto]

i think everyone can collectively disagree with that lol

[harsh egret]

no

[obsidian shard]

No

Jinx

[twilit stone]

Not really lol what

[obsidian shard]

As I said, You can dislike it, but Insulting it just ain't it

[vocal grotto]

not insulting it

speaking of

why did they decide to go with forced rt anyway

they had an rt implementation with eternal

[twilit stone]

Because Microsoft

[vocal grotto]

dont see why they couldnt have done the same thing

[vocal grotto]

might be bethesda, they pulled that with indiana jones, it uses the same engine as this game

[obsidian shard]

Faster Loading times
Faster dev times (maps are 5-10x larger then Eternal Each, and would've taken 2-3 maps to bake)

[harsh egret]

i dont think bethesda chooses to force RT lol

[obsidian shard]

Its does not
Dark age Uses idtech 8
Jones uses 7.5

[vocal grotto]

oh it uses a fork

[obsidian shard]

Also as said the Devs could see their work instantly!
Instead of waiting 2-3 months

[vocal grotto]

how does forced rt correlate to load times

[harsh egret]

the game doesnt have to load baked-in lighting

[obsidian shard]

Dark ages loads near instantly, unlike the previous 2

[vocal grotto]

at the cost of rt

thats not a good trade off like at all lol

[harsh egret]

y are u thinking of only the problems RT causes and not the problems it solves lol

[vocal grotto]

an option to turn it off would be neat, but i think its engine level aye?

[harsh egret]

yes

[vocal grotto]

because i couldnt care less for rt, let alone get forced to use it and suffer a performance hit

i hate having to use fsr on a flagship card lmao

[harsh egret]

you dont care but u dont know how it helps the devs

its not really just added for the memes

[obsidian shard]

The whole lighting system uses Raytracing

Baked lighting also would've added 40-110 Extra GB to the game

[vocal grotto]

thats what i mean, is it worth hitting the perf of most of your user base

[obsidian shard]

Considering the cost of Dev time it is

[marble tulip]

I think they should have made Kreed bounce twice like a ball in his boss fight

Boing boing

[obsidian shard]

Peak

[vocal grotto]

on my laptop, i could get 140 fps on max settings on eternal, couldnt hit 60 fps on all low for dark ages tho

[harsh egret]

thats debatable, but it also doesnt need to run as fast as eternal cuz that game is a faster paced game in a lot of ways, this one isnt
and this game still runs well even compared to other modern non RT titles

[vocal grotto]

i still played through the game fully, but yea that kinda sucked

[vocal grotto]

oh absolutely its still better than most rt implementations out there

[obsidian shard]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/971218217852862544/1469897997713277124/doom_rt.PNG?ex=698f4370&is=698df1f0&hm=7dc4cb7de69a88cba0a2c13504efcc45c3ff90615de71b1c9c798253a87c412c&

[vocal grotto]

its id software we're talking about, but lack of option is frustrating. especially if you were stuck with a laptop like me lol

[twilit stone]

Best character in the game.

[obsidian shard]

The Game can run on Handhelds at a stable 30+fps

[vocal grotto]

i wont get into handhelds but personally i cant accept anything less than 60

[harsh egret]

whats ur specs

[obsidian shard]

5000 sq km is Fucking HUGE

[vocal grotto]

too choppy, too used to 60+ now

[versed quarry]

Well why don't you make a game if you want it like that

[vocal grotto]

7900 xtx nitro+ with a bit of oc, and a 7800x3d

[vocal grotto]

what does this even mean

[harsh egret]

amd gpu moment

[vocal grotto]

?

[twilit stone]

https://tenor.com/view/michael-jackson-comendo-picoca-gif-9669437860846841235

[harsh egret]

RT runs worse on amd gpus from what I know

[vocal grotto]

yes it does

[versed quarry]

Like Sneaky said, it helps the devs, so they decided to make it raytracing only.

[harsh egret]

well there u go

[warm ibex]

and with all the metroidvania and backtracking hugo has talked about, I wouldn't be surprised if some dlc areas are the same size or bigger 👀

[vocal grotto]

every other non rt game runs great, thats why im not happy with this game forcing rt regardless of how it affects dev time

[harsh egret]

inb4 they are prepping for open world doom game next

[warm ibex]

god I hope not

[harsh egret]

(pls no)

[twilit stone]

PLEASE NO

[warm ibex]

glad we're on the same page lol

[obsidian shard]

No shit, this is a RT game, why would you compare to a NON-rt game bruv

[twilit stone]

ID RATHER A DATING SIM

[harsh egret]

doom dating sim

[versed quarry]

It's their game. If it's easier for them they're obviously gonna choose it. Making games is hard dude. Why don't you try it.

[obsidian shard]

https://tenor.com/view/jynxzi-money-show-me-the-money-money-money-junko-gif-7810633187108694376

[twilit stone]

anything over open world, im not having this shit become Halo Infinite, I won't go through that again

[vocal grotto]

well, if we're comparing rt games, i doubt eternal counts since the rt was an afterthought but it runs amazingly with rt on

even on my laptop, but i have to reduce the settings cuz lack of vram

[obsidian shard]

as said Eternal also has to run LESS Stuff

[harsh egret]

it is what it is man, u could take a look at a presentation Tiago from is software held a while back that explains it further, but yh it wouldnt really change the fact that it runs worse for u

but at least then u get a better understanding

[versed quarry]

(Obviously it's Doomguy dating Valen/J)

NO DONT FIRE EMOJI THAT

[vocal grotto]

yea it really wouldnt lol. still getting fps dips tho which is odd, only on one mission from what ive tried so far

[frail bloom]

Can't wait for that dlc music

[vocal grotto]

from 170 fps down to 50s

[frail bloom]

Really liked the base game music

[twilit stone]

it's good

reminds me of Quake II and Dusk, i liek

[frail bloom]

What lies below is groovy, isn't it

Blood Red feels very mystical

[twilit stone]

Into the Void has Rip and Tear energy

[frail bloom]

And raunchy

[obsidian shard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrdeqMMMK0&t=10s

[harsh egret]

yeah that one

[warm ibex]

overall I like the tda ost more than the previous two 🤔

[frail bloom]

Unchained predator is like 2016's rip and tear

[versed quarry]

Do you know what that word means?

[frail bloom]

No

Like gruff

[obsidian shard]

Y'all dont wanna know how badly i wanna have a yap sesh with Tiago

[frail bloom]

Right?

[harsh egret]

Gloden it seems everyone here disagrees with u on the music or i guess everyone is lying to themselves

[frail bloom]

Uh did I say smt wrong

[twilit stone]

I meant that Into The Void sounds more akin to Rip and Tear compared to Unchained Predator, that one is definitely the flagship TDA track

[frail bloom]

No bc the energy I guess

[twilit stone]

well ur wrong but it's oke 😊

[frail bloom]

It's not tied to any story stuff it's just rip and tear and have fun

Is the vibe I'm getting

[obsidian shard]

https://tenor.com/view/omniman-gif-26206182

[harsh egret]

lmao

[warm ibex]

I'm sorry I'm not unhealthily obsessed with mick gordon 😔

[versed quarry]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1127080013351620608/1471683551723388938/Screenshot_2026-02-12_184439.png?ex=698fd39d&is=698e821d&hm=f47c5dae15d88cf6a9088627fe062689f862cbbe1c11f49c390d688899c7209f&

[twilit stone]

i'm not either, I think half of Eternal's basegame OST is AIDS

[frail bloom]

Jesus christ

Never mind

[versed quarry]

LMAO

[harsh egret]

what about tda

[frail bloom]

Gritty.

That's the word.

Holy

[warm ibex]

https://tenor.com/view/speed-ishowspeed-ishowmeat-funny-laugh-gif-3834932356741800396

[versed quarry]

It's chill dude. I'm dying laughing right now.

[twilit stone]

there's only one TDA track I explicitly dislike, half of them I think are kinda bland and half of them I think are fantastic

[frail bloom]

Guys when you're stupid like me, life is an adventure

[frail bloom]

colossus unleashed

Sorry guys

I'm sorry

[obsidian shard]

Which one

[twilit stone]

Blood Red

[frail bloom]

NOOOOO

[obsidian shard]

nah nah nah, I made it good in my remix

[frail bloom]

That's one of my favs aw shucks

[frail bloom]

I must listen

[warm ibex]

https://tenor.com/view/batman-robert-pattinson-even-he-was-weirded-tf-out-gif-15176894105768856817

[versed quarry]

Are you not subscribed to Sneaky? Heretic!

[frail bloom]

I am

I just gotta catch up

[twilit stone]

I think it's really annoying I'm sorry, like there's some parts that are cool but I don't know, maybe it's because Holy City of Aratum is so fucking long and so it just goes oooon and ooon. It's not a bad track, it's just.. annoying

[frail bloom]

Y'know what fair I hate harbringer from 2016 so it's even

[harsh egret]

i do actually agree, blood red is ok imo but its one of the fev that i dont really listen to in my free time honestly

[frail bloom]

Aw c'mon it's just the Doom 3 theme 30 times over

Not really but the combat theme is the same

[twilit stone]

yeah but doom 3 cool

[green estuary]

For me you just can’t beat 2016’s OST
I’d put either TDA or tag1 around a close second/third place, then followed by eternal’s main campaign and then tag2

[vapid lodge]

Doom Eternal just got a small update on steam

[frail bloom]

I'd go eternal, tda, tag 1, 2016, tag 2

[vapid lodge]

Idk what it is

[green estuary]

Yeah it’s just the mod launcher

[twilit stone]

i'd rank em 2016, TAG2, Eternal, TDA, TAG1

[frail bloom]

Interesting

[twilit stone]

i think Eternal and TDA are kinda even tho

[green estuary]

Idk I just never connected with eternal’s music the same way I did with tda and 2016’s
Like don’t get me wrong, it’s easily in my top 5-10 gaming soundtracks oat but idk it doesn’t quite hit the same

[harsh egret]

for me its TDA, Eternal, TAG 1, 2016, TAG 2

[twilit stone]

you can't be saying that when TAG2 has bloody Immora bruh

[harsh egret]

im saying that exactly cuz it has immora

[green estuary]

I’m not a fan of the world spear music all that much, same with reclaimed earth

[harsh egret]

how about that

[frail bloom]

Tag 2 just feels inconsistent, you have immora, but reclaimed earth feels tame

[green estuary]

Immora is tuff though

[frail bloom]

World spear is pretty good

[versed quarry]

https://tenor.com/view/doom-doom-the-dark-ages-doom-true-launch-the-true-doom-launch-the-true-gif-17039720600748597696

[frail bloom]

But like it's only 3 songs

[twilit stone]

I just like TAG2's whole OST i dunno lol

[green estuary]

Too bad the level itself is kinda ass

Like even the dark lord track goes so hard but the fight is just so bad

[obsidian shard]

Dark Ages may be my favorite but I love em all

[versed quarry]

I still kinda liked it honestly. Not the Dark Lord bossfight though.

[twilit stone]

I play too much modded Eternal holy shit lol

[obsidian shard]

It's like choosing a favorite child

It'll always be the good one that is like me

[frail bloom]

Oh I forgor abt the dark lord track

Which is great but

[harsh egret]

i mean world spear is nice, reclaimed earth is bangin', but immora just brings it down alot for me

[twilit stone]

that is an flaming take ngl

[frail bloom]

No way headstomp isn't up there for you

[twilit stone]

that is like my 3rd favourite track of the nudooms

[harsh egret]

• in game immora sounds just not great imo

its the mixing from what i remember

i havent played tag in a bit

[frail bloom]

We can't count that

[twilit stone]

yeah no i agree with that, it is not done justice in-game cuz half the time the light combat theme is playing, sucks ass

[frail bloom]

Tag 2's mixing is like atrocious

[harsh egret]

yeah but im counting the gamerip too lol

[frail bloom]

It ruins everything

And Tag 1's too

[twilit stone]

yeah I dont know how people can shit on TDA's mixing when TAG1-2 is so much worse

[harsh egret]

from memory i really dont recall the mixing being so poor the way it is on immora

[frail bloom]

It's too quiet

[twilit stone]

TDA's ost, for all its problem, might actually have the best mixing ngl

[frail bloom]

Nah that goes to 2016

[harsh egret]

yeah now it does sound very good

[frail bloom]

It changes based on what you do in combat

[twilit stone]

well.. EVERY "which game did it best?" thing goes to 2016 sooooooo

[frail bloom]

That is top tier mixing, even if I don't jive with 2016's by itself that much

[frail bloom]

Not combat no sir

Even if it is fun-ish

[twilit stone]

okay yeah ill give u that one

[frail bloom]

Still holds up, kinda

[twilit stone]

i mod these games to hell and back so i've balanced the game a lot better personally

[versed quarry]

Imma be honest, 2016 was my least favorite out of the modern games. Maybe out of all of the mainline games. (excluding 3 because I never played it)

Yall can kill me for that if you want.

It's my truth.

[twilit stone]

fair enough, I can see why. It's combat is unrefined, it's techno industrial thrash metal isn't for everyone, some of the demon designs can be kinda lame looking

[frail bloom]

It's my fav just bc of aesthetic and the immersion

Not everything needs to be combat or music for it to be your fav

[twilit stone]

I just love sci-fi industrial stuff, like when I first played it, it was like Dead Space on steroids and even more metal, that aesthetic just clicks for me

[versed quarry]

It's possible that my memory about 2016 is confused, as 2016 was my first DOOM game.

[frail bloom]

Also navigating the maps feels fun

Except the out of bounds death stuff

Just stupid

[harsh egret]

i like how every game just made u falling off the map more and more forgiving

[twilit stone]

it just feels the most DOOM to me still. Most of the fantasy elements are kept to a minimum, there's this eerieness to it that the originals and DOOM 3 had, it's all first person, it's got all this sci-fi tech talk and jargon in the codex, i love it

[frail bloom]

Definetely

[green estuary]

thinking about 2016's platforming makes me cringe

[harsh egret]

lmao

[green estuary]

legitimately ruined a UN attempt missing a jump in necropolis

[twilit stone]

I wish falling still insta-killed u

[frail bloom]

Ew

It's like a net negative

Like why

[harsh egret]

speaking of UN, i just got to siege 1 on UN, new pb 🥳

[frail bloom]

Yippee

Siege 1 ain't bad

[twilit stone]

i like to torture myself i think lol

[frail bloom]

Probably

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/bean-finger-gif-13499385444378678082

[green estuary]

noice

[frail bloom]

I'd say the hardest level is nethraul

Cause of how boring it is

[green estuary]

the cyberdemon leader + whiplash encounter for whatever reason always screws with me in spire

[spark elm]

Final Battle will HURT on UN.

[twilit stone]

that's the level I kept dying on with all my runs

[frail bloom]

That's the only time I gained consiousness during the entire run

[harsh egret]

im playing base sliders but 110% game speed and lowest parry window

[frail bloom]

Everywhere else I zoned out and no diffed it

[harsh egret]

i dont wanna do 300% dmg on UN lol

[green estuary]

low parry window, as god intended

ye 300% damage UN is hard

[twilit stone]

Whiplashes are needlessly OP in this game like actually

[green estuary]

with min parry settings I'd probably say it's even harder than 2016's or eternal's, going from experience

[harsh egret]

yh id rather do this first and then go from there

[warm ibex]

the TDA dlc was an Eternal update all along

[twilit stone]

i'm not even gonna attempt 2016's purely for the fact there's seemingly no reward for it

[versed quarry]

One time when I was with my friend we tried to do the hardest difficulty with hardest sliders, couldn't get past the first encounter. Somebody else probably has done a full run.

[green estuary]

the real reward is the demons we killed along the way

[twilit stone]

https://tenor.com/view/plastic-man-real-real-powder-powder-that-makes-you-say-real-animated-comic-plastic-man-gif-7493651428267836743

[versed quarry]

Saving Mars, duh.

[green estuary]

a dude who goes by hyperousion just beat max sliders UN
he's got 1700 hours in the game lmao

[harsh egret]

never actually committed to doing UN on eternal or 2016, gave them each a few tries, eternal probably a bit more, but i just gave up cuz i was relatively bad at the game back when it launched

[twilit stone]

bruh idgaf gimme a skin or LEAVE

[versed quarry]

Dear lord.

[spark elm]

Insanity.

[frail bloom]

Prob the best tda player

I think I can say that

[green estuary]

oh for sure

I don't think that's even a question atp

[frail bloom]

He's on his own tier

He just is

[twilit stone]

that's still not as much as i have on Eternal after nearly 2 years wtf

[green estuary]

sweatlord gamer

[frail bloom]

Ikr

[twilit stone]

wait no i completely fucked up my statement holy shit

[frail bloom]

Ok try again

[warm ibex]

nah he only gets one chance

[frail bloom]

Aw welp

[twilit stone]

that's MORE than i have on Eternal after nearly 2 years wtf

[frail bloom]

Ok makes more sense

[green estuary]

me with not even 210 hours in eternal

[twilit stone]

i have 1300 on Eternal

[green estuary]

actually the most hours I have in a game is just 230, which is not that much at all

that's witchfire

[harsh egret]

i got 150 on eternal

[spark elm]

I’ve got only enough hours on eternal to finish the campaign. Screw that game.

[twilit stone]

got nearly 500 on 2016 and nearly 400 on TDA

[harsh egret]

i already got more on tda than on eternal

[spark elm]

I know eternal is fast-paced, but it’s mega imbalanced I stg.

[harsh egret]

idk if its imbalanced

[green estuary]

I went from 110 hours to 133 hours in 2016 just from UN attempts these past 2 weeks

[spark elm]

Awful to play and keep up with.

[green estuary]

eternal is pretty balanced I'd say

in terms of difficulty it's far better than 2016

[spark elm]

I can’t switch weapons as fast.

[green estuary]

although obviously it can throw some bullshit at you

[twilit stone]

aside from the fact ur health goes down so quick, but yeah better than 80dmg fireballs

[green estuary]

I'd recommend giving devo's twitch channel a visit and checking out his first successful eternal UN run
he doesn't swap weapons all that much, he's just active with his movement and he uses his equipment well

[spark elm]

maybe I’ll check it sometime

[green estuary]

I got 160 in tda

[harsh egret]

i got 165

[green estuary]

which is kinda insane considering it's just the base campaign + ripatorium

[harsh egret]

yep

[green estuary]

best believe I'm gonna play the shit out of the dlc when it drops

(also master campaign pretty please hugo)

[twilit stone]

a lot of my hours on Eternal are because of mod testing, master levels, slaughter maps, and Infinite Slaughter Mode

[frail bloom]

Prob gonna triple my hours

[spark elm]

I may do this games dlc on nightmare but settings may have to be adjusted depending on outta nowhere spikes

[harsh egret]

🙏

[frail bloom]

I'd finish the dlc then hop on ripatorium and mix and match all the demons

[green estuary]

honestly TDA really doesn't have difficulty spikes, unless you find enhanced ahzrak really difficult

it ramps up very steadily

also 300% damage is the way to play, nobody can change my mind on this

[spark elm]

Yea I think reckoning had some. Especially in lower keep.

[harsh egret]

yep

[green estuary]

reckoning itself is fairly tame imo

[harsh egret]

just wanna save some braincells while playing UN but otherwise i play 300%

[green estuary]

the hardest straight up level for me was probably resurrection

[twilit stone]

Reckoning's a cool level, it's got the same Hellish look as Forsaken Plains but more claustrophobic, i liek

[green estuary]

although in a UN run enhanced ahzrak on min parry settings gets tight

[frail bloom]

Only problem is that reckoning is very similar to forsaken plains

[worldly thorn]

I love this damn game

It's peak

[green estuary]

dunno if I've ever sweated from my forehead playing a video game, but I sure did then

[frail bloom]

Which I get but I like more diverse hell areas

[spark elm]

Maybe this summer I’ll try to do Pandemonium.

[frail bloom]

Like Harbor of souls

[worldly thorn]

I don't I ever have but my hands turns into damn seas

[green estuary]

harbor of souls is so sick

[twilit stone]

best level in the game

[frail bloom]

So good

All the order of six imagery, you can't change my mind

[spark elm]

ah why is there no dark ages berserk symbol emoji

[green estuary]

the back half of tda might be my favorite part of a single player video game campaign ever
genuinely

it's just so good

[frail bloom]

Tda was my game of the year for 2025 until E33 crept up on me

[twilit stone]

it's much better than the first half ill give it that

[harsh egret]

damn

[frail bloom]

Last two weeks btw

[green estuary]

the first half is good, don't get me wrong
but starting from the forsaken plains the game just takes off

[frail bloom]

And I changed my mind real quick

[frosty roost]

would've been sick if they did bring back the slayer's eyes from eternal when he picked up berserk in tda

[spark elm]

[frosty roost]

would've lost my mind

[frail bloom]

Would've been cooler to keep those specific glorykills

But nope.

[green estuary]

french

[frail bloom]

French fries tho

You gotta love it

And baguettes?? Holy moly

[green estuary]

french fries are from belgium

[frail bloom]

Shut up

[twilit stone]

too bad Eternal's berserk animations sucked ass

[frail bloom]

It says french therfore it's french

[harsh egret]

belgian fries

[frail bloom]

Ik but they had more to go off of in tda

[twilit stone]

aside from the one where you punch out the Pinky's eyes, that one's great

[green estuary]

the tda berserk was just so mid

[frail bloom]

And they just deciced to stuff all the powerups in one

[twilit stone]

it's just quad damage and haste combined

[frail bloom]

And remove the one part of beserk that made it cool

[green estuary]

like I understand why they didn't make a bunch of unique animations just for the four times you get to use the powerup, but still, dissapointed

although the fact that you do get unlimited melee charges is very fun

especially with the gauntlets

[frail bloom]

Well if they did for the past two, why not for this one, where it can work

Not where it can't

[twilit stone]

still more than the ONE that was in Eternal lol, like I can't believe there's literally only ONE Berserk out of the three of Eternal's campaigns

[frail bloom]

Slayer just didn't like the demons trashing the restaurant

Ig it was Hugo's or smt

[green estuary]

of course they had to fumble the bag and instead of giving us an enormous berserk rip and tear arena at the end of tag2, they had to fill the fucking arena with stone imps

lamest send-off to a game that I've ever seen

and I don't think it's particularly close

[twilit stone]

thank god for modding lol

[green estuary]

lore accurate doomguy loves hugo's pizzeria

[twilit stone]

five nights at hugo's, that's the next doom game i guarantee it

[frail bloom]

Hm

Y'know

Maybe

[twilit stone]

it'd actually be worth the $120 honestly

[frail bloom]

Try to survive Hugo's different phases

Lovecraft phase, Pacific rim phase

Uh what else does he stim over

Hm

[green estuary]

bass fishing lol

[harsh egret]

star wars

[twilit stone]

yes lmao I better see this on gamejolt in the coming days

[frail bloom]

Peak

Fishing should be a mechanic bc why is there so much water, Hugo?

Where's all da fish

[twilit stone]

he does love his swimming sections

[frail bloom]

And why can't I skip it

Seriously it's too long

[twilit stone]

you don't get it man, it's really important the combat flow and the lore, it has such significance

[green estuary]

kaibz mod lets you swim at double speed

[frail bloom]

Well guess what

Console chud here

[twilit stone]

that mod is an actual godsend

[green estuary]

console 🫵

[frail bloom]

I just get what the devs give me

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/wonder-woman-life-is-good-pedro-pascal-gif-20311629

[frail bloom]

I just want swimming to be faster

Is that such a hard ask

[green estuary]

I just want the damn underwater fireballs to deal less damage

[frail bloom]

Is it

[green estuary]

they hurt

[frail bloom]

Dodge them lmao

Skeet skeet

[twilit stone]

well I want them to add an option to remove all the top notifications and boss health bars but I haven't recieved that either

[frail bloom]

Would be nice

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/lil-yachty-drake-laptop-duh-gif-8033838636860661307

[frail bloom]

Get recked

[warm ibex]

swim sprinting was confirmed in like november iirc

[frail bloom]

Wait they addressed it?

I completely forgot

[twilit stone]

wait doomguy can sprint underwater?

[frail bloom]

Peak

[twilit stone]

was this an ability given to him by the divinity machine?

[harsh egret]

oh yeah lmao i remember smth about that

[twilit stone]

or was that just his ability to look up and down

[frail bloom]

Maybe it's coming alongside the new cyberdemon attack

Whenever the new update drops

[twilit stone]

some day..

[harsh egret]

sounds like ng+ update things ngl

[frail bloom]

The hell they be putting in the water

[versed quarry]

Well my hyperfixation is the games that Hugo puts all his hyperfixations in. So I just have to suck it, I guess.

[harsh egret]

or some bigger update that they are saving these things for

[frail bloom]

Do we get to fight the shark from tag 1🥹

[harsh egret]

maybe dlc, maybe ng+, who noes

[frail bloom]

Pls say it so

[green estuary]

I'm just glad about TDA's lack of persistent hitstun

[warm ibex]

I hope we get some sort of update relatively soon, even if it's just for bugs and stuff

[twilit stone]

i want a swimming section in lava, that'd actually be cool and not boring

[green estuary]

because for whatever reason they decided to make eternal awash with enemies that can fuck your movement up in every way possible

[harsh egret]

just seems like they like to save most updates for one bigger update

[versed quarry]

Can't wait for swimming segment lore drops.

[warm ibex]

yeah for sure

[harsh egret]

apart from earlier on when bug fixes was the priority

[warm ibex]

can't wait for hugo's next teaser to be "water"

[twilit stone]

guys i have another lore question. When Doomguy drops into water, why does him dropping into make the same sound as him dropping on dry land? Could this mean that Doomguy can defy the laws of physics?

[frail bloom]

He already does

[versed quarry]

More of those cosmic realm deep ocean segments

[frail bloom]

Look at the shield throw

[twilit stone]

WHAT????, impossible, couldn't see it

[green estuary]

something something dreadmace is infinitely dense

[versed quarry]

He walks on water but not really

[frail bloom]

I mean what the hell is happening

You can't explain the shield throw

Like at all

[twilit stone]

gravity!

[green estuary]

what's hard to explain about it

[frail bloom]

No he'd drop in the chasm

He and the shield would cancel out

Smt abt physics

[versed quarry]

The same machinery that moves reality around the Fortress of DOOM is built into Doomguy's shield

[frail bloom]

Where is Raitro he has a degree in physics or smt

[twilit stone]

lmao

[green estuary]

https://tenor.com/view/russel-westbrook-what-are-you-talking-about-bro-huh-what-gif-1530912101496826296

[frail bloom]

Fysics

[harsh egret]

or "purple goo" so sneaky can make a "Purple goo will return in the DOOM: The Dark Ages DLC" post

[frail bloom]

Fysics boi

[potent parcel]

I think the shield has it's own sentience
'cause this is a medieval magic world so why the heck not

it's trained like a wolf to respond to commands

[twilit stone]

purple goo is easily my favourite character in the doom lore. The emotional attachment i feel to it when it keeps me stuck in place whilst an Arachnotron is attacking me truly like nothing else. Bravo Hugo

[frail bloom]

Truly generational

[potent parcel]

the attachment is emotional too?

[twilit stone]

yes

[potent parcel]

and all this time I thought I was just stuck to it physically

[harsh egret]

just imagine the turmoil

[twilit stone]

i mean isn't purple goo technically in TDA, just as a Vagary and Mancubus attack

[versed quarry]

Extremely hateable villain. Masterful writing.

[obsidian shard]

Electro Magnets umm Slayer tosses it like its nothing... ummmm. Sentinels surprised he can wield it so easy.... umm

Words

[harsh egret]

yeeh but it has to be environmental purple goo

[frail bloom]

Nuh. Uh.

[twilit stone]

somehow makes less sense than cyber cthulhu

[frail bloom]

Eh cyber cthulhu sounds abt right

He dies, they resurrect him

Classic doom style

[potent parcel]

cyber cthulhu sounds like exactly a thing that Doom would have

[harsh egret]

holy fuck i just died to a hell knight from behind

[frail bloom]

My problem, is that he died bc he was stupid

[harsh egret]

shoot me

[frail bloom]

Dumb bag of rocks

[twilit stone]

I wish they just called him Cthulhu honestly, like it's just funnier

[obsidian shard]

"The shield was engineered by Sentinel forge-lords from oblivion iron and Sentinel energy, while its spinning blades are made from wraith-steel. The Slayer wields it effortlessly despite its immense weight and searing heat."

https://tenor.com/view/oblivion-npc-remastered-oblivion-remastered-elder-gif-11147750444865797495

[frail bloom]

Ok boi I get it

[potent parcel]

the shield thinks it is the real Slayer

[frail bloom]

But fysics

What abt da fysics

[twilit stone]

sounds like every other codex in the game

[green estuary]

what specific part about the shield does physics not agree with

[potent parcel]

and eventually it will turn on its humanoid imposter
but for now it bides its time

[frail bloom]

Well he wouldn't be able to keep the momentum going forward, his motion and the shield motion would cancel eachother out, and he'd drop into the chasm

Smt like that

[versed quarry]

I still prefer my answer that I just made up about the Fortress of DOOM engine

[frail bloom]

Where's Raitro

[green estuary]

when he embeds it into something?

[twilit stone]

actually yeah the shieldsaw makes no fucking sense lol

[obsidian shard]

Throwing it

[twilit stone]

but what does in that game honestly

[frail bloom]

Ye

[green estuary]

idk, I'm sure him in that suit of armor is heavy asf
plus if you really stretch your brain maybe he's got something in his suit that helps him overcome the inertia

[frail bloom]

No not the shield throw itself

The embedding mechanic

Where he and the shield interact mid air

[twilit stone]

i mean how does he do that shield bash either actually, like does he have rocket-boosters his his shoes?

[frail bloom]

Idk

[twilit stone]

can he just fly?

[frail bloom]

Good question

[marble tulip]

And 1000% damage to demons ouyeaaaaaa

[potent parcel]

It doesn't bother me that much, we're literally in the type world where wizards do impossible things, so a wizard made it

[green estuary]

hell nah

[marble tulip]

He walks on lava, moves with rotten muscles, he always did

[potent parcel]

though I still like my headcanon where it's trained like an animal 😄

[twilit stone]

nah, still seems like your average marine to me

[potent parcel]

I don't think you sink in real lava either.
at least not very fast
IRL you're probably cremated before you touch it though

[marble tulip]

It makes me laugh that we barely get a new weapon and the Sentinels already have their whole lore just because

Like, "Bro, this weapon breaks reality and was used by the gods who once ruled the universe, trust me"

[frail bloom]

Dreadmace codex in a nutshell

[twilit stone]

every TDA codex in a nutshell

[green estuary]

“shit, none of us can lift it, must be infinitely dense or something”
—sentinel scientist who hits the gym in his free time

[versed quarry]

I wanna see a "UAC reporting on the Praetor Suit" level of codex on the Shieldsaw and its physics fuckery

[twilit stone]

that'd be actually interesting to read at least

[potent parcel]

it's a shield chainsaw -- Doomguy just keeps hold of it by the ripcord

[versed quarry]

That's was genuinely how I thought the jump hooks worked for a while.

[potent parcel]

yeah those ones are weird, I have no idea how that's supposed to propel you
...or why there are so many dripping green corpses just allowed to hang around sentinel bases

[versed quarry]

I still think they look Olivia Pierce. But if I had to guess it's a symptom of Hellgrowth.

[potent parcel]

well yeah, but you find them even in places that weren't under attack until five minutes ago. And they're well lodged into the walls, they've been there a while

so nobody's cleaned them up?

[versed quarry]

Guess not.\

[potent parcel]

you know, speaking of things looking like Olivia... I won't be surprised if UAC makes some kind of appearance in this medieval era
both settings showed up in Eternal after all

and Hell connects everything. Even if you don't physically go to a UAC world you might still find what's left of an expedition

[versed quarry]

It'd have to be the classic UAC, which supposedly didn't know all that much about Hell in the mainline games, so it'd probably require canonizing something like Legacy of Rust.

[potent parcel]

I'd take it
(also I thought Rust was canon already) 😛

[versed quarry]

The only classic games that are definitively canon are 1993, 2, and 64.

[potent parcel]

well it wouldn't be a stretch to have a detail like this make it official canon, anyway, since it is an official campaign

[versed quarry]

Yeah. You can headcanon any of the extensions as canon if you want without changing things all that much.

[potent parcel]

true. I meant more in the sense that if they decided to canonize it in order to have UAC appear

that would probably seem pretty reasonable since it's an official campaign

[versed quarry]

I wouldn't have any qualms about Leagcy being made canon because it's goated anyways.

[potent parcel]

yep it's a really nice set of maps

[twilit stone]

I'd like No Rest for the Living being canon

[potent parcel]

that one is too!

[versed quarry]

I think that one fits most cleanly into the timeline anyways. Partly because it's a cleanup job for Hell on Earth, partly because it barely has a plot.

[potent parcel]

I think NRftL is the only Doom set I've streamed. I put in some of my own music tracks to show them off. But nobody came 🙁
because I didn't do a good job telling anyone 😛

probably I should do it again, and better

maybe use some newer music tracks 'cause I've definitely made a lot more

[tender vessel]

Anyone prepared to watch the Dice Awards?

[meager vortex]

well... list i saw.... big games inside that list

[marble tulip]

Today?

[meager vortex]

yes

[tender vessel]

On right now.

[marble tulip]

Oh, I don't know, there won't be a DLC trailer.

[meager vortex]

but there are 4 big games

arc raiders hades2 etc

maybe tda lucky to get dice award or not

[marble tulip]

I'll check the results later anyway they always post something on social medi

[meager vortex]

that is why no stream

because hugo already dice award there

[fading bone]

yeah tough competition

[versed quarry]

Because they don’t feel like it

[meager vortex]

with out hugo =no dlc stream info

pain our ass

https://tenor.com/view/cringe-eeee-gif-24636179

[harsh egret]

hades 2 won action game of the year at the dice awards

expected i guess

[supple oracle]

[vapid lodge]

Yeah...

[harsh egret]

sadge

[vapid lodge]

Doom never gets shit

should've won goty in 2020

[green estuary]

nothing was worse than when overwatch beat doom in 2016

that shit was infuriating

[vapid lodge]

Lets not forget Astro bot

[sleek quail]

Ok now that the award has been given. Hugo and Marty should leave that crap party.

[vapid lodge]

They're there? I didnt see them

[sleek quail]

I preffer their minds remain pure and not to be contaminated.

[harsh egret]

still one more to go

[vapid lodge]

for which?

[harsh egret]

yes they are there

technical advancement award or smth along those lines

[vapid lodge]

yeah not impressed by that title

action game sounds way more badass

[harsh egret]

still a good award imo

[vapid lodge]

Like the one for best in accessibility?

[obsidian shard]

ye

[split gate]

Bro anything but Last of Us 2 should’ve gotten GOTY

[vapid lodge]

Yep

[vapid lodge]

Lol I see you commenting doom in the chat

[supple oracle]

does they usually show trailers in dice awards show ??

[harsh egret]

nope

[supple oracle]

now that baloney

[twilit stone]

They rate games based on how much it made them cry rather than it actually being fun

[split gate]

That or some other reasons. Eternal was so fun but I understood it likely wasn’t getting it so I gunned for GOT, FF7 Remake or Hades

And they picked movie simulator instead

[vapid lodge]

Honestly I kinda gave up trust for any game awards, and I don't even go crazy if DOOM doesn't win, but some games should not win

[split gate]

Same, just rely on your own GOTY judgements

[vapid lodge]

Its not like I bought all modern doom games on EVERY platform

[split gate]

TDA DLC better be so good for this wait, it better be nominated for GOTY the way Shadow of the Erdtree did

[vapid lodge]

I hope so but I feel like they're going away from the grounded theme since they said that mobility is gonna be a major factor....

So... do they want Eternal again or what's the point?

[split gate]

Maybe being more mobile doesn’t necessarily mean being in the air more? Maybe you’ll be going faster or traversing the environment quickly

In the og Doom, you were going fast on the ground

[obsidian shard]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1249915579985301517/1465945840848867555/This_post_was_fact_checked_by_real_Demonic.gif

[merry jackal]

Yo bruh the game is like 30 bucks

Premium edition is 30 bucjs

How do I stop regretting buying the game so early

😭

I spent 55 bucks on the normal edition

[obsidian shard]

Its only on sale

[merry jackal]

Bruyy

Im regretting purchasing it so early

How do I unlock the premium edition skins

[obsidian shard]

buying the premium edition gets you them

[merry jackal]

Is there any way to upgrade

[obsidian shard]

Yes, their is a Premium Upgrade you can buy

[merry jackal]

Where do I find it

And is it worth it?

[obsidian shard]

It includes:
Divinty Skin Pack
DLC
OST and Artbook

[obsidian shard]

what platform are you on?

You can Search for it in the Store!

[merry jackal]

I want the dlc 😭

[merry jackal]

Im on ps store right now and I cant find it

[foggy fable]

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1003-PPSA20560_00-DTDAPREMIUMUP000

[obsidian shard]

Thanks Bob

[foggy fable]

$11.54 on sale rn sounds damn damn good

The dlc alone im sure is worth more than that and you get skins and art and music

[obsidian shard]

https://tenor.com/view/deal-damn-good-deal-good-deal-id-make-that-deal-gif-27676387

[foggy fable]

I dont have the dlc so that is tempting

[merry jackal]

Just found jt

9 bucks on upgraddde

Shluld I get the upgrade or buy doom eternal deluxe editiob

Ima let it be ima buy doom eternal deluxe and finish the dlcs

[foggy fable]

How much is eternal deluxe rn

[merry jackal]

Like 3 dollars more than premium upgrade

[foggy fable]

Sounds solid

[merry jackal]

I guess I dont need the premium edition of tda rn

[marble tulip]

So TDA didn't win anything today?

[obsidian shard]

Well their final award isnt up yet

But seems to be happening rn

[harsh egret]

😬

[obsidian shard]

HOWWW

[harsh egret]

im going to bed bruh

6 am

[obsidian shard]

https://tenor.com/view/yakuza-gif-18148683

[harsh egret]

this wasnt worth it

crazy

[obsidian shard]

They won it at TGA

Cant win em all I Suppose

[marble tulip]

[vapid lodge]

i left the pc

did they win anything?

[marble tulip]

No

[vapid lodge]

not even the technical etc etc award?

[marble tulip]

No

[vapid lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/thanks-happy-good-news-awesome-gif-20904957

[marble tulip]

Kojima's new film was the one that won

[harsh egret]

Ds2 won it which i suppose is deserved too but damn bruh

[fleet spruce]

the highest bidder awards

[tender vessel]

I wonder if I’m one of those angry doom fans. We didn’t win. All good. They don’t know us I think.

[twilit stone]

Im actually not surprised it didnt

[tender chasm]

E

[twilit stone]

Nis

[iron kettle]

Is it just me or does it feal like your shield is your primary and whatever gun you have is your secondary?

[pliant coral]

It can feel that way

[marble tulip]

Do you think the Slayer would have been resurrected without the ritual? Or would he have returned as a zombie and remained that way forever?

[twilit stone]

yeah I think he would've been resurrected either way, but the Sentinels actually provided him a way out

[random sand]

it's unknown. some say the ritual was required. makes sense since demons don't turn back to normal when returning to the mortal plane so why would he. then again, he does have some of the Dark Lord's power which could benefit him. could make it so he doesn't stay zombified

[fleet spruce]

shortcut even

i wonder if that was the compromise for not having a Limbo level...

[marble tulip]

I wonder what the hell limbo is exactly

[merry jackal]

Should I upgrade to premium edition for tda dlcs or just buy eternal deluxe edition

[random sand]

which game do you like more

[merry jackal]

I love both i beat botu

I spent 0 money on doom eternal but 55 bucks on tda

[marble tulip]

Which one is cheaper?

[random sand]

i was about to ask that

[merry jackal]

Premium edition upgrade is like 9 bucks deluxe edition is like 12 bucks

[frosty roost]

get premium

[merry jackal]

Alright

[steady minnow]

hi newbie here

[versed fjord]

is there anyone knows a way to move save files from game pass to steam for doom dark ages?

[random sand]

don't think it's possible for tda unfortunatly

[frosty roost]

yeah I don't think you can do that since steam has separate files from game pass

[random sand]

there are games you can do it with, but tda ain't one of 'em

[versed fjord]

c'mon man... i had all the achievements there

[solar spoke]

Hades II won

[fading bone]

very expected

[crude sparrow]

Hades is like doom's nemesis atp

[thin hound]

I thought it was The Last of Us 2

[split gate]

I think you’re referring to the Game Awards

[frosty roost]

that's the game awards, this one was the dice awards

[eternal escarp]

hello guys, I have been having a problem with dark ages, game used to run fine but for some reason, when I am playing recently, micro stuttering started to happen, it runs at high FPS like above 120 but has sharp dips under 60 during gameplay. Adding to this, there's like a static or crackling sound that happens whenever the FPS dips. I tried reinstalling NVIDIA latest drivers but it did not fix it, tried changing multiple refresh rates, tweaked the settings, the VSYNC but nothing seems to fix this micro stuttering. I'd appreciate it if anyone can help me out regarding this issue and fix it.

[obsidian shard]

Is discord overlay on?

[eternal escarp]

It was not, even if I exit out Discord, same issue is happening.

It really pains me because it used to run well before.

[harsh egret]

im not saying this is why but ive been hearing that the latest w11 update made games perform worse

and they even recommended uninstalling the update

[eternal escarp]

you mean the new game ready drivers?

[harsh egret]

no, windows 11

[eternal escarp]

just had an update a day before, it was not running well before that.

[harsh egret]

then im not sure

[eternal escarp]

It might be one of the factors but my issue is very specific to eternal and dark ages, both have the micro stuttering issues, other games are performing very well.

[eternal escarp]

i will figure out a way to rollback

[heady trout]

my eternal instincts made me forget i can kind of stand still and just parry ahzraks attacks instead of constantly moving back

[meager vortex]

https://x.com/ppappa1321/status/2022244131494674444/photo/1

악마_( ) (@ppappa1321)

지옥(Hell)

고대 게르만어 Hel에서 유래
뜻이 숨겨진 곳, 가려진 곳 이런 의미임
말 그대로 산 사람 눈에 안 보이는 지하의 장소라는 개념

그래서 원래 지옥의 핵심은
불지옥 이런 이미지보다
신의 은총에서 완전히 끊긴 상태
빛이 닿지 않는 곳
죄의 대가를 치르는 ...

X · Feb 13, 2026, 9:39 AM

[crude sparrow]

You know, apparently a recent windows 11 update started causing fps drops in games. Nvidia even made a blog about it and how to downgrade if you want to

Could be that

[crude sparrow]

Oh, hato already beat me to it xD

Mb gng

[eternal escarp]

If possible can you share the downgrade link?

[tidal crane]

A wholeass security update caused TAG to run like shit. Before I had broken it in on my goddamn 2060 laptop and it was running great. Graphics were ok, but y’know. Doom is doom and all.

[solar spoke]

Thanks Windows. Yeah I noticed that too when I started getting drops into the 50s on Siege pt1 when I used to get an average of 85fps

I'd switch to Linux if I could play BF6 on it

[hearty edge]

dude i was re listening to the sountrack at school right

i'mma say it right here, infernal chasm might be by favorite soundtrack of any doom game

[obsidian shard]

I thought the OST Went Hard...

Gamerips not having a limit on time really helps em COOK

FM did amazing on The OST considering the Short time they were given

The Entirety of the Music is BUSSIN THO '

[hazy pasture]

Everyone must listen to Sneaky's mixes

[obsidian shard]

(Including Non OST Stuff)

[obsidian shard]

tyty goat

[hazy pasture]

Np my goat

[umbral flint]

Any news about the dlc?

[hazy pasture]

Nothing since last week

[plush talon]

Does anyone know if it’s worth but tda?

[glad roost]

Idk

[hearty edge]

it's 66.66% off rn buy it already

literally the lowest it's been as of now

[tidal crane]

I got it at 72% off™️

[hearty edge]

i got it at full price

[tidal crane]

🥀

[hearty edge]

it's 30 dollars less here tho so not as bad as $80

[tidal crane]

(Premium for £99.99, that is 💀)

[errant osprey]

It's so sad that I didn't win an award again.
These awards are really nothing more than a show.

[tidal crane]

I didn’t win any either, if that’s any consolation

[errant osprey]

What can I say? This franchise is not given much attention. But for me it is the best franchise of my life.

[ocean ore]

well, i finally made it to the last level

thira's super saiyan arc was pretty cool. going to shovel snow and then finish the last mission

what weapons did you guys use during the "final battle" ? I just spammed fully upgraded accelerator and shredder honestly lol

[errant osprey]

Impaler and Chain Shot

[obsidian shard]

#the-dark-ages message

[errant osprey]

This DLC is going to be really big.

[frail bloom]

Day 4 of asking for maykr drones and lost souls in the ripatorium

Also Travguy is streaming on twitch but like why not youtube

[tidal crane]

absolute DARK AGES

[south oxide]

Guys im gonna get doom tda
Any tips?

[lapis bluff]

server is surprisingly inactive

[south oxide]

👍

[potent parcel]

I don't know, I think the game does a pretty good job explaining itself

[lapis bluff]

fair enough ig

[potent parcel]

I guess I'd just say, like, get used to thinking of the shield as your primary weapon

[south oxide]

Mk

[tidal crane]

Shield bash is good AOE tool. Hit M2 to accelerate and go boom.

[south oxide]

I'm on ps

Whats m2

[tidal crane]

Hit left trigger/right trigger.

Gotta get the shield up before you can bash. Also has cooldown.

[south oxide]

Mk

[obsidian shard]

Use the Shield ALLL the Time, Parry Parry Parry, Throw the Shield

Use Melee and Guns as a "Load out"

dark Ages uses more "Load out" Esq style for how you play vs making you use all your weapons

[south oxide]

👍

[frail bloom]

But remember you have the option to change on the fly

[south oxide]

Wym

[frail bloom]

Rune and melee swapping is there for you to map on your device

[obsidian shard]

Yes, You can change your play style in an Instant

[frail bloom]

But you can spec into trying load outs or being risky and switching, which is for more experienced players

[obsidian shard]

You can go from a High DPS to a Health Load out in like 3 clicks

[frail bloom]

Get used to the gameplay loop, amd then you can push the game more with melee and rune swapping

[south oxide]

Is quick swapping also needed often like in doom eternal or nah

[frail bloom]

Nah

[south oxide]

Ight

So its a bit more chill?

[frail bloom]

You can make it chill or one of the toughest challenges ever

Overall the control scheme is more simplistic

Less complicated

[south oxide]

What's your go to weapon in tda

Like the one that crushes skulls, plasma rifle or idk what else

[potent parcel]

I'd call it more deliberate, not necessarily more chill
In Eternal you could find plenty of good weapon pairs to quickswap and they'd be pretty much interchangeable
In Dark Ages, going with that "build" mindset, I think your individual choices matter a lot more

[harsh egret]

cuz twitch is better

[ocean ore]

Next playthrough i will fully upgrade the chainshot

But i fully upg the first skullcrusher, both plasma guns, the shredder, and the combat shotgun

I wouldnt fully upgrade the cycler (second plasma gun) next run

The accelerator fully ugraded is great for single targets from mid range, its not so great against fodder ironically

Upg Pulverizer and upg combat shotgun are really fun against hordes of fodder

[analog vapor]

Hi

[potent parcel]

Hugo was maining the ricochet version of shredder on most of his director stream
which is fine and everything

but I really like the "pincushion" mode, basically turns any demon into my own custom explosive barrel 😄

the second ||skullcrusher|| weapon you get is also really good against big single targets in the late game, especially if you upgrade

oh, minor spoiler there if you thought there was only one ||skullcrusher|| I guess

[wooden socket]

is there a way to completely reset a levels progress to be at 0%, trying to restart it still keeps "progress" (which is bugged hence why I want to reset it)

[frail bloom]

Ssg, rocket launcher and accelerator are my top 3

[south oxide]

👍

[frail bloom]

No dlc for you

I mean I mean I mean

I hope it releases in June

[harsh egret]

[south oxide]

Sentence him to play M2 E8 Tower of Babel of classic Doom, without the rocket launcher

[harsh egret]

wait no get fked, it was july

i also hope it releases in june

glad we agree Samir

[frail bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-cry-emoji-funny-emoji-why-gif-20325239

[south oxide]

I hope it releases in 5 years for you.

[harsh egret]

alr bud

[frosty roost]

I also hop it releases in june or july, I'm excited for the dlc either way

[frail bloom]

I'd actually like June more than May tho

[frosty roost]

more of a june person

[frail bloom]

I'd be done with all my exams by then

[harsh egret]

icl if i knew they really needed more time to make it really good, i would be fine with it releasing aug-sep even with no content updates lmao

[frail bloom]

A few of us would be fine but realistically that would be a problem with the larger community

We're fine perhaps

I mean that's pretty obvious but

Ye Ig I just pointed out the obv

Classic me moment

[harsh egret]

imo i dont think so

short term sure i guess

[frail bloom]

I mean like the "community" outside of here

But that's in a future we can't really predict

[harsh egret]

yeah thats what i mean

but either way like half the ppl here are very impatient about the dlc

[frail bloom]

I mean

[frail bloom]

Like on this server?

[harsh egret]

yes

[frail bloom]

What makes you think the community on youtube, steam and twitter are any better, if anything they seem way worse

They can say anything really

[harsh egret]

i never said they're not

[frail bloom]

Idk I feel like this server has a bunch of understanding ppl

At most they get a little anxious

And by the end they understand the point

I tried telling a guy last week abt having patience and I got called a soulless ceo, so, idk

Could be a one-off

What I wanna do rn is play some more ripatorium but I don't know what to do

My ideas are running out, the one's I do have are hypotheticals

[obsidian shard]

MARTY STRATTON IS THAT YOU?

[frail bloom]

Ah yes

[alpine pilot]

DOOT

[frail bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/crowd-cheering-crowd-hype-cheer-cheer-meme-gif-22195506

[alpine pilot]

where doom

[harsh egret]

[frail bloom]

I was so silly a few months ago for thinking the dlc was gonna release in feb 15

Not acutally expecting but like considering it