A brand new Doom sport has been rumored for some time, however at Summer time Recreation Fest, Id Software program and Bethesda formally unveiled Doom: The Dark Ages, the follow-up to 2019’s Doom Everlasting. The new title is about within the distant previous with the Doom Slayer as a kingdom’s final hope towards the hordes of Hell. Whereas the sport’s melee weapons and dragon-riding experiences are new to the sequence, The Dark Ages’ administrators Hugo Martin and Marty Stratton informed GameSpot that the most recent sequel was impressed by each Doom 1 and Doom 2.
“Originally of mission, everyone form of goes again and performs the unique Doom,” mentioned Stratton. “There have been so many issues in that unique sport that simply have have fueled us… It is at all times that evolution, however there’s simply a lot of the DNA even with the way in which that we develop and our our workforce dimension.”
“Once we have been speaking about like what’s Doom [in development], it was very very similar to borrowing from these concepts of the unique Doom and Doom 2. Because the model has developed and the concepts by way of the lore and all of the totally different gameplay mechanics have developed… it is superb if you play the sport you are identical to ‘that is unbelievable.'”
Moreover, the administrators defined that the slower-moving projectiles on this sport additionally got here from the primary two Doom titles.
“I feel within the unique Doom, within the opening hours, all of us keep in mind imps or troopers firing sluggish shifting projectiles… they usually hit laborious,” defined Martin. “And when you get hit by a kind of, you are in quite a lot of hassle… That is the place the motion is available in. As an alternative of establishing a multi-tiered area… if we floor it, decelerate the projectiles, make them hit method tougher, and create patterns within the house, then that is the jungle health club you are going to transfer by way of.”
Martin and Stratton cited King Leonidas from 300 and Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings trilogy as their main inspiration for the Doom Slayer on this sport, particularly to offer the gamers the sensations of energy and ability that these characters conveyed on display. Martin additionally famous that Leonidas specifically impressed the defend, which was later mixed with a chainsaw for the Doom Slayer.
Doom: The Dark Ages shall be launched on Xbox Sequence X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC in 2025.