DOOM: The Dark Ages - Review Roundup
The DOOM formula works again: Bethesda's DOOM: The Dark Ages wins the favor of the trade press. With just under two days left until release, let's see what the current ratings look like.
According to IGN, DOOM: The Dark Ages, which officially releases on May 15th but is already available to play with the Premium Edition, is a "Different Flavour of DOOM" when compared to the previous game DOOM Eternal which focused heavily on movement. This time around your boots are mostly on the ground as you shoot everything and block all forms of projectiles.
Reviewers praise the fluid gameplay, the clean mechanics, and especially the combat system, which now also gives you a shield. And that's what ultimately matters in a DOOM title - the quality of the action-packed battles. But the graphics, sound effects, and the metal music also receive positive reviews. The developers have to accept criticism for the dragon flight sequences.
DOOM: The Dark Ages review: Reviews from the trade press
Ratings on Metacritic:
- GameSpew: 100/100
- Player 2: 100/100
- Screen Rant: 100/100
- Toisto: 100/100
- COGConnected: 95/100
- WellPlayed: 95/100
- Destructoid: 95/100
- Areajugones: 92/100
- Gamersky 91/100
- Checkpoint Gaming 90/100
- Combo Infinito: 90/100
- The Games Machine: 90/100
- TrueGaming: 90/100
- IGN: 90/100
- Vandal: 90/100
- GameStar: 90/100
- Hooked Gamers: 90/100
- CGMagazine: 85/100
- GamingTrend: 85/100
- Eurogamer Poland: 85/100
- Jeuxvideo: 85/100
- GIGA: 85/100
- wccftech: 85/100
- Vgames: 85/100
- 4P: 80/100
- IGN Deutschland: 80/100
- PCMag: 80/100
- GameSpot: 80/100
- Gamekult 80/100
- PC Gamer: 80/100
- IGN France: 80/100
- PC Games: 80/100
- Power Unlimited 78/100
- MGG: 75/100
The game will be officially released on May 15th and you can pre-order it 10% cheaper as a Steam key on Gamesplanet and get a skin as a pre-order bonus. You can find more information about the release, trailer, system requirements and edition comparison in our summary for DOOM: The Dark Ages.
