Doom: The Dark Ages is id Software's "biggest" game world ever: "It's a dramatic expansion for our world."
Five years on from the release of Doom Eternal, developer id Software is hard at work making the series' next instalment, Doom: The Dark Ages, bigger and better than its predecessors, and according to them,
Doom: The Dark Ages won't have any multiplayer modes because id Software wanted to focus on “levelling up the single-player experience”
Id Software’s “most ambitious game yet” finally drops the multiplayer, but at least the payoff seems worth it.
Marty Stratton: The Dark Ages Is 'Like Nothing Players Have Had Their Hands On in a Doom Game'
Melee weapons include your trusty ol' gauntlet, as well as a ball-and-chain-like weapon. Combine that with the shield saw, which you can throw to tear up enemies and even use as a makeshift grapple point, and let's just say the gameplay looks as exciting as ever.
id says DOOM: The Dark Ages is the biggest and best game the developer has ever made
DOOM: The Dark Ages is the biggest and best game that id Software has ever made, developer says the story is 'out of the Codex' during recent interviews.
DOOM: The Dark Ages Drops Multiplayer In Favour Of 'Most Expansive' Campaign Ever
One thing, in particular, highlighted in the first round of previews - is the fact this game is a "strictly campaign" affair. In other words - don't expect multiplayer to feature. Here's exactly what Marty Stratton had to say about this ( via Eurogamer ):
Doom: The Dark Ages Devs Explain Missing Multiplayer And Confirm It's Not Open World
Id Software recently pulled back the curtain on Doom: The Dark Ages and revealed a lot more gameplay from the upcoming FPS while also explaining some of the biggest changes from past Doom installments. One of the biggest is that this time around there is no multiplayer mode.
Doom: The Dark Ages explains no multiplayer as release date is confirmed
Doom: The Dark Ages developer id Software has explained the decision not to include multiplayer in the highly-anticipated prequel game. The upcoming shooter featured at yesterday's Xbox Developer Direct presentation as a May 15 release date for Xbox Series X/S, PC, PlayStation 5, and Game Pass was confirmed.
Preview – Doom: The Dark Ages Wants You to Stand and Fight in Hell
Doom: The Dark Ages takes a decade of learning and combines it with the grounded, strafe-to-aim movement of the original 1993 video game.
Doom: The Dark Ages has no multiplayer: 'Our campaigns are, to a great extent, what people come to the modern Doom games to play'
Doom: The Dark Ages has just about everything you'd expect in a Doom game. It's got demons, it's got guns, it's got a huge guy who loves to rip and tear. The one thing it doesn't have is multiplayer: Studio chief Marty Stratton said id Software decided to forego a multiplayer component so it could focus on making the "biggest and best" Doom campaign possible.
Doom: The Dark Ages won’t have multiplayer, id Software head Marty Stratton confirms
Doom: The Dark Ages' will not have any multiplayer functionality, but will include "the most expansive, most epic campaign ever", developer id Software has said.
DOOM: The Dark Ages is set to unleash brutal medieval action, and I'm here for it
DOOM: The Dark Ages looks to redefine exactly what it means to slay demons.
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Doom: The Dark Ages Dropped Multiplayer In Favor Of Doomslayer’s Cyber Dragon And Giant Mecha
For those who missed it, id gave longer previews of the cybernetic dragon mount that your Doomslayer is riding in the air.
Doom: The Dark Ages ditches Doom Eternal’s acrobatics for raw, heavy power
There’s a lot of Frank Miller in the new Doom from id Software. According to game director Hugo Martin, Doom: The Dark Ages was heavily inspired by three of Miller’s works: seminal Batman comics Year ...