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DOOM: The Dark Ages | Official Trailer 1 (4K) | Coming 2025 (www.youtube.com)

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[-] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 64 points 5 months ago

Meh. I was really hoping they'd go back to the sci-fi aesthetic of 2016 but instead they've doubled down on the weird high fantasy with guns thing.

It's like they actually wanted to reboot Heretic/Hexen but they couldn't get the license for it so they've just shoehorned it into Doom instead.

[-] Odelay42@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

Sorry it's not going in the direction you hoped. I'm personally super into this vibe. Feels bizarre and different. Hopefully they capitalize on the theme and do something cool with it. If the "dragon" flight part is as tight and fun as recent Doom mechanics, it could be really fun.

[-] uhN0id@programming.dev 10 points 5 months ago

Agreed. I am not a fantasy fan for games really at all (with very few exceptions) but this looks so rad. The combination of tech and fantasy looks like a wild ride.

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 months ago

I cast non-magic missile

[-] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

To me it feels like they're leaning into more of a Quake 1 aesthetic, which I really like.

Funnily enough I never really liked that the quake sequels doubled down on the sci-fi so hard.

[-] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 12 points 5 months ago

Yeah honestly Eternal should've been a Quake reboot using the new engine rather than a Doom sequel. Everything about it felt like Quake.

[-] trslim@pawb.social 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah i really prefer the lovecraft aesthetic of Quake 1 over the tech, body horror of the sequels. Science coming into contact with something that defies science and reason is one of my favorite genres of fiction. The Myst, Event Horizon, Doom (especially Doom 3,) and the newest Rimworld dlc all really scratch that itch of coming into contact with something outside of reality, outside of reason and understanding. Really wish for more of that.

[-] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I kind of agree. I wish they'd make a new Quake or something, Doom is cool and all but this barely resembles it. Eternal was fun, but too goofy and campy, Doom 2016 did it perfectly.