The Dark Ages’ shield is perhaps the most devastating interpretation of the phrase ‘the best offense is a good defense’, and it makes the new Doom feel like the greatest unofficial Captain ...

Quick showcase of shield gameplay in DOOM: The Dark Ages. The Dark Ages has taken a step back from Eternal and taken a page out of classic DOOM games, where players encounter a more bullet-hell ...

Even beyond Dark Age‘s massive set-piece spectacles, its moment-to-moment gameplay is pure old-school gaming bliss.Throughout the game’s 22 levels, frenzied players run and gun through an ...

The shield, my favorite mechanic, is both an offensive and defensive tool. id Software has said that Doom: The Dark Ages takes inspiration from weaving your way through projectiles to get at ...

Doom (2016) is set in a bleak, techno-capitalist future where demons pour out of hell gates faster than the populace can respond to.By contrast, Doom: The Dark Ages flings the player back into the ...

The shield is as good at offense as it is defense. Captured by VideoGamer Learn and master the shield. One of the biggest changes in DOOM The Dark Ages is the introduction of a shield.

Hebeth is Doom: The Dark Ages’ second chapter, in which the Doom Slayer is called to protect the planet of Hebeth from demonic forces. This 100% ...

What worked in hour one of The Dark Ages—spamming my shotguns, shield dashing away from danger, and deflecting anything colored green—worked in hour 17, and that's a huge bummer.

Between the shield, the Slayer’s melee attack, and all the guns, combat in The Dark Ages feels like entering mini flow states. Every action fits together like a ballet of carnage.

In the shield, Doom The Dark Ages finds its heavy, stompy feet. Pinky, but no brain. | Image credit: Bethesda. But the shield can only do so much to add variety into the mix.