DOOM: The Dark Age took me to a bloody Odyssey across the universe that shared the origins of Doomguy becoming a Doom Slayer. In the real way, it’s hell of riding, but what happens when “if it tears and tears until it’s done”?
The latest entry for Doom Franchise reminded me of a simpler time when all I needed was the horrifying Arsenal and ugh monsters trying to pile up and fall. With the same style and talent as Doom, it’s difficult to find a game that offers a balance of challenges and rewards.
But there is only a handful and if you enjoyed a dark age, you might get a kick from these.
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Resistance: Human Fall
This planet is not big enough for both of us
World War II meets the wars of the world in this classic PlayStation 3 shooting game. Not a Destiny Devil Invasion, but a Dark Age, Resistance: Human Falls are more traditional alien invasions.
The game has a dark, apocalyptic atmosphere and even subtitles. The design and concept are scary, the chimera is extremely scary.
Like Doom, each enemy requires a different approach to combat, and often requires countering multiple different enemy types at once.
Insomniac has created an impressive assortment of retro-style alliance weapons from World War II, but true resistance fans know that they will plunder dead chimeras for more advanced sci-fi weapons. I have memories of playing campaigns that will unlock more weapons each time and enjoy playing through the rest of the trilogy.
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Please forgive Father 2
Don’t kill you will make you a stranger
What do you do in the face of the fear of the universe beyond human understanding? Of course, you shoot them!
The Dark Ages introduced new host enemies inspired by HP Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. Father 2 follows as a supernatural boomer shooter beyond Doom’s footsteps, but he leaps more into the Lovecraft vibe.
The gun is a mixture of post wwi-era weapons that escalate into supernatural biopunk weapons made of tentacles, body parts and other things that really hindered me.
It may have been slippery and slippery than the heavy metal aesthetic of the Dark Ages, but Father 2 still has the spark of a killing monster from beyond the void that every Boomer Shooter should want.
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Necromunda: The hired gun
The Emperor… protects at a reasonable price
In the Hive World of Necromunda, not Space Marines, you play as a mercanteed contracted by various guilds and gangs to fight for control.
As the name suggests, your main tool is a gun assortment, ranging from iconic bolters to sophisticated plasma and gravity-based weapons. In addition to this, there are violent takedowns and abilities, such as my personal favorite PSYKER abilities throwing some “magic” with a gun.
When Doom was medieval, Hired Gun is an industrialized shooter with fast-paced walls running and guns.
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bullet
The title says it all
Crash on a dangerous planet, pick up a gun, start shooting, don’t stop. It’s that easy.
Like Doom: The Dark Ages, Bulletstorm employs fast-paced combat with enemy waves, focusing on taking advantage of your favourable environment. The more I got, the more rewards and upgrades I got, like when I used my leash to pull my enemies into danger or kick them into an explosive barrel.
Each weapon has an Alt Fire mode that confuses things, such as an explosive rag frail gun or a drill-launch intruder. With such guns, Bulletstorm has an arcade-style sense that rewards people by thinking outside the box in the heat of combat.
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Turok 2: The Seed of Evil
It’s a safari of spacetime
If you like dinosaurs, Trock is the game for you. Otherwise, Turok may still be a game for you.
The first game in the series is a fan favorite, but Seed of Evil pulled up Ante with some of the craziest guns imaginable, like a cerebral hole that latched into the head of an enemy and dug its skull. My personal favorite was the shredder. Because automatic shotguns are always wins in my books.
This creativity and cruelty coincides with some of the medieval, insane guns used in destiny. Even in the 90s, Trock knew you needed more than just a bullet.
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Warhammer 40,000: Bolt gun
There is only war!
Doom Slayer is not the only Space Marine in town. Warhammer: 40,000 is used to demonic fear, so I purged pixels to the point where there was nothing left.
A boomer shooter in every sense, Boltgun is designed like a classic 90’s era with all the amenities of modern games, including advanced enemy AI that tracks me across the map. Of course, all weapons are unique in all designs and purposes, including heavy thunderbolts to charge through enemy waves, and ferocious Meltagungs for thick armored targets.
Both Doom and Warhammer 40,000 revolve primarily around the Space Marines. The Space Marines act as warriors who serve as crusaders against the Horde of Demons in Hell. In this case, there is no mercy found for the traitors of the human empire.
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Anger 2
nanomachi-i Mean, nanotrites, son!
I enjoyed my first anger with that quasi-saberpunk/apocalyptic aesthetic and was surprised and impressed that Avalanche Studio took the lead in development after a successful Mad Max tie-in game.
Relying even more on the crazy whims of the Apocalypse, Rage 2’s battles are given massive improvements, characterized by similar mobility, creative weapons, and a range of dynamic encounters to destiny: the Dark Age. I was able to jump over the map and dash, easily switching back and forth from a charged plasma cannon to a Firestorm revolver.
In addition to this, you’ll get a customizable armored car with weapons of different weapons, just like what you carry in the game. So if you’ve ever wanted to have a “Doom-Mobile” with your Doom Slayer, this is as close as we can get so far.
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RoboCop: Rogue City
Dead or alive, you’re coming with me
RoboCop: Rogue City Give players the opportunity to fight through the waves of criminals as the cyborg Roman himself. For fans of the film, including myself, this was a dream come true, and when I drew Auto-9 and the theme music began, I was hooked from the intro.
Although not as fast as Doom: The Dark Ages, Robocop is a powerful tank of characters. While offering power fantasy, the game also offers interesting fans of the original film with a fascinating story centered around the identity crisis of RoboCop.
There is no broad arsenal to employ, but Robocop’s Signature Auto-9 makes most other guns embarrassed. And while there may not be a glorious kill, you can still make the infamous nut shot. I buy it for $1.
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Women, the best thing you have?
If the only thing that hell fears is Doom Slayer, the same applies to Nazis and BJ Blazkowicz. Like Doom, Wolfenstein enjoyed a well-received reboot era in the 2010s, when a terrifying new world order was established. The new colossus launches a new war to free America from the tyranny, one dead Nazi at a time.
The New Colossus and the Dark Age share the offering of various approaches to combat. Blazkowicz can take a stealth approach to killing walls, wielding various weapons (my personal favorite is the devastating Schockhammers), and killing the Nazis with extreme prejudice.
The game also shares an intrusive background, with the new Colossus portraying a horrifying portrayal of America under the Nazi German regime. But you can kick Hitler in the face, and it’s always a victory.
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Hello is endless
Spartans will never die
Where Doom Slayer gives the Devil something to fear, the Master Chief wants what humanity wants. And of course, he does this by sweeping out the entire alien army with ease.
The maneuverability of combat and dynamic encounters in Halo Infinite offers a different experience, whether I’m hijacking ghosts or banshees or working on mountain peaks from trees. There is a unique sense of adventure in Infinite, reflecting some of the exploratory aspects of Doom. It’s a dark age, like finding audio logs and new weapons.
The similarities between the two games are pretty clear. Both will become the game’s legendary icons, following the emerald-registered Super Soldier. Because, as the old proverb says, if it’s not broken, don’t fix it.
