The melee-heavy Doom: The Dark Ages is extremely my thing — but it might not be yours

Destiny: Dark Ages It’ll be a love and disgusting entry for the shooting game series. I’ve only played the game for a few hours so far, but I already love it. That being said, it’s very different Eternal destiny – And unless you can adapt to a game that feels very different from what you play, Dark age It’s going to be a huge hang.

But if you were me, Dark age It’s a non-stop thrill. meanwhile Eternal destiny We put a great emphasis on speed and motto Dark age It’s about standing and fighting. That’s because the game actually revolves around substitutions and fighting. do not have Running and gunning. So, if you like Dolly and melee combat, if you’re me, alias, this is the destiny for you.

The Star of the Show Dark age Shield is a new addition to Doom Slayer’s Arsenal. Immediately after obtaining this circular shield you will get a power-up for that, and a buzz saw blade will be added to its edge. This means that if you use Fris Beatus like Captain America to throw a shield at the Devil, you can be surprised and convulsed on the battlefield. This won’t kill them, but you can secure them and use that time to take them out or clean up a small fries first. This gives you a lot of control over how the battle unfolds.

Throwing the circular topics you see around the battlefield makes you feel good and the sound effect that carves the bones of the demons are very satisfying, but that’s not even the best. A big selling point for the Shield is the movement of the new traversal mechanic, the Shield Bash. You aim for the enemy, use your shield bash to quickly zip towards them, breaking off the little demons, and dealing a large blow to the big guys. This movement makes the game feel fluid and fast when you learn the rhythm of the game. The shield bash includes this dashing move that can be zipped over huge distances, so the super fast run speed you have isn’t necessarily needed Eternal destiny.

This is also why it’s interesting to me that Stand and Fight is the marketing one-liner for this game. I spent so much time zipping around the battlefield with Shield Bash so I didn’t feel like the game’s combat design had slowed me down. However, there is another important thing to note here about new and different mechanisms. Your focus now is on close and personal combat.

I’ve always been Parry Sicko and I’ve been hooked on a brawl that tends to pick heavy attackers in any game that has that option. Dark age For you depending on whether you can withstand it or not. Most people probably think that it’s a game you film with the Devil. Don’t worry – it’s not yet.

Dark age It is also a game that allows you to accept certain incoming attacks and accumulate fees for three-part melee attacks that deal significant damage. Is it strange that you need to stack charges to do melee attacks rather than just an infinite punch machine? Yes, a bit. Guns in this game often feel like they have endless bullets after all. Ammo tends to be abundant unless you’re playing it with the most difficult difficulty settings. And this isn’t like the Dark Souls game where you have to consider all the moves you’ve made, as it’s so hard to get stamina. So it may seem strange that there are limitations to important game mechanics.

but, Dark agethe melee attack is very powerful and very satisfying, so you will understand why the game designer didn’t want you to be able to do it every second. If they let me do that, I will punch a way through Hellspawn, never drawing a rifle again. Anyway, I’m already negotiating with my new shield, so I’m ready whenever I need to land a big punch on a big guy, as I’m going to have to rebuild my melee fees using Parry Mechanics.

That being said, I’m only a few hours Destiny: Dark Ages. I’m at the beginning of the story about how Doom Slayer exists under the threat of strange religious groups that still use him against his will (at least the job they forced him to be his normal fare, but it cruelly kills many demons). I don’t know how the rest of this game will play out.

I know one thing: the battle clicked for me immediately. And if you love that sound, and you’re willing to let go of everything about you Eternal destiny Muscle Memory – that might even click for you.

Destiny: Dark Ages It will be released on May 15th on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X. The game was reviewed on PC using the Prerelease download code provided by Bethesda Softworks.