Doom: The Dark Ages takes the FPS icon off the rails with a giant mech, a blade shield, and a shotgun that shoots bones
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Doom: The Dark Agestakes the Doom Slayer back to the Medieval era for dragon riding and skull-powered shotguns, and it’s out next year on Xbox Game Pass.
We saw a giant mech, the Doom Slayer riding a goddamn dragon, and a shotgun powered by a skull that shoots out bones. Hey, just became the Doom series is apparently going backwards in time, doesn’t mean id Software can’t get incredibly creative with its guns.
We also the Doom Slayer shooting what appeared to be a boomerang-type gun through a horde of enemies, and then the disc blade returned to the killer after ploughing through said horde. If this is what the full Doom: The Dark Ages has in store for us, sign me up.
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