Doom: The Dark Ages |OT| Mod City

Finally finished this today with all the secrets and achievements. I had a great time! I enjoyed it more than Eternal, but I will give Eternal another go. On release Eternal never clicked with me, because I had Covid shit to deal with on release. I'm a social care worker so it was all a mess back then. No lockdown for me, so when Eternal was released I wasn't in the right frame of mind, and the first person platforming and resource management annoyed the shit out of me. This? Now? Great! It felt like Doom! The open spaces, the simple combat loop clicked with me.
At a point in the game you could see that this may have originally been a reimagining of Quake 1 OR, this is ID dipping their toes into doing a reboot of the original Quake (God I hope so)...Anyway. Good game, and I appreciate that ID did something different with each iteration of the recent Doom trilogy.

Now to try Doom Eternal again....I may use the Ranger skin though!
Man! I'm hungry for a new Quake!! Damn!
 
Punished Miku said:
[EDIT] Finished chapter 5. Honestly one of my favorite FPS levels ever. Flying around, counter dodging to destroy the cannons, seamlessly landing then infiltrating on foot and taking out a mini boss, then bust out and land mid air on the dragon again to fly around, boost chase other pilots, just a true pure fun action level. Great stuff. Also really appreciate how much the basic shield dash adds to combat. Can be used from far away and instantly closes the distance in a really fun way that pairs perfectly with the shotgun. Gore and muscle wasting on the enemies is great with chunks just falling off. Stacking classes of weapons on the X button as a toggle is also really smart.
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Did you do second dragon mission?

As good as chapter 5 is, second one blows it out of water.

Sorry to say this but anyone criticising dragon missions in this game has lost their freaking mind.

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vaibhavpisal said:
Did you do second dragon mission?

As good as chapter 5 is, second one blows it out of water.

Sorry to say this but anyone criticising dragon missions in this game has lost their freaking mind.

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Not yet. Haven't had any time to play lately. I'll get in a level or 2 today hopefully
 
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calistan said:
Yes - option 1, that's what I've been doing. Finding the secrets and grinding the weapon challenges in easy areas, then going back to the menu.
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Thanks! That makes it a bit easier.

Completed the game on UV, the last few chapters were great. I loved the string of boss fights in chapter 21. All of it was great, but it was a satisfying ending to the journey.
 
Any word yet on a fix for the Berseker trophy?

I can't get my platinum until they patch the bug to give it to me and I refuse to replay the whole game and could get the bug twice.
 
Arsic said:
Any word yet on a fix for the Berseker trophy?

I can't get my platinum until they patch the bug to give it to me and I refuse to replay the whole game and could get the bug twice.
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It was fixed in update 1 that came out last week:

Achievements

  • Resolved an issue in which some users could not unlock the Berserker Achievement/Trophy upon obtaining the necessary upgrades. This should resolve retroactively for affected users
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DOOM: The Dark Ages | Update 1 Release Notes

Available Now!
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Arsic said:
They didn't fix it.

Ton of posts online like me. Still would have to replay whole game.

Fuck id.
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Weirdly, I got the berserker achievement when going back into an earlier level after finishing the game, despite not having all the shield upgrades. Had all the melee upgrades but not the last items on the first two shield runes.
 
On Chapter 19 and it's still a great time, but like some have said, I can only really play this in short bursts. That isn't a complaint to be clear because I really love how much it demands of me in each combat scenario and it feels fucking badass!

I'm not a huge fan of the events that happen with the Slayer at this point in the game, which I won't bother talking about due to spoilers. I'm looking forward to going back through some of my favourite levels on a lower difficulty (Nightmare at this point can be a fucking nightmare at times!) so I can finish all the weapon challenges.
 
calistan said:
Weirdly, I got the berserker achievement when going back into an earlier level after finishing the game, despite not having all the shield upgrades. Had all the melee upgrades but not the last items on the first two shield runes.
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Maybe related to recent patch?


While potential workarounds have been floating about for more dedicated fans, the good news is you don't need to worry about it anymore. Doom: The Dark Ages Update 1 goes out of its way to fix the issue for good. Even better: This achievement will retroactively unlock for youif you were one of the affected players. Simply boot up your save file with all the upgrades unlocked and this should pop for you.
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Maybe the update is a little bit too kind in unlocking the berserker achievement now :lollipop_smiling_face_eyes:
Lucifers Beard said:
On Chapter 19 and it's still a great time, but like some have said, I can only really play this in short bursts. That isn't a complaint to be clear because I really love how much it demands of me in each combat scenario and it feels fucking badass!

I'm not a huge fan of the events that happen with the Slayer at this point in the game, which I won't bother talking about due to spoilers. I'm looking forward to going back through some of my favourite levels on a lower difficulty (Nightmare at this point can be a fucking nightmare at times!) so I can finish all the weapon challenges.
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I wish Id started on a lower rank lol, the game is pretty big and I got stuck in several times just clearing it first time. Think Id have a better time learning the weapons and unlocking everything on an easier run. And then go for a narrower run on Nightmare to only upgrade the weapons I really need and not worry about finding secrets. Clearing on UV took me 40+ hours.

Im curious what your issue is with the Slayer on those levels, as I thought the whole twist at that point was super cool.
 
Mopped up the last of the achievements - took 35 hours, including 8 hours lost when it deleted my save. This game is so good, I would probably have abandoned most other games if they sent me back to the start after that long.
 
Orbital2060 said:
Maybe related to recent patch?



Maybe the update is a little bit too kind in unlocking the berserker achievement now :lollipop_smiling_face_eyes:

I wish Id started on a lower rank lol, the game is pretty big and I got stuck in several times just clearing it first time. Think Id have a better time learning the weapons and unlocking everything on an easier run. And then go for a narrower run on Nightmare to only upgrade the weapons I really need and not worry about finding secrets. Clearing on UV took me 40+ hours.

Im curious what your issue is with the Slayer on those levels, as I thought the whole twist at that point was super cool.
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Tried:
-reloading a save for final level
-tried an earlier level like chapter 17 to a check point and going to the shrine
-Tried starting a new save to pop my first upgrade

Maybe they fixed this achievement for Xbox players but not the trophy for PlayStation users.
 
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