New series scheduled to be released on May 15th『DOOM: The Dark Ages』Overseas media has released a Q&A with executive producer Marty Stratton and game director Hugo Martin.
DOOM: The Dark Ages will not feature multiplayer mode, focusing on campaign development
Overseas media reported on the Q&AWccftechAccording to ``DOOM: The Dark Ages'', there will be no multiplayer mode, and it will be a completely single-player game with only a campaign. This was a decision made from the early stages of development, and by concentrating resources, they were able to devote all their efforts to developing the largest campaign to date, including giant mechs and dragons.
As for multiplayer elements in previous games, "DOOM (2016)" had a team-based battle mode, and "DOOM Eternal" had an asymmetric battle mode. Regarding DOOM Eternal, an ``invasion mode'' was also released that would allow players to invade other players' campaigns as demons, but it was later announced that development would be discontinued and implementation would be abandoned.
We also talk about the campaign contents and the future of the reboot version of "DOOM"
During the Q&A, there were also questions regarding the content of the campaign. When asked if there will be enemies like the Marauder (from DOOM Eternal) that force players to learn how the game works, he answered that there will be multiple powerful enemies. When facing these enemies, your knowledge, skill, and understanding of parrying will be tested, and tactics such as parrying consecutive attacks until the end will be required.
When asked if it was an open world, he answered that although it was not an open world, he had built the most expansive world ever. The shift from the traditional linear world to a sandbox allows players to tackle multiple objectives in any order, explore and collect upgrades. He also said that although efforts have been made to ensure that one stage does not last too long, if you are aiming to unravel all the secrets and complete the game, this is one of the largest volumes of any work to date. did.
At the end of the Q&A, there was a question about whether this would be the final work in the reboot trilogy that continued from "DOOM (2016)". Martin said he couldn't answer this question, but said that he personally loved making DOOM and could continue to do it for a long time, and that this game wasn't designed to be an end game. also hinted at the possibility of continuing development on a rebooted version of DOOM.
Scheduled to be released on May 15th
Featuring the largest campaign ever, DOOM: The Dark Ages will be released on PC (Steam、Microsoft Store）/Xbox Series X|S/PS5Scheduled to be released on May 15th. It will also be compatible with Game Pass from the first day of release.