Submitted 3 days ago by simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world
https://80.lv/articles/doom-the-dark-ages-has-reportedly-sold-less-than-1-million-copies/
The only real criticism I have of the game is the price. I think it was a great single player experience, but I totally understand people balking at the $70 price tag.
It was fun, but I put it down once the credits rolled. Nothing inherently wrong with that; cramming a ton of completionist and weekly update content would not have made this a better game.
Maybe I’m just old.
Bethesda ought to just let the Doom IP go and give it to someone who actually cares.
I will never give a single red cent to Bethesda ever again and I sure as hell ain’t doing it for this. Whatever this is has no business claiming to be a Doom game. They probably would have had slightly better luck if they slapped the veneer of some other IP over it rather than Doom.
You obviously haven’t played it. The game is great and 100% worthy of the Doom name.
I mean, it ain’t bad, it’s fun(I’m on mission 13-14), it’s still a Doom game. But it’s definitely the weakest of the last 3 games.
The Atlan is a cool concept but it’s just slow combat, the dragon sections are okay I guess but not groundbreaking… The overall combat itself is fun, but it’s somehow less visceral than the other two games, glory kills are basically gone and you just do a melee attack most of the time… I honestly enjoyed Eternal much more, it’s combat made you use the mechanics in a better way
Oooh, so edgy and tough. Do you have a fan club already, or can I be the one to start it?
I hope this shows companies that selling their games at 80 Euro is not the way to go.
Yeah no shit. My battlenet launcher wanted $100 for it.
Well they added a mandatory “parry” system to a doom game, what did they expect?
Expedition 33 kinda takes all my time.
I’m avoiding it because it just doesn’t look that fun. I played the last 2 new dooms and they were good, for console shooters. More PC gamers should have higher standards than this. I don’t want a dumb story about medieval times, collecting dolls, linear maps, cyberdragon mounts, running from arena to arena and then starting repetitive wave fights. Just make a good shooter please!
You basically summed up why i didnt find the reboot and its dlc any good haha
Fewer than. *
No less than is correct because they know the exact number they have sold.
If you’ve sold less than 1,000 units then you have sold a number of units that is under 1,000.
If you have sold few of them 1,000 units you have not sold 1,000 units but you’re not sure how many units you have sold just that that number didn’t reach 1,000.
But they do know how many units they sold, otherwise they wouldn’t know if they had sold less than 1,000 so it is “less than”.
Did a new DOOM game get released?
Well “new” is arguable.
Yes it runs on Microsoft excel
The reverse-Midas of Microsoft, whatever they buy turns to shit.
It has nothing to do with quality, most people played it on game pass rather than buying it.
How nice for Microsoft, I’m sure it’s a big success.
I watched a few levels of it. This game has already been made. It’s called Painkiller and I beat it 20 years ago.
No fps gun has ever been as satisfying as that stake launcher.
Here’s hoping the painkiller remaster/remake doesn’t suck.
Game is mid imo
The game is basically less Doom & more WH40K-ish.
It’s 300 riyals [here], what did they expect? I’ll wait for it be cracked. I’m patient.
good. i won’t buy it until it’s $10. and not even then if they haven’t removed denuvo at that point
There’s a video on YouTube called “Doom The Dark Ages Story Explained” but it’s a Doom game.
Not a big fan of the new Dooms, although I did like 2016. Nothing beats the ol’ Doom II (via source ports).
Sooo as far as im concerned i personaly will buy it beacuse it looks fun buuut on discount . Right now its just too expensive. And i can buy claire obscure for 2/3 of the price and thats also on my list sooo guess which one will go first.
But to be fair i am not exatcly the most representative sample i basicaly never buy games for more than 40$ and mostly even cheaper. Previous doom games i bought for something between 10$ and 20$ soooo.
BDS?
Anyone know what the budget was? At 800k sold, that’s roughly $56M, minus merchant fees, plus whatever they get for 2.2M players on Game Pass.
Definitely not bad, though I expect it’ll take a while for them to recoup their budget.
Put the entire game on the disk/ 2 disks and I will buy.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 days ago
For me anyway, my loss of interest in the DOOM franchise started when they started dehumanizing the Doom Marine and started stacking fantastic/medieval elements to the main protagonist and his arsenal.
I like my DOOM games when it is a battle of sci-fi military forces against demonic forces. Human technology versus brutish monsters. But now with Dark Ages Bethesda turned the franchise into a more violent and edgy Skyrim.
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 days ago
When was the doomguy humanized?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 days ago
Honestly I’d have been down for Doomguy turning into a literal demigod of demon murdering but I’d want his look to reflect it. Right now he’s in this weird position where he’s basically magic but they didn’t want to get rid of his look.
mirisgaiss@lemmy.world 3 days ago
from the gameplay I’ve watched so far it’s just been turned into a completely different game now. eternal was barely hanging on to the ethos of it, and now theres throwing blades and maces and shit? that’s not doom anymore.