DOOM: The Dark Ages reached 3 million players, making it the fastest launch in series history. Players joined the game seven times faster than they did with DOOM Eternal. The new game landed on Game Pass right away, unlike Eternal, which came out before Microsoft bought Bethesda. This makes direct comparisons between the two games harder to judge fairly.
Steam users gave the game 86% positive reviews. Critic Chris Wray rated it 8.5 out of 10, calling it a very good game that pulls back from Eternal toward the feel of DOOM 2016. He praised the long campaign with over twenty stages but noted a few small problems. NVIDIA plans to add path tracing to the game next month. The update will also bring DLSS Ray Reconstruction for better graphics performance. Game developer Billy Khan said ray tracing tech made the new DOOM possible in the first place.
Steam users gave the game 86% positive reviews. Critic Chris Wray rated it 8.5 out of 10, calling it a very good game that pulls back from Eternal toward the feel of DOOM 2016. He praised the long campaign with over twenty stages but noted a few small problems. NVIDIA plans to add path tracing to the game next month. The update will also bring DLSS Ray Reconstruction for better graphics performance. Game developer Billy Khan said ray tracing tech made the new DOOM possible in the first place.
