DOOM: The Dark Ages

I-DOOM: I-Dark Ages, eyakhiwe yi-id Software futhi yanyatheliswa yi-Bethesda Softworks, ingumdlalo wokuqala wokudubula ozokhishwa ngo-May 15, 2025, kuma-PlayStation 5, Windows, nama-Xbox Series X/S. Uzotholakala futhi ku-Xbox Game Pass kusukela osukwini lokuqala. Lesi sihloko siyisandulelo semidlalo ye-DOOM (2016) ne-DOOM Eternal, okwenza kube isingenele sesithathu ochungechungeni lwesimanje kanye nesingenele esikhulu sesishiyagalombili kulo lonke uchungechunge. Lo mdlalo ugxila esikhathini esingaphambili sempilo ye-Doom Slayer, ucabanga ukuthi uyakhuphuka njengoba eba yisikhali esikhulu ngokumelene namabutho esihogo endaweni emnyama, enezici ezithinta inkathi ephakathi. Le ndawo "ye-techno-medieval" iyisici esibalulekile se-The Dark Ages, ethinta yonke into kusukela ezindaweni kuya ekuklameni kwezikhali. Indaba ihlola impi phakathi kwama-Night Sentinels e-Argent D'Nur kanye nabalingani bawo aba-Maykr ngokumelene nesihogo, kude kakhulu ngaphambi kokuhlaselwa kwe-Mars ne-Earth. I-Doom Slayer, enikwe amandla yi-Maykrs, ilwa ukuze ijike imbobo, nakuba intando yakhe ivinjelwe yithuluzi elibizwa nge-Tether, elilawulwa yinkosi yakhe, u-Kreed Maykr. Ngaleso sikhathi, inkosi yesihogo, inkosana u-Ahzrak, ifuna i-Heart of Argent, ikhetha ukugwema ukulwa okuqondile ne-Slayer enesibindi. Indaba ichazwa njengomuzwa omkhulu we-cinematic ohlose ukugcwalisa umhlaba we-Doom, okuhlanganisa nomlando wokulwa komuntu nengane kanye namaqembu ama-Sentinels nama-Maykrs. Ukudlala komdlalo ku-DOOM: I-Dark Ages kuguqukela ekudlaleni okunomfutho oqine, oqinile uma kuqhathaniswa ne-acrobatics esheshayo yabangaphambi kwayo. I-Doom Slayer ichazwa njenge-"tank yensimbi," egxile ezinhlelweni zokulwa ezihleliwe kanye nezinketho ezithuthukisiwe zokulwa. Isengezo esisha esibalulekile yi-Shield Saw, ithuluzi elisebenza ngezindlela eziningi elisetshenziselwa ukuvimba, ukugudluza, nokuhlasela. Abadlali bangakwazi futhi ukusebenzisa izikhali ezintsha ezifana ne-Skull Crusher, isibhamu esidubula amathambo, kanye nezikhali zokulwa ezifana neglavu, ibhanela lensimbi, neflail. Izibhamu ezijwayelekile ezifana ne-Super Shotgun ziyabuya futhi. Okokuqala okubonakalayo ochungechungeni ukwethulwa kwezimoto ezingalawulwa. Abadlali bazokwazi ukulawula idragoni ye-cybernetic kanye ne-Atlan mech enkulu engamamitha angama-30 ezingxenyeni ezithile zomdlalo. Lezi zimoto zize nezimfanelo zazo futhi aziyona imigomo enye. Umdlalo uthembisa amazinga amakhulu futhi anwetshiwe kakhulu e-id Software kuze kube manje, ukhuthaza ukuhlola izindawo ezifana nezinqaba ezibhidliziwe, amahlathi amnyama, nezinganekwane zesihogo zasendulo. Indaba izoba nezinganekwane ezengeziwe nentuthuko yezinhlamvu ukuze unikeze ukuqonda okujulile kwemvelaphi ye-Doom Slayer. I-DOOM: I-Dark Ages yakhelwe kumshini we-id Tech 8, okubonisa izinjini ezisezingeni eliphezulu zomdlalo nezindawo ezibhidlizwayo. Abathuthukisi bahlose ukwenza ukulwa kube lula futhi kuvumelane nezimo ngohlelo olusha lokunzima nama-sliders avumela abadlali ukuthi balungise izici ezifana nesivinini somdlalo nama-windows okugudluza ngokuvumelana nokukhetha kwabo. Izosethwa kokunzima okuningi, kusukela kumuzwa ophansi kuye kumodi eyinselele yokufa. Umdlalo uphinde unikeze izinketho zokufinyelela ezahlukene, kuhlanganise nokukala osayizi wombhalo, ukuhlelwa kabusha kwezilawuli, nemodi ephakeme kakhulu. I-soundtrack ilungiswa yiqembu le-Finishing Move, lihlose umsindo we-metal onomthelela we-medieval. Ukukhiqizwa komdlalo kwaqala ngemuva kokuqedwa kwe-DLC ye-DOOM Eternal, "I-Ancient Gods," ngo-2021, kanti ukukhiqizwa okuphelele kwaqala ngo-Agasti 2022. Umdlalo, owake wawucatshangelwa ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi "Doom: Year Zero," wamenyezelwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-June 2024. U-Phil Spencer, umphathi we-Microsoft Gaming, uchaze ukuthi isinqumo sokukhishwa kwez platforms eziningi, okuhlanganisa ne-PlayStation 5, sivela emlandweni ochungechunge lwe-Doom ezikhathini ezahlukene, ethi "wonke umuntu ufanele ukudlala." I-Premium Edition yomdlalo izonikeza ukufinyelela ngaphambi kwesikhathi, incwadi yobuciko yedijithali nomsindo, iphakethe lesikhumba, kanye ne-DLC yenkampu.