DOOM The Dark Ages | Trailer Breakdown

Now that some time has passed since the release of the trailer for DOOM The Dark Ages, I have been able to fully analyze the trailer and break it down in this video. I hope I was able to identify most of the features within the trailer, but if I missed anything be sure to start the conversation down below!
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[@RipNteargaming]

Anything I missed in the breakdown?

[@user-un4ye4pq6z]

My guess on the monster on 9:53 is a prowler . i also think its to small for a archville...

[@LiberatedMind1]

@@user-un4ye4pq6z It's an imp because it charges a fireball.

[@Insanejoker6]

Im so glad you're back❤❤❤

[@kingjohn8980]

A couple things: -The new SSG is similar to the ones the Marauders use, sporting the same lever action and flintlock features, but Doom Slayer’s version appears to be larger. -It likely this game will have the strongest demons yet. I surmised this due to the appearance of the imp. Since Doom Guy has been terrorizing the demons for so long at this point, they’ll be at their physical peaks to try and match him. The demons in 2016 and Eternal are much weaker in comparison since Doom Slayer was in the sarcophagus for so long that the demons started to degrade over time. -One of the super heavy demons of this game will likely be the Baalgar demons. One of these demons was modified and turned into a Cyberdemon in 2016 so it’s like we’ll get to fight a couple in their natural state.

[@_uguns_]

The shield can parry too

[@Balagnugnes]

the way the slayer spins the super shotgun makes me think hes swinging the shotgun down to an ammo belt to reload the shotgun with one hand and once the shells are in the gun can auto load them honestly i like the animation for it

[@RipNteargaming]

That’s very possible since he does have shells on his belt with this new outfit.

[@collinb.8542]

Its a lever action Shotgun which is why he is flipping it.

[@dootslayer3907]

Gives off Terminator 2 vibes.

[@f4mmer540]

Also the shells don't have much of a visible brass base to withstand the force of the round's powder's charge. I think the shells only hold the projectile and the action of the lever primes the hammer and fills the powder pan with propellant stored inside the stock of the gun or another compartment.

[@rabbitwolf6521]

It probably won't happen, but I love the idea of a medieval, armoured Daisy being an adorable badass battle bunny.

[@tamas21145]

It surely won't happen. She's fucking dead.

[@DiamondFoxdie]

I think Daisy died on earth along with his family, didn't it?

[@rabbitwolf6521]

Yeah that's why I said it probably won't happen, we can wish though lol!

[@AdolfEinchelchwizen]

@@DiamondFoxdiethis is a prequel

[@Damian-cilr2]

@@AdolfEinchelchwizen doesn't mean that its a prequel to all doom games prior only to 2016.

[@julianw2459]

So glad Doom is finally back

[@LiberatedMind1]

High time baby.

[@cwx8]

I just can't believe it's been 5 years.

[@LiberatedMind1]

@@cwx8 4 thus far.

[@cwx8]

@@LiberatedMind1 sorry well 5 by release.

[@LiberatedMind1]

@@cwx8 Which is not a bad time frame honestly.

[@xxiSHTAr9000x]

From what I saw in the trailer, it looks like ID is trying to bring back that dark gritty tone set in Doom 2016, but with so much more added to it. Oh man, the hype is immense!

[@WarningStrangerDanger]

The John Romero era aesthetics were full of castles, cathedrals, candles, and cages. Brutalist Gothic architecture and comically absurd evil (like Daisy the Rabbit being meticulously prepared on a pike to upset Doomguy) are in the series' DNA. Seeing that tone with upgraded graphics is sheer fanservice.

[@inirs08]

The plasma blaster is straight out of Quake 2!!

[@techmetal2964]

Looks cool but ill always be partial to the classic design, although it may not make sense being here

[@DariusHosein]

Came across your vid randomly. I can't wait to see what's in store when it's launches. ID Software hasn't let us down so far.

[@lachousalle31]

With the Imp looking like the classic Imp, I'm excited to see the Baron of Hell. Probably gonna look something like The Gladiator, except red and throws green fireballs.

[@doommaker4000]

Or like 2016 Baron. It was pretty close to the og one

[@thedungeonmaster4741]

I dead ass hope so

[@josefvosta7716]

I hope so, that is 100% what I want to see

[@BRZRKBAT7322]

That cape may be its hide

[@anecro]

That's a great point actually, Gladiator Barons of Hell are quite possibly still around by this time

[@bimmerM3003]

The loremaster is back at work

[@jamescentersmith9323]

Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if Bethesda went for a semi-open world approach with this. I don't mean a massive GTA-style open world, but more like a partial open world similar to God of War, Ragnarok, or God of War 2018, where each map has its own open world section.

[@PunkinPumpkinJack]

Haven't watched your content in years...Awesome to see you still make videos my guy! Awesome breakdown! I'm excited AF for this game!

[@davidmarquez5513]

Glad to see you back!

[@LoneWolf-tj3wj]

The game is so metal that when I went to rewatch the trailer on my browser I had to sign in to confirm age because it could be “too inappropriate” We are so back.

[@D.M.Luiz.]

I really enjoyed this break down. And excited for a new game. However skeptical since the departure of Mick Gordan.

[@user-dc1sy5lm1s]

But isn't Hebeth was long lost before Slayer was found in Sentinel Prime?

[@RipNteargaming]

It was lost during the Unholy Crusades.

[@malthedahl-spangby8263]

When did those take place? 🤔

[@JunayedMahin]

Welcome back man. Missed your videos. Cant wait for the game to come out.

[@Mando011]

I hope we get a few more 3rd person cinematics like we got in ancient gods pt2. Not too long but cool transitions where we see him do some badass shit

[@comicbookprodigy995]

I assume the shield is a new addition meant to substitute the arm blade from Eternal. Glory kills are gonna be chainsaw-madness with the shield! You mentioned that maybe upon throwing the shield, you might have to press a button to call it back, like the Leviathan Axe in GOW or Thor's hammer/Cap's shield. I imagine you can also line enemies up between you and the shield and kill them by recalling it. If so, that is gonna be so OP. Edit: OMG! I didn't notice it sawing enemies in half when I first watched the trailer. It is gonna be OP! R.I.P. arm blade. You can rest now.

[@simionmatei9715]

Its also lorewise accurate, since its was said that the slayer defeated the champion titan with sword and shield

[@reaper666felix]

So I guess that's why we couldn't us those mechs in Doom Eternal because if this game takes place before Eternal then in one of the battles that the Slayer was in the mech got destroyed. Hope that makes sense.

[@AncientPangolinGaming]

I loved all of this but the skull shredder flak canon was my favorite part. That and the dragon. And his cape. And the lever action shotgun. And everything else really. I thought it was weird that the morning star didn't cause any visible damage to that one dude but prolly just due to this being a demo. Also I'm guessing there will be some form of magic too since that's a pretty common trope of medieval settings. Might be how they explain the one handed reloads and his boomerang shield?

[@permeus2nd]

9:10 so when the shield returns it clips a guy just of centre of the screen and you see a glitch that you don’t see at normal speed, for probably like a frame or two (were probably talking millisecond) he vanishes and is replaced with a new image of the same guy cut in two and flying apart blood spraying as guesses out.

[@och70]

This new game looks INSANE!

[@anecro]

Finally someone else noticed the floating city is related to the Wraiths. I deduced this based on the differences in architecture from both Maykrs and Sentinels, this is designed as something else entirely and the figure up top has striped wings on top of a weird head. Great analysis overall.

[@derekbrackett1622]

So glad you did this video!!! Can't wait for the quakecon footage !!

[@thatvillainjay]

The shotgun looks like it's flint lock, such a nice detail

[@wiktorhogberg1646]

No it just has external hammers. But I agree, it looks really good.

[@joaoguijz10]

The new shotgun is the same(similar) design as the marauder shotgun in battlemode

[@lilbee281]

excellent analysis, glad you slowed everything down

[@FlailheadGaming]

Excellent breakdown, loved it!

[@akanonymoss]

This is the one and only game will ever preorder immediately

[@acecommander1]

I am so excited for this!!! Hope they show more of the rail spike soon that weapon looks awesome

[@JoeDoom1]

Can’t wait…..this looks absolutely amazing!!!

[@hollowfox865]

I think for the reload for the super shotgun it would be cool if the slayer had shotgun shells on his right arm so when he reloads it just go right in

[@purebaldness]

10:46 - it looks like that parry system will cause extra damage? Indicated by the larger, _purple_ ring, following the orange ring upon parry.

[@phoenxi_]

I think the parry mechanic will be interesting but it’s gotta flow, doom as a franchise is all about the flow of the game

[@soulivan827]

I'm guessing the projectiles being kinda slow is similar to how they were in OG doom. Especially since this game seems more grounded. It looks like you need to dodge and use cover similar to the original games (cover being your shield). Should be interesting.

[@solar901]

How the time flies. Eternal still feels pretty new to me and there's already a next game coming.

[@Jam-og1km]

I think with the shotgun he's just reloading with one hand, less easy to see in first person, but if you look at how Dante reloads his shotgun in dmc I think it's similar to that

[@Andman8210]

If we could get 4-5 good modern doom games then the series can be goated

[@WarReadyManuel]

Doomslayer=god's wrath on demand

[@ZenTea]

I hope you can toggle the cloak off. Capes and all that shit gets in the way imo. Also don’t feel like DoomSlayer wouldn’t even bother with one.

[@Ultra-Mewstinct]

The the chain shield also parry’s, do to it stopping the hell knights charge

[@parkersas1499]

A cool new shotgun idea a triple or quad barreled shotgun that functions like the tac but it can shoot different shell types like plasma or rockets

[@LILAC_CHAOS]

So the Blundergat from Mob of the Dead

[@keilanperry5684]

I think the flow will be one of the core weapons inside the weapon. Will you’ll be able to switch between the flower and all the rest? Think you’ll be very interesting to see all the combos we could do with the flail shield and rest of the weapons

[@keilanperry5684]

I was using voice to speak, sorry

[@jsin1077]

It doesn't matter if they gave him a cloak or not. It's an fps you can see him anyway. Would be so sweet to get a third person view.

[@chrisprufer1622]

That level with the skull grinder gun looks like a foundry or assembly line for the night sentinnel atlans

[@comicbookprodigy995]

So as far as timeline goes, I assume it's as follows: Doom 1 Doom 2 Doom 64 Doom: The Dark Ages Doom 2016 Doom: Eternal (Doom 3 taking place in an alternate dimension, not included in the main timeline).

[@LILAC_CHAOS]

In my head Doom 3 happens around the start of the original just through the perspective of someone else, Lost Missions are maybe around the same time as the end of 64 but before Dark Ages from another perspective again

[@RipNteargaming]

@@LILAC_CHAOS Very possible since Doomguy goes to the Phobos moon base during the invasion and doesn’t actually go to Mars until Doom 64.

[@LILAC_CHAOS]

@@RipNteargaming and I think the Doom 3 marine ends up becoming Phobos from Quake 3

[@LILAC_CHAOS]

Kinda like his time in hell also transformed him similar to the slayer, perhaps the longer the doomslayer is in hell, the stronger he becomes.

[@andydbedford]

It can’t be Habeth, as Samuel says that this city was before your time in the sentinels , during the mission where you blow a hole In Mars in Eternal.

[@RipNteargaming]

There are inconsistencies in the lore. Hayden does say that, but in the codex it says the city was lost during the crusades which the Slayer was apart of.

[@morbid1.]

this shotgun reload reminds me terminator 2 one hand reload on motorcycle

[@horrorjunkie96]

10:35 so the Dread Knight has orange tubing (argent energy?) and this Hell Knight is powered by something green? toxic waste? blood swamp origins? idk.

[@RipNteargaming]

Could be the Essence that is powering the Hell Knight or a call back to the original Hell Knights/Barons.

[@ultimatekars7153]

Hopefully we fight the Titan from doom 2016

[@horrorjunkie96]

8:34 looks like Unmaykr laser beams from D64

[@noicegallagher4315]

No one has pointed this out but does that new gun not look like the unmaker?

[@quangtrungbui675]

that skull gun thing that spreads skull fragments horizontally? That's probably the Sentinel's Unmakyr. The Unmakyr in Doom Eternal has been made with Urdak tech, as Samuel Hayden/Seraphim said

[@LILAC_CHAOS]

​@@quangtrungbui675 they're talking about the 64 version that it came from originally

[@quangtrungbui675]

@@LILAC_CHAOS that thing is pretty weird too. But that skull gun does function like the Unmakyr, but with Sentinel technology

[@hihowrya370]

Those ships do be looking like the Sunfish

[@syscruncher]

No doubt, I’ll buy it shortly after release, but I was kinda hoping that the rumors weren’t true that we were getting another Doom game form id. I had my fingers crossed that they were going to return to OG Quake and breathe new life into it like they did with Doom. Neither of the games were ever story-heavy, but the level of story they applied on 2016 was just enough to add enjoyment into the game. …though I doubt shub-niggurath will make a return. The name is just too unfortunate to appear in current year.

[@iurycabeleira7990]

I Just hope they dont mess the lore too much, eager to see how they explain the preator suit wich acording to the lore is of Imorian design by a traitor, and the boot up starts in imorian (hell runes) before it translates to english

[@tannerbruning868]

I admit aesthetically it’s feels less like doom then previous games but I do need to keep in mind it is a spin-off, I think it’s meant to feel different then a Main series game

[@GabeCuello]

These weapons are similar to those found in Quake games

[@vladdanciu6529]

I wonder what their BFG equivalent is.

[@azerm9]

I hope this comes out for switch

[@mrrawww2427]

I love the art style it's my favorite out of the HM games. Gothic dark and gritty...but... I am a little worried that gameplay wise its gonna feel like a stepback for those who beat Doom E on nightmare as well as dlcs it's hard to go back too 2016 now gameplay wise feels tame simple and lacking mechanical depth after becoming a black belt in doom E. Expecially after some of the things HM has said in interviews since the trailer dropped phrases used such (simplified) and (accessable) We have the evidence in front of us how many games have gotten slower, simplified and more assessable and been better for when it comes to depth and longevity. Plus no mic gordon Is also a worry. Hugo Martin didn't seem enthusiastic either like he was with doom 2016/2020 when he was brimming with excitement. I hope I'm totally wrong btw as I've never looked forward to a game more.

[@Jay-og4yb]

You know what, I had the same exact thought about Hugo not seeming very excited about this one... it could be anything though. A bad night sleep, crunch time, personal drama, who knows?

[@yo76492]

What about disappearing corpses and blood on the walls?

[@lightningblade6067]

Maybe setting myself up for disappointment but I’m hoping invasions make it in this one

[@RipNteargaming]

I have my fingers crossed for that as well!

[@techmetal2964]

6:25 i would more say the unmayker

[@tannerbruning868]

I wonder how there are arachnatrons there, the doom eternal,codex says they where created by the U.A.C cloning the spider mastermind, still being produced by an automated AI run factory.

[@LucazioJ]

Maybe the UAC existed that long ago? I dont know.

[@tannerbruning868]

@@LucazioJ they might have but the spider mastermind wouldn’t have, they also hadn’t discovered hell until the events leading up to doom 2016 My guess? A species of demon coincidentally similar to the eternal arachnatrons Or a more likely scenario? The writers don’t care as much about small details as I do lol, the DLC of doom eternal already retconned the base game and doom eternal retconned doom 2016.

[@Zephrese]

Personal theory I'm going with right now is that what we're seeing in The Dark Ages is the original, "natural" species of Arachnotrons. Same thing with the Reaper-esque Revenants. Perhaps during this time period and/or during his time trapped in hell prior to 2016, the Slayer completely wiped out certain "species" of demons whereas others were merely driven to near extinction. Spider Mastermind was the last of these "natural" Arachnotrons until she too fell to the Slayer, albeit eons later. Since the Arachnotrons in Eternal are cloned from her DNA, they therefore also carry on the DNA of the original Arachnotron species as a whole. The Revenants on the other hand were outright eradicated, but the UAC (perhaps guided by demon hands) created new ones in their place that ended up being what we face in 2016 and Eternal.

[@tannerbruning868]

@@Zephrese although the arachnatrons apparently also require cybernetic augments to walk, but that could be because they where imperfect clones, they clearly weren’t perfect clones of the spider mastermind, more so engineered lifeforms using her DNA as a base. Although since the spider mastermind was originally Olivia pierce wouldn’t it be the first of its kind? Or more likely it was formed when Olivia pierce fused with the soul of an existing demon.

[@billyboy8534]

Hoping they fix some of the lore.

[@RipNteargaming]

In what ways?

[@reddagger3602]

@@RipNteargamingone i can think of is the armor discontinuities. not sure how they are going to explain the dark ages armor jump to 2016’s. what i can suspect is he gets a different armor, maybe we will meet the wretch, and his older armor was repurposed to make eternal’s. but maybe they were lazy and didn’t care.

[@samghost13]

610 thumbs up close to 666!!! I think i will be more happy with the new doom. i did not like that mario style jump n run stuff! i mean it was a hellish fun game do not get me wrong you slaves of the slayer ; ) doom guy has a new adventure and i am happy to see doom going strong!

[@jackgrove4621]

nah bro, those are agaddons

[@Andyiswatching]

Dont like medieval for doom, for me doom is allways something in a futuristic theme. But well lets see more of the gameplay.

[@RipNteargaming]

It'll still have that futuristic theme since the people of Argenta were technologically advanced after the discovery of Argent Energy.

[@LILAC_CHAOS]

Magitech/Helltech has always been a part of Doom, the marriage of Gothic corridors and haunted space stations.

[@tanmayfadnis5440]

The graphics seem quite equal to Doom Eternal, or maybe marginally upgraded.

[@reddagger3602]

i heard the engine is the same as doom eternal’s, but i’m not completely sure

[@jedziej]

Isn't it boring for you speaking all the time about one same game?

[@RipNteargaming]

Not really. I've been playing DOOM since the 90's and they're my favorite games. Eventually though I would like to branch out to cover other games.

[@timpavloff1567]

This isn't doom anymore, I don't appreciate them using the name. I didn't like the last game for this reason. You don't change things that aren't broken & the original doom never was. This is all evidence of the wrong people making these games IMO.

[@Sakaliks]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RipNteargaming]

Sure the gameplay is different from the retro games, but it's still DOOM. Ripping and tearing demons, fast action gameplay, and a ton of guns. I think people would get bored playing the same thing after every new release. You gotta change something to keep it fresh.