Hugo Martin, creative director of the new shooting video game for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series, ensures that The Dark Ages will be longer than Doom Eternal and Doom (2016).
Doom: The Dark Ages will be longer than Doom (2016) and Eternal doom. After playing the new Shooter Software ID for about three hours we could chat with Hugo Martin, its creative directoron a variety of topics, such as the intention of the Bethesda study to innovate in the genre, the lower presence of one of the identity signs of the previous two deliveries, and the duration of the title that will reach PC, PS5, Xbox Series and Game Pass on May 15.
“You know, it always depends on how you play the video game. It’s, far away, longer than (Doom) 2016 o Eternal“Martin replies. According to the database How Long To Beaten end the REBOOT From the saga it takes about 11 and a halfa figure that increases until 4 and a half hours with the extra content and until 27 hours if it is about doing everything. For Eternal doomthe three figures are 14 and a half20 and a half hours, and 28 hours and a half respectively.
The creative director adds that the duration also “depends on how long the players pass exploring to find secrets and deepen the improvement branches for all their weapons, their shields and their (weapons) melee “. Doom: The Dark Ages, The levels have more secret paths that lead to direct improvements or clashes that reward with different currencies to improve equipment. In addition, the new levels Sandboxmore open, they also hide a lot of improvements, some blocked after puzzles.
Customizable difficulty will affect the duration
The duration also “depends on the difficulty someone chooses,” Martin clarifies. In The Dark Ages Not only A lot of predetermined difficulty modesbut there are sliding controls to adjust the speed of the action, the damage and other parameters, such as the time window of the diversion or Parry. “We give the complete range (difficulty settings), so each one will last more or less time, But it is the longest and longest game we have made“
In our impressions we explain that Doom: The Dark Ages is “The most bestial power fantasy we have played”. The title, which this time dispenses with the online multiplayer, “(…) it probably becomes one of the best Shooters of history “, we conclude in the text after playing the different types of phases who will offer the title: linear, Sandbox and controlling a dragon and wick gigantic.
