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GAMES

DOOM: THE DARK AGES

TIME TO CONFRONT YOUR DEMONS

The Crystal Maze had had an upgrade.

★★★★★

PC, PS5, XBOX SERIES X|S

SQUINT A LITTLE during Doom: The Dark Ages’ first mission, and you could almost be fooled into believing you’re playing a first-person, fantasy role-playing game. As you storm a medieval castle engulfed in flames, you’ll spy dragons flying overhead, hear church bells clanging in the distance, and watch the evening sky fill with flocks of cawing ravens.

By the time you reach a towering, offshore demon that needs to be dealt with, you might expect to do so by blasting it with ballista bolts. Of course, once you find yourself pelting the enormous beast with plasma fire instead from behind a science-fiction-flavoured turret, you swiftly realise you’re indeed back in the Doom Slayer’s chunky boots.

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