Doom: The Darkish Ages will not finish the way in which you may assume

Doom: The Darkish Ages serves as a prequel to 2016’s Doom and its sequel Doom Everlasting, and tells the “epic cinematic origin story of the Doom Slayer’s rage”. However, although it is a prequel, do not count on The Darkish Ages to finish with the Slayer being popped in a coffin.

As a reminder, 2016’s Doom opens with the Slayer mendacity in a coffin, earlier than he swiftly breaks free from the chains binding him so he can shoot the faces off advancing baddies. It’s fairly the way in which to kick issues off.

So, if The Darkish Ages goes to set us up for Doom 2016, absolutely we already understand how the upcoming recreation goes to finish, proper? Flawed!

“I imply, that may finish the Darkish Ages, the medieval chapter of the Doom saga. That is form of just like the Chronicles of the Slayer,” Doom: The Darkish Ages recreation director Hugo Martin informed PC Gamer, when requested about probably seeing the Slayer getting locked away.

“So if we took all of it the way in which to that time, then that may imply that we could not inform any extra medieval tales. And I am not saying initiatives or something aside from to simply say it is higher to go away it open.”

The sport director added that the Doom: The Darkish Ages workforce has some DLC deliberate for the prequel, so once more placing the Slayer in a coffin throughout the principle story would not make sense.

“We do have a DLC and issues like that, so it will not – I am not giving freely spoilers – however it does not finish with him [in the coffin],” the developer continued.

“The story is that they collapsed a constructing on high of him after which put him within that sarcophagus that we discover him in at first of 2016,” mentioned Martin.

“And this recreation does not finish that means.”

Doom: The Darkish Ages is ready to launch on fifteenth Could throughout PC, PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S and Sport Cross. It will be a “strictly campaign” affair, the developer beforehand confirmed.

For extra on the upcoming prequel, you should definitely check out our in depth Doom: The Dark Ages coverage here.