Doom: The Dark Ages has formally launched worldwide. Effectively, it technically launched earlier final week for individuals who opted for its $100 Premium Version, however most gamers needed to wait till Thursday, Could 15 to leap in.
That’s the launch date on Sport Cross, Xbox, and PlayStation. It’s additionally the day the sport launched on Steam, the place it doesn’t seem to have made as huge of an influence as its predecessors.
Doom: The Darkish Ages has been fairly well-received by critics. Our very personal Dom Peppiatt praised how tight its gameplay remains, but admitted it doesn’t break any new ground in his assessment.
The sport’s personal Steam participant evaluations at present sit at an overall Very Positive rating, too. That is, by most accounts, a fairly good sport. In the event you have a tendency to concentrate to those issues, nonetheless, you’ll discover that the variety of evaluations is underneath 10,000, which generally correlates to the variety of gamers.
That is very true at launch, as The Darkish Ages seems to have had a far muted one in comparison with Doom Eternal, and the Doom 2016 reboot to a lesser diploma. The Steam gamers numbers began off fairly low, however we assumed they might get a lift over the weekend. Sadly, that didn’t occur.
On the time of writing, The Darkish Ages achieved a peak concurrent of just 31,470 gamers (by way of SteamDB), which is properly beneath Doom Eternal’s 104,891 gamers, and even Doom 2016’s 44,271. Actually, it’s clear Everlasting had extra gamers than 2016 and The Darkish Ages mixed at launch, which is especially attention-grabbing contemplating it stays essentially the most divisive.
Clearly, Steam’s participant counts don’t take note of participant exercise elsewhere on PC – corresponding to Sport Cross, and the Microsoft Retailer. In addition they inform us nothing about how properly (or not properly) the launch has been on PlayStation or Xbox. It could possibly be that participant numbers are similar to previous entries, they’re simply scattered throughout platforms in a different way this time, and in methods we are able to’t report on.
That stated, primarily based on Steam’s figures alone, at the very least, this doesn’t paint a very flattering image of the sport’s gross sales. In case you are having fun with the sport nonetheless, you might wish to test should you’ve missed any secrets and techniques throughout the sport’s numerous chapters.
Our walkthroughs for Village of Khalim, Hebeth, Sentinel Barracks, Holy City of Aratum, and Siege will show you how to just do that. You’ll additionally discover a lot extra useful info in our mega Doom: The Dark Ages guide.
