DigitalFoundry: Want to know more about Doom: The Dark Ages and the technical make-up of the new id Tech 8? John Linneman has this extensive interview with id Software's Director of Engine Technology, Billy Khan. Every key aspect of the new technology is discussed here, along with answers to key questions like why The Dark Ages simply isn't possible without hardware accelerated ray tracing.
Doom: The Dark Ages, which has Denuvo anti-tamper protection, is now free to be pirated.
Sure write articles about this and bring attention to the hackers. I'm sure that's what they want.
yeah pretty much, that's why they open it up for everyone to download? This is not 2000 anymore where there are Twilight discs circling around and no one knew exactly where the source was. When this gets uploaded, the one or the team that cracked it literally puts their accolades on it, so yes they wanna bring attention to it.
Good. If these companies want to keep fucking around with paying customers by adding all this shit, then fuck 'em, especially the ones pushing for us not to own our games.
Exactly. Which is why I have GOG installed, for the 1 or 2 games I buy all year for PC, the rest well. 🤣 " Consumers no longer own the games they buy, instead purchasing a license to use the game, which can be terminated at any time" Now you see why I pirate so much.
bro... it took a year to crack and has been on GamePass day 1. Not only that, you waited a year to see that this game sucks compared to Eternal. Thats not a victory lol
Think of how much money the effort that work could have generated by working a real developer job.
Just buy the fucking game and pay for the work other ppl did and spent money on to bring it to you.
This kind of bullshit only drives up the cost of games more and saddles them with more and more performance sucking protection software.
It’s a counter measure needed to balance things in the world . Without those types of guys gaming preservation would be non existent and the big corpos would have full power .
With the definition of "digital ownership" changing seemingly every other day, I don't blame anyone who pirates.
edit: I should add that the cost of making games going up has absolutely nothing to do with piracy. It's what people will pay, and Nintendo was the (and often has been) the canary in the coal mine with price surges, but this might elicit a shrug with younger generations that may have been born in world where season passes and microtransactions were the norm.
The upcoming expansion for Doom: The Dark Ages is "like a sequel", according to game director Hugo Martin.
The last classic Doom was Doom 3 on Xbox and PC, although I only played it on Xbox. The Xbox 360 version had the DLC included on the disc and new content which I thought was awesome. After that, the series didn't do it for me and the same can be said for Wolfenstein. After Return to Castle Wolfenstein on Xbox, the series died. I've not played the latest Doom and I'll give it a go at some point, but much prefer corridor Doom which could be included with how Doom is now to mix it up. Bu this genre has been dying for years and I don't bother with the likes of Call of Duty and Battlefield. Obviously, I wouldn't say no to a new Doom throwing it back to Doom 3 and (finally) a Left 4 Dead 3.
Fair enough not liking how the newer Doom games play, don't discredit you there. Everyone has their own preference in gaming. But calling Doom 3 a Classic Doom game is just completely wrong. I even remember that many fans were not the biggest fans of the Doom 3, as it left a lot of what made the original games behind for claustrophobic horror shooter. It wasn't a bad game, but it wasn't what made the Doom games Doom.
While the older games had more corridors yes, more of a limitation in my mind, it had plenty large areas in there as well. And while the newer games play faster that the old games, it still fits Doom more than Doom 3, which was for the most part slow.
Doom 3 was not a bad game mind you, it just wasn't classic Doom.
I have almost completed the Dark Ages and man...I am loving it. Such a great game. This trio of modern Doom games have been excellent.
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "Before getting into the nominees, there’s one interesting omission worth noting: Black Ops 7. This marks the first time in this decade when Call of Duty has consecutively failed to reach our shortlist. Regardless of its popularity, that sends a clear signal as to what these nominees – ranging from AAA to indie – bring to the table. And given the impressive vote share between them (none eclipsing 35%), it's safe to say shooter fans got their fill last year. Without further ado, here are the nominees…"
