Doom isnotgoing to the big meat grinder in the sky.

Some fans wondered if Eternal was as far as the story would go.

Get ready to stand and fight.

Doom: The Dark Ages

Could Doom Even End?

I get why id was asked the question.

FromDoom (2016)on, the series has increasingly focused more on story.

Split image with characters from Control, Doom, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

But the modern Doom games have leaned much more into worldbuilding and lore.

But the story matteringmoredoesn’t mean that it matters much.

When I think of Doom, I think of something, well, eternal.

Wyll pointing a sword forward in Baldur’s Gate 3.

Some series should say farewell.Uncharted 4gave Nathan Drake a great ending.Resident Evil Villagesaid goodbye to Ethan.

AndHalf-Life 3may end up being a long-awaited send-off for Gordon Freeman.

Doom doesn’t need to say goodbye.

Doom running on a pink Tamagotchi flanked by two Cacodemons.

That’s because Doom is elemental.

This is a series that is built on movement and violence.

Doom Is Basically A Sport

No, Doom is less like Uncharted, and more likeTetris.

Triple-A Games

but there are near-endless reworkings of the original classic game.

Like chess, Doom can and should repackage those fundamentals over and over.

The original Doom has been ported endlessly.

DOOM: The Dark Ages

Sure, Doom is an IP that Microsoft owns and a franchise that id Software develops games for.

But that’s like saying soccer belongs to FIFA.

In a way, yeah, but you could also play in your backyard.

Doom is the same.

Emergence takes COD to a shady government lab, and breaks out the keycards.