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Doom: The Dark Agesis alreadylooking like a Game of the Year contenderfor me.
Ive lovedDoomsince I first played the shareware version in 199-dont-think-about-it.
I bought it onSNES.
I bought it onGBA.
If you made a keychain with Doom on it, Id buy that too.
Except I already have one because I can emulate the aforementioned SNES and GBA versions.
Im one of those freaks thatlives for seeing Doom installed on smaller and smaller devices.
And now, weve learned that said new Doom game isnt going to have multiplayer.
Thank you, weirdos who make these games.
Apparently this includes riding a 30-storey mech and a cybernetic dragon with a gun.
Its selfish, but here we are.
Ive got friends and family who play them all the time.
Oh, they do invite me.
Oh, I dont end up playing with them.
Thats not to say I dont understand why people play multiplayer games.
I know people love the competition.
I know people love the ability to hangout with their friends and play a game at the same time.
I know people love growing their skills and going on adventures with one another and everything.
Its just not really always something that excites me.
Ill usually play a couple rounds of a games multiplayer mode and bounce right back to solo-ing everything.
The ironic thing is that Idoenjoy the base gamesbeneathmultiplayer games.
Ill usually play an RTS skirmish against bots before I search for a game online.
Same goes for shooters.
Doom Is Stronger As A Single-Player Gem
So Doom: The Dark Ages isexactlywhat I want.
And not just because its a single-player experience.
Because its aDoomsingle-player experience.
Obviously, I know that most Doom games have had great solo campaigns.
I can remember most of the maps of Knee-Deep In the Dead by heart.
Doom has a long tradition of great solo campaigns.
But I always felt like I was kinda missing out on half of the experience.
I feel kinda bad owning a game and ignoring an entire mode.
Im not trying to say Im glad theres no multiplayer campaign simply because I dont want to play one.
I can just ignore it, even with the guilt.
Ive been ignoring multiplayer modes for decades.
I was skipping the multiplayer inMetroid Prime 2: Echoesbefore some of you were born.
But a lot of solo campaigns in shooters feel like theyre just training ground for the multiplayer.
And, thats because, yeah, they often are.
Knowing that wont be there makes me happy.
Im not learning any tricks that are more useful for fighting friends than fighting enemies.
Theres nothing shoveled in there to make me play multiplayer matches to unlock something.
Updates to the game wont solely focus on something Ive got little interest in.
Instead, this will be a massive, incredibly violent crusade against Hell by myself.
When they add content, itll be for the solo campaign.
Maybe thats what Im circling.
Again, Ive got no moral problem or stance against multiplayer.
But Iamexcited that theyve made this choice to focus on the part of the game they want to shine.
Im thrilled that a triple-A developer of a major series knowsexactlywhat they want out of the game.
It sounds like theyre creating the exact game they want to make.
