Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One
The Ancient Gods picks up after the end of the main story in a time where, due to the Slayer's actions, the armies of heaven and hell have fallen out of balance. The demons have flooded in to overtake the…
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One is an arcade developed by id Software, released 20 October 2020 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One is
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One is an arcade game developed by id Software and released in 2020. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Your war is not over… slaying the Khan Maykr left an imbalance of power that threatens all of creation. The legions of Hell have razed the heavens, threatening to expand their control across dimensions. With the aid of an old ally, battle your way back to Urdak and decide the fate of the cosmos. Your mission is now your own. Experience a new mission in your eternal fight against evil. Unleash your vengeance and face your greatest test as you march back to the Maykr’s realm. Defeat powerful new threats, restore order to the heavens and unearth the corruption that has thrown the universe into chaos.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Doom series
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One is the 55th of 73 entries we hold in the Doom series. The next entry was Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two in 2021. Its critic score of 80 is almost exactly the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations at 91.
How it was received
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One launched on 20 October 2020, within three weeks of Watch Dogs: Legion, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Tetris Effect: Connected and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Watch Dogs: Legion, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Tetris Effect: Connected, Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
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