# Doom: The Dark Ages

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Doom: The Dark Ages and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A fast-paced shooter with strong combat and good visuals that people say fits well in the well-received Doom series, though critics say performance is weak, especially with ray tracing.

## Why people recommend it

- Fast pace and satisfying combat (2 comments): "I do really like the fast pace of Doom Eternal and Dark Ages" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47676487)) "TDA was so good timing the parrying." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46247598))
- Looks great with ray-traced lighting (2 comments): "pushing much better results than any raster GI solution would do with the same budget" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46141405)) "Doom: The Dark Ages is 1440p and still looks great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48398111))
- Well-received series, entertaining games (2 comments): "Doom 2016, Doom Eternal, and Doom TDA all were received very favorably at the time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48663581)) "Their more recent works are amazing pieces of entertainment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48663859))

## What people warn about

- Weak performance, especially at 30 fps (2 comments): "Granted at 30 fps, but it's still doom with ray tracing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46420953)) "Doom The Dark Ages was the only one that didn't perform as well as I'd like." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48397925))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2.md): 50 recommend
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper.md): 40 recommend
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
- [Red Dead Redemption 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dead-redemption-2.md): 28 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Doom: The Dark Ages", https://hackerapproved.com/p/doom-the-dark-ages/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).