Age of Empires now Allows Players to Play Doom

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Age of Empires meets Doom? Hell yeah



Published on: Sep 5, 2021



Id Software's legendary Doom can be played in a variety of ways such as Minecraft crabs and even in an article we wrote. GAMES We can now add Age of Empires 2 to the list, as a modder has created an entire strategy game that is based on Doom which includes the iconic sprites from the FPS and sound effects.



"Age of Doom" was written by modder "HellKnight61" (thanks, DSOGaming) and is a custom campaign for Age of Empires 2 that revisits the events from the original Doom's tale - mostly in the style of Doom 3, with the escape from Hell by the demons, orchestrated by Dr. Betruger, though characters from later Doom games like Vega do appear.



ModDB is the mod available at ModDB. Version 1.0 was released this week. The mod is currently missing the final episode however, it still has four episodes and a tutorial. HellKnight61 has added many features to make it play more like Doom than Age of Empires, including the capability for the Doom marine to flick switches, use teleporters, and even sprint.



The Doom guy is equipped with all the classic weapons from Doom all the way to the BFG or Doom 3's Soul Cube. All the monsters appear in the game, and all have sounds that are picked from the games. It's essentially Doom as an isometric strategy-shooter through an Age of Empires lens, and it's a stunning piece of work.



Despite both being launched in the late 90s in the '90s, the Doom and Age of Empires franchises continue to thrive. Age of Empires 4 is out in the next month, and it could be getting another beta before then. In the case of Doom, last year's Doom Eternal is still having features added, and there may be "more stories to relate" with the Doom Slayer.