Doom: The Dark Ages Is Near, and Here's How to Play the Other Games in the Series

Doom is one of the most influential games of all time, and it is one of the few game franchises that can get me to buy a new console in order to play. When Bethesda released Doom (2016), that was when I finally bought an Xbox One -- three years after its initial release. And Bethesda will release the latest entry in the sci-fi horror series, Doom: The Dark Ages, on less than a week on May 15. That means you might want to play the other Doom games to freshen up your glory kill and strafing skills. And if you're a newcomer to the series, you might want to play some of the earlier games to familiarize yourself with the super shotgun, cacodemons and overall feel of the games. The story of all the Doom games is fairly straightforward: demons from Hell have traveled through a portal to this universe, and it's up to you to stop them. The gameplay is fast and brutal, with hordes of enemies to dispatch, and you have an arsenal of weapons to use, including a chainsaw. Many of the games in the ... Read full article.