Doom meets Age of Empires Heck yeah!
Published Sep 5 2021
Id Software's legendary Doom is available in a lot of things such as Minecraft, crabs, and in an article we wrote. mcname.org Now we can add Age of Empires 2 to the list, as modders have made an entire strategy game inspired by Doom which includes the FPS's iconic sprites and sound effects.
'Age of Doom"Age of Doom" was created by modder "HellKnight61" (thanks, DSOGaming) and is a custom campaign for Age of Empires 2 that replays the events of the original Doom's story - mostly in the style of Doom 3, with the escape from Hell by the demons arranged by Dr. Betruger, though characters from later Doom games such as Vega do make an appearance.
ModDB has the mod on ModDB. Version 1.0 was released this week. It's not able to play the final episode, but still features four episodes and the tutorial. HellKnight61 has added many features to make it more Doom-like than Age of Empires, including the ability for the Doom marine to flip switches, use teleporters, and even sprint.
The Doom guy gets all the classic weapons of Doom, up to the BFG or Doom 3's Soul Cube. All the monsters are included and all have sound effects that were pulled from different games. It's essentially Doom as an isometric strategy shooter through an Age of Empires lens, and it's a stunning piece of work.
Both the Doom and Age of Empires franchises are still running strong, despite having their debuts in the 1990s. Age of Empires 4 is out just next month, and it may be getting another beta prior to that. As for Doom the previous year's Doom Eternal is still having features added and there could be "more stories to relate" with the Doom Slayer.