Bethesda introduced Doom: The Darkish Ages on the Xbox Video games Showcase over the weekend, and simply probably the most thrilling addition to the franchise featured within the trailer is the Defend Noticed. Because the title suggests it is a defend. Which can also be a chainsaw. Naturally, modders have already programmed the weapon into the unique Doom.
Modder Craneo shared a clip on X yesterday displaying how they had been in a position to deliver the Defend Noticed featured within the trailer for the upcoming Doom sequel into the retro laptop sport. They transformed the old school chainsaw into an revolutionary weapon that each protects you from enemy harm and rips opponents to shreds, thereby offering the wielder with an excellent steadiness of protection and offense. The video makes it appear you may as well toss the Defend Noticed, one thing that was absolutely a ache to program.
Craneo additionally introduced one other Darkish Ages weapon to Doom in a single day known as the Skullcrusher, or Skul-Gun, as Andy Chalk of PC Gamer known as it. Because the title suggests, the Skul-Gun makes use of skulls as ammo and fires them out like outsized bullets. That mod stays incomplete nevertheless, as a result of, as Craneo notes, the gameplay mechanics for its next-gen counterpart haven’t been proven but. If you wish to attempt these out, Craneo helpfully offered hyperlinks to seize the mods for each the Skul-Gun and Defend Noticed.
might publish the wad file later, nah, will not remake the entire sport, and ofc this skullcrusher is incomplete since we do not know it is full gameplay, solely predominant fireplace I assume… pic.twitter.com/mfUEmZZ4Xp
— Craneo (@CreeperOfSteam) June 11, 2024
The Doom modding group is nicely famend for his or her creativity in including options that make Doom extra enjoyable to play. They made Doom playable inside Doom 2, ported the 2005 Doom cellular sport to Home windows, modded the horror sport MyHouse.wad into Doom 2, and programmed the Indiana Jones-inspired mod Venturous to the Doom engine, amongst different issues. In fact, modders have additionally tried to get Doom to run on each piece of {hardware} recognized to man, from a lawnmower to a Roomba vacuum cleaner. The latter gadget was dubbed the Doomba as a result of sport developer Wealthy Whitehouse programmed it to translate the ground maps into Doom maps.
