Doom II
Celebrate Doom's 25th anniversary with the re-release of Doom II. This beloved sequel to the groundbreaking Doom (1993) gave players the brutal Super Shotgun to bear against deadlier demons, and the infamous…
Doom II is a shooter developed by id Software, released 26 July 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android.
What Doom II is
Doom II is a shooter game developed by id Software and released in 2019. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Picking up immediately after the events of the original Doom, the lone space marine known as Doomguy escapes the moons of Mars through a demonic portal, only to arrive home to a nightmare. The forces of Hell have poured onto Earth, slaughtering billions and reducing the planet to a ruined battleground. The scattered survivors of humanity have devised a desperate plan: build a fleet of massive spaceships to carry what remains of the human race off-world to safety. But there is a catastrophic problem. Earth's only functioning ground spaceport has been seized by the demons, who have thrown up an impenetrable energy barrier that traps every ship on the surface. Standing alone against the horde…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Doom series
Doom II is the 43rd of 73 entries we hold in the Doom series. It arrived 11 months after Doom II + Final Doom. The next entry was Doom in 2019.
What it launched against
Doom II launched on 26 July 2019, within three weeks of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, A Short Hike and Dicey Dungeons. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, A Short Hike, Dicey Dungeons.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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