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(Slightly) Early Access: Doom: The Dark Ages - DF Deep Dive Review - The id Tech 8 Engine Is Stunning (Patreon)

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2025-05-13 16:56:26
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Doom: The Dark Ages sees id Software evolve its in-house technology, built specifically with current generation hardware in mind. In this special video, John goes in-depth on the new engine, delivering behind-the-scenes engine editor visualisations to illustrate the enhancements, going into depth on each key innovation - from RTGI to RT reflections, to physics enhancements, mass enemy hordes, animation and more.

Downloads: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/doom-the-dark-ages-df-deep-dive-review-the-id-tech-8-engine-is-stunning

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Doom: The Dark Ages - DF Deep Dive Review - The id Tech 8 Engine Is Stunning

Doom: The Dark Ages sees id Software evolve its in-house technology, built specifically with current generation hardware in mind. In this special video, John goes in-depth on the new engine, delivering behind-the-scenes engine editor visualisations to illustrate the enhancements, going into depth on each key innovation - from RTGI to RT reflections, to physics enhancements, mass enemy hordes, animation and more. All gameplay footage captured on a Razer Blade 16 with AMD Strix Point CPU and Nvidia RTX 5090, with the video edited on the same machine. Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to new videos, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Go here to check out DF merch! https://store.digitalfoundry.net Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 00:00 - Introduction 01:29 - id Evolves Again 02:48 - A Ray Tracing Bonanza 04:50 - WYSIWYG - What You See if What You Get 05:36 - RT Reflections on PC 06:37 - Volumetrics 07:58 - SSDO and POM Are Used 08:56 - Composite Materials 10:39 - Physics, Baby 16:08 - Insane Loading Times 18:05 - Enemy Animation Is Amazing 21:51 - Let's Talk Audio 24:47 - Final Thoughts

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Bigmanupstairs

John’s passion always makes his videos essential viewing.

BespokeDisplayName

Another excellent video. One thing I wanted to ask about - is there any way that you guys could add subtitles to the downloadable videos, or have an option to download a .srt subtitle file? I'm not deaf or hard of hearing, but I personally prefer having subtitles enabled when watching pretty much anything. It would also make the downloadable, highest quality versions more accessible for those who actually are deaf or hard of hearing. If you guys added this and consistently noted it when mentioning the patron-only downloads, there's potential that it'd attract more patrons who actually need subtitles to properly enjoy your content. Just a thought. Thanks for all the great work.

Dave Brown

I second the earlier suggestion about subtitles - what a great idea! I do have some constructive feedback: on longer-form interviews like this one, could you flash the speaker's name/title on screen more often? I.e. whenever you cut back from game footage and show the speaker for the first time between game cuts. This is what a lot of interview mini-documentary shows (i.e. true crime stuff on Netflix) do as a practice and it's effective! I was really enjoying Billy Kahn talking about stutter struggle and couldn't remember his name - I had to rewind back to the start of the video to see it, but it would have been nice to get more frequent reminders. Thanks as always for the excellent and thoughtful content, gents!