Doom: The Dark Ages is the next major installment of the iconic shooter franchise, bringing players to the Doom Slayer's glory days in the medieval age. As a prequel to the 2016 reboot, The Dark Ages is the perfect entry point for new fans.

The Dark Ages system requirements? With perhaps the most famous and revered PC gaming classic returning five years after the superb Doom Eternal, fans of the series might be concerned to learn that Doom: The Dark Ages comes with some surprisingly tough system requirements.

When game director Hugo Martin discussed “Doom: The Dark Ages,” three images spring up over the discourse. The first is Leonidas in the “300” battling the Persians at the Hot Gates in Thermopylae. The second is another Frank Miller project “The Dark Knight Returns” and the last one is a tank.