A modder has already brought Doom: The Dark Age's new 'Shield Saw' to the 1993 original, and it's pretty close to perfect

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Image of the Doom: The Dark Ages Shield Saw modded into OG Doom

The OG Doom community has done it again: Less than 24 hours after Bethesda announcedDoom: The Dark Agesat the Xbox Games Showcase, modder Craneo has added a functional Shield Saw—it’s a shield that is also a saw—into the original Doom.

The mod converts the famous Doom chainsaw into the soon-to-be-famous Shield Saw. It’s essentially the same as the original lumberjack tool, with a couple of significant upgrades: It looksreallycool, it will protect you from incoming damage (it’s a shield, after all), and yes, you can throw it to mess up the bad guys Captain America style.

aight I kinda ended up trying to make actual decorate for it… it works, will upload in a bit. pic.twitter.com/OORmCydVL0June 10, 2024

I mention that point not to complain, but simply to point out that the Shield Saw mod isn’t perfectly refined yet. But of course it isn’t: Craneo made the mod in roughly the same amount of time I need to decide what I’m going to eat for supper. To stretch that analogy further, I think of it a bit like a trip to Fast Eddie’s: It may not be the best burger in the world but it’s pretty damn good, and I got it in 12 seconds.

Others were equally impressed:

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Twitter reactions to the Doom Chainshield mod

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Twitter reactions to the Doom Chainshield mod

How the hell did you make that so fast? pic.twitter.com/nW7aKRy1ieJune 10, 2024

Craneo hasn’t indicated if they’re going to keep working on the mod to make it a little less OP, or if it is what it is, and that’s just fine. They have, however, hinted that the other biginnovation in ultraviolencein Doom: The Dark Ages—the one I like to call the Skul-Gun, and no that’s not a misspelling—could beon tap next:

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Doom: The Dark Ages skull gun images rendered in OG Doom

For now, you can snag the Doom Shield Saw modhere.

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