This is a commentary playthrough of Doom: The Dark Ages on Nightmare (M) settings, focusing on Chapter 2, "Hebeth" and Chapter 3, "Barrier Core" The Nightmare difficulty has adjusted settings for 150% speed, fast enemy projectiles, and Hard setting for Brink of Death. I'll be explaining the gameplay mechanics to new players and basic tactics and strategies for using the game's weapons, shield and melee weapons, along with recommended equipment upgrades. I'm not an "Ultra-Nightmare"-class/no-deaths player, but I have beaten the game on enhanced Nightmare difficulty and know enough to help you to get through it. If the combat action in the video is too fast on 150% speed then you can slow my video down to 0.75 speed in the YouTube player to hopefully understand better what was happening. Chapter 2 Recommended upgrades (three, in order) 1. Retaliation for the Shield 2. Feedback for the Accelerator gun 3. Power Surge for the Shield Chapter 3 - No upgrades possible Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Chapter 2 playthrough 01:05 Adjusted Nightmare difficulty settings 02:40 Getting the free Shield Saw upgrade 03:40 About armored opponents 04:48 Breakable wall indicator for the shield 05:52 Shield-locking an Imp Stalker 07:25 The in-game Codex 09:10 Meeting the Hell Knights 10:04 About gold and other resources for upgrades 10:45 First upgrade for the Shield at Sentinel Shrine 13:52 Arena combat in the Gold Storage room 14:30 Embarrassingly using my first Life Sigil 15:41 Encountering our first Mancubus in arena combat 17:06 Getting the Accelerator gun 19:44 Getting the level 1 upgrade for the Accelerator 20:44 Exploring an outdoor area 21:25 Grabbing gold from secret areas 22:17 Arena combat near the destroyed bridge 24:18 Heading back into lower Hebeth 25:19 Using the corpse/shield grapple, more secrets 26:44 Getting Power Surge upgrade for the Shield 27:19 Heading to Chapter 2's final arena battle 29:50 The final "Boss" Pinky-rider emerges! 30:33 Ran into a bug, my Shield is stuck in position! 31:00 My Shield finally got unstuck! 31:20 Boss's final moments 31:56 End of Chapter 2 completion screen 32:58 Continuing onto the Chapter 3 mission 33:34 Workaround for a keyboard mapping bug 34:46 Continuation of the Chapter 3 gameplay 34:53 First battle with a Titan 35:04 About parrying and powering up attacks 36:18 Enemy that shoots bolts from it's eye 36:40 Getting a special weapon from the King 37:53 Battling multiple Titan opponents 38:30 Another battle against multiple opponents 39:15 Third battle against multiple opponents 40:00 Engaging the final "Boss" Titan 41:02 End of Chapter 3 summary, end of the video