Doom 3, should i?

Post by **waY2Kool** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:14 pm

Q4 is about here, and i upgraded my entire system because of it :icon27: but anyway, this means i'll have an opportunity to finally play Doom 3. but i've heard SO many mixed reviews on it - i'm not sure if i should bother. i'll wait till i get some Q4 (SP and MP) under my belt tho.

i loved D1 & D2 but i'm looking for some input here. what do you think?

Post by **R00k** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:15 pm

Just because it was a little disappointing doesn't mean it isn't worth buying for the SP game. :icon14:

Post by **Eraser** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:19 pm

I thought it was a pretty decent game. If you're not bothered by monster closets and slightly predictable spawn-monsters-in-room-when-you-pick-up-the-armor situations then it's quite entertaining. Turn down the lights, make sure no one disturbs you and put the volume up loud.

edit:
the opening scene when "all hell breaks loose" should become a classic moment in gaming history IMO. I thought it was awesome.

Post by **Chupacabra** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:19 pm

R00k wrote:Just because it was a little disappointing doesn't mean it isn't worth buying for the SP game. :icon14:

Just because it was a little disappointing doesn't mean it isn't worth downloading for the SP game.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:21 pm

its a good game, just not fantastic

Post by **Grudge** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:53 pm

I enjoyed it.

Post by **StormShadow** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:53 pm

The SP was good.. actually a little scary too, for a while. It did get a little bland and predictable after a while, but what SP game doesnt?

Most of the bad reviews were due to the game not living up to unreasonably high expectations. Now that we have all gotten over that and can look at the game with a little more perspective, its actually a solid game, certainly worth picking up.

Post by **zewulf** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:54 pm

I got to the Delta Labs and just couldn't force myself to continue anymore. I think it has more to do with the way I play rather than the outdated rig I play it on

However, I have to say the game is quite uninspiring, and I suppose I could really force myself to finish it if it weren't so long. I might still finish it someday (probably when I get a new rig), but I wouldn't bet on it

Post by **reefsurfer** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:19 pm

Great sp, crappy MP(unless ya like sneaking around in the shadows with 3 other opponents)

Post by **Denz** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:20 pm

I liked Doom3 so much that I played it 5 times in a row, then I got the Expansion pack and played it 5 times in a row.

Post by **waY2Kool** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:22 pm

well, this is all more positive than i expected - but what i need (and hoped for).

part of the reason i didn't buy the game when it was released was because i knew i'd have to tweak the living sh!t out of my ol' rig to possibly make D3 work - and that would ruin it for me. i wanted to be able to enjoy it. glad i waited. with Q4 and D3 this winter won't be so bad

Post by **Geebs** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:25 pm

AI is terrible, maps are boring, graphics are pretty meh - cleverly done but lousy design. Worth a couple of goes, but not a great game. If you play D3 and then run through a couple of levels of Doom2, it's pretty obvious which is the better game....

Oh, and Eraser, the start of the game is fricking Half-Life, ffs.

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:58 pm

R00k wrote:Just because it was a little disappointing doesn't mean it isn't worth buying for the SP game. :icon14:

it is actually. at least, in my opinion. the sp was boring, the whole comm center stuff shouldve been MUCH shorter.
after i got back from hell, i was like "oh god, not this shit again. more grey labs".

RoE didnt do much for me either. i just didnt have the patience for it to get *fun*

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:14 pm

I still haven't finished doom3. I'm some way into hell as of a couple of months ago, killed a bunch of hellknights and imps, saved, then another two hellknights appeared. Then I was like ' oh fuck, more hellknights in the same small area and I'm on low health. CBA ' *Quit*. But mostly because I have a bunch of other games to play, including HL2 ( still not unwrapped). I will get stuck back into it though, because it is fun. This is the longest I've ever kept a game going considering I started it well over a year ago.

Post by **[FTF]Pyro** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:19 pm

DRuM wrote:I still haven't finished doom3..

I've heard a lot of people say that. I bought the game drunk in Edinburgh during the international Games festival in 2004. I havent even played a couple of hours worth yet I find it that boring.

I dunno, Metallic dark corridors and puny sounding weapons with generic monsters just dont cut it for me.

I loved the fast pace of the original by the way AND the fact that I could actually see what I was doing.

Doom3 isnt a game, its a benchmark tool and an engine.

Post by **o'dium** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:29 pm

Oh yes. It should of been a crime to release a game with a machinegun that sounded that weak... Just no ounch to it at all

Post by **[FTF]Pyro** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:32 pm

o'dium wrote:Oh yes. It should of been a crime to release a game with a machinegun that sounded that weak... Just no ounch to it at all

or the shotgun or the pistol

Post by **Kills On Site** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:55 pm

If you go into T&T they have a link to a soundpack for D3 that beefs up the sounds. It is in a sound problem thread IIRC.

Personally I was sad that I paid $50 for D3. I was let down.

Post by **[FTF]Pyro** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:56 pm

Kills On Site wrote: I was sad that I paid $50 for D3. .

I wasnt so much sad as I was ..........meh

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:57 pm

I dunno, I like the feel and sound of the doom3 weapons. Tried the Trent Reznor soundpack a long time ago then went back to the original sounds.

Post by **o'dium** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:59 pm

Trents sounds owned.

They amde the game so much more alive...

Xomapre the commandos with those in the E3 leak and thoes in the final... The final are shit, just another dumb ass forgettable AI...

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:09 pm

A doom3 mod/SP level for anyone interested in checking it out. ( o'dium )

Can't imagine it's that good if it's only 11mb but who knows.

http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/sh ... p?t=403758

Post by **Geebs** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:13 pm

riddla wrote: I'm gonna go home and knock it out tonight actually.

Yeah, but what about doom3?

*rimshot*

Post by **shiznit** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:12 am

I never fully passed it, started cheating near the end and nocliped most of it.

I hate the PDA and all the emails, it was also too dark and monster closets really sucked.

I'll probally play it all the way someday.

Post by **Mogul** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:00 am

Does predictable have to be such a bad thing?

I personally loved the single player game. It's the most beautiful, darkest game I've ever played.