Argh i'm doomed!!!

[Leet Eriksson]

Heya guys, anyone got doom 3 yet? I have to say, this game is pretty scary, but its so fun at the same time

The story is pretty well done, though the plot is your run of the mill sci-fi "we developed a teleportation system!!! OH NOES!! demons are comin through it and you must kill em all" (well you get the picture) but the story still retains a strong reprsentation, and is enjoyable in the long run.

Gameplay is great, and the AI is awesome, though sometimes the AI just charges straight at you, but heck most of the time they are pretty intelligent, using cover and the dark to their advantage, suffice to say its a pretty pleasant experience.

The Sound is awesome, for both the enviroments and the weapons, the voice is well done, and there are alot of interacting to do early on wich is pretty fun in itself.

As for multiplayer, its not that good, my system ran well on 4/4 servers, but anything above that like 8/8 or 12/12 and your game kinda lags and messes up, since it seems like more of an afterthought, and the levels are done by an external development team i'm not surprised its crap, hopefully the mod community or patches will fix that.

The graphics does not need any explaining, but i suggest you have some pretty high end computer, and at least a gig or 2 of ram with a decent gfx card to enjoy it.

Anyways if you have anything to say about the game this is the perfect place, so talk whatever you want about Doom 3, don't forget the spoiler tags if you want to talk about the story

[Gregoshi]

I'm surprised it took this long for a Doom 3 thread to start. I picked it up on Wednesday, mostly because my daughter was interested in it. I haven't tried it yet but will get around to it. It does look good. And scary. I heard a couple of screams coming from the den while my daughter (age 17) was playing, so I'm guessing she's enjoying the scares.

BTW, I'm running on a P4 2.53mHz with 512mb of RAM and a 128mb Radeon 9700 and it is running pretty well - just a hickup every now and then which I'm sure I can smooth out with some tweaking. When I let the game determine the "best" graphics settings for my system, it sets it up as "medium" (2nd lowest of 4 levels). From multiple reviews I've read, the game looks fantastic at all graphics settings.

[thrashaholic]

I'm going to get it on Friday 13th (that's an omen if ever I saw one) when it comes out in the UK. I've been looking forward to it for ages. In the meanwhile I've found a forum that claims to know how to boost the performance of the game, allowing people to play at higher settings....

link

I'm going to use this when I get Doom, I just hope it works.

[The Tuffen]

can't wait for it to come out. I've got it on Pre-order and just got an e-mail saying that they are picking and packing it for me and it should be here soon :)

[Gregoshi]

Thanks for that link thrashaholic! I'll give that a try.

[Nelson]

I got DOOM3 last week. It is very impressive graphically. My Athlon 2000XP with a GForce 4200 runs best at 800x600 with medium settings. I have never seen any game look so good at 800x600. At 1024x768 my rig struggles. Even at 800x600 it gets choppy with several flaming heads flying about.

As for game play, you had better enjoy murky corridors as there is no long range sniping across the Martian landscape in this FPS. This game is all the about ambiance and mood that springs from creepy, dark, claustrophobia.

The most important weapon? The flashlight! Doom3 has the best flashlight simulation ever. Good thing too, ‘cause you need it. You know that distortion that you see in a flashlight beam caused by the bulb assembly? Doom has it. And it is actually a weapon. You can swing it like a club. Not a smart idea but swing it you will when you fail to change to another weapon quickly enough. For you see, despite this being the 22nd century, you don’t have lamps on the guns or the helmet. You must use the flashlight a lot and CAN NOT use it when a weapon is ready. This means a lot of firing into the dark, switching to the light, and back again to a gun. I made the flashlight/last weapon toggle my right mouse button but however you do it this is a skill you must master.

Surround sound is important and adds to the immersion. I find the gunfire rather muted however. The reports in other shooters have more punch. My brother and sons agree on this too. When I cut loose I want the room to rattle.

I haven’t played online and likely won’t. I already have other good shooters for online play. I expect this type of game to support co-op play against the AI. The original Doom had it but this iteration inexplicably does not. That’s a pity.

[thrashaholic]

Thanks for that link thrashaholic! I'll give that a try.

No problem Gregoshi . Could you let me know if it works for you, or if all the stuff I've seen is merely conjecture in order to fool the masses into hurting their game.

[Admin]

Hello,

Doom2 had coop MP, does Doom3 have that mode?

[King Edward]

With the Unmodded release there is no coop mode in doom3 as far as im aware, i did read somewhere that there may be a mod which allowed coop play but I can't remember where i saw that. I'll look around and see if i can find out.

[solypsist]

just finished it

now i might check out some mods before installing the rtw demo

[Kraellin]

finished it? man, you've been playing some long hours there. i'm not even in hell yet.

K.

[solypsist]

after a while it gets pretty routine, so it's just a matter of running alot; I've outrun many monsters without taking damage and without them being able to follow me (though they can open doors, they can't take service lifts, stairs, or elevators.)
and yeah, I did put in one mega session from 11pm to 6am on sunday night.

finished it? man, you've been playing some long hours there. i'm not even in hell yet.

K.