Doom III

[Pro A.]

The gaming year finally started, and it came in this brilliant, virtuoso title by ID. After so much waiting and so much patience, a superb work of art and gameplay has arrived. Hit detection tweaks aside, this is an outstanding game and the current front-runner of the games released in 2004 for GOTY.

[orcus116]

I need a new graphics card guys. Suggestions?

I wish I could run this game at a better quality but I'm stuck with medium on 800x600 cause my card sucks. Could be RAM too but I doubt it.

[Pro A.]

Do a thorough check on everything. I dunno about comp. specs that much.

[Freeman_JI]

I need a new graphics card guys. Suggestions?

I wish I could run this game at a better quality but I'm stuck with medium on 800x600 cause my card sucks. Could be RAM too but I doubt it.

What's ya specs, do you get sub 25 FPS?

i wan't to know if i should bother getting this on PC

AMD Athlon XP2000+
384mb RAM
64 meg ti4200

I can run FarCry ok (med texture quality, low shadows, high lighting, med water ect) in the openGL mode.

probably will get this suka on xbox

[Pro A.]

You might want to take a pass, judging from these specs.

[alpha]

Umm the gaming year started a long time ago. Ok? Ok...

[Pro A.]

Hoo boy... I have to explain this too...

This is when the gaming year is finally going to get good. We've had solid, if unspectacular material, from January to July. Now, the good stuff begins. Fable, San Andreas, MGS3, Metroid Prime 2, Half-Life 2, and GT4.

[speed stick]

Freeman, I would pass up on those specs as well. They are like the absolute minimum requirments. You won't have fun. Just save a bit longer and make a better investment.

[majik ninja]

I can't wait for this game, unfortuneatly my stores arn't getting the game until Aug. 6th. I get giddy just thinking about it >.<

[Shotgun Plasma]

gaming years? all years always gaming years.

[alpha]

Umm you didn't list Tales of Symphonia...you bastard. :(

[Pro A.]

Tales is a solid game, I will say. A good deal of fun. Doom III kicks this game clear across the room.

[Michael]

Gamespot held a poll...the majority of people wanting this game "left it in 2001"...that was sad, I'm getting this game though, for pc...because cronicles of riddick was so choppy on my xbox, and this game look better then that...I hate to see how it preforms...

[Pro A.]

If you have the right comp, you won't be disappointed. I'm in the fourth sector of the Alpha labs right now. Damn spiders...

[Prince]

Here's a screen cap at 1600x1200, you could use it as a wallpaper if you want...

http://img35.exs.cx/img35/7636/doom3-uberhigh-wallpaper.jpg

So beautiful.

[Haris]

Meh. Don't like Doom much.

[ch33f]

The engine is brilliant, the graphics are billiant and the sound is fucking great. But The game has some flaws imo. After you have played through it for about 8 - 10 hours you should be about at the half way point. At this point I started to get really bored with everything. You just go from cramped room to cramped room killing the same enemies over and over. I have started to neglect the game. I will pain through this boring part of the game and see if it gets any better this weekend however. Also, a lot of things in the game and story are very similar to other first person shooters. Like the very start is very similar to Half Life and there is also a little train level thing like in half life.

[speed stick]

I kinda liked the old Doom games, and this one looks amazing. If I had a computer that was good enough to play the game decent I would get the game. (well, after the price drops)

[majik ninja]

I loved the old Doom games. They got my into FPS'. Me and my friend would stay up all night playing Doom 2. I would be the mover he would be the shooter and opener, we were unstoppable.

[Prince]

Well i've been playing for a few days and I'm dissapointed in the game. Aside from the graphics its not too great. Nothing else really stands out..

The multiplayer is worthless pretty much (only 4 players per server, and only a few maps). Single player is good but it has a lot of flaws IMO. It's not that scary, story is not that good, environments weren't as destructable as I hoped, it's predictable, has very basic gameplay, and has repetitive areas, etc. And lots of other small flaws.

[Pro A.]

Similar flaws that Half-Life had. Claustrophobic and repetitive. No real story (not like Doom really needs one to enjoy it). We don't need destructible environments. Let Red Faction do that. Doom is more about what is in front of you. While the game doesn't top Doom, the best PC game of all time, it does make a very servicable niche with strong gameplay that does have genuine challenge. It has the old-school idea of using your reflexes to win. I didn't find it scary, either, but a lot of people that I know do find it scary. Call that a wash.

Give the multiplayer a chance. In a few months, it should be better.

Doom III is a master work of art. The gameplay could have had a little more variety, but why carp? This is a genuinely creepy game with real challenge and really good gameplay. Half-Life was more repetitive than this and it had less depth.

***1/2 out of ****

[Michael]

My mom is getting this game....'^_^...

Edit: gamespot gave this one a 8.5...they gave tales a 8.9...:eek: ....but I don't care, I'd get it but my mom is, so I don't have to...

[pac4life]

doom III is such a great game. my friend got it yesterday and we played it last night, frickin amazing graphics engine.

[Rabunis]

What would be a decent comp set up to run doom

[Kliq]

Is Doom III online?

[Rabunis]

4 player deathmatch baby

[disrupter006]

I'm not touching this until I know my computer can handle it (Pentium 4 2.53, 512 DDR RAM, 128 mb. Graphics card (Radeon 9000 agp pro)) and they make the multiplayer worth playing.

[Pro A.]

Some games already hold 16 people. I played in an 8-man team deathmatch. That was fun.

[=NukeBlaze=]

The game was made to run on slower systems at lower resolutions.

I am currently viewing this game @ 1280x1024 at high detail with Eye candy on, compliments of my Athlon 64 3200+ and my geforce 6800 GT 256MB card....

Hey, before you complain, take into condieration that I had a 500 MHz Pentium 3 system since 1999!

Wonderful graphics, but gets boring. multiplayer Halo online is a blast on the Pc, and it looks better too.

[Pro A.]

To be fair about that, there are really only two or three really good arenas on Halo. Blood Gulch, Danger Canyon, and Timberland.

[majik ninja]

Yee Haw! Tomorrow I'm going to get it at Future Shop, I can't wait :)

[=NukeBlaze=]

For those of you that think you are not going to have the hardware that you need to play DOOM 3, the fact of the matter is that many of you will be just fine, although an upgrade may still be in your future. As of this afternoon we were playing DOOM 3 on a 1.5GHz Pentium 4 box with a GeForce 4 MX440 video card and having a surprisingly good gaming experience. Even a subtle jump to an AMD 2500+ with a GeForce 3 video card that is two years old will deliver a solid gaming experience that will let you enjoy the game the way id Software designed it to be. That fact alone should let many of you know that you will not be left behind in experiencing DOOM 3.

---Hard Opc


Death beach is good too.

[Backlash]

It has multiplayer, and not to many PC games do split screen multiplayer, so I'm assuming it does. Only 4 players though.

[majik ninja]

It has multiplayer, and not to many PC games do split screen multiplayer, so I'm assuming it does. Only 4 players though.
:wtf:

Its four player DM over the internet not split screen

[Pro A.]

This isn't a console.

[shadowrunner]

man, i wish i was in a western country..... i wanna play doom3!!!i remember the first time i ever played doom on my SNES.

OH my god!! i walk closer to that pole, and it gets bigger!! oh. my. god. and i can see that place through this window and *run run run* now i can see where i was looking from! whoa!

hehe, my first 3d game, those were the days. that and the nightmares that followed......... 5yos should not play that game.......

is doom3 like a remake of doom1 again? like i mean story wise? is it still about the demons coming through the gates on PHobos and Deimos and stuff?

Man, i want a doom game based on the book quintilogy [is that how you say series of 4?]. that was a great 4 books with really good storyline, IMO. Anyone else read them?

EDIT: 500 posts!! :queer::queer:

[Pro A.]

It is quadrilogy. First off, I believe most fan fiction is crap.

Doom III is an original game in its own right. It pays homage to the original, Half-Life, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and a few other games.

[shadowrunner]

^have you actually read the doom books? they`re really good. they basically take the half page of story from the front of the doom instruction manual and turn it into this great original bloody...thing. anyone who loves doom should read them, they`re great.

I heard some review say that Doom3 has like the coolest shotgun in a game ever. true?

[majik ninja]

Nothing can beat the Super Shotgun from Doom 2, I had many a good times in DM with that badboy. Then again I havn't played Doom 3 yet so I dunno

[shadowrunner]

^OMG, its like your me! I remember me and a mate arguing over the best shotgun ever and we chose the double barrel shotgun from doom2. KA-BCHOOO! KLE-CHLUNK., aah, just rools through the ears, doesnt it?

in fact, think this would make a good thread.... see ya.

[majik ninja]

Oh ho ho you sly pootse you

[ch33f]

Similar flaws that Half-Life had. Claustrophobic and repetitive. No real story.

:twitch: n00b.

[Backlash]

:wtf:

Its four player DM over the internet not split screen

Shush, I was tired when I wrote that. I didn't mean that it was split screen, someone asked if it was Internet and for some reason my post made no sense whatsoever.

In other words, yeah I knew that it was online, I'm not that much of a moron...

Pretty close though.

[majik ninja]

Shush, I was tired when I wrote that. I didn't mean that it was split screen, someone asked if it was Internet and for some reason my post made no sense whatsoever.

In other words, yeah I knew that it was online, I'm not that much of a moron...

Pretty close though.
Yeah, I had no clue what you were trying to say, but I saw 4 player and I saw split screen so I assumed thats what you meant.

[Pro A.]

:twitch: n00b.

I've been playing games far longer than you, so be quiet.

[majik ninja]

T-minus 15 minutes until I go and get it :twitch:

[Nights]

I have a ati radeon 9800

It out performed all nvidias in the class (9600 did as well with amazing overclocking potential...)

I am not up to date cause I don't feel the need for one anytime soon... However I like ATI better lately... Specially considering they were outperforming the competition on basically everything when I bought mine..

[ch33f]

I've been playing games far longer than you, so be quiet.

I doubt you have. How dare you bad mouth half life!

Anyway..

It's 4 am and I finally finished it.

I still had the same opinion up untill the last few levels. That last boss was so god damn hard.

Overall I would give it:

Graphics: 10
Sound: 10
Gameplay: 8
Lasting Apeal: 7.5

[Backlash]

Woo! My parents are bringing it home as I speak (or type?). Should have it within the next half hour.

[majik ninja]

Yee Haw I just got home with it :D:D:D:D:D I'll give my 2 cents after I play it for a bit

[orcus116]

I have a ati radeon 9800

It out performed all nvidias in the class (9600 did as well with amazing overclocking potential...)

I am not up to date cause I don't feel the need for one anytime soon... However I like ATI better lately... Specially considering they were outperforming the competition on basically everything when I bought mine..

I'm probably getting a 9800 pro really soon and I'm just wondering how much RAM you're running yours with cause I'm gonna pick up some more RAM as well (only got 384 atm yeesh). I heard someone say that I'd prolly need around a gig or so to run that card really well but around 512 could run it decently.

[majik ninja]

OMG I CANT STAND THIS! IT SO DARK

My mintor is really dark to beguin with so even witht eh brighteness turned up to full i cant see shit

[Rabunis]

Yeah my monitor sucks teh cock too. I will have to wait for a whole pc overhaul before I can play this game

[majik ninja]

oh noes! I cant join teh online games, it always says server is full even when it is not full :(

[Pro A.]

14 1/2 years, Shane. Btw, I love Half-Life. It is in my top 100, but it is far from perfect. Doom III has similar weaknesses, but it does a better job of minimizing them.

I have that happen too, Malik. Pick a game that is 1/4 or 2/4. Better chance of getting in.

[majik ninja]

GG me. Spoilers? When that scientist transformed into a zombie and started attacking me I nearly wet myself. This game is pure :1337:

[Pro A.]

Eh, I just grunted and shot the poor bastard through the head.

[majik ninja]

I'm making a gmae called cheese/cheese join if you wanna DM it up westside

[ch33f]

The only time I got semi scared (jumped) was when a door opend and my volume was lowder then I thought. The whole "scary" thing was one of the games major flaws in my opinion.

[majik ninja]

The only time I got semi scared (jumped) was when a door opend and my volume was lowder then I thought. The whole "scary" thing was one of the games major flaws in my opinion.
Maybe I'm just a pussy (most likely) but I find the gmae to be very scary.

[Backlash]

I don't really find the game scary, it just gets your adrenaline pumping like no other.

When all hell broke loose my heart was pounding. It's just like...wow. They did a good job on that.

[Pro A.]

You got a password or anything like that?

I just beat the game. Took me seven hours of gameplay.

[majik ninja]

Anyone know how to install / use mods?

[ch33f]

You got a password or anything like that?

I just beat the game. Took me seven hours of gameplay.

I bet it did.

[Pro A.]

If you don't waste time and play through the game the way it is supposed to be played, it takes seven to ten hours.

[Backlash]

I think I'm on 5-6 hours. Is there any way to check?

[majik ninja]

How may levels are there? I think I'm on the sixth

[ch33f]

I think there's 30 something... Can't remember.

[r33hash]

Seven hours of Gameplay sucks ass. How is the multiplayer?

I saw a mod that changes your flashlight's shape into a big illuminated Hello Kitty head. haha

[Backlash]

The multiplayer is somewhat lacking. Your connection needs to be above 128Kbps, so no dial up, and it only has 4 players (although there are mods out which will allow 16, or maybe 32, I don't remember), and there's only like 5 maps to choose from.

On the up side, the actual multiplayer gameplay is fun, cuz the shadows and lighting add sooo much to the game. You can easily get scared by your own shadow. The levels are interactive, for example in one level there's this chamber and overlooking the chamber is this control room. In the control room is a computer panel and when you click on it, the chamber below locks all it's doors and if your enemy is in there you get to see him die a horrible machine-induced death. It's actually pretty amusing.

[majik ninja]

I think there's 30 something... Can't remember.
Damn, I've already played 4 hours and I'm only on the sixth level :D

[Pro A.]

There are 25 or so. Six or seven hours is good for me. For the average gamer (not implying that any of you are) it will take fifteen hours.

[ch33f]

I don't like rushing through games but whatever.

[Viper]

I want a Demo damnit.

You hear me Id.

[majik ninja]

As much as I love this game I havn't played single player in a couple of days due to the fact that I'm a pussy and am too scared to play. I'm in this uberfyingly scary hall way and I'm to scared to continue :(

Multiplayer on the other hand is pure ownage:cool:

[ch33f]

As much as I love this game I havn't played single player in a couple of days due to the fact that I'm a pussy and am too scared to play. I'm in this uberfyingly scary hall way and I'm to scared to continue :(

Multiplayer on the other hand is pure ownage:cool:

ROFL!!!!

Man... how can you be scared of some 3D Models? You have a virtual shotgun, teach those mofos a lesson for throwing firey shit at you.