Doom 3
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:47 pm
Well, I got it at last.....
Go and look at Gamespot and 3DGamers, if you want a "creep up to id" review. The only real review on the net is here...
The problem with waiting for a sequel for so long is your expectations are too high.
I give it 6/10
Loose 2 points, because it's a "Rich boys game" (the minimum specs... WTF)...... I remember Doom 1 ran nicely on my 486.
Doom 3 runs on my PC, like a drunken pig covered in treacle!
And loose another 2 points because: ITS TOO BLOODY DARK!
You have a touch yes, but you can't hold a gun at the same time....... this IMO is a very stupid mistake. More than once I have shot blindly into the darkness, then turned on my touch to see an un-shot zombie... bah!
Can't he get some duct tape and attach the torch to the shot gun??? What kind of marine is he? (a stupid one IMO)
This cripples the gameplay, you have a choice:
1. holding a gun and feeling safe , but you can't see shit.
2. using the torch and feeling unsafe, but at least you can see what's killing you.
It plays like this:- check out a room with the torch, get wasted, reload your game, enter the same room with a gun and shoot into the dark corner.... not my idea of fluid gameplay.
And I found myself getting bored , wandering around (black) corridors, amazingly detailed corridors I grant you, but still boring..
The shock values, are like a cheap B-movie... going for all the cliches, until eventually I knew when the next "jump out of your seat" moment was coming.
The latest game that really made me "jump out of my skin" was Thief 3, when a zombie jumps up at you..... but Doom 3 is sedate.
Give me FarCry any day..
Rant rant rant..... thank you for your time.
Go and look at Gamespot and 3DGamers, if you want a "creep up to id" review. The only real review on the net is here...
The problem with waiting for a sequel for so long is your expectations are too high.
I give it 6/10
Loose 2 points, because it's a "Rich boys game" (the minimum specs... WTF)...... I remember Doom 1 ran nicely on my 486.
Doom 3 runs on my PC, like a drunken pig covered in treacle!
And loose another 2 points because: ITS TOO BLOODY DARK!
You have a touch yes, but you can't hold a gun at the same time....... this IMO is a very stupid mistake. More than once I have shot blindly into the darkness, then turned on my touch to see an un-shot zombie... bah!
Can't he get some duct tape and attach the torch to the shot gun??? What kind of marine is he? (a stupid one IMO)
This cripples the gameplay, you have a choice:
1. holding a gun and feeling safe , but you can't see shit.
2. using the torch and feeling unsafe, but at least you can see what's killing you.
It plays like this:- check out a room with the torch, get wasted, reload your game, enter the same room with a gun and shoot into the dark corner.... not my idea of fluid gameplay.
And I found myself getting bored , wandering around (black) corridors, amazingly detailed corridors I grant you, but still boring..
The shock values, are like a cheap B-movie... going for all the cliches, until eventually I knew when the next "jump out of your seat" moment was coming.
The latest game that really made me "jump out of my skin" was Thief 3, when a zombie jumps up at you..... but Doom 3 is sedate.
Give me FarCry any day..
Rant rant rant..... thank you for your time.