REVIEW:'Doom 3' a Terrifying Experience

AP via The Greenville Sun ^ | August 10, 2004 | MATT SLAGLE

[Skooz]

My P3 500 won't come close to running this, so I must live vicariously through the gaming experiences of others.

[Skooz]

Consider yourself pinged.

[Skooz]

ping

[LibWhacker]

I only wish there had been another tactic besides shooting first and thinking ... never. By the end, my fear had been a bit numbed by a familiar pattern: enter darkened room, wait for monsters to spawn all around you, kill them all, go to next chamber, repeat.

Doesn't sound so bad; it's just like fighting 'rats.

[Riley]

I don't do monster shooters anymore (except for the flammable kind) but I remember puzzling my way through Doom 1. And I remember some of the hilarious sound mods for it. Like the Full Metal Jacket mod, where the flying skulls are R. Lee Ermey's voice saying "SkullF*** you! SkullF*** you! " every time they bit. And the Tim Taylor mod, where Imps do that "Uhhhh?" sound, when they detect you, or the Monty Python wad where firing a weapon produces Eric Idle saying'bang'.

[Riley]

Somehow, hell's denizens have teleported onto the base and transformed just about everyone else into lumbering zombies. It's up to you to wipe them out before they spread evil to Earth.

Just another day on Free Republic.

[RightWhale]

Buy the game anyway. Armadillo needs some fender work.

[visualops]

It looks awesome.
I wouldn't call it the "most terrifying" though.
The lighting is exceptional, and there's a new height in realism. It rocks.
I thought Half-Life (the first incarnation) and Realms of the Haunting were scarier/creepier. Diablo still has the best most original game music ever.
FYI I don't play, I'm an avid observer, hubby is the game addict. He's cussing at this one, it's difficult apparently.

[Riley]

The Half-Life stabby asparagus things in 'Blast Pit' were severely annoying. Until one realizes that noise attracts them.

[Tribune7]

It sounds like the first one as far as plot.

[ChadGore]

I installed Doom 3 and played it over the weekend and it's fantastic. I kinda enjoy the chainsaw. Later in the game the weaker zombies just walk right into your chain saw and it makes the most blood splattering noise and sight one could imagine.

I have a glitch with the game that maybe someone can shed some light on. When I have "Display weapon model" turned on, firing the shotgun locks the game *hard*. The power button is the only recovery. So far, I've been able to get this to repeat with the shotgun and the rocket launcher. Both of them, when their model is displayed on screen locks the game instantly and repeatedly.

If anyone knows of a patch, please freepmail.

[bootyist-monk]

Beautiful graphics with point-lighting, pixel-shading and normal mapping. If you have a fast computer with a good graphics card, be prepared to be amazed. Gameplay is more of the same... shoot everything, get keycards, etc. Levels are well designed. A satisfying experience, but it would have been nice if the overall game design had been up to the same standard as the engine.

[ThinkDifferent]

A satisfying experience, but it would have been nice if the overall game design had been up to the same standard as the engine.

I'm looking forward to seeing what the 3rd party mods will be able to do with the engine.

[bootyist-monk]

Chad,

I haven't seen a patch yet, but make sure that you have the latest driver for your video card. If you are using Nvidia Geforce, make sure that you have version 61.77. I'm using the ATI Radeon Catalyst 4.7 driver without problems.

[El Sordo]

I shall wait for something else.

[ChadGore]

Thanks. That's good advice. The driver date on my Radeon 9700 128 Ram is 10/12/2002. Version 6.13.10.6200.

I'm checking the ATI.com website now.

[ChadGore]

A 29 Meg DRIVER >?!??!?!

< mutter > I'm d/ling now.

[Skooz]

A 29 Meg DRIVER >?!??!?!

Are you serious?

[ChadGore]

Yes I am. 29539 KB to be precise.

[Bacon Man]

My P3 500 won't come close to running this, so I must live vicariously through the gaming experiences of others.

I'd drop a few hundred dollars and fix that. I can't remember the last time a game got my heart pumping like this one does.