I occasionally kill time with the first "Quake" or "Duke Nukem 3D." The Duke add-on "Duke It Out In DC" is a blast, except for one thing. The mission is to rescue Clinton, who has been abducted by aliens. Not much incentive there.
I played the original DOOM a lot. I'm into World War II first persons now, but I'm waiting for Half-Life 2, the first was the best I've played with a story line.
Then I got hooked on political forums like this one and I haven't played a game since.
Still got the original disks from all that stuff around somewhere.
bttfl
The Wolfenstein game you are referring to was probably "Wolfenstein 3-D"...it was really great in it's day. Last year they came out with "Return to Castle Wolfenstein"....anyone who loves these games and hasn't played that is really missing out. I was amazed at the realism and quality of "Return to Castle Wolfenstein".
Doom2 is almost endless, since zillions of new levels have been written by fans and posted on the internet. I still play Doom2 using the Doom 95 launcher. Doom 95 has better graphics!
Lots of levels have also been made for "Wolfenstein 3-D"...you can look them up. I tried it again about a year ago and it was still addicting.
Looks like the system requirements for Doom3 are going to be high. Got this off a site:
System Requirements for DOOM 3: A video card with at least 128MB RAM and Pixel Shader 1.1 support and a 2.5GHz CPU. Also DOOM 3 is expected to be on 4 cds and Multiplayer will include Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Tournament and Last Man Standing.
I'm not much into gaming, but I do remember all the hype about doom way back when. At that time, I was into Bungie software's "Marathon." I remember hearing about how much better Doom was going to be. When it finally came out, I was extremely disappointed. It was nowhere near as good as Marathon. Neither Doom version I've seen has anywhere near as good a storyline as the Marathon series. I wish them luck on Doom III, but its going to have to be better than Halo 2 to go anywhere.
ATTENTION EVERYONE
When I got home tonight, what should be waiting for me but the new issue of PC Gamer, with a review of Doom 3.
The Highlights:
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Developer: Id Software
Publisher: Activision
Required: P4 1.5Ghz or equivalent, 384MB RAM, Radeon 9800 card (Certain GPUs - lowest level is GeForce3/GeForce4 MX)
We Recommend: 2Ghz CPU, 512MB RAM, Radeon 9800 card, five0-channel sound card and speakers.
Maximum Players:4
ESRB Rating: M
Score: 94% (Editor's Choice)
Highs: "Extraordinary Graphics and sound; incerdible tension, atmosphere, and mayhem."
Lows: "Some stabs a humor fall a bit flat."
Bottom Line: "Just as we'd hoped, it's a non stop ride of tension, carnage, and terror. A new classic."
"One of our test systems had a GeForce 6800 and ran flawlessly at 1024x768 resolution with high detail (a higher level of detail quality and resolution is available, but the PC to run in well isn't!)"
-Dan Morris, PC Gamer, Volume 9, Number 11, September 2004
Pages: 34-44
The dooms got too hard to use. I'd rather download user written WAD's. City of Doom was quite nice.
And I wish they'd give us more Duke Nukem 3D. The first was really a hoot, and had a lot of secrets and problems. That game was alot of fun to play.
Darn. There goes any chance I will get any work done in August.
hello? wasn't this due out in April?
I love Wolfenstein and MOH, btw. Just no time to play.
Could you please ping those interested in Doom 3 and tell them that www.doom3.com has finally been upgraded to show the full trailer?
I'm at work and don't have the time. Thanks.