Brilliant game, so immersive and frightening. Sux how the xbox version was rated higher than the PC version. I love it!!
I do agree with the gamespot review bout DOOM 3's game play being similar to the original DOOM, and that it isn't very tactical. But making DOOM 3 a tactical game would really kill the gory nature and mood that DOOM is all about. If DOOM 3 was tactical, you wouldn't be running up to imps and blasting them away with a shotgun in a shower of blood the paints the floor and walls. This would also take away some of the purpose of the stunning visuals in DOOM 3. Remember, DOOM 3 is basically a recreation of the original DOOM, not a follow on from DOOM 2. It doesn't really have to introduce many new things. As a recreation of DOOM, it is outstanding. If you rate DOOM 3 based on how WELL it RECREATES DOOM, then it would be rated excellently.
Another aspect of DOOM 3 that gamespot brought up was how it was "predictable" and could get "repetitious". That is sort of true. Yes, all you do is kill monsters from hell, but it's like any FPS; in Half Life 2, you mainly kill combine; in HALO, all you mainly kill is covenant, etc. And about it being predictable, well, it being predictable is one of the reasons it is so scary. You're just waiting for the next thing to jump out at you. You know what's going to happen, but not when it will happen.
Another thing that annoys me is how the xbox version of DOOM 3 was rated HIGHER than the PC version. How can you rate the game higher on one platform than you did for the same game on another? If it's because the xbox version had the original DOOM in it, that's not fair. You're rating 2 games against one. If any thing it should be rated lower on the xbox because they had to lower the graphics quality and cut parts out (in some cases, whole levels).
Lastly, it's great how DOOM 3 runs great on most computers, even if they at the minimum requirements. Before i got a new computer, I was running it on a 128 Nvidia GeForce 5200 FX. The machine’s CPU speed was 2.0 GHz and it had 512 Mb of RAM. It was able to run it on high quality with most advanced options on (except for A-A and sadly, shadows) at a resolution of 800 by 600. It ran pretty good at 25-30 fps.
Great game id Software!! Can't wait to see what they roll out next, now that DOOM and QUAKE are finished. Should be really interesting.