Fans of the series have been clamoring for a new installment for about a decade now. Doom came out first in 1993 and was met with mass hysteria and was widely considered to be the turning point in PC gaming as we know it. Doom 2 came out the following year and tried to perfect what Doom layed before it, and pretty much suceeded at doing so. Now, it's 2004 and Doom 3 has finally come out. Nearly a decade later, does this old-school followup match the quality of today's current standards? The answer is yes -- but the answer is also no at the same time. You may be wondering how exactly that is, so let's break it down in to some simple points. Doom 3 is gorgeous. Far and away it is the best looking game on the market. From the wonderful lighting effects to the complex looking character models, it is amazing through and through. Where the graphics step in and take precedence, the gameplay counters and holds it back. Doom 3 is old-school, perhaps too much so for its own good. It has solid gameplay, yes, but it brings almost nothing new to the table. You can basically say, played one and you've played them all. That's the case with Doom 3. It's a re-telling of Doom's events with some of the enemies and weapons from Doom 2. To put it bluntly, it's a candy-coated version of a game that's over a decade old. That's not a bad thing though. Doom is widely considered to be one of the best games ever made, so what's wrong with a remake of that? Nothing, really, it just leaves an unfulfilling sensation in your mouth after you finish lapping it up in the twenty or so hours it takes to finish the game. Aside from the game's shortcomings, it still offers one of the most horrifying single-player experiences available today. It's a highly-recommendable and highly playable first-person shooter that no fan of the genre should miss out. Let's get straight to the point, Doom 3 is a great game.
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