They Don't Make Shooters Like Doom 3 Anymore!

Every once in a while I fire up an old shooter to entertain myself.

Played some good "old" Doom3 today, and, boy, is itsatisfying to play an old fashioned shooter, no muss no fuss.

Sure, the story is thinner than the gstring on a Las Vegas stripper,

but it's a shooter boiled down to its essential goodness: Gun, ammo, Zombies, kill 'em all!

And the game STILL looks terrific.

I'm assuming 'they' is id Tech, in which case, they pretty much stopped making games anymore.

RAGE is sort of their comeback title but it doesn't look that amazing.

Made me pay more attention to PC gaming

I didn't like the fact that the action was in pitch darkness, also some weapons felt weak. Despite that, i had a good time.

Though if you want better old school shooters, that have aged well, i highly recommend you play Serious Sam: The First Encounter & The Second Encounter; Painkiller. Extremely entertaining games, man.

can't say doom 3 looks terrific, the charactars look kinda blockyevildead6789

It's pretty damn good for a game from 2004, ofcourse all details at max., high rez above 1080p.

Still looks great, tech behind it is pretty powerful.

[QUOTE="i5750at4Ghz"]Doom 3 is pretty awful.edinsftw

This.

This. This indeed.

I could never get into the game myself. I didn't find it even remotely immersive, which is a very important factor for FPS games for me.

painkiller was a better doom sequel than doom 3 aka "generic corridor shooter on mars"

I was playing Doom3 the other week, and it was pretty good, It's a game that I found continually scary, once I played it on alaptop in a room with about 4 other people, in the middle of the day with my headphones on and I was still terrified. The only other games that Have done that are Penumbra and Silent Hill 2. I love the way the flashlight is used, the way you need to switch guns to use it, and the fear of not knowing what could be around the next corner, The level of interactivity that you have before the **** hits the fan, like the turkey puncher minigame or the PDA emails that you get from the machines, I also remembered the guy who writes a report on you close to the start, you can look over his shoulder and see what he writes about you for a little easter egg. :)

TC should try Necrovision.

Great game, enjoyed it more than HL2.

Had a more fleshed out story too if you picked up all the pda's laying around.

[QUOTE="edinsftw"]

[QUOTE="i5750at4Ghz"]Doom 3 is pretty awful.broken_bass_bin

This.

This. This indeed.

serious sam 1st and 2nd encounter are the best no frills shooter. its like doom but without all the gloom

[QUOTE="edinsftw"]

[QUOTE="i5750at4Ghz"]Doom 3 is pretty awful.broken_bass_bin

This.

This. This indeed.

definately this

[QUOTE="bonafidetk"]Still looks great IMO. The ID Tech engine has aged very well. Especially if you compare it to the gfx eyesore of Half Life 2 which came out at around the same time.jettpack

troll much?

Half life 2 is still effing gorgeous

This Doom 3 still looks good but half-life 2 has aged better imo and still looks great even today.

Every once in a while I fire up an old shooter to entertain myself.

Played some good "old" Doom3 today, and, boy, is itsatisfying to play an old fashioned shooter, no muss no fuss.

Sure, the story is thinner than the gstring on a Las Vegas stripper,

but it's a shooter boiled down to its essential goodness: Gun, ammo, Zombies, kill 'em all!

And the game STILL looks terrific.

Ricardo41

[QUOTE="jettpack"]

[QUOTE="bonafidetk"]Still looks great IMO. The ID Tech engine has aged very well. Especially if you compare it to the gfx eyesore of Half Life 2 which came out at around the same time.DJ_Headshot

troll much?

Half life 2 is still effing gorgeous

This Doom 3 still looks good but half-life 2 has aged better imo and still looks great even today.

I agree, the Source engine feels timeless. Crank up the settings in HL2:Episode 2, still feels like it belongs in this current generation. I think the Source engine turned out perfect, I think CS:S still looks great! GREAT!

I just finished HL2 and Episode One recently (on Episode 2 right now) and couldn't tell for a second that the game was using technology from 2004!

[QUOTE="jettpack"]

[QUOTE="broken_bass_bin"]

This. This indeed.

iagbas

definately this

People who just say "awful" without a rational and constructive argument are just stupid.

Dude, I thought Quake 4 was fantastic. Doom 3...well, I love the game, don't get me wrong, but Quake 4 was far more amazing. PRowcester

I too had mroe fun with quake 4

[QUOTE="jettpack"]

[QUOTE="broken_bass_bin"]

This. This indeed.

iagbas

definately this

People who just say "awful" without a rational and constructive argument are just stupid.

Also you fit your own saying by not explaining by saying what you did without giving us a rational and constructive argument.

[QUOTE="iagbas"]

[QUOTE="jettpack"]

definately this

GuitarPAaron

People who just say "awful" without a rational and constructive argument are just stupid.

This. Boring guns + bullet sponges + Mars = profit? No thank you, I've tried to beat it many times but I just get bored and quit.

Every once in a while I fire up an old shooter to entertain myself.

Played some good "old" Doom3 today, and, boy, is itsatisfying to play an old fashioned shooter, no muss no fuss.

Sure, the story is thinner than the gstring on a Las Vegas stripper,

but it's a shooter boiled down to its essential goodness: Gun, ammo, Zombies, kill 'em all!

And the game STILL looks terrific.Ricardo41

I think this is a better description of DOOM and DOOM2. They still do make games like DOOM3, which is one of the things I hate about the current video games market. Let the

Gun, ammo, Zombies, Ricardo41

Still looks great IMO. The ID Tech engine has aged very well. Especially if you compare it to the gfx eyesore of Half Life 2 which came out at around the same time.bonafidetk

There's nothing terribly wrong with Quake 4 and DOOM3 as the quality and production values of both SP and MP are equal with Id's previous releases. It's the fact that they lack completely in any sort of innovation that's bad. kdawg88

[QUOTE="bonafidetk"]Still looks great IMO. The ID Tech engine has aged very well. Especially if you compare it to the gfx eyesore of Half Life 2 which came out at around the same time.jettpack

troll much?

Half life 2 is still effing gorgeous

I remember playing Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, Doom, Doom2, and Build Engine shooters... THAT's old school shooters right there ;) and to be honest, these games were far more enjoyable for me than most of the shooters today... :P (with a few exceptions:)))

[QUOTE="kdawg88"]There's nothing terribly wrong with Quake 4 and DOOM3 as the quality and production values of both SP and MP are equal with Id's previous releases. It's the fact that they lack completely in any sort of innovation that's bad. PRowcester

[QUOTE="PRowcester"][QUOTE="kdawg88"]There's nothing terribly wrong with Quake 4 and DOOM3 as the quality and production values of both SP and MP are equal with Id's previous releases. It's the fact that they lack completely in any sort of innovation that's bad. kdawg88

The graphics suck in Doom 1 and 2, so I bought Quake 2 because the graphics were cool in those days. Then when Doom 3 came out I was impressed by the graphics, so I bought Doom 3 for the first time, and thought that the story and graphics was good. I also thought that the Doom The Movie was cool to.

Those types of shooters can be fun, but only in very small doses. There are just too easy and very boring IMO. I don't like to feel like some god when I play a shooter.

I said "old" school. Not old school.

Of course, it's a fairly recent game.

I like that it doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is. A "dumb" good

looking indoor run and gun shooter.

Contrast this with Bioshock 1: Just as dumb, linear, and unimaginative, but it came with a heap of pretensious bullcrap.

This is why I'm enjoying Crysis 2. I feel I can play the game without having to read two libraries' worth of "back story".

The gameplay was overly montonous; I was sick of it just a couple hours in. It was like spending over 10 hours walking down a dark alley with cats suddenly jumping out from anywhere. Not scary, just annoying. Horrifying and startling are two different things; too bad id did not understand this. But the game did have a commendable creepy atmoshpere thanks to its visuals and audio.