"Cabinets Everywhere" <foo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> The problem with DOOM3 is that it just isn't
> all that much fun to play. I was in awe of the
> original DOOM in it's day and long awaited this
> latest release, but the fact is DOOM3 is kind
> of boring. Condition Zero was fun and had replay
> value -- Not DOOM3, just try going through it
> again, yawn. UNREAL 2004 looked rather cartoony,
> but it was fast paced and fun too. DOOM3 was just
> a maze of dim twisty passages all the same with some
> dark shapes they you had to shoot out of the way
> so you could get to more dim twisty passages.
>
> Problems with DOOM3:
>
> Dark: Hear me out, I tried the duct tape patch
> and hated it, I dumped it and got used to the
> flashlight. But later as I looked at web sites
> telling of the different enemies I was stunned
> to find out that there was the Imp, Wraith, Maggot
> and the Flame guy. Heck, during the game they
> all looked the same in the dark, just a humanoidish
> shape that sometimes leaped and sometime shot
> stuff at you. Why have different monsters when it's
> too dark to be able to tell one from another?
>
> PDAs/CODES: This slowed things down big time, there's
> weapons and ammo and health everywhere, but you're
> supposed to spend time trying to get in cabinets
> for more. What do you need more weapons for? 90%
> of the kills can be easily done with the shotgun,
> the BFG is overkill in a world where so little is
> more than three feet away from you.
>
> THE LOOK: Think the bloody factories from Quake2, but
> with no lights on and you got it. Oh, except parts of
> hell looked like the Alien landscape from Half-Life,
> except, of course, with the lights turned off.
>
> THE STORY: Cliche-City, "Ha, ha, ha Marine, you can
> never stop me!" "Destroy him!" "You can't stop me
> marine!" "Ha, ha, ha, You'll never get away Marine!"
> They hired a writer for that?
>
> Something sad about the "Thank you" emails from id,
> at the very end...they read more like apologies for
> making you trudge through this slow, dark, not very
> novel game.
>
> I just had such high hopes. :(
I feel much the same after being a huge id fan for many years. Play with
the
gamma settings and trudge along. The game does get a little better. The
best
thing about D3 will be the mods. MP isn't all that great right now either.
As action gamers, we really can't complain about the general state of FPS
right now as we have had several great games come out in the past year and
HL2 is also looming before us. I agree though, I did expect better game
play
from D3 but I'm _trying_ to enjoy it. It does have it's moments.
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