Re: DOOM3, a big disappointment

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 L Cox <stevencox56@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> typed:
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:28:55 -0700 (PDT), foo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Cabinets
> Everywhere) wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I rather liked the Blair Witch Project when it first hit the theatres.
> It was genuinely creepy, something that movies had been missing for
> years before.  When it came out on DVD I gathered a group of friends
> over to watch it.
>
> They laughed all the way thru the show.
>
> The guys is particular wouldn't let themselves get into the proper
> mood for the movie.  A buncha 20-something males sitting around not
> letting themselves be scared when that was the *point* ruined the
> experience for everyone including themselves.
>
> I think this phenomenon is what is ruining Doom3 for some players.
> They're either playing with a buncha friends sitting around watching
> over their shoulder, or they're running thru the game trying to treat
> it like Goldeneye.  Either way, they aren't allowing themselves to be
> immersed into the creepiness of the setting.  Its a slower-paced game,
> obviously on purpose.  The flashlight limitation is there for a reason
> and you modders are cheating yourselves out of your $55 when you use
> it.
>
> I'm sad to hear that the game wasn't entertaining for some of my
> fellow gamers, especially when the fault is their own.  I'm enjoying
> the heck out of Doom3, but then again I like to be scared by scary
> movies.

Really well said.  Agree wholeheartedly.