Re: DOOM3, a big disappointment

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> "Steven L Cox" <stevencox56@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> 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.
>>
>> -s-
>
> What a pompous and self-serving load of crap.

Self-serving?  Does he have stock in id or something?