Re: DOOM3, a big disappointment

"Steven L Cox" <stevencox56@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:41:23 GMT, "Michael-NC"
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> >
> >"NuQ" <nuq@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >news:vTTSc.21574980$Id.3570943@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> In news:ZtSSc.252310$2o2.14772911@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Michael-NC <NoAddress@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > "Steven L Cox" <stevencox56@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > news:v4enh0dgpf0mhl2h5j87n1tcqou8osf7ko@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >> 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?
> >
> >No, but he probably has to continually restock his metro***ual,
touchy-feely
> >ego. For Christ's sake, can't someone not like a game because it's
graphics
> >are too dark and gameplay too simple without being accused of denying
their
> >feminine side and not allowing themselves to be scared???
> >
> >What kinda ****ing new age bull**** is he trying to sell?  LOL!
>
> Well, at least he actually explained himself this time :)
>
> As for the actual complaints, "too dark"?  What does that even mean?
> Are you complaining of the fact the game deliberately tends to send
> you down dimly-lit corridors as a poor design decision, or that you
> couldn't properly configure your hardware and the game is dark in
> areas when its supposed to be light?  I've heard both complaints, and
> at least personally find neither to be too valid of a critique.
>
> "gameplay too simple"?  I guess the game could have been designed as
> more of a Rainbow Six type of game, squad oriented and hyper- (if not
> over-) realistic.  This gamer wouldn't have been interested in Doom3
> being handled that way, single-shot kills aren't fun and the pace if
> often glacially slow.  So again, a weak complaint IMO, what do you
> want out of the Doom franchise?  I'd think a creepy atmosphere, going
> about killing demons and zombies.  Looks like they got it right.
>
> But this type of response is pretty much what I was commenting on, the
> young male still insecure enuf in his maleness that apparently
> actually being creeped out by a horror movie makes you a girl.  I'm
> truly sorry to hear that this mindset kept you from enjoying Doom3,
> perhaps you should just move along and let those who do enjoy the game
> discuss it without your increasingly troll-like responses.

Why don't you light some incense and blow me.