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[pg]

Originally posted by ZargonX
Everything I've read about this so far is "fantasmamazing graphics" and "fantasmamazing sound." But what about the gameplay? The one person who actually bothered to write about it said the whole thing lacked depth. Can anyone discuss this?

id hasn't had deep gameplay since q1. id single player games are like action movies that are heavy on special effects. fun to play through once but after that you'll probably be sorta bored. i always prefer good gameplay but cutting edge graphics and sound are worth experiencing. there will probably be mods that add doom 2 style puzzle and heavy monster fighting gameplay but it might not run good for a year or two.

how does doom 3 compared to quake 2 single player wise? i imagine that's the closest old id game to doom 3.

[Apocalypse]

Wow I suck again...time for cheat codes.

[alva]

so you will probably see outline of the monster. For the occasions when it's completely dark.... learn the art of shooting by guessing, it's actually exciting.

And for this you need a 50G, blabla VidCard...to look at a black screen???!!!

[Zero]

Originally posted by Asher

Um. It's DOOM.

If you liked DOOM I and DOOM II, you'll like DOOM III.

not if you like the speed of doom 1/2 gameplay. doom 3 is alot slower.

[Solver]

I can't see any problems with sound quality.

Well, there are sometimes areas open enough to do some strafing and running with shooting, that's fun.

See, single-player is much better than Quake 2 (and I actually replayed that recently). First, this game has more of a story. Quake 2 had that Stroggos war, but more backstory than story. Second, Quake 2 graphics were good for the time, but nowhere near looking real, while Doom 3 is real enough to be scary. And it's just more fun, generally.

[Sava]

This game is amazing.

I've been playing with Ultra-High settings on 1024x768 with no problem. I thought I'd try it on 1600x1200... boy that got choppy.

btw, Athlon 2800+, GeForce FX 5900, 1 gig RAM

The gameplay is immersive. The graphics are amazing. The sound is great. And shooting aliens and zombies is really fun. I'm not that far into the game, but I'd thought I'd check in. I don't know what else to say. This game is just awesome.

BTW, release date is August 3rd, not August 5th. I went out to my local Gamestop and got it no problem.

I'm really impressed by the weapon models. The rocket launcher in particular looks ultra-realistic. I can't wait for mods to come out for this game. They are going to be great.

My one complaint is about multiplayer. There are hardly any servers (as to be expected). And the games are like 4 or 8 people. I have seen a 16 person server, but it was empty. I am disappointed that there isn't a co-op mode for multiplayer. Going through the game with some friends would be great.

[Solver]

Sava: there was I think a co-op mode for single player maps somehow, not sure though. You got to rocket launcher already? Must be far enough then. There are few servers because the game is just out, and you don't see the many servers of people who use pirated version. To enable more than 4 players, you need mods...

And yes, the game looks freaking amazing. Especially at night . Right, I'm back to it.

[Zero]

No music is OK, because ambience is great and all, but I play my winamp on the background with playlist filled with other evil/hell/horror game/movie soundtracks and etc. It adds to the atmosphere IMO.

problem is that my computer crashes winamp once inawhile and evrything gets &^@(*)&*@$@ed up...

[Sava]

Originally posted by Solver
Sava: there was I think a co-op mode for single player maps somehow, not sure though. You got to rocket launcher already? Must be far enough then. There are few servers because the game is just out, and you don't see the many servers of people who use pirated version. To enable more than 4 players, you need mods...

And yes, the game looks freaking amazing. Especially at night . Right, I'm back to it.

I used cheats to get the rocket launcher.

[Guynemer]

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
P4 3.06 Ghz
1GB RAM

How do you guys think it will be graphically on that setup? Could I run high detail or better on 1024x768 or higher?

[Solver]

Pfft, cheats before completing the game .

Guynemer, I think you would be able to run Ultra High on 1024, that would probably be the best bet. If you want a higher resolution, you'll probably want lower detail.

[Apocalypse]

I decided not to cheat. Very good. I think I'm missing a lot of secret areas unfortunantly though. Might be fun for the second playthrough, once someone has a complete walkthrough done.

[Solver]

Since this is not just any FPS, but Doom, I would of course not dare open any walkthrough. So far I've completed all FPS I've played once or maybe twice, and then left em, except for first two parts of Doom, which I replayed forever. Now, I also know I will be playing this through many times!

[Sava]

Originally posted by Guynemer
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
P4 3.06 Ghz
1GB RAM

How do you guys think it will be graphically on that setup? Could I run high detail or better on 1024x768 or higher?

1024 ultra-high... but ATI cards aren't as good on Doom 3. There is, however, a beta-release driver for ATI cards that supposedly improve performance for Doom 3.

solver:

[Sava]

it is Catalyst 4.9 beta... this site has it for fast download... but you have to register.

http://www.fpscentral.com/