Doom 3

To me, Video Games are an Art, because it's about creating new worlds with their own new rules and laws, the sensations experienced with Video Games appear to be different from anything you can ever feel with any other sentiment stimulator's such as some products of various types of Art or drugs. therefore Video Games are very unique achievement of humanity.

First things first. I think it's impossible to talk on Doom III and not to mention Graphics, the key element to make Doom III a cult game. Making Doom III with revolutionary game engines, graphics workstations and some other advanced technologies, in which I understand very little, turned it into truly marvelous and brilliant visual experience, which is really unique. Compilation of red (blood) and black (darkness) is something worth seeing. I think in the aspect of graphics, Doom III is a flawless game and it obviously deserved its award on MTV Video Games awards received in nomination of best computer graphics of 2004. And one more thing: I think the sound mixing in Doom III was really the best ever.

Horror aspect in Doom III: I'm saying yes, it was scary and creepy as Hell, I have never been in such harrowing atmosphere of horror and fear since those Resident Evil worlds. I think It was achieved by manifold factors: monsters design was really awesome, they looked indeed scary, their unpredictable and versatile movements made my heart beat faster every time I was facing them. I kept having them in my nightmares long after I finished Doom III. As for discontents of some gamers about too many so called 'cheap shocks' (unexpected appearances of monsters from corners, sudden sounds of absorbing screams etc.) in game, I'd say that it's quite normal in such type of games. It's not a movie, it's a game and shocks can't be cheap in here. the effect of unexpectedness can be manipulated endlessly in the Video games. Another factor is the genre of the game: mixture of Science Fiction and Horror. Such combinations always work, at least it helps to create the proper milieu. Didn't really like those mystic elements attending the game though. All those esoteric and mysterious things like ghosts and souls and flying heads seemed a bit out of place. The setting and storyline were a huge contributor to the horror aspect. wandering around various facilities on Mars and constantly being attacked by various kind of monsters from zombies with chainsaws to giant unidentified dreadful objects was scary.

There is a lot of graphic violence in Doom III, which thanks to great graphics looks realistic, but in context it is mild. The perfect example of difference between graphic and content violence is GTA. In GTA you decapitate a passer by with a chainsaw and the next few seconds the only thing you can see on the screen is streams of gallons of human blood in slow motion gushing from the headless body, and that is as violent as it gets but graphically it looks cartoonish and unreal. In the case of Doom III, every drop of blood, every human organ so cautiously partitioned from the body has a very realistic look and it affects, but you can't argue that in context despite the graphical depiction, killing hundreds of ordinary people in the streets without any reason using several tools from medieval weaponry to modern rocket propelled grenades is much more violent than terminating the army of evil creatures in order to save your own life and Earth. but, still, I enjoyed turning those baby face angels into pile of bloody flesh with my big shining chainsaw.

Doom III is a great Video Game. I loved it from the very first frame. I have some kind of illness and I am restricted by my doctor to play the Video Games for more than an hour per day, but in the case of Doom III I couldn't resist myself and I spent nights traveling through the marvelous world of truly impressive experience. Doom III might not be the best game ever, but it definitely is one of the best.

Doom 3 takes the premises of Doom, such as plot, setting, and monsters, but beyond that this is a very different game. Obviously they've had a lot of time to improve the graphics: everyone says they're great, and it's true. Unforgivably, skin is rendered like plastic, but other than that the game's graphics is just a step or two below a CGI movie like Final Fantasy. There will be moments you will say 'wow', or later, 'dear god'. If you have the hardware for it, (for geeks like me) the game is worth getting on the merits of this alone. One big improvement the graphics engine has over all other games is its treatment of lighting: no longer is there that awful, unrealistic 'ambient' light you see in just about every 3D game. In all the 'dark' games I've played (including the original Doom), you could just turn up the gamma correction to see what was going on. No longer. Now, if some place isn't lit, it's black and that's all you're going to see. This contributes greatly to the scary atmosphere as well as difficulty.

And difficulty does depart significantly from the originals. Doom I and II had a Nightmare difficulty which was somewhat impossible in places, but the 'normal' levels underneath it were quite doable to the point of being still fun, but not especially challenging to a veteran gamer. Being pretty good at games I naturally chose the 'Veteran' difficulty, and got beat silly, especially in later areas. The game designers obviously thought of ways not only to scare the bejeezus out of you, but also to make it hard. Enemies are fewer but don't go down easy, especially if they get a hold of you first. Sometimes you end up having to adopt unconventional tactics, like running and hiding and scaring the demons with your own blast when they find you, or even eluding them completely when possible to save ammo.

At least for a while, this can make the game quite satisfying. But as the game wears on it becomes obvious that the game's design centerpiece, to scare you, no matter how well done, can get old. Sure the moments don't stop where you get scared because a demon climbed up a railing behind you, or something jumps right into your face when you turn a corner. But you learn to expect what start to feel like predictable cheap shots, and eventually find yourself automatically turning around when you hear something in front because you know chances are they dropped more baddies behind you too. That there isn't more variation to break the scary-darkness theme up is a pity because it would have allowed players to relish it all the more, especially given the length of the game.

Providing the variation that does exist are some nods to Half-Life with puzzles, but all the work that went into the physics engine is pretty much wasted here, because they're boring and almost asinine in simplicity. Place a plank over a gap with a crane to get over it. Clue the user to use the crane after a minute or so, even if he's using the crane, just to make sure he gets it. Duh. Carmack himself said that in a game, if you can't do something well, you shouldn't do it at all. When I did encounter them, I found myself really wishing they hadn't bothered with puzzles.

So is this a great game? Well, yes and no. Amazing, have-to-be-seen graphics. Veteran difficulty is a real challenge. Seriously the scariest game you will ever play, by a wide margin (especially if you play at the appropriate difficulty). You may get tired it before finishing. I'd say there are some problems, but on its strengths, Doom 3 is still quite an achievement.

GOOD!!!! What more i can say??? It has good graphics and some cool and scary sounds that you've ever heard!!! And some of the upgrades of the boss were also better than the originals!!!

Now... The weapons... They were cool... The chainsaw was better than the original doom... The originals were the 2d and now the doom 3 was 3d!!! Trust me on this one...

It had scared me from the originals to the doom 3 sequel... It scared me when i played the game in the dark... You can also use your fist to punch out the monsters!!!

If you want to make a horror game... This is how they make it scary for everyone from doom fans...

It is a game fantasy that had started it all...

I first played this in 2003 and was initially disappointed; I felt the developers used the Doom name on something completely different. I felt the original games were focused on running and gunning whereas this was a (literally) dark game with action sequences that felt far fewer in between. I didn't understand the PDF system as a 17 year old who found mountains of text exhausting/uninteresting!

I gave this game another chance a few years ago and LOVED it. I appreciated it for what it was rather than criticising its difference to the originals.

It is true to the Doom name in terms of atmosphere & feel, something I didn't initially appreciate. I wanted more "hell" levels in 2016 & Eternal too. It's one thing I think Doom 3 did better.

I did play with the flashlight attached to the gun this time around, which helped. Also the use of YouTube walkthroughs the few times I got stuck.

I learnt to appreciate the PDF systems too!

No doubt the black sheep in the series, but I don't think that's a bad thing.

OK this game is not a let down. Some people complain about the simple thing that it is the same story and same concept as the first. Well its a remake so of course its going to be somewhat the same. When you first play the game i would suggest using headphones to up the fright level.

I think the demons were sweet. The weapons are very cool, but you wont even use half of them if you play smart. The demons are somewhat of a challenge, depending on what weapon you are using and where you hit them and you can take them down in a couple of shots.

Players may think that its stupid that you cant use your flashlight and a gun , but i think its a good idea because it adds to the suspense of the game. I will admit the multi-player is not very good but this was made to be a single player game. The co-op is extremely short.(averaging 4-6 while the single player is around 15-20). If you can look past the bad things like the flashlight and the multi player you will love this game. I highly suggest it.