Games That Will Still Amaze You Today: Doom 3

There are a few games which help to define an entire generation of gaming. So far this generation, we have seen games such as Crysis, Gears of War, Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid 4, Call of Duty, and others lead the games industry on its respective platforms. Here we will take a look at one of the games that defined the last generation of gaming (about 2000-2005) and see how they hold up in terms of todays expectations, in one of a series of articles to come.

[Cajun Chicken]

Been a lot of praise for Doom 3 recently, can't wait for Doom 4. For those complaining that Doom 3 wasn't 'original Doom' enough play the expansion pack Resurrection of Evil or just accept that Doom is just about marines, guns and hellspawn with a FPS view.

[Cerebellum]

I agree! I just picked up an xbox360 and the first game I bought was Doom3 due to all the praise it got. After playing the first hour, I can say that this game puts you directly into the main character and the ship. Low lights, loud noise, and you're in for a fright!

[Montrealien]

"Doom 3 wasn't 'original Doom'"

that was not the main complaint, infact the main complaint was that Doom 3 was to much like Doom.

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

My friend rented it on xbox1 and it was a pretty good port too.

I thought it was alot of fun and seeing those control panels you clicked on with your mouse was really cool back in the day.

The only gripe I had about it was it seemed like monsters would just appear when little compartments in the wall opened up. But after playing some original doom again I was reminded that thats EXACTLY what happened in the old dooms.

I really liked it, and cant wait to see doom 4. That may just be because im a doom fan and have played D1, D2, FD, D64, and D3. So of course im gonna play doom 4. Probably need a PC upgrade tho.

[MEsoJD]

now and then. The Game may not be that original but its alote of fun.

[geth1gh]

This game is close to being number one of my all time favorites.

[bviperz]

Close all the lights in your house and slap on some head phones.

Just don't scream too loud.

My only wish is they would support higher resolutions, especially widescreen.

[Darkfocus]

huge improvement.
lets you run in any resolution.

[CaulkSlap]

Doom3 didn't amaze me at the time let alone now that it looks dated as hell. All it had going for it was cutting edge lighting and cheap jumpy scares. Not a bad game or anything just nothing special imo.

[thelifatree]

And it still is playable. But, like I'd rather play a lot of other FPS. It was fun, but unmemorable for me.

[Viper7]

I mean Doom3 is only half-life copy with wannabe Doom setting. It simply forgot everything that make Doom1 and 2 great. Original Doom had superb level design, great arsenal of different weapons that did much to standardize even the current gen game weaponry. Even the setting where the player was trying to survive from moon which had teleported to hell is unique even today.

IT had no single retarded element as the "flashlight" which really only worsened the game, I can't express with words how bored I was when I needed to point the flashlight to an enemy then switch to weapon and shoot couple bullets then check with the flashlight did I kill it.

Its not that the game should have been old school Doom with better graphics, but it was simply copying other games and abusing name of game that has invented many of the elements we still see in games today. Expansion back seems to try bring the amount of enemies up which is a step in right direction but not even close enough to fix the game.

The things Doom3 should have taken from the old games should have been. Open (well designed)levels with loads of variety, background music, More action and no flashlight tag, Enemies with low health but great in numbers.
Now its just Half-life wannabe with "wannabe Doom" setting and flashlight tag.

I seriously hope they will stop mimicking others with Doom4 and bring back the things that made the original game great while setting a new benchmark to fps games.

[Obama]

Doom 3 was pretty mediocre as I remember, but yeah HL2 was amazing.

[Eiffel]

Doom 3 was the Crysis of 2004, not many PC's could play it at max settings.

[Games4M - Rob]

Mine could and did - didnt stop the game from being kinda poo though.

[Close_Second]

...version looked great the console version looked ok and suffered from its lack of real time shadows which really added to the atmosphere on the PC version.

Anyway, Doom 3 was a highly polished generic shooter. Other then the graphics it did nothing to push the genre.

[Picnic]

I haven't played any of the Doom games. The Quake series always looked better than the first 2 Doom games. But that seemed to change with Doom 3 and Quake 4. Whilst Doom 3 concentrated on moody lighting and ghost train scares, Quake 4, released slightly later, just looked like a more action-oriented Doom 3 with less moody lighting.

But I think that Doom 3 was over'shadowed' by the imminent Half Life 2 to some extent, even though it turned out that Doom 3 had better shadows. Half Life 2 was still a corridor shooter, just one with wider corridors and a gravity gun.

Doom 3 may be worth remembering, as long as you haven't started to find alien infested spaceship FPSs a cliche. But that's why videogames always need to find new audiences or new ways of using cliches.

[BYE]

So of course these old titles still impress today.

[striped94]

I'm guessing you haven't played the new games such as just cause 2 or metro 2033? Maybe you have but in my opinion they blow crysis out of the water in terms of overall experience. Graphics may not have gotten much better since crysis, but why would they? Noone would be able to play it. Crysis was probably about 4 years ahead of everything else out there.

[BYE]

You mentioned 2 games for their overall experience. But this article is praising Doom 3, which was a huge dissapointment in 2004 in terms of gameplay. It only kept itself from drowning due to its visuals. As a fan I was waiting for Doom 3 for a long time and got dissapointed.

Gameplay wise Far Cry was better, Half Life 2 was better, and Chronicles of Riddick, which just came out a little bit later totally blew Doom 3 out of the water.

I didn't play these games you mentioned btw, but the last game I really enjoyed on PC was Risen. Really good game.

[striped94]

It's understandable, different games appeal to everyone. I guess for most Doom 3 was either hit or miss. Luckily to me, it was hit.

And I agree with Half Life 2, it was and still is a great game.

[InSpectre]

Doom 3 really clicked for me when it came out. It's still on my hard drive and I play it occasionally today. The expansion called "Resurrection of Evil" was actually better than the original game.

[solar]

what annoyed me about DOOM 3 was you are in year what...2145 and they still havent figured out how to make flashlight attachments for guns?

[MeatAbstract]

Doom 3 was alright. I just hated switching between a gun and a flashlight all the time. I know it was 'add tension' but it just annoyed me more then anything.

[Morgue]

Sorry but while Doom 3 was good " graphically " for it's time, it wasn't that amazing just like Rage will be " amazing " graphics wise but I have a feeling the game play will be mediocre at best. But I'll still play the sh!t outta all those games.

[moe84]

Completely agree, for it's time. Now it falls into the same category the rest of the "zomg that game was the sh!t.. for it's time" category. What I enjoyed most was the visuals mixed in with the dark, and gloomy environments. Add in the effect of no in game music, only ambient sounds from the mining station... win