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cbronson said:
Thanks Satyr I'm gonna check them out. I've been playing with that Sikkmod (http://www.moddb.com/mods/sikkmod) but although the graphics look nicer I do not like some of the gameplay changes.

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DoomUK said:

To be honest little anal details like this don't do a game that already lacks so many qualities that the old games had any favours. Sure it's a piece of piss to modify stuff like that, but this is neither here nor there. With the exception of the chainsaw and perhaps the bfg, id did a crappy job of the weapons.

I've stated how I felt/feel about Doom 3 in more detail elsewhere, and have no desire to post it all over again :p. In summary, I think Doom 3 is a solid game if judged on it's own terms. But when you consider the heritage that preceded it, it looks a little awkward.


Sadly there's a lot of truth to this statement. Hop over to Doom3World and you'll see that the majority of interest over the years has, for some reason, circled around trying to make Doom 3 do things it obviously isn't suitable for instead of exploiting it's strengths. Compared to the myriad of quality Doom 1/2 maps and mods (and the success of the Source and UE3 modding community), it's actually a pretty sad state of affairs.

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johnsonkid said:
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Sodaholic said:

Why the spam/ads? All of your posts contain those same links, are you a bot, or are you being paid to post those links?

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GoatLord said:
• Gameplay isn't weighed down by lengthy cutscenes, unnecessary puzzles, heavy NPC interaction, or micro-managing.

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Cons:
• Most of the weapons sucked. Many of them seem oddly un-futuristic, while the ones that do weren't particularly impressive. This takes place in the year 2145; we shouldn't expect weapons based so closely on today's to be the norm in the 22nd century.
• A lot of other aesthetics seem rather outdated, too, such as: bulky PDA's and video discs taking the place of implants or electronic telepathy, which we have been working on for years; large, bulky armor when we have been working on thin, light-weight armor for years; silly looking computers with large keyboards, when holographic touch screen interaction would make more sense

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GoatLord said:
[...]
Cons:
• Most of the weapons sucked. Many of them seem oddly un-futuristic, while the ones that do weren't particularly impressive. This takes place in the year 2145; we shouldn't expect weapons based so closely on today's to be the norm in the 22nd century.
• A lot of other aesthetics seem rather outdated, too, such as: bulky PDA's and video discs taking the place of implants or electronic telepathy, which we have been working on for years; large, bulky armor when we have been working on thin, light-weight armor for years; silly looking computers with large keyboards, when holographic touch screen interaction would make more sense; very little indication of a world filled with nanotechnology; sentry bots too stupid to not fire at you on occasion; and of course, the flashlight problem that was quickly solved with the Duct Tape mod.
• Depictions of Phobos and Deimos would have been nice,
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Megamur said:
So...dying out in a vacuum is a fun gameplay environment?

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printz said:
Obviously you'd have to be in a vehicle (ship or mecha) if you wanted to visit Phobos or Deimos. Not alone as a poorly equipped astronaut.

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chopkinsca said:
The gameplay may be linear, but there are quite a few secrets to find.

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Megamur said:
There's some armor shards up on a ledge directly to your left when you step out of the elevator at the start of Mars City Underground (the first level where you actually get a gun) that I still don't know how to get.

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Megamur said:


Why bring back Phobos and Deimos at all if you're just going to destroy the DOOM vibe by introducing vehicles?

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Megamur said:


Why bring back Phobos and Deimos at all if you're just going to destroy the DOOM vibe by introducing vehicles?





Which surprised me on subsequent playthroughs. There's not much in the realm of hidden rooms like in the old games, but you'll find items tucked into all sorts of peculiar spaces if you really look. There's some armor shards up on a ledge directly to your left when you step out of the elevator at the start of Mars City Underground (the first level where you actually get a gun) that I still don't know how to get.

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Megamur said:


Why bring back Phobos and Deimos at all if you're just going to destroy the DOOM vibe by introducing vehicles?

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yellowmadness54 said:
But it was never dark enough to the point where I needed my flashlight for lengthy periods of time.

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Megamur said:
Why bring back Phobos and Deimos at all if you're just going to destroy the DOOM vibe by introducing vehicles?

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DeimosKnight said:

-No Dr. Betruger!

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