This game is a huge fountain of adequacy. For the hype it got, I think that's not enough.
It's been a long time since we set foot into the familiar ground of the Doom series. Left off by the Final Doom expansions Plutonia and TNT: Evilution, 2004 announced the arrival of the big THREE. Doom 3 was going to be on the shelves and delivering mass pandemonium upon Earthlings.
You turn on the game and what do you get? A pretentious survival-horror with terrible mechanics and graphics that are ever only in use, you guessed it: IN THE DARKNESS.
Graphics which are very good when you cast lightning on it. Kind of makes me think of using a microscope to appreciate the detail in your local newspaper, to see the indent the printer makes on the paper. Oh yes, marvellous. However: I'M NOT HERE TO STARE AT THE F***** GAME!
Gameplay: Intact for the most part. You get guns, monsters to render to ashes and lots of darkness. Really, it's 2149 (or something) and all the marines can make up their gears with are those stupid helmets and body armour? Why not a night-vision or even better yet: Laser-sighted machineguns or flashlights strapped on the machine-gun? I'd make a mention of the System Shock-ish interface but... It's useless. No revolution there AT ALL.
Story: Are you kidding me? It's doom for god's sake. It's dumb, idiotic and makes sense only for those addicted to B-quality story lines and bad voice acting.
Sound: Flawless at best, for the environment and the monsters. Guns? Imagine having big huge guns and finding out they sound like smacking the wall with a hammer -- Softly. Worst of all, the plasmagun. You feel so very ineffective with that piece of blue sploodge... Nevermind.
Overall: Download it. Seriously, don't waste money on this nor its crappy expansion. It's more of the same Doom except darker and anorexic (in terms of space).
It's been a long time since we set foot into the familiar ground of the Doom series. Left off by the Final Doom expansions Plutonia and TNT: Evilution, 2004 announced the arrival of the big THREE. Doom 3 was going to be on the shelves and delivering mass pandemonium upon Earthlings.
You turn on the game and what do you get? A pretentious survival-horror with terrible mechanics and graphics that are ever only in use, you guessed it: IN THE DARKNESS.
Graphics which are very good when you cast lightning on it. Kind of makes me think of using a microscope to appreciate the detail in your local newspaper, to see the indent the printer makes on the paper. Oh yes, marvellous. However: I'M NOT HERE TO STARE AT THE F***** GAME!
Gameplay: Intact for the most part. You get guns, monsters to render to ashes and lots of darkness. Really, it's 2149 (or something) and all the marines can make up their gears with are those stupid helmets and body armour? Why not a night-vision or even better yet: Laser-sighted machineguns or flashlights strapped on the machine-gun? I'd make a mention of the System Shock-ish interface but... It's useless. No revolution there AT ALL.
Story: Are you kidding me? It's doom for god's sake. It's dumb, idiotic and makes sense only for those addicted to B-quality story lines and bad voice acting.
Sound: Flawless at best, for the environment and the monsters. Guns? Imagine having big huge guns and finding out they sound like smacking the wall with a hammer -- Softly. Worst of all, the plasmagun. You feel so very ineffective with that piece of blue sploodge... Nevermind.
Overall: Download it. Seriously, don't waste money on this nor its crappy expansion. It's more of the same Doom except darker and anorexic (in terms of space).