Doom 3

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:11 pm

Has anyone played Doom 3 yet?

My friend said it's extremely spooky. What he says about it makes me feel like speeding up my purchase of a new computer. I wore out my computer keyboard playing Doom so much in 1993.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:12 pm

I am written in Java so I work on any computer.

thrance · Post by **thrance** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:28 am

it does look damn cool. i need to update my damn comp if i ever want to play it, or get an xbox. i hope it isnt toooo different from the older doom games though

EOC · Post by **EOC** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:30 am

I haven't played Doom sense the shareware version came out back in the day, and even then it was no challenge on nightmare mode. I hope this one is far better.

Startyde · Post by **Startyde** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:18 am

Doom rocks, but it does have some hefty system requirements. Unless you're packing 1028Megs of DDR Ram and a high end vid card, don't expect making it past the intro

rallihir · Post by **rallihir** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 10:40 am

I wish it was available on the Mac platform. Back before kids, I used to play 14-16 hours a day on weekends. Now have not not touched a computer game in 7 years.

shellie · Post by **shellie** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:08 am

rallihir wrote: Back before kids, I used to play 14-16 hours a day on weekends. Now have not not touched a computer game in 7 years.

Heehee. I'm in the opposite boat, rallihir... since I've HAD kids, I'm playing computer games tons of hours a day -- if I let them have that much "screen time" that is!

(We're trying to cut back on screens and read more. Trying, trying!) I hadn't played a computer game since Galaxia on my Atari (UGH I'm old!!

) until I bought the playstation. Today it's raining, so we're into a big "War of the Monsters" battle! My 6 year old always kicks my butt on that game, which of course makes his day!

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:41 am

thrance wrote:it does look damn cool. i need to update my damn comp if i ever want to play it, or get an xbox. i hope it isnt toooo different from the older doom games though

Have you seen the Doom 3 trailor:

http://www.doom3.com/

Very cool.

I'm itching to play Doom 3 and Half-Life 2.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:45 am

thrance wrote:it does look damn cool. i need to update my damn comp if i ever want to play it, or get an xbox. i hope it isnt toooo different from the older doom games though

Yeah the first two Doom games were more about overwhelming you so that you wore down your health. Doom 3 is supposed to get to you in other ways.

Startyde wrote:Doom rocks, but it does have some hefty system requirements. Unless you're packing 1028Megs of DDR Ram and a high end vid card, don't expect making it past the intro

You are able to play it? My computer is four and half years old so I can't even play Max Payne 2.

Startyde · Post by **Startyde** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:53 am

^
Oh yeah, I can play it...at like...12fps...

Kinda like a badass slideshow...

thrance · Post by **thrance** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:20 pm

Keropi wrote:
thrance wrote:it does look damn cool. i need to update my damn comp if i ever want to play it, or get an xbox. i hope it isnt toooo different from the older doom games though
Have you seen the Doom 3 trailor:

http://www.doom3.com/

Very cool.

I'm itching to play Doom 3 and Half-Life 2.

gah dont even mention half life 2! i love the first one, but...my brother...is a fanatic for that game, and he wants that one ubber bad. i may get beaten by all of you for this, but there are 2-4 other games i want a tad more then doom 3 or half life 2 <hides> so im going to have to let you all tell me about it

dude_moose · Post by **dude_moose** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:27 pm

agh i thought i might have a good enough of a computer to play it but I don't

Marauder · Post by **Marauder** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:59 am

I just picked it up last night--it is pretty scary. I was playing in my room with the lights off and the sound turned up, and my roommate couldn't even stay in to watch! I haven't encountered anything but zombies and imps so far, but the atmosphere is always tense. I'm sure it's a totally different experience from Half-Life 2. I have to mentally prepare myself everytime I step through a door! It's incredibly dark, so you have to use the flashlight most of the time, but you can't shoot while you have it out (only club enemies with it

). So you'll see a zombie coming at you from a dark corner, but once you pull your gun out, you're back in the dark! And don't get me started on the eerie sounds...

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 5:24 pm

I may not be able to play Doom 3 on my computer, but I can still play this game. In some ways this one is superior:

http://www.homestarrunner.com/pqtrailer.html

naria · Post by **naria** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:56 pm

I'll have to check to see if anyone has this game...I still remember trying the first Doom and even that one freaked me out. I guess I'd have to sit on the sidelines with this one