31-07-2004 17:18									#31
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Graphics card is a bit light, but you'll be fine I expect on lower settings. Alternatively, stick a decent card in, and another stick of RAM and you'll be laughing.

	31-07-2004 18:01									#32
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Well, I would stick a newer card in but his is a laptop, ram stick is easier to add.

	31-07-2004 18:14									#33
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Yep it will work though not too well.


And the news is.... DOOM3 IS OUT!!!!

Several stores in the USA sold it early, and I've just talked to some people who got it already. It's confirmed too, shots of box, and all.

	01-08-2004 02:28									#34
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quote: DOOM 3 Early? 10:57 PST | Cyric Over the past two days there has been a lot of wondering and confusion as to if DOOM 3 will actually come out earlier than the August 3rd release date. The reason behind this is that people's online orders have changed status to processing. When GameStop stores were called yesterday by the customers, many of them reported DOOM 3 would be shipped today, July 30th. GameSpy did a little investigative work and gave GameStop's online outlet 800 number a call this morning and learned that online ship dates are still showing up as Aug. 4. As well as calling GameStop, they gave EB a call and was told that August 4th was their date but "if other outlets start selling the game early and breaking the embargo, they will also as soon as they get the game in." An Official word from GameStop could be used right about now.

	01-08-2004 02:36									#35
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He probably didn't order online then. I hear it was Best Buy.

	01-08-2004 03:26									#36
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Official trailer:
http://www.gamershell.com/download_6590.shtml

	01-08-2004 03:27									#37
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Can my system handle, here are some more benchmarks for you..

http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQ0

	02-08-2004 00:36									#38
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maybe he had a cracked copy like me.

but i dunno where he would have gootten the box and manual...

	03-08-2004 09:53									#39
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Ok, so I've been playing it and so far I am NOT IMPRESSED. The sound quality is terrible. Everything sounds unnecessarily compressed, muted, or just bad. Obviously, graphically it looks amazing, but everything pretty much looks the same so far, and it's damn annoying that you can't see **** most of the time w/o the flashlight.

I'm hoping the game gets better.

	03-08-2004 10:11									#40
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Sounds pretty shitty. I'll probably buy it anyway, even if it doesn't run very well on my comp.

	03-08-2004 13:45									#41
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i wonder what would happen to pc games if doom 3 sold badly... anyhow, all i really care about it multiplayer so as long as that is ok i'll be happy. i just hope modders can make it so you can have more than 4 players or it'll be pretty pointless.

	03-08-2004 16:46									#42
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Screenshots, including one from the last map
http://www.gamershell.com/bb_invisi...=ST&f=16&t=6833

	03-08-2004 17:14									#43
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I don't know, full review by me coming later, but I am deadly impressed so far. And sound is far better than any other I have heard previously. I like also how they made many sounds similar to their original counterparts.

I'm hard to scare by horror movies or similar stuff, but this game had me really scared a couple of times. So far, it's absolutely awesome, and no less than I expected.

	03-08-2004 17:54									#44
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Ill review it in 2 or 3 years.

Althon xp2000 1.6ghz
512mb ram
128 geforce fx

I have only been playing it half-decently on 640x480 lowest detail.

	03-08-2004 20:10									#45
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The graphics are orgasmic.

I've been playing on Very High (the step right below Ultra) in 1024x768 without issues. Can do 1280x1024, but it has some framerate hiccups which are evil.

The audio in this game is AWESOME.

It's the most immersive game I've played...

Athlon 64 3200+
1GB PC3200 RAM @ CAS 2
Radeon 9800 XT
SB Audigy2

	03-08-2004 20:27									#46
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There's a very high setting? Either I am missing something, or you confused that with High. I think there were Low, Medium, High and Ulta High. I can play the game on Medium or High. Medium gives me no choppiness even when multiple enemies, while High can be choppy at times. I have all special effects turned on, though .

Asher, got scared yet? The audio + graphics does it . Gotta write my review without any spoilers when I get to it.

	03-08-2004 20:45									#47
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It's high then. It's the one right below Ultra.

I've only played it for 15 minutes (it downloaded at 6am and then I had to burn + install, then get ready and go to work), but I've jumped a few times already, and most of the first 15 minutes is not supposed to be scary. Very promising.

	03-08-2004 20:46									#48
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quote: Originally posted by Zero the special version is there.... alpha version is crap. you guys should try out the beta. Its a really short level with few zombies and bulldog thingy. Thats should be easier to find. Dont get ATI folks. That is, if you wanna run doom at it full potential. http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQy

It still runs fine.

The last time HL2 was benchmarked, however, ATI had a huge performance lead over Nvidia, to the tune of Nvidia cards (5xxx FX) being unplayable.

Need to take both games into consideration.

	03-08-2004 20:55									#49
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Everything I've read about this so far is "fantasmamazing graphics" and "fantasmamazing sound." But what about the gameplay? The one person who actually bothered to write about it said the whole thing lacked depth. Can anyone discuss this?

	03-08-2004 21:52									#50
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After I complete it . Well, gameplay is sure standard shooter in the terms you got to shoot, but I like it a lot. Monsters are very nice, ID-style, then there are computers to interact with and such stuff. Great cutscenes, and there actually is an interesting story. Level design is much to my liking, being quite linear - I usually have the tendency to get lost on levels, so I like it when they're pretty linear, eh.

Asher, yup, first 15 minutes are great, too, already some scares, but nothing near the real experience.

	03-08-2004 22:02									#51
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quote: Originally posted by ZargonX Everything I've read about this so far is "fantasmamazing graphics" and "fantasmamazing sound." But what about the gameplay? The one person who actually bothered to write about it said the whole thing lacked depth. Can anyone discuss this?

Um. It's DOOM.

If you liked DOOM I and DOOM II, you'll like DOOM III.

There is far more plot and storyline this time, and it's far more dramatic, but at its heart it's a shooter to the core.

	03-08-2004 23:19									#52
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I'm not sure I understand. You have to lower your flashlight in order to shoot? That means that if you want to shoot a monster in the dark, you can't see where you're shooting? That doesn't sound good...

	03-08-2004 23:23									#53
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That's my only real complaint, I think they were concerned if you could do both simultaneously it would be too easy.

	03-08-2004 23:29									#54
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Sounds great.......hope to play it soon.

	03-08-2004 23:36									#55
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As for how flashlight and shooting works. Yes, generally, you lower your flashlight. However, most areas aren't completely dark, there is some weak lighting, so you will probably see outline of the monster. For the occasions when it's completely dark.... learn the art of shooting by guessing, it's actually exciting. I first thought I'd dislike that flashlight-weapon switch, but it adds to the challenge in a nice way. Oh, and some monsters are a source of light.

Gameplay by the way isn't like Doom 1 or 2 obviously, in the sense than in first two parts you'd end up shooting a dozen monsters at the same time. I think I've encountered about 5 at the same time so far, but not more. Mind you, firefights are very good here.

	04-08-2004 00:48									#56
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I really messed up the first level and the first shotgun zombie got me. I'll replay it again in a bit. It runs suprising well even with my MX 420. It looks better than Morrowind at least...haven't really played any other recent first person game so I can't compare too much. But it's really smooth which is just awesome.

	04-08-2004 01:09									#57
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You guys seriously think the sound is good? I don't mean how it's designed, because the ambient sounds and the creepy factor are pretty good. The whispering is especially cool. I mean the actually quality of the sounds as in how much they are compressed. To mean, all of the sounds in the game sound like I'm listening to a 64kbps mp3. They all sound either muted or compressed. I'm running a SB Audigy 2 Platinum with fairly large 5.1 speakers. Everything else (for example Painkiller) still sounds great, so I'm sure it's just Doom3.

Someone asked about gameplay. So far it's not bad, but I'm not impressed. You don't move very fast and you can't jump for ****. If the enemy has a gun, take cover and shoot him with a pistol or machine gun. If it's an imp, bust out the shotgun, and strafe around the fireballs. If it's little spider dudes just sit in a corner with the pistol. Rinse and repeat. There aren't any big areas EVER, so there's never a chance to run all over the place and kick ass.

I'm playing on veteran btw, only because nightmare isn't unlocked yet.

	04-08-2004 01:09									#58
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Oh, anyone see the Nigerian scam email on that one guys PDA yet. That was pretty funny. That and super turkey puncher 3 turbo.

	04-08-2004 01:14									#59
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Well, good for you. I suck at most FPS except Halo and Deus Ex.

	04-08-2004 01:15									#60
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quote: Originally posted by BustaMike You guys seriously think the sound is good? I don't mean how it's designed, because the ambient sounds and the creepy factor are pretty good. The whispering is especially cool. I mean the actually quality of the sounds as in how much they are compressed. To mean, all of the sounds in the game sound like I'm listening to a 64kbps mp3. They all sound either muted or compressed. I'm running a SB Audigy 2 Platinum with fairly large 5.1 speakers. Everything else (for example Painkiller) still sounds great, so I'm sure it's just Doom3.

The sound is entirely CPU based using their custom engine, it pretty much ignores the soundcard (until the EAX 4.0 patch, which they're forced to do due to litigation by Creative...). There's a good chance that this is perhaps more buggy, depending on your configuration.

I haven't noticed any problems with the quality of the audio, myself. I'll pay closer attention next time I play when I get home.