Doom3: Is it worth finishing?

[JJWalker]

Initially I found the game somewhat enjoyable, I now find it tediously repetitive and boring. I'm just starting the Site 3 level and am contemplating hanging it up now.

Is there anything worthwhile or interesting from the Site 3 level on to the end?


***UPDATE***


Welp, I went ahead and finished Doom3 and I can't say it was worth it . Does Doom3 have a revolutionary game engine? Yes. Visually, it is one of the most beautiful games I've seen. But how any game magazine could give it a rating of over 70%, is beyond me. With a replay value of next to zero and the ever-so-overused 'teleport demons in behind you' or 'open door have something jump in your face' schemes, I'd be hard pressed to give it 70%.

To be honest, it seems like it would have been really easy to improve the game without doing much. Why did every room have bad guys in it? For me, less, more powerful monsters would have added to the 'mood'. As in, having a couple rooms of nothing going on and then monsters that you would have to fight hard to kill.

As I said previously, after the first few levels I found it tediously repetitive and I did all the way up to the end.

 

[Modeps]

I enjoyed Doom 3 all the way though.

 

[Malladine]

Originally posted by: JJWalker
Initially I found the game somewhat enjoyable, I now find it tediously repetitive and boring. I'm just starting the Site 3 level and am contemplating hanging it up now.

Is there anything worthwhile or interesting from the Site 3 level on to the end?

always finish games...some advice I should listen to more often :disgust:

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Malladine

Originally posted by: JJWalker
Initially I found the game somewhat enjoyable, I now find it tediously repetitive and boring. I'm just starting the Site 3 level and am contemplating hanging it up now.

Is there anything worthwhile or interesting from the Site 3 level on to the end?

always finish games...some advice I should listen to more often :disgust:

Heh, same here I have a tendancy to get to the last level and not finish it off... I've done that with Mario Sunshine and Splinter Cell in my recent past.

 

[Megatomic]

I still haven't finished Unreal II - The Awakening.

 

[warcrow]

Yea, finish it up. Hell has some of the best visuals.

 

[Jtardiou]

I see all these people play Doom 3 and I don't understand..

Am I the only one too chicken to play this? lol, I'm not a big pussy or anything but the game is like REALLY scary, it doesn't seem like a big deal to anyone else lol I'm stuck though, the part where you talk to Agent Kelly on the litlte screen and he tells you to go somewhere, I've tried going everywhere - listened to all the audio files but im not going anywhere HELP B)!

 

[Jtardiou]

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: Malladine

Originally posted by: JJWalker
Initially I found the game somewhat enjoyable, I now find it tediously repetitive and boring. I'm just starting the Site 3 level and am contemplating hanging it up now.

Is there anything worthwhile or interesting from the Site 3 level on to the end?

always finish games...some advice I should listen to more often :disgust:

Heh, same here I have a tendancy to get to the last level and not finish it off... I've done that with Mario Sunshine and Splinter Cell in my recent past.

Yeah but the fact that Mario sunshine is really bad also contributes

 

[JJWalker]

Originally posted by: warcrow
Yea, finish it up. Hell has some of the best visuals.

I've already been through the Hell level, (and also just playing the game *rimshot* ) do you head back to Hell at the end?

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: JJWalker

Originally posted by: warcrow
Yea, finish it up. Hell has some of the best visuals.

I've already been through the Hell level, (and also just playing the game *rimshot* ) do you head back to Hell at the end?

Kinda, sorta.

If you're at Site 3, you might as well keep playing. You only have a few hours left until the end.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Jtardiou

Originally posted by: Modeps

Originally posted by: Malladine

Originally posted by: JJWalker
Initially I found the game somewhat enjoyable, I now find it tediously repetitive and boring. I'm just starting the Site 3 level and am contemplating hanging it up now.

Is there anything worthwhile or interesting from the Site 3 level on to the end?

always finish games...some advice I should listen to more often :disgust:

Heh, same here I have a tendancy to get to the last level and not finish it off... I've done that with Mario Sunshine and Splinter Cell in my recent past.

Yeah but the fact that Mario sunshine is really bad also contributes

negative.

 

[effee]

Don't finish it if you dont want to, ending movie sucks.

 

[Noid]

I say finish it...

You have some more good scares/surprises left to see.
And more visuals

Seems I have a problem finishing games also ...

... but that's due to when a new game that comes out ...

... and I get sidetracked ...

Like I was playing NOLF2 ... then U2 came out .. then XMP ,, then D3 ....

so .. now I'm back to finish NOLF2

 

[Slogun]

I found the latter third of the game to be the best.
And yes, it is very scary.
I couldn't take more than about 10 mins of the game late at night by myself...:Q

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Modeps
I enjoyed Doom 3 all the way though.

 

[Rankor]

To get at least your money's worth is the reason why I play the game at least once through.

There are some games that I play over and over again.

Deus Ex is one of these.

 

[Todd33]

I got bored early on, but made it to delta labs then stopped playing. Most overated game ever.

 

[Slogun]

Overrated, yes, but it had a certain something about it. Like being IN a horror film...

 

[GreatBarracuda]

Originally posted by: Slogun
Overrated, yes, but it had a certain something about it. Like being IN a horror film...

which is exactly what ID was aiming for - to create the horror-movie-like atmosphere. I guess it's mission accomplished.

 

[Rottie]

Since Doom 3 use most of audio I might not able to finish it because I am deaf I can't hear audio.

 

[Slogun]

Originally posted by: Rottie
Since Doom 3 use most of audio I might not able to finish it because I am deaf I can't hear audio.

I don't see why you can't complete it with "no sound."
Are you finding it too hard without sound cues?

My son was playing it with the sound turned way down in order to make it less scary, he couldn't detect when the soul cube was telling him to "use me." However, there is a visual cue that telld you when it is ready to be used as well (it glows or some such).

 

[mattg1981]

I am in the same predicament ... I started out really liking it .. but now it has become to repetitive and predictable. I am going to finish it up though and hope for some good mods because the engine is amazing. No matter what people say, these are probably the best graphics I have ever seen.

The engine is great, the implementation wasnt so much. We will see some great games in the year or 2 to come that are going to be using the doom III engine

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Slogun

Originally posted by: Rottie
Since Doom 3 use most of audio I might not able to finish it because I am deaf I can't hear audio.

I don't see why you can't complete it with "no sound."
Are you finding it too hard without sound cues?

My son was playing it with the sound turned way down in order to make it less scary, he couldn't detect when the soul cube was telling him to "use me." However, there is a visual cue that telld you when it is ready to be used as well (it glows or some such).

The game just plain isn't that fun without sound. The 3d positional audio really helps make the game; otherwise it's just a basic/repetitive FPS with very little variation. I got a little bored myself towards the end, but finished it due to a compelling need to have passed it, so I could put it away on the shelf and essentially forget about it.

 

[Rottie]

Originally posted by: Slogun

Originally posted by: Rottie
Since Doom 3 use most of audio I might not able to finish it because I am deaf I can't hear audio.

I don't see why you can't complete it with "no sound."
Are you finding it too hard without sound cues?

My son was playing it with the sound turned way down in order to make it less scary, he couldn't detect when the soul cube was telling him to "use me." However, there is a visual cue that telld you when it is ready to be used as well (it glows or some such).

how do you explain PDA with audio? Tell me....

 

[Rottie]

Originally posted by: Slogun

Originally posted by: Rottie
Since Doom 3 use most of audio I might not able to finish it because I am deaf I can't hear audio.

I don't see why you can't complete it with "no sound."
Are you finding it too hard without sound cues?

My son was playing it with the sound turned way down in order to make it less scary, he couldn't detect when the soul cube was telling him to "use me." However, there is a visual cue that telld you when it is ready to be used as well (it glows or some such).

I want to add...I know this topic is all about Doom 3 but have you play Splinter Cell, I am sure you will understand why Splinter Cell can use both audio and text visual on the screen.