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Originally posted by: dguy6789
I would say that out of the 100,000+ people on this board, less than 200 played through all of doom 3 without any rediculous mods.
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And out of those, 10 played through in hard mode or above without any rediculous mods or cheating.
 
QFT dude, these people saying it wasn't scary are the same ones who laugh out loud and make obnoxious jokes during scary movies with the lights on in big groups drinking beer and say "hell, that didn't scare my ass!"

if you want a good experience, you have to set the mood and play with the lights off pretending you're actually that guy who's running around mars getting freaked out of his pants. if you let yourself into the zone, you'll find your heart throbbing and taking breaks from the game just to calm yourself down. it's all in your own attitude towards the experience.
 
Originally posted by: VERTIGGO
QFT dude, these people saying it wasn't scary are the same ones who laugh out loud and make obnoxious jokes during scary movies with the lights on in big groups drinking beer and say "hell, that didn't scare my ass!"

if you want a good experience, you have to set the mood and play with the lights off pretending you're actually that guy who's running around mars getting freaked out of his pants. if you let yourself into the zone, you'll find your heart throbbing and taking breaks from the game just to calm yourself down. it's all in your own attitude towards the experience.
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agreed. playing during the day with all the lights on wasnt the same. at night, with all the lights out, alone, with the 5.1 headphones on......that made the game.
 
You are not hardcore! Try playing through it on super-impossible mode with no mods, except the mob take no damage one and with the monitor off for full darkness. Play only with headphones, and oh ya no wussy mouse, just a joystick. I'm hardcore...

Doom III sucked.
 
I wasn't a big fan of doom3 either, while i played / finished it before the flashlight mod was out (or at least didn't know of it) it just seemed so... dull. I played in my dark little computer room and even tried to enhance the atmosphere but it just didn't do it for me.

I was surprised though (and frustrated) that I couldn't use a gun & a light at the same time. My biggest complaint though was the spawns and how everything was triggered.

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Walk down a hallway, a broom closet built into the wall opens up and some zombies attack. Kill zombies. Walk further down hallway and another broom closet suddenly opens up and some zombies come out.

The environments in Doom II were much more exciting, some of the open areas where the monsters were free roaming etc. IMHO doom3 was a let down... at least to me.

 
Originally posted by: skace
Originally posted by: dguy6789
I would say that out of the 100,000+ people on this board, less than 200 played through all of doom 3 without any rediculous mods.
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And out of those, 10 played through in hard mode or above without any rediculous mods or cheating.
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Considering most of the beginning is "flashlight" mode, you didn't need mods to play the game. Annoying? Yes. It's not as if when I saw the first shotgun sitting there all by it's pretty little self, did I at some point not know it was a trap...

I will admit a few parts caught be off guard, but beyond major lighting issues it was a fun game just not very scary. The last boss though... major let down. What's wrong with having a boss that takes a little skill to beat, and more than three hits to kill?
 
it'd be nice if the 'run' button was a toggle button. it beats having to keep pressing the button just to run.
 
Originally posted by: jndietz
i never finished doom 3 because i got too scared. however, F.E.A.R. looks really, REALLY good! i played the demo fer a bit.... the commercial looks good too!
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Well I can tell you that FEAR is spookier than Doom3 any way you put it. Whether you're playing in a dark room w/ the sound cranked or not. FEAR is definately worth playing though.
 
yeah, it's a pretty fun game. although switching between the right weapons is rather difficult at times.
 
Originally posted by: skace
Originally posted by: dguy6789
I would say that out of the 100,000+ people on this board, less than 200 played through all of doom 3 without any rediculous mods.
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And out of those, 10 played through in hard mode or above without any rediculous mods or cheating.
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played through it TWICE on hard.. i actually liked it better the second time and more than HL2!
 
Hey, I probably won't play HL2 and Doom3 until I'm done with college - 3.5yrs away.
I mean heck, I finally played the first Half Life about 2 or 3 years ago.
It's kind of nice playing games a few years after they're released - then you can play them at maximum quality and still get amazing framerates without spending $400 on a videocard.😉
 
What's with the trend of games looking the same all the way through. Doom and Quake 4 were nothing but black corridors. Far Cry was just tropical shrubbery all the way through. Fear was pure grey offices and warehouses. Why can't developers give us a change of scenery once in a while?
 
Originally posted by: Sureshot324
What's with the trend of games looking the same all the way through. Doom and Quake 4 were nothing but black corridors. Far Cry was just tropical shrubbery all the way through. Fear was pure grey offices and warehouses. Why can't developers give us a change of scenery once in a while?
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Didn't we have something like that in Half Life 2?

 
I open the door and this eviscerated corpse nailed to the ceiling began screaming as two-headed things came rolling out of the ductwork -- I emptied the plasma rifle like I was painting the ***damn place. When the rifle was spent, I backed away switching to the marine's best friend, Mr. Combat Shotgun. Blasting furiously, I finished the last of them and remembered to breath again. Dug out a cigarette and put a pistol round through dead-guy's forehead ... just to be sure.

Then I discovered the doors were sealed and the only path forward was a hole into the coffin-wide crawlspace under the floor -- drenched in gore and echoing with the sound of strange skittering.

"You gotta be f***ing kidding me", I whispered aloud.

I stamped out the cigarette and checked my weapons.
 
Originally posted by: doornail
I open the door and this eviscerated corpse nailed to the ceiling began screaming as two-headed things came rolling out of the ductwork -- I emptied the plasma rifle like I was painting the ***damn place. When the rifle was spent, I backed away switching to the marine's best friend, Mr. Combat Shotgun. Blasting furiously, I finished the last of them and remembered to breath again. Dug out a cigarette and put a pistol round through dead-guy's forehead ... just to be sure.

Then I discovered the doors were sealed and the only path forward was a hole into the coffin-wide crawlspace under the floor -- drenched in gore and echoing with the sound of strange skittering.

"You gotta be f***ing kidding me", I whispered aloud.

I stamped out the cigarette and checked my weapons.
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I remember that exact fvcking moment like it was yesterday. Hell, I remember losing badly because I wasn't prepared for what I encountered.

Remember the hallway with the lights that kept going out in sequence and back on again? And everytime they went out you could see strange carvings on the walls and screaming? I must have stood there for 10 minutes.

Or how about the cramped computer room. Twisting through the dull buzz of computers when the first unnatural noise is heard, the scream of a baby. Stopped dead in my tracks. I was expecting something, but when they finally attacked I still couldn't aim well enough to put them down quickly.
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Hey, I probably won't play HL2 and Doom3 until I'm done with college - 3.5yrs away.
I mean heck, I finally played the first Half Life about 2 or 3 years ago.
It's kind of nice playing games a few years after they're released - then you can play them at maximum quality and still get amazing framerates without spending $400 on a videocard.😉
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umm yeah about that, any advice on suppressing the urge to splurge on new games? kindov impatient i guess😉
 
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