Doom 3 on 360! - Page 2

I did! Loved both-- especially loved doom2 co-op!

I remember having to wait until almost the middle of the night to get a game going (only time the lines were clear and even then the parents were bitching about "what if there's an emergency and we can't get the call because of your stupid game!" lol!). We'd ratchet the difficulty all the way up and just chip away at it.
It's funny as I remember that, at the time, having a controller was SO pro! Now, controllers are like tools for scrubs-- real men use mouse and keyboard! But back then you needed a joystick/midi card and one of those grey controllers with the purple directional pad...forgot the name of them. Either way, you had to learn to circle strafe with this thing and it was just completely garbage, lol! Oh man. I would love to get some doom going again...

Well...you might not like doom 3 then. It was a very different game - slowed paced, much fewer enemies. A lot of ******** spawning behind you in monster closets. Probably has more in common with dead space than with the original doom.

Speaking of (and not to derail this thread, but) did you see dead space 3 was announced!

I loved the first two but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit concerned about the direction the new one seems to be going... Human enemies and now you can crouch/role? Sounds like dead space may be going all cover-based-shooter on us. Personally, I feel that this is the wrong direction: I want my horror game to stay a horror game and not become an action game... Not that dead space wasn't already a shooter but you know what I mean.

I guess it's a bit the same as how doom3 was interpreted by it's fans: some people expected another balls-to-the-wall action game and instead they got a horror game played in the dark! I can see how that might upset someone.

I'll have to check it out. Like I said, loved the original dead space so maybe I will like doom3! I'm not so big on playing it so close to the cuff as that often means stagnation. You need to innovate and I have no bones to pick with Id if they wanted to take the franchise in a different direction. The question is: does it work?

Dead space as a cover-based-shooter... I mean, don't we have enough of those? Is that really what we want from dead space? I do think the series needs a kick in the ass (2 was wearing a little thin near the end) but I'm not sure going full blown action is that kick. To me, dead space needs to become scarier, more visceral.

Either way it's not my place to tell tell them how to make their game. I'll wait for it to come out and if it's a **** Gears of War knockoff than I'll dismiss it as such!

Sounds great to me!

Still no date and price though....can't justify more than $30 for this.

I'd be surprised if it's over $20.

Just how many $20 retail releases have you seen for the Xbox 360, particularly known names like Doom? There's no way that this is going to be $20.

My money is on $39.99 and I wouldn't be surprised to see it be $49.99. And I suppose $29.99 has a slim chance.

$20 and $60 I think can be safely ruled out for the MSRP of it.

Is this going to be a retail release? I was thinking it was going to be a XBLA and PSN release because it's not showing as "coming soon" on any retail site. Usually Amazon will at least put a up placeholder. Also, there's no PC or other editions.

This is just assumption on my part, so I could be totally wrong.

Nice, I'm looking forward to this one. Just pre-ordered on the 'zon.

I loved Doom 3 on the original Xbox so I may pick this up again. I don't suppose they added the ability to play the single player campaign co-operatively? I have a friend who would never buy this to play on his own but could be convinced to do it in co-op I think.

+1

This is great news, if we are reading it correctly.

In fact, I would probably play through the new version first to try it out. Who knows, maybe it is better? But I'm happy to have the original too.

EDIT: It's supposed to be out Oct 16th, yet there's no pre-order info at Amazon or Gamestop yet. I wonder what gives...?
Edited by DaverJ - 6/23/12 at 7:08am

It's now available for pre-order from Amazon.

Eh definitely not worth 40 bucks. I't be fine with 30 at the most but there's too much out there to pay 40 bucks for a 8 year old game that's been cleaned up for new consoles, especially when I doubt there's little to any AA applied. Jaggie city here we come.

For the record, the BFG edition includes;

• DOOM III remastered
• Resurrection of Evil expansion, remastered
• Lost Mission - new seven-level expansion with new storyline
• DOOM II
• DOOM

...plus Achievements, 5.1 Surround and 3D support.

Nice hands-on of BFG Edition.

A couple things:

1) "Doom 4" code! Ok, there's "id Tech 5" and Rage engine in places, but still... it sounds cool.
2) They seem to be tweaking more than expected, like ammo amounts and health stations. "All off the stupid stuff" is being removed, although I don't remember much stupid stuff.
3) Compatible with the Oculus Rift... must.... resist....

What does one have to do to prove excitement?

Sweet!! Thanks DLJ!

Yay, it's finally out!

But, saw this and thought it was odd: The 360 version won't play Doom (1) if 3 is installed on the hard drive?

So does it really maintain 60fps in 3D?

So anyone playing this?

I did a couple levels of The Lost Mission. It looks good, and plays well. It's still all about simple running, gunning, and dodging. Not crazy about the new flashlight *with* gun mechanic - this seems to take away something from the original. But nostalgia aside, I also found myself wishing I was playing Borderlands 2. Not a fair comparison really, but still - I couldn't shake that feeling.

Also annoyed that there's no quick-save on the 360 - I didn't realize how much I relied on that on the PC.

Are the checkpoints good though?

Infrequent.

You can save anywhere, but it involves going into the menu - which is a rhythm-killer.