On the DOOM 3 Date [Jun 22, 2004, 5:52 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
A couple of recent doings have stirred the pot a bit regarding the release date
for DOOM 3, id Software's eagerly anticipated upcoming shooter remake.
DOOM 3 Release Date Set
on IGN points out that
Gamestop
and EBgames each are
listing August 3 as the "official" just-announced release date for the game, for
which the release date had been "when it's done" until it was recently announced
that it would be done this summer (story). On a related note, a
few folks have pointed out that the British
Board of Film Classification has a
DOOM III Listing (thanks for small "b" blue for being the first) with a
rating for the game, a seeming indication that they've already been able to
review all its content, which some are taking as another indication of the
game's relative imminence.
"How can you possibly compare a fucking CONSOLE FPS with a real PC FPS? Seriously, are you insane?
If you think a console FPS compares with a PC FPS, you must be nearly blind, first of all. Yeah, jaggy low-framerate 16bit graphics at the lowest resolution possible in 2004 (a TV) versus state of the art, antialiased, high resolution, ultra smooth perfection on a real screen. Important for when you want to actually be able to make out what lies at more than 30 feet away from you, at least.
And then there's the worst offender: the freaking gamepad. The gamepad is going to kill the FPS genre altogether at some point. Playing a FPS with a gamepad can only be compared with driving a ferrari with an Atari joystick, or flying a real F14 with a keyboard. Period.
And BTW, I do own an Xbox and I do have Riddick. Good graphics and good game, for a *CONSOLE*. But the shittiest modern FPS shooter I have on my PC makes Riddick look and play like a gameboy. I just wish consoles would stick to what they do well - NOT FPSs, for one. "
Eloquently put my dear fellow, couldn’t agree more
If you think a console FPS compares with a PC FPS, you must be nearly blind, first of all. Yeah, jaggy low-framerate 16bit graphics at the lowest resolution possible in 2004 (a TV) versus state of the art, antialiased, high resolution, ultra smooth perfection on a real screen. Important for when you want to actually be able to make out what lies at more than 30 feet away from you, at least.
And then there's the worst offender: the freaking gamepad. The gamepad is going to kill the FPS genre altogether at some point. Playing a FPS with a gamepad can only be compared with driving a ferrari with an Atari joystick, or flying a real F14 with a keyboard. Period.
And BTW, I do own an Xbox and I do have Riddick. Good graphics and good game, for a *CONSOLE*. But the shittiest modern FPS shooter I have on my PC makes Riddick look and play like a gameboy. I just wish consoles would stick to what they do well - NOT FPSs, for one. "
Eloquently put my dear fellow, couldn’t agree more
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