DOOM 3 Add-on Details [Dec 18, 2004, 01:54 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
PlanetDOOM (thanks Charles) has some
info on the upcoming Resurrection of Evil add-on for DOOM 3 gleaned from an
article in the new print edition of Game
Informer magazine. They set the action three years after the conclusion of
DOOM 3, describe a bit of the new artifact in the expansion, and show optimism
over the prospect that the add-on will support cooperative multiplayer play.
Besides, HL2 might as well have had "many hallways" "since the game was 100% linear, and forced you through one single pathway". What's the difference?
You mean, besides Doom 3 doing the same thing?
Let's see, what did you do in the original Doom? Shoot spawning monsters. What did you expect, the ability to steal cars and fly around Mars in a spaceship?
You mean like in HL2, where you get the dunebuggy and the airboat? Yeah, I'd like that.
It is somewhat scripted, but not in the HL2 style: "I'm coming up to the street, okay this is where the building falls down and kills that character and two combines come running out. "
You mean like in Doom3, where I pick up ammo and 2 Imps come popping out? That sounds pretty scripted to me.
That's why it was successful and well-rated, and yes it WAS received very well by gamers and critics alike.
That's a good point, lets check the numbers:
Doom3, 88%
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/469881.asp
HL2, 96%
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/914642.asp
OH, and here's Riddick, 90% (better than D3)
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/921671.asp
Farcry, 89% (better than D3)
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/371314.asp?q=Farcry
And UT2004, 93% (better than D3)
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/914986.asp
And Tribes, 82%
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/914677.asp
Notice that only Tribes scored lower than Doom3. To quote the HL2 camp "The bar has been raised". People want more than The Magic Monster Closet. People want more than cramped corridors. People want more than cheap scripted triggers where you (once again) pick up ammo and an Imp spawns behind you.
Doom 3 wasn't a total loss. The PDA and voice messages were nice. But it's a shame it was ripped straight from System Shock 2.
Which BTW, was rated at 93%, and also better than Doom3 (and came out in 1999 ).
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/185706.asp
http://tds.nin.com/
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