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Doom 3 Xbox Previewed, PC Version No-Show At E3

Posted by simoniker on from the doomed-i-tell-you-dooooomed dept.

Thanks to IGN Xbox for its hands on preview of the E3 demo for the Xbox version of Doom 3, Vicarious Visions' conversion of id's long-awaited FPS title. They comment: "The atmosphere is dark, the pacing of the demo somewhat slow, and every aspect more fitting of a survival horror game than a run and gun shooter", but praise the results: "That's not a bad thing at all, in fact, it makes for a more intriguing title... The hard part for fans is going to be looking past expectations of what a DOOM game should be and embracing what DOOM 3 is." Elsewhere, GameSpot has a preview confirming that the PC version will not be shown at E3, since id "is locked in 'completion phase' at the company's Mesquite, Texas, offices", and both previews also reference the previously revealed, not yet playable Xbox-exclusive co-operative mode.

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  1. I didn't like Doom 64 by AtariAmarok · · Score: 1, Informative
    I didn't like Doom 64. Even on the max brightness and contrast settings in the cartridge's setup, everything was extremely low-contrast "very dark brown/gray on black" with a few flashes of dark orange or dark green here and there. And this was in the lit areas. When you went into a darker area, it was black on black. The television's brightness and contrast controls did not help either, but a game's designers have "Failed it" if you even have to consider adjusting those controls on the set.

    I got tired of resisting the urge to shine a flashlight at the black screen to see what was going on, and gave up on it.

    "Doom and Quake popular in the first place was mindless, bloody, fast paced carnage"

    Firing black bullets in a black room at black monsters is such fun! I've not seen any other game for any other system (including Doom and Quake for other platforms) which blew it on darkness/contrast like this one did.

    --
    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  2. Re:Don't make me play with those XBox controllers. by Pxtl · · Score: 2, Informative

    This was not true with slow moving projectiles, actually. This happened most often in DM, where you would be shooting your plasmagun at a player on a different elevation from you - you could not lead your target, because the shots would fire level by default, and only aim up when facing the target. Of course, if you were facing the target, you were not leading them if you were facing them, so you couldn't shoot them with the plasma.

  3. Re:well I don't know about you.. by C_To · · Score: 2, Informative

    There are several open source versions of Doom you can use, I believe Boom was the one closest to the original EXE (But I may be wrong).

    Legacy Doom has some good, but not perfect, compatibility with older wads. And theres of course the jDoom/Doomsday Engine, which has made the original Doom a great experience.

    Aliens TC can be get here.