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Doom 3's Release Date; Quake Turns 8
LehiNephi writes "Apparently, GameStop has an updated product page for long-awaited PC FPS Doom 3, along with the note: 'Official launch date of August 3rd, 2004 confirmed!', although the official Doom 3 site hasn't yet been updated, sporting just a 'coming soon' notice. [Blue's News also has further info, noting 'that the British Board of Film Classification has a DOOM III Listing with a rating for the game, a seeming indication that they've already been able to review all its content'.]" In related news, Ag3nt writes "One of the biggest leaps in PC gaming technology, Quake, celebrated its 8th birthday yesterday, according to an AmpedNews piece - there's also a birthday note on John Romero's homepage."
Yeah yeah yeah I know it was a huge technological advancement, but at the time, am I *really* the only one that just didn't like to play it at all? IMHO, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior and even Blood were much more enjoyable FPS romps.
For my money, Quake seemed dull, the graphics oddly cubic, and the action and atmosphere was almost non existent - and that was back in 1996.. I dread to think what I'd feel now!
I just think a major part of an FPS is atmosphere. Doom had it in spades, and I guess that just set my expectations of what the brother of Doom should be way too high....
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My liquid-cooled, dual 2.5GHz G5 Mac with Raden 9800XT should be here in time to smack down some goodness with DOOM 3. I imagine it will be up to the task of smoothly playing DOOM 3.
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...the real difference is how well the video cards support shaders in their hardware. It's pretty much assured that Direct3D shaders are the best supported by the new cards--not OpenGL.
I think id Software is the last major game company I know of still using OpenGL. Everyone else has moved on (and surpassed them engine-wise...you won't be seeing infinite drawing distance outdoor worlds in Doom 3 any time soon like you already do in Far Cry. Hell, Far Cry's indoor areas pretty much look exactly like Doom 3).
Let me know how well your Mac handles Half Life 2.
And your Radeon 9800 won't hold up too well compared to the Geforce 6800 I've got on order.
(Disclaimer: I am a Mac user; I just don't hold to the theory that any one system is best for everything.)