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Doom 3 Expansion and Xbox Version

Posted by Zonk on from the better-than-the-movie dept.

id Software revealed today that early April will see the release of Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, and an Xbox port of the original Doom 3 shooter. From the article: "This is DOOM 3 built for the Xbox, including 480p and wide-screen support, full Xbox Live multiplayer, and the Xbox exclusive 2-player co-op campaign. For fans of DOOM 3 on the PC, Resurrection of Evil takes you to the undiscovered depths of the UAC's Mars base and back to Hell itself for a vicious new battle with the forces of evil and the most ferocious demons imaginable."

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  1. Unconfirmed title-rumors. by rylin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doom 3: Bigger and Blacker
    Doom 3: The hunt for more Black
    Doom 3: Monitor Standby
    Doom 3: The Missing Flashlight

    anyone else have any?

    1. Re:Unconfirmed title-rumors. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Doom 3: Don't Bother Playing If You're A Soppy, Wet Pussy

  2. PC getting the shaft.... again..... by dousk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not including co-operative mode for the PC is beyond my comprehension :-/ Do they think that PC users are all lone freaks?

  3. Re:hmm by The+Evil+Couch · · Score: 4, Insightful
    one of the problems with PC games versus console games is that console developers can tweak all the settings to make their game squeeze every ounce of power out of the console.

    in developing PC games, you can't tweak your code that finely, because you have to support a wide variety of machines.

    take as an example, Splinter Cell for Xbox. A game that was incredibly graphics intensive, featuring quite a few effects that would choke a machine with the exact same specs.

    I think doom3 will be successful on the xbox, but not nearly to the extent that it was on the PC.

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  4. Excellent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if there will be a part where you pick up an item and some monsters jump out at you?

  5. A bear in the forest by 2nd+Post! · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When you and your best bud see a bear in the forest, it's best to run fast... but not necessarily faster than the bear, just faster than your bud.

    So in this case, why does Doom3 have to look anywhere near as good as on a top end PC? It only has to look as good as on a $200 PC.

    What? No $200 PC will play Doom 3?

    Well, then it only has to look as good as Halo2 on XBox. Do you think that's possible? Will it look better?

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  6. xBox specifications by Dixie+Flatliner · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm tired of hearing the argument that a 733mhz nvidia nv30 chipset is incapable of performing to the calibur of a new pc. This is a bunk conclusion for a couple of reasons.

    1. The xBox is not stock hardware, it's a dedicated task machine built around it's own instruction sets, that can handle tasks that require processor (cpu or gpu) on a pc, automatically.

    2. The xBox only need output at resolutions ranging from (tv resolutions converted to pc resoltions) 640x480 to 1024x768, and can achieve much higher preceived detail with lower resolution textures (for a easy way to experience this, simply hook up the video out on your graphics card to your tv, and run your favorite game, you'll notice while the resolution is low, the textures seem richer then normal)

    3. The xBox does not run a shell OS, only a runtime environment, without added resources.

    4. The xBox need only be configured to run one application.

    5. Games on the xBox can be optimized to the extreme, since there is no need to ensure compatibility.