Regardless of the hype,it still wouldn't have been a game I would want to play over again. Is it me or does anyone notice how bad the textures look up close?(ie..the candy bars in the candy machines and even on some of the walls).

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......switching between flashlight and firearm becomes really aggravating after about the thousandth time, and id ought to have spent more time on the plot rather than the much talked about graphics since it is pitch dark for nearly every level in the game anyway, also I agree with the low replay rating comment from above. D3 did not totally live up to its pre-release hype and am glad I was not one of the ppl that had to upgrade their rig in addition to shelling out $50 just to be able to run the game. PS....Some form of navigational device will be good too, sometimes some of those pda's are as elusive as iraq's WMD. ____________________________ The greatest risk is not taking one

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the flashlights should be mounted on the guns! Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz w/ HT and 800Mhz fbs. 512MB DUAL CHANNEL SDRAM ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB DDR 120GB HD Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 4.1 Altec Lansing Surround Sound Speakers w/ subwofe

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I heard that some modder out there made a 'duct tape' mod that allows the flashlight to be put on the weapon. It is available at File Planet. "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference." Frost

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The ductape mod really helps out with lighting.Hell,its the only reason I finished the game..If not for that mod I would have stopped playing it.(Probably would have sold it). Another sad characteristic about the game is the music..What music!!One would think that the music would shadow the great graphics.Well thats not the case in this game.There is simply no music,no melodies no emotion,just a few bars of digital effects here and there.I remember reading that the drummer from NIN was doing some music for the game,I was excited as I am a fan of the band..Well WTF!! Thanks id for misleading the public. All I can say is that all the hype for Half-Life2 will be justified and will not be another let-down. Half-Life2 already took the crown for game of the year if you ask me.

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You all expected too much. It is what it is, a solid FPS with superb visuals. Some people are like Slinkies, not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...

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i reckon that it's good how u can't have a gun and flashlight at the same time. That's what gives you the shocks, when u suddenly find out there's an enemy there, and u have 2 switch to ur gun, or when u have ur gun out, and a random monster jumps out from the dark. THe flashlight thing is what makes the game challenging and scary.

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Even if you didn't like DOOM3 I think there's still hope for the Engine (e.g. Quake 4?) Radeon 9800 Pro 128Mb AMD Barton 2800 Asus A7N8X E-Deluxe 512 DDRAM PC2700

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i agree with the people who sent the last few message's. i mean it was'nt going to be a fps like never seen befor. beside's i would like to see any of us do any better!!!! i agree with th flash light thing, cus the orijinal doom was ment to be a scary fps. and with the flash light seprate from the gun it give's you 2 options instead of 1. one option is to have the flash light and save yourself getting the sh*t scared out of you and having to switch to guns as quickly as possible or your dead meat, or two which is o walk around with your gun but be ready for a shock!!! i mean common guys give em a break...

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Doom3 is not what it was hyped to be, but its still a great game, even with no replay value. I can see being upset about shelling 55$ for it, but my copy was a birthday gift :D. Still, I'd gladly support id software, the company that started it all!!1 Avarik ~ nomoresnsleft3 - AIM

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Quake 3 still rocks.

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I was highly dissapointed by Doom3, the single player was ok i guess. Graphically very good, but i found the game became predictable, and enemys easy to judge after a few levels. And multiplayer is the biggest pile of crap ive ever seen. And its the cpl world tour game, laugh!

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So is anyone going to give Doom 3 ANY credit? Or is it now a piece because people unfortunately have to orgasmate and/or pms over "it should have been this...it should have done that..."?

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"So is anyone going to give Doom 3 ANY credit? Or is it now a piece because people unfortunately have to orgasmate and/or pms over "it should have been this...it should have done that..."? Well I think the thread subject says it all. Its not a bad game its just nothing groundbreaking as id hyped it out to be. We all have reason to be a bit disappointed and this thread is the perfect place to let a bit of stem out. Its better than having a hundred 'DOOM3 SUCKS'threads if you ask me.

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"Its better than having a hundred 'DOOM3 SUCKS'threads if you ask me." I concour. I to was somewhat disappointed but there still is plenty good about the game. $55 for the game? That is kind of a streach. However I did get it for $45 at Target (out of all places haha).

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Woohoo! Can't spell... S-t-r-e-t-c-h.

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I was about 2 buy that game!! but it was 2 expensive...:( I never tought that game would have sucked so much...:( El-Trucha

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It does NOT suck so much! Its worth a play! Its worth 45 at least... Avarik ~ nomoresnsleft3 - AIM

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Why did you guys all pay so much for it? I paid £17.99 which is like 30 bucks. Some people are like Slinkies, not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...

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Its not as bad as these ppl make it out to be. Even though i havnt finished it yet, im enjoying it :p -------------------- Asus P4P800S mb P4 2.4Ghz (800Mhz) 1Gb DDR3200 Ram Asus Geforce FX 5600 128mb

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"Its not as bad as these ppl make it out to be. Even though i havnt finished it yet, im enjoying it :p" Very much agreed. I guess this is a perfect example of what expectations can do to a game.

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well...if it's just another FPS game why id had to set the price over 50 bux?? i got it for $45 though @ Circuit City...Doom 3 is a decent fps game w/ an overprice tag... ~evans~ A64 3000+ MSI K8T-Neo FIS2R ST 1GB DDR433 Ati Radeon X800 Pro 250GB SATA HDD

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Did you know the original Warcraft was $60? And nobody b!tched about that... Avarik ~ nomoresnsleft3 - AIM

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I've not completed farcry or doom3 yet, but I find myself drawn to playing other games like NFS Underground, Call of Duty, GTA VC etc for the 'n'th time instead for some reason. I wonder if Halflife 2 will be more of the same?? Thankfully I got a voucher for a free copy of HL2 from my dad's 9600xt so at least I won't have the regret of spending money on it if it's a repeat of doom3 or farcry. Halflife 1 was another game I drifted away from leaving it incomplete. Doom 3 is a good-ish game, just not really what I would describe as my favourite game. I would have bought it regardless of what other people said about it just because the game was so highly anticipated, so spending £24.99 on it wasn't an issue in that respect. Perhaps they didn't release a demo because they knew people wouldn't buy it after playing it? As far as playability and replay value goes, I think that the open ended, non-linear gameplay of games like GTA Vice city is the way forward. Perhaps if Doom3 wasn't linear, it might be a little more exciting. To me,it kind of feels like one of those house-of-horrors things found at theme parks, where you just wander down a set path and are attacked by entirely predictable monsters. As others have said, I'm also glad I didn't upgrade for Doom3. I was planning on getting a 6800gt ready for doom 3, but the old Ti4200 runs it really well (800x600 @ Medium detail as default with good playability and no jerkiness), better than the 64mb Mobility Radeon 9700 in my sisters 3.0GHz P4/512mb ram laptop, which sets to Low detail at 640x480 as default? So I might wait a while until I find a game worth playing that the mighty Ti won't run well before I upgrade, hopefully card prices will have dropped quite a bit by then! Overall, doom3 isn't a terrible game, it's just not as good as anyone hoped for in terms of gameplay and is overpriced. Doom is a ledgend amongst games and was groundbreaking stuff back in the 90's and the modern day interpretation: Doom3 just can't live up to it's predecessor's reputation despite all the fancy extra's. AMD Athlon XP2200+ Aero7 lite 512mb Crucial pc2700 Abit NF7-s V2.0 80GB Seagate SATA 120GB Seagate SATA Geforce4 Ti4200 128mb Benq FP767-12 17" 12ms SB live 5.1 Digital

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Yup...Doom 3 would have been an excellent game in 2001-2002...not in 2004/05 :) ~evans~ A64 3000+ MSI K8T-Neo FIS2R ST 1GB DDR433 Ati Radeon X800 Pro 250GB SATA HDD

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"Why did you guys all pay so much for it?" Because we were the weak who fell in to the grasp of id hype. Plus most of us bought it on the week it was released when it was not on sale at most places of distribution.

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id actually did NOT hype it so much...the crazy fans did. Avarik ~ nomoresnsleft3 - AIM

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Umm...maybe I'll buy it when it gets cheaper...:D El-Trucha

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