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 | |  | Re: Doom 3 (Score: 0)
by on Friday, September 03 @ 00:49:35 EDT
It's much better than I imagined it would be. I've been reading a lot of negative comments for a couple weeks. Turns out, id did exactly what they set out to do with this game: scare the shit out of you!
They did this better than any other developer has ever attempted. The R.E. games are like visiting Disneyland. Only RPG playing console faggots revere Capcom's outdated, idiotic game-ruining-camera-angle-setup 'survival horror' regurgitations.
It's the sound that really nails the unrelenting tension in Doom 3. As nice as the visuals might be (not that you can actually see them much), it's the ambient noises and such (at least if you're wearing headphones, I recommend it) that more often cause your skin to crawl and hair stand on end, and your heartrate to stay at a constantly high level.
I played through around half the game so far, always with headphones, at night, all lights/TV/everything off, no one else in the room. There are times when I catch myself glancing to the left or right, or behind me quickly. This damn game puts you on EDGE! I'm jumpy even after playing it.
The visuals are alright, but like I said, you won't be seeing much of them because it's pitch friggin black. I know they intentionally made design decisions to heighten the mood they were after, but it's just not acceptable that in 2145, no one's invented the flashlight clamp for weapons. I would at least grab a roll of friggin duct tape & make my own, seeing how our 'rough & tough' marine can't manage to hold even a pistol and flashlight simultaneously. This is my only gripe with the game, it's just silly and illogical. It almost doesn't feel like a FPS since you can't even see your target 95% of the time, and every room is so cramped there's not much hope of dodging.
Even with these flaws, it manages to be the only example of a videogame that has such a tangible affect on the player. Since I'm certain John Carmack frequents this site, I gotta tell him, "Very good job!". Oh, and "No, I will not loan you anymore money!".
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