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Re: Best DOOM 3 Review yet :)

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From: Art Simpson
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 21:29
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>"Herbl" <hoyghjwe3@gon.nom> wrote in message
>news:zP2Rc.34191$gE.22927@pd7tw3no...
>> Good honest review :)
>>
>> http://www.afrotechmods.com/groovy/review/d3review/doom3.htm
>>
>
>Eric Hansen wrote in message <-5CdnZP-KNNV6ovcRVn-oQ@adelphia.com>...
>The review sucks becuase its incorrect.
>
>Something is wrong with that guy's PC if his game looks that dark all the
>time. My experience is not like that at all. Yes there are a handful of very
>dark areas but overall I've clearly seen 95% of the monsters I have killed
>and a lot of detail in the maps.
>
>My biggest complaint is the retarded AI and the extremely repetitive
>gameplay. After the first hour of play the game became very predictable.
>After 4 hours I barely have interest in continuing the game.
>
>Eric
>
I agree Eric..
Yet, you must also share this experience
"After a few shots you have to switch back to the flashlight
to see if the enemy is dead yet. No? Crap. Ok switch to shottie again
for another round. Then back to the flashlight of course
so you can see if he dropped anything." -review

LOL.. That part is quite true.

I'm running it on Radeon 9800Pro and it was not that dark.
I easily improved everything using r_gamma 1.3, very soon afterwards.

But this game 'so far' is totally lacking gaming innovations; It's only a matter
of fragging the baddies down linear corridors, one after the other.
I'm pissed that everything in this game is meant to bring down the performance
of an excelent 3Ghz machine and latest hardware to its knees for that.....

I can play UT2004 1600x1280 here, many times the framerate; with a great
weapon variety, gametypes and even vehicules..

Running down dark corridors to kill ugly faces, over and over ?
They missed the boat.... Were in 2004.
Some people at id are on crack for sure.

The review is HILARIOUS and I will recommend it to friends:
fav quote:

"The sound effects are very nice and sexual with lots of moaning and groaning. "
LOL
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