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Got to get that 86cm widscreen tele then :(


On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:41:38 GMT, "M.W.H" <mapson_no@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Ive got to admit the sound impressed me more than the graphics. Playing
>Doom3 with lights out, widescreen telly and surround sound is the way to go
>:-)
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>M.W.H
>
>"OCZ Guy" <ModenMr@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>news:dqevh095dso3r1jlnu5cc3rjmpuen5mvf4@4ax.com...
>> Doom 3 the Average DumbArse Review :)
>>
>> Thoughts before i even got or played Doom 3.
>>
>> Ive been reading lots of stuff about Doom 3 in the newsgroups some
>> good some bad about the game, but they do that with every game
>> released, some like it alot or hate it alot, not many people in the
>> middle group prob because they can't be bothered to post and say so :)
>>
>> I expect it to be dark,scary and dark, going by the stuff i read, but
>> i have a Nice DiamondTron Monitor 22 inches well 20 real inches,
>> flatscreen with somthing called SuperBright and that hurts my eyes on
>> maxium, so dark wont be a problem.
>>
>> Most people NO NOTHING about setting up their monitor right thats prob
>> way people are complaining thats its TO @**&@&@ DARK, and also their
>> are some SHIT monitors out their that wont be any good no matter what
>> you do :)
>>
>>
>> I expect the gameplay to be like Aliens V's Predator with nasty things
>> scaring the @*&*@&*@ out of me and me, pissing myself :0.
>>
>> I see myself falling back and taking cover alot, and hopfully with the
>> surround sound and my 5.1 speakers hearing where they come from and if
>> anyone is behind me ???
>>
>> I don't expect it to be like doom or doom 2, though i hope somone
>> makes some mods to do this as i would love that with the new graphics,
>> by then ill have my dual core 3ghz cpus and dual SLI PCIexpress vid
>> cards and ddr 3 memory 4 gigs should be enough.
>>
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>> The first Doom 3 experince 1 hour or so in !!!!
>>
>>
>> For your info, iam playing the game on Veteran.
>>
>>
>> Iam loving it, iam getting into the story ???, basic story yes well so
>> far, don't know the FULLLL story, so i can't comment on that.
>>
>> But in genral i like the game,  running though the levels getting
>> scared SHITless as imps jump me.
>>
>>
>>
>> Verdict, Final Score ECT.
>>
>>
>> Graphics.
>>
>> I liked the graphics, nothing spectucular i was expecting though,
>> maybe in the later levels being talking about the hell levels seem to
>> think they are great just got to get their :)
>>
>> Though i only have a Radeon 9600 Pro, so iam only playing on 1024by768
>> with all the eye candy options on, in the menu.
>>
>>
>> And even with my 9600 Pro iam getting 60fps ??, i could prob get
>> higher, why did they limt it ?, not that it matters when the battles
>> heat up my FPS go bellow 20fps, though still very playable, which i
>> suppose is a good thing.
>>
>>
>> People are going on about the graphics being dark and it is, but on my
>> monitor it was perfect ?, some areas i needed the flashlight, but that
>> was cool as i did not know what was in the shadows, and if i though it
>> was a decent ambush area, i would just lob a greande in their to see
>> :), so i think some or most people have SHIT monitors or playing them
>> on LCD monitors and most of them are CRAP for gaming and are not very
>> bright, so its the DumbArse monitor buyers out their that are
>> complaining about the brightness, my doom 3 darkess was perfect.
>>
>> On some of the levels it was TOTALY dark, i was getting escorted out
>> of this area by a guy with a Lantern, he got shafted, i was supposed
>> to be protecting him :(, that relationship did not work out :(, anyway
>> it went totaly DARK, i mean PITCH dark, that was fun, lucky the imps
>> lighted it up with the fire balls, so i could waste them, nice of them
>> was it not :).
>>
>>
>> Sound.
>>
>> Did not hear anything to make the game stand out, but decent sound
>> effects and plenty of sounds to warning you of imps and any other
>> baddies coming up, like that helps any.
>>
>> I heard that THEY TOOK MY BABY ???, this Carmack is a SICK PUPPY or is
>> he Australian and owns a dingo ?
>>
>> Surround sound ??? where ??, ive got 5.1 speakers and if this game has
>> surround sound iam not getting it so it must be my fault, iam getting
>> pounded by a guy behind me and i HAVE NOOOOOOOOO IDEA :), untill i die
>> of course and i see him as my life bleeds away ?
>>
>> Weapons sounds seem ok, though not have my Personal weapons ollection
>> the real sound is unknown to me, so if they go bang iam happy :)
>>
>>
>> Gameplay.
>>
>> Well gamplay seems ok, but they could have made the corridors A LITTLE
>> wider, no room to move arround and dodge fire ???.
>>
>>
>> Their is NO WAY IN HELL you can play this game in Veteran and not save
>> as the baddies just spawn from everywhere, if you try to run foward
>> MORE SPAWN, falling back is the only way, and only if a door is not
>> locked behind you and even them they might spawn where you want to
>> fall back AHHHHHHHHH, you have to save, unless your a DOOm 3 god :)
>>
>> A few areas in the alpha labs where you just get POUNDED, your just
>> firing and firing and firing and they just keep coming and your stuck
>> in a tiny room ?, no where to go, your firing they just keep coming,
>> you realy need lots of armour to survive if not GOD mode is needed.
>>
>> I don't mind the PDA inclusion, makes you use your brain alittle,
>> though you don't realy need to read anything or listen to anything AT
>> ALL, adds to the atmosphere though, so anything to add somthing to the
>> game is good becuase its lacking in most areas, well for new things,
>> its all been done and Doom 3 does not do anthing much better than any
>> other game.
>>
>>
>>
>> Music.
>>
>> Music its either good or bad, depends on your taste in the sonic stuff
>> :), i like the music.
>>
>>
>> Overal ???????????????
>>
>> Doom 3 is a decent game, as long as you have not played Farcry :), as
>> its not realy different, if i did not play Farcry i would be enjoying
>> Doom 3 ALOT more.
>>
>>
>> Iam pretty bored with Doom 3 at the momment, and iam still at the
>> Alpha Labs, level 4 our somthing, if the Delta labs are as big iam not
>> sure if ill bother :(
>>
>> Iam not scared anymore with the monsters, just go Ho Hum, blast blast
>> NEXT :(, actually i SAY BRING EM US BASTARDS, and have my shot gun
>> ready and BLAST EM, i think i like killing alittle too much now :p
>>
>> For a game it's a good game, you will enjoy it, just play it a few
>> hours at a time, go for a walk or somthing, have sex, jack off, read a
>> magazine, then come back to it, just to let you think about the game,
>> and how your going to play it and ect ect, time to think and you might
>> not get bored when you come back to play it.
>>
>> My 2 cents, over and out.
>>
>>
>> Add your own comments please :)
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>> HELLO NURSE.
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HELLO NURSE.