[germanjulian]

Yo, this is for all those who played it or want to know how it plays...

Well installation was flawless.. starting the game was not. I have dual monitor and switched my primary display (TFT) around to the CRT (cause I play games on my crt and most games start into the primary screen) and the game started minimized in the secondary windows (TFT)....

not good so I disabled my TFT...

anyway did auto detect and my system came on as medium settings with 640 resolution. cant have that can we??
NO
high and 800x600 I choose.

start game...... LOOKS amazing even at those resolutions. I dont get how they did it. Only played for 13 minutes cause I had to go to work (where I am now caugh caugh) but I jumped allready. the beginning is kinda slow and the portal to hell has not opened just yet.

I think I play this with my lights on. Anyway ones I get home and made my dinner I gonna play this 3 to 4 hours straight. UPDATES later.
sorry didnt take a screenshoot.

oh and it was a bit choppy but after I left for work I realized that I left 4AA and 16AF on in my ATI CP. dam cs... gonna fix that tonight

PS: yes dont ask... you know the question dont ask...

[Veridian3]

So you were one of the lucky ones who picked it up at a Best buy

[tastyweat]

Originally posted by Veridian3
So you were one of the lucky ones who picked it up at a Best buy

[MythicaL]

Medium at 1024x768 runs really well for me =)

What a scary ass game... must've jumped up many damn times. This means that the game is awesome, and it is!

[tastyweat]

I'm looking forward to playing it @ 1280x1024 on ultra with my watercooled x800xt

[rudedog]

Playing at 1200x1600 and the game looks amazing and super smooth.

I have not been this jumpy playing a game in a very long time. I usually go for the real word outdoors WWII games but this is a welcomed change.

The overall sound is amazing and adds so much depth to the game.

well worth the wait.

System specs:
P4 3.2 EE
6800 U EE
2 gigs corsair ram

[Zardon]

graphically the game is amazing but after 3 or 4 hours play (all the same indoor running around with the same monsters to shoot) its a total bore. im totally disappointed.

[Mazuko]

Originally posted by Zardon
graphically the game is amazing but after 3 or 4 hours play (all the same indoor running around with the same monsters to shoot) its a total bore. im totally disappointed.

They kept to the original doom forumla, thats what happened in doom anyways. Hell, that's what happened in the doom books too.

[Veridian3]

Originally posted by Zardon
graphically the game is amazing but after 3 or 4 hours play (all the same indoor running around with the same monsters to shoot) its a total bore. im totally disappointed.

Your just not playing it right obviously. Must be that crappy Radeon your using. Get a decent GFX card and you'll see how good the game is...

[Zardon]

im playing it on an nvidia card now - surprisingly it didnt recode all the levels to give better variety **yawns** , damn, send me your beta card from NV would you? or alternatively try 5 hours of it, then come back to me, maybe the volari might work better

[Zardon]

Originally posted by Mazuko
They kept to the original doom forumla, thats what happened in doom anyways. Hell, that's what happened in the doom books too.

yes, I know ive played every ID game to death that ever came out. perhaps as its 2004 they might need to rethink the strategy. Im a FPS freak and this game has utterly bored me to death.

Ive enjoyed it in small bursts but come on, 4 hours of running around corridoors which all look the same fighting a handful of monsters which have terrible AI isnt something I relish anymore.

Roll on Half life 2.

[dipstick]

Crap, now you guys are calling the XT a crappy radeon? But I knew it was going to be a little boring before release; I mean how much can you possibly do in that setting? I do however hear that it gets awesome in the final leves. My XT and D3 will be in tomorrow, i'll give thoughts then. On the bright side HL2 is right around the corner.

[Zardon]

Just ignore stu, too many hours with a volari, hasnt been good for his sanity

as for Doom 3 Its far from bad dipstick. its very well done, wonderful graphics and very atmospheric. the game side of things is just average, after farcry the whole game is just so repetitive and mundane.

I have to say now im in the last parts of the game its picking up with some nice ideas, but the first areas are just way too similar for my liking, it was almost an endurance test to stay awake.

[Veridian3]

I plan on trying the Volari tonight... should be an interesting experience!!!

[dipstick]

Originally posted by Zardon
Just ignore stu, too many hours with a volari, hasnt been good for his sanity

as for Doom 3 Its far from bad dipstick. its very well done, wonderful graphics and very atmospheric. the game side of things is just average, after farcry the whole game is just so repetitive and mundane.

I have to say now im in the last parts of the game its picking up with some nice ideas, but the first areas are just way too similar for my liking, it was almost an endurance test to stay awake.

Ohh, good to hear the game runs okay on X800's. I know it will run better on the 6800's(I'm not gonna hear the end of it from my bro with his Ultra) but I'm hoping for some high rez 30+ fps goodness. If anything would be to hold my sys back in this game it would be the XT. But I'm not surprised that the game lacks much variety for what it is. As long as the graphics and sounds are top notch I'll be happy-which they more than seem to be. I'm not really that hard to please with games

Btw, who would want to run a Volari

[Danhill]

Originally posted by Zardon
graphically the game is amazing but after 3 or 4 hours play (all the same indoor running around with the same monsters to shoot) its a total bore. im totally disappointed.

I can imaginge that, but hey you get to be outdoor in the begining of the game for about 20 sec before your oxygen runs out

[MIG-31]

youre turning this into a doom3 spoiler thread......I HAVE NOT GOT IT YET.

[Danhill]

Originally posted by MIG-31
youre turning this into a doom3 spoiler thread......I HAVE NOT GOT IT YET.

Sorry about that, but I don't think it spoils the game at all, this is just in the begining of the game.

[Danhill]

One thing I'm happy about it's that I don't need to upgrade my hardware at all.

(I run the game on High Quality and every slider in the Control Panel is set to best IQ, AA & AF are set to 4 & 8 Application pref.After runnig the timedemo 1024x768 I get 40,3 FPS in HQ and 29,6 FPS, thats with default clock on the 9800 pro, so I'm very pleased)

[PoopyTheJ]

Holy crap, this game is really fun. The sounds add a whole new level of terrifying to this game, when you're running around a dark spooky corridor with people screaming in the radio, explosions crap falling all over creation and really damn terrifying monsters poking around every corner I'm jumping like a 5 yr old. The story line is of course original Doom with some fleshing out, better voice acting for sure, and amazing visuals. Turn off the lights, sit down and immerse yourself in the horror. Good fun! Hey Z, I dunno when you're playing but I reccomend night time. Great escape.

[No_Style]

I hope what you say is true Poopy, but Zardon's disappointment rings in my ears

[MIG-31]

still very much like the original doom series........but doom with updated graphics and this time 5.1 sound support.......extra scary yeah.

[PoopyTheJ]

I don't think the game should be played for 4 hrs at a time. I can see how he would get bored of the same old same old, me I played for about 2 hrs last night and was just jumping out of my seat every 5 minutes. This game lives on it's effects there's no doubt about it, you want so killer sound and good graphics and I think you'll enjoy this game. I've got a 9800 and an Audigy 2ZS and on 5.1 with the visuals turned up I just couldn't be more pleased for a great escape after the day. Serious thought provoking many different paths to choose etc is not this games strong point, action and terrifying is.

[germanjulian]

yep. you sure jump a lot but thats not to hard to archive... darkness and the sound will do that to you. switch the sound of and listen to some happy music. gameplay wise this game is pretty basic.... good maybe average even but not great. hl2 where are you...

[The_Neon_Cowboy]

Originally posted by Zardon
graphically the game is amazing but after 3 or 4 hours play (all the same indoor running around with the same monsters to shoot) its a total bore. im totally disappointed.

It's alot better... a huge improvement over the beta's .... but not up to my expectations
The IQ is ok but I'm assumeing I'd need a super card to view it the way they ment it.....

Either way it's easier to say it could have been better... least thats my felling on it...

I don't like the cheap scares like enemies that rush you from in frount and behind other then that the AI's are pretty simple to kill....

[germanjulian]

funny how many people wont get the game now after trying it (caugh) i might play some more and then give up. I am so easily bored

[Robert McClelland]

lol I hope Sam's club would have this game for the weekend when I go shoping

[BWX]

I've been playing for 12 hours- It's a great game. I'm playing in a dark room with the excellent 5.1 blaring (probably pissing of neighbors but who cares)- Yeah the AI is non existent, almost- But I don't think that's the point of the game- It really scares the crap out of you at first, then you kind of get used to it.. It's still a highly polished and well thought out game. It's kind of claustrophobic though, that would be my first complaint..

Anyway I started with 512mb of ram, then the Fedex guy came right about 4 hours into it with my extra 512 mb of ram.. (as I planned it of course). The difference is amazing- with 512 you get hitching and pauses when the doors open and stuff like that, with 1gig it smooths right out and you can actually run the graphic settings higher.. This is one of the only games that still looks good with low levels of AA - I', running 2xAA, 4xAF @ 10.7 and it is smooth as silk.. my OC'd 9700pro can run 4xAA, but it slows down too much with shadows on, and I'd rather All the graphic settings maxed out with shadows and run a lower level of AA- it looks great. The flesh textures are in a whole different league than any other game. It's pretty amazing actually..
I'm off to the Delta Complex, via the Monorail

[jsx[ifl]]

I'm running:

P4 2.4B @ 2.6
Audigy Gamer 5.1
512 pc-133 sdram
r9600pro @ stock

The game im running at 800x600 High Settings, and I couldn't be more pleased. I'm in shock that I was able to run the game so smoothly with my low end parts and with such high gfx detail. The sound is really what gets you in the game though. I'm playing about 30 mins at a time, trying to keep the game as long as possible because single player games don't come around long enough really. So a quick rating...

Sound: 9/10
Graphics: 9/10
Gameplay: 6/10 - quite repetitive really, good in small doses

I'd recommend this to anyone, which sounds pretty useless seeing how everyone is going to play it anyway, because its something fresh...its ushering in a new age of games along with far cry and the upcoming HL2...and hopefully s.t.a.l.k.e.r

[Ev!L-aLphA]

well sounds like hl2 is going to beat the living crap outa this one 0-o but this still sounds like a fun arse game im getting my preordered game tonight or tomorrow from ebgames!