Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil for Windows
- ESRB Descriptor: Blood and Gore Intense Violence
- ESRB Rating: M - (Mature)
- Publisher: Activision
- Genre: Action
- Platform: Windows
- Game Series: Doom
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Doom 3 - Revolutionary but not Evolutionary
Pros
Breathtaking Graphics, Doom Nostalgia
Cons
Repetitive Gameplay, Steep System Requirements, Skimpy Multiplayer
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
Fans of the orginal Doom will love this game, with others it's a hit or miss.
Introduction
Back in 1994, id software released the original DOOM for the IBM PC. At the time, computers with 60 megahertz processors and 8 megabytes of RAM were considered top of the line. And at the time, Doom was considered revolutionary. It wasn't id software's first 3D game, their first 3D game was a game called Hovertank 3D, circa 1991. It wasn't even their second.
Doom
What Doom did have was (at the time) a revolutionary graphics engine. It was the first major 3D graphics engine in a game to offer things like stairs, raised areas, full texturing (Wolfenstein 3D only had textures on the walls, the floors and ceilings were solid colors), and lighting effects.
Doom also is credited with popularizing the now popular deathmatch multiplayer game. For those who don't know, deathmatch is a style of multiplayer play where each player attempts to kill other players in an attempt to get the most frags (kills). Almost every FPS with multiplayer support today outside of those that are strictly team oriented has some form of deathmatch.
Doom III
A few years ago, when id software announced that they were creating a sequel to the first two Doom games, there was naturally quite a bit of fanfare and hype.
From the beginning, id software had made two things clear :
The gameplay was going to be like that of the original Doom (despite the now more popular story-driven gameplay introduced in Half-Life.)
The game was going to have a no-holds barred advanced graphics engine and that you would have to have killer hardware to run it.
System Requirements
Now Doom 3 has finally been released to stores and it is quite obvious that id wasn't kidding about the game being system-intensive. Granted, you don't need a top of the line system to run Doom 3. Doom 3 runs just fine on a 2 or 3 year old system. It just won't look as good and you will experience choppiness and slow-downs in some areas.
My system is middle of the line by todays standards, a Radeon 9600, 1 gig of ram, 1.5 gigahertz processor and I was able to run Doom 3 at 640x480 resolution with choppiness only occuring in outdoor areas and bigger rooms.
To run Doom 3 in all it's glory however, you'll need nothing short of the absolute latest and greatest hardware. And if you have anything less than a Geforce 4 MX you won't be able to run the game at all. However most people with modern PCs should be able to run Doom 3 at some level of detail.
Storyline
Doom 3's storyline is similar to that of the original Doom. You are a marine sent to the United Aerospace Corporation's Mars Research Facility. While on duty, something terribly wrong happens and the base is hit by a shockwave.
Gameplay
id software also held true when they said that the gameplay in Doom 3 would resemble that of the previous two doom games. Gameplay in Doom 3 consists mostly of running and gunning and shooting at bad-guys.
If you want a deep involving plot, then you are probably better off waiting for Half-Life 2. However if you are interested in constant action and mindless killing or you liked the original Doom games, then you will probably like the gameplay of Doom 3.
Multiplayer
Doom 3's multiplayer is very similar to the original Doom's in many regards. Most games today support multiplayer games of 32 or even 64 people. However Doom 3 holds true to it's ancestry; by default the maximum amount of people in a multiplayer game is 4. This can however, easily be worked around using tweaks.
The amount of multiplayer maps included with the game is small. There are only 5 maps included with the game, though you should be able to download a ton of player-created maps soon.
Replayability
This is one area where Doom 3 lacks. Sure the game is amazing the first time but there really isn't anything to keep you coming back, save for multiplayer. In Half-Life, many people replayed the single-player game simply because it was one of the best storys in a first-person shooter for the time.
Conclusion
If you liked the original Doom games, then you will probably like Doom 3. And even if you didn't or never played them, I would recommend this game to fans of first-person shooters.
Back in 1994, id software released the original DOOM for the IBM PC. At the time, computers with 60 megahertz processors and 8 megabytes of RAM were considered top of the line. And at the time, Doom was considered revolutionary. It wasn't id software's first 3D game, their first 3D game was a game called Hovertank 3D, circa 1991. It wasn't even their second.
Doom
What Doom did have was (at the time) a revolutionary graphics engine. It was the first major 3D graphics engine in a game to offer things like stairs, raised areas, full texturing (Wolfenstein 3D only had textures on the walls, the floors and ceilings were solid colors), and lighting effects.
Doom also is credited with popularizing the now popular deathmatch multiplayer game. For those who don't know, deathmatch is a style of multiplayer play where each player attempts to kill other players in an attempt to get the most frags (kills). Almost every FPS with multiplayer support today outside of those that are strictly team oriented has some form of deathmatch.
Doom III
A few years ago, when id software announced that they were creating a sequel to the first two Doom games, there was naturally quite a bit of fanfare and hype.
From the beginning, id software had made two things clear :
The gameplay was going to be like that of the original Doom (despite the now more popular story-driven gameplay introduced in Half-Life.)
The game was going to have a no-holds barred advanced graphics engine and that you would have to have killer hardware to run it.
System Requirements
Now Doom 3 has finally been released to stores and it is quite obvious that id wasn't kidding about the game being system-intensive. Granted, you don't need a top of the line system to run Doom 3. Doom 3 runs just fine on a 2 or 3 year old system. It just won't look as good and you will experience choppiness and slow-downs in some areas.
My system is middle of the line by todays standards, a Radeon 9600, 1 gig of ram, 1.5 gigahertz processor and I was able to run Doom 3 at 640x480 resolution with choppiness only occuring in outdoor areas and bigger rooms.
To run Doom 3 in all it's glory however, you'll need nothing short of the absolute latest and greatest hardware. And if you have anything less than a Geforce 4 MX you won't be able to run the game at all. However most people with modern PCs should be able to run Doom 3 at some level of detail.
Storyline
Doom 3's storyline is similar to that of the original Doom. You are a marine sent to the United Aerospace Corporation's Mars Research Facility. While on duty, something terribly wrong happens and the base is hit by a shockwave.
Gameplay
id software also held true when they said that the gameplay in Doom 3 would resemble that of the previous two doom games. Gameplay in Doom 3 consists mostly of running and gunning and shooting at bad-guys.
If you want a deep involving plot, then you are probably better off waiting for Half-Life 2. However if you are interested in constant action and mindless killing or you liked the original Doom games, then you will probably like the gameplay of Doom 3.
Multiplayer
Doom 3's multiplayer is very similar to the original Doom's in many regards. Most games today support multiplayer games of 32 or even 64 people. However Doom 3 holds true to it's ancestry; by default the maximum amount of people in a multiplayer game is 4. This can however, easily be worked around using tweaks.
The amount of multiplayer maps included with the game is small. There are only 5 maps included with the game, though you should be able to download a ton of player-created maps soon.
Replayability
This is one area where Doom 3 lacks. Sure the game is amazing the first time but there really isn't anything to keep you coming back, save for multiplayer. In Half-Life, many people replayed the single-player game simply because it was one of the best storys in a first-person shooter for the time.
Conclusion
If you liked the original Doom games, then you will probably like Doom 3. And even if you didn't or never played them, I would recommend this game to fans of first-person shooters.
