DOOM^3

Chicky · Thu 05/08/2004 11:45:04

xbox fanboy? ...

yup thats the one.

Ishmael · Thu 05/08/2004 13:19:40

I'll be waiting 'till I get my new laptop, which can hopefully run it... I've been waiting for Doom3 since I learned there is Doom, Ultimate Doom, Doom 2, but no Doom3...

To me, it really doesn't matter how scary the game is.. the main thing is to blow them goddman badass'asses to bits... heh... Some say Doom was scary... To me, it wasn't. Even when I played it at the age of 8 or 9...

LGM · Thu 05/08/2004 17:42:18

http://www.viperlair.com/articles/howto/software/tweakd3/ Here's some better tweaks..

And yes you do have to hit Ctrl + Alt + ~ for Doom 3.. At least in America :-p But there's a tweak that will change that.. It's all in that link above.

Enjoy.

Oh, and Halo 2 is a totally different "style" of FPS, so it's really not all that fair to compare.

Pumaman · Thu 05/08/2004 22:48:05

Let's compare Doom 3 to Duke Nukem 3D.

Duke3D: cool wise-ass player character
Doom 3: runs at 2 fps

Duke3D: funky real-world maps and locations
Doom 3: runs at 2 fps

Duke3D: variety of weapons makes it fun to play
Doom 3: runs at 2 fps

Duke3D: more interaction and hidden treats than any other previous fps
Doom 3: runs at 2 fps

Conclusion:

Duke3D: stays right where it is
Doom 3: DELETED!!!!

Privateer Puddin' · Thu 05/08/2004 22:49:56

You didn't expect it to beat the mighty Duke3D did you, really?! :o

sedriss · Thu 05/08/2004 23:26:24

Time to get a new computer eh, cj?

LGM · Fri 06/08/2004 01:43:29

Okay.. Don't believe the minimum specs. If you have a machine equal to or better than mine, you will be fine running at the lowest possible settings and using the tweaks.

My specs are:

1 Ghz AMD Athlon XP
512 MB SDRAM
GeForce ti4600 128 MB Ram

The game will run rather smoothly with this.. Only slowdowns occur when there are more than 3 enemies in the area. This motivates you to kill them faster

All in all, Doom 3 is quite the awesome game.

AGA · Fri 06/08/2004 08:09:49

It's all about the graphics card. I've got a 3.40GHz P4 processor (oh baby!), but if I didn't have a fairly recent graphics card (a GeForce FX 5200 [which is about equal to LGM's card, I think, since it's a budget model], so only relatively powerful), it would run like shit even on my PC...

Ishmael · Fri 06/08/2004 16:57:15

CJ, ever played BDP? A duke addon, that is... I think it makes the game even greater, as it brings four new episodes to beat time after time on the hardest skill, (arrrgh, I'm stuck, as usual, not fun!) and a new weapon, CD thrower... anyway... what was my point? The goddamn game shoud ship to Finland already so I could compare it with stuff!

rodekill · Fri 06/08/2004 17:15:50

We used to have a real good time setting traps for each other in Duke 3d multiplayer.
Nothing was more satisfying than setting up a Holoduke and watching your opponent run in guns blazing just before you sent a rocket up his ass.
Or hearing the explosion of a well placed laser-mine in the distance.
Haha, good times.

Ishmael · Fri 06/08/2004 17:20:56

Don't awake my desire to break other players with the RPG.......... Man, I'm going to get into the Doom 3 multiplayer thingamamjob, that be the first game I requlary play online then...

earlwood · Fri 06/08/2004 18:01:54

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=12608opic=15503352

Says that if you decompress the .pk4 files (I think they are in the base folder in ID games) and then delete the .pk4 files, it will run alot smoother with lower loading times.

But also, it makes the game about 2x as heavy and you won't be able to play on pure servers.

I played the demo, and I am currently waiting to get paid, so I can buy a new video card and convince my friend to buy it.

rodekill · Fri 06/08/2004 18:42:14

The demo?

earlwood · Fri 06/08/2004 18:50:13

Ok..the Doom 3 Alpha leak... $:-\$ .

Gfunkera · Fri 06/08/2004 19:59:42

I bought the game yesterday, it seems pretty good although with brightness levels all the way up it still is almost too dark to even see and the flashlight realy sux. I played Ultimate Doom all the time but I find this one kinda hard to move about in complete darkness and a lot of flashing lights. Online play only allows 4 people max, but I did see 2 or 3 servers that were 10 and 16 ( I'm not sure how they do this? ) All in all seems pretty good but I would like to see some changes in a future patch

AMD Athlon XP 1600+
Geforce4 Ti 4200 64MB Ram w/ Omega Drivers
512 mb DDR ram

Runs great on my system

JBiker51 · Fri 06/08/2004 20:02:42

Doom 3 is so scary, even the bravest of people wet their pants when playing. And if you ever went to a coward's house that has Doom 3, right next to their computer must be many big puddles....