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Offline Gloriano

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although they say the game is a bit short


I think 24 hours is enough in Doom3
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Halo = Christ, reborn.

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I'm just about certain that's a heresy. :p

Anyway, just saw the D3 trailer. Yeah, reminds me of the Shock series - far more confined (as you said, Turnsky) and dark.
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man I hope the new doom baddies still are alowed to fight each other, that was some of the best fun, just seeing how many you could kill without fireing a single shot,
just stand here that cyberdemon fires his missle, and hit's the goat guy thingy and they'll all fight each other untill there dead.
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exactly, watching those monster fights was one of my favorite parts of the game. :D

 

Offline Setekh

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:lol: I remember the goat guy thingy well. ;) Yeah, if they've taken that feature out of the monster AI, it will be a sad day indeed. :p
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Was quite funny watching them all kill each other :lol:
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Leaked.....

 

Offline Martinus

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[color=66ff00]Yeah I saw it on a certain prominent bittorrent site.

Personally I'll be buying this as soon as it hits the store shelves, I normally try something out before buying but in this case the ratings and the effort has convinced me that it will be hard to go wrong with D3. :yes:
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Originally posted by Turnsky
unlike the shock series. what you can't see, /can/ hurt you. ;)
I see you've forgotten the Invisible Mutants.

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The D1/D2 imps usually came in big bunches but they were really easy since they invariably hit each other accidentally, got mad and killed each other off.
Nope, it's a bit more complicated than that, but suffice to say that Imps don't generally kill each other off.
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Offline Turnsky

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I see you've forgotten the Invisible Mutants.

 

never played shock one.
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Heretic!


and before you ask, i've played shock two..:p

i'm looking forward to Doom3 'cause it'd better be an experience in its own right in other words, some parts should scare the crap outta me.;)
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Offline Stunaep

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Originally posted by Tiara

Seriously Zylon, fill up that void in your cranium. :doubt:

I've played more. UT2004, HALO, etc. And one by one they all proved to be boring after maybe an hour of play. That is not what I'm looking for in a game.

Hell, Voyager: Elite Force is a better game then HALO, UT2004 and probably Doom III combined due to the simple fact that it at least had a story that was mildly intruiging and made you think a little bit.

And I'm not even talking about the gruesomely immature online community of virtually ANY FPS game. :ick:


No-no-no, we're talking about great shooters (not that there's anything wrong with UT2k4, which I'm addicted to, multiplayer only, mind ya, and tacticts, oh boy does it have). SS2, NOLF (the original, not the ok sequel), Undying, the Max Payne series.

You can have a good story and a good FPS. Take SS2, it has a story that rivals FS2, the atmosphere complete with good eerie music that makes the game immersive, and you sure definately can't go around blasting everything that moves. The same with NOLF, MP, Undying, et. al.

And from what I've seen/heard, DIII will be more SS2, less UT2k4
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Well Doom3 had better be up to spec - I just pre-ordered it. Fingers crossed...

 

Offline Zakalwe

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Yeah, Doom 3 seems to borrow a number of elements from System Shock 2, such as the PDAs and audio files you can find.

 

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Also, does anyone here have Thief 3/deadly shadows? Is it good? (I have thief 2 and enjoyed that a lot) I would have already gotten this game but I think it uses the same engine as Deus Ex 2 and my biggest gripe with that game was its horribly unoptimized engine. Was it also simultaneously made for PC and xbox? That is what really killed DX2 in my opinion, although it still had some strong points.

Ace: The D1/D2 imps usually came in big bunches but they were really easy since they invariably hit each other accidentally, got mad and killed each other off.  


Thief 3 is like Deus Ex2 also in the way it was an okay game in it's own right but in way did it build upon (or even match really) the predecessor. The light effects were quite cool, such as guards carrying torches, but the general feel and especially the presentation was real poor. I thought the quasi-religious texts being reduced to loading screen fodder really sucked too.

Quake ("1") was probably the king for getting bad guys to fight one-another, especially hell knights and those weird things that jumped at you (forget their name)
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hey, anyone in the mood to send me a few hundred, for upgrades and whatnot? C'mon, you're all rolling in cash, I know it. Especially the admins. You've been selling member's email addresses to those spam lists, haven't you? Thats why I keep getting junk mail. Don't try to deny it, just get me a Radeon X800 and all will be forgiven ;) ;)

 
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Just picked up Doom 3. It is very much SS2. Very little Doom apart from the weapons and enemies. And from what I can tell so far the story is much improved.

The gameplay itself makes me think the title Half-Life on Mars would make more sense.

 

Offline CP5670

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Thief 3 is like Deus Ex2 also in the way it was an okay game in it's own right but in way did it build upon (or even match really) the predecessor. The light effects were quite cool, such as guards carrying torches, but the general feel and especially the presentation was real poor. I thought the quasi-religious texts being reduced to loading screen fodder really sucked too.


That sucks, it's the same feeling I had with Deus Ex 2. And most of the things wrong with these games can be traced to the concurrent console development. Deus Ex 2 also had great looking per-pixel lighting, but it made the game totally unplayable on most video cards except at 640x480 due to its terrible optimization. If Thief 3 uses the same lighting I better hold off on that game until I get that 6800 GT.

I picked up DX2 for $14 off ebay when it had just come out though, so for that price it was pretty good. I can probably find T3 at the same price there if I wait around a bit.

 

Offline magatsu1

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I played the x-box version which I presume is as good as it would get. Glad I didn't upgrade my pc as I had planned to at the start of the year
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