Doom 3
April 22, 2008
I finally finished Doom 3 after weeks of 10-15 minute playing sessions.
Wow, Doom 3 has got to be one of the creepiest games I’ve ever played. There were times that the game really felt demonic – it went beyond a video game and sent chills down my spine. There were a few times when I couldn’t bring myself to play at night when the woman went to sleep.
The Cyberdemon was a beautiful creation. It was much more intimidating than the one back in the original Doom. Still, one begs to ask, where was that loveable thumping noise that he makes when he’s walking around?
Anyway, the game reminded me a lot of System Shock 2 with the PDA audio logs. Unfortunately it didn’t have the scope and the story of SS2. Most of the game was very linear and simple – find the exit by killing everything and trying to conserve ammo.
The shotgun was yet again the bread and butter weapon but I was very glad that my personal favorite Doom weapon, the plasma rifle, was just as cool and devasting as before.
April 29th, 2008 at 13:02
Au contraire, mon frere, I thought Doom was lacking what System Shock 2 had: intensity and fear. SS2 made me scared of the horrors on the ship and what became of the crew (not to mention the ocassional elevator platform coming down on my head.) Doom’s PDA messages, by contrast, depicted life on the station before the attack. Bored scientists routinely logging their experiments do not make for riveting listening.
I must say, the Hell levels were awesome but unfortunately didn’t last long enough.
April 29th, 2008 at 13:39
Oh definitely. By the way, as you had said, Bioshock is awesome.
May 1st, 2008 at 15:57
I haven’t had a chance to play Bioshock yet! Glad you enjoy it. I will probably like it too. One day.
I got a Wacom tablet. If some weirdness appears on your Facebook Graffiti wall this weekend, don’t be surprised.
May 1st, 2008 at 21:55
Bioshock is wonderful. The setting was created beautifully. The 60′s feel is fantastic as is the atmosphere – creepy.
You can see so many elements of System Shock though – at times I felt like they just took SS2 and just slapped the 60s feel onto it. Well, go with what works I guess.