Which version did you play? I think the horror atmosphere on the PC was pretty awesome. Shadows were ahead of its time for years.

Although I will agree that after 10 levels I would automatically turn around and shoot a double-barrel into the face of the monster materializing behind me when a door slammed down or the light went out. A bit predictable.

Player walks through door.
Door slams shut
Light goes out
Monster comes out of hiding behind player
Rinse&Repeat.

But it was pretty cool all things considered and graphics were awesome.

Kyros said: The horror atmosphere was so-so Which version did you play? I think the horror atmosphere on the PC was pretty awesome. Shadows were ahead of its time for years. Although I will agree that after 10 levels I would automatically turn around and shoot a double-barrel into the face of the monster materializing behind me when a door slammed down or the light went out. A bit predictable. Player walks through door. Door slams shut Light goes out Monster comes out of hiding behind player Rinse&Repeat. But it was pretty cool all things considered and graphics were awesome.

 I played the PC version.

 The game fell into the same trap as every half-baked slasher flick. It mistakes surprise for horror. A real horror movie first establishes an emotional connection between the characters and the viewer and then lets you get scared with them as things get crazier and crazier. This is what made The Exorcist so fucking brilliant. The first time I saw it was in the theatrical re-release a few years back and I don't think I've had a movie experience that intense since. 

 Doom 3 didn't really have any characters worth caring about. Just a bunch of excessively dark environments to make surprising the player stupid easy. The 'surprises' quickly become predictable and lose what little edge they started with. I think I lasted about five hours before moving on to something fun.

thats IMO a bit different for FPS because YOU are the scared character hunted by demons. I will agree that Doom3 got a bit predictable. But the basic premise of sending you in a dark area hunted by dangerous enemies is a sound one.

I do not know which game it was but the most scary game I ever played was one Alien vs. Predator game where you walked around in the dark with your flashlight as main lightsource as a Marine and your life sign sensor would start beeping louder and louder when aliens were near you. Pretty awesome. So I think the basic premise is pretty good. Doom3 just had the problem that they got too predictable and they had no variety. You cannot have the scare you approach for a complete game. After a while it looses its edge.

Lets see if this can get people talking about ID again. They've really sucked in recent years and not enough developers have been using their engines, unlike the quake 3 engine era.

The original Dooms were pretty phenomenal. I never got a chance to play Doom 3. I would definitely like to check it out.

Doom 3 scared the crap out of me. I just don't have it in me for those types of games. That and water levels. Doom 4 should be good though.

Doom 4 announced? Does anybody care? Really? Doom 3 broke my heart... it's too hard to trust them again.

bobobologna said: Just give me a double barrel shotgun, some rock music, and some awesome levels. More Doom 2, less Doom 3 please.

 I agree. I hope they design the game so it can handle hordes of monsters on screen at once and make the gameplay closer to the originals. I don't care if the graphics take a hit.

 

Doom 3 was not that bad. Yes it was not as brilliant as Half Life 1/2 but was not a bad game with some bad things - too dark, too repetive and so on. I like Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil more.

*Highwaystar101 just cummed all over the place at this news*