by Dean Lunz

Created on: April 16, 2007   Last Updated: July 31, 2011

First Impressions ...

My feeling as the game loaded for the first time was,... well,... giddy. This was a game that every one was supposed to be drooling over. Not me. I have been playing games since the original Atari 2600 ( see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600 ) and this, as I was expecting was just another first person shooter. I was anxious to get into it but over the years I have become cautious about playing over hyped games. Too many bad experiences, and disappointments. So having said that I think it best to list off my likes and dislikes about doom 3.

What I liked ...

1. Obviously the rendering technology was very nice.

2. Decent storyline. Easy to fallow. Although probably not executed in the best way.

3. Classic doom demons in 3D.

4. Some of the original style texture maps are noticeable in the game.

5. Similar sounding sound effects. Any one who played the previous doom games will recognize these.

6. Imps that climbed along the walls!

7. Your objective is straight forward, and there was only one time when I was lost and could figure out where to go and what to do next.

8. The PDA system is a good idea, and fit nicely into the game.

9. In the later levels virtually every thing is smeared in blood! Blood running down the walls, Bloody corpses littering the floor, bloody/meaty/stitched together tentacles working there way through the levels.

10. In game interactive computer consoles!

What I did not like ...

1. Cheap shots! Like opening a door only to be instantly lunge attacked by am imp. The game is hard enough without cheap shots thank you.

2. "Save and save often" Page 11 of the doom 3 manual. This one I will rant about! Excuse me! "Save and save often"! What is that! I'm sorry but when I am playing a game like Doom 3, or Warcraft 3, or any other game where I have to "Save and save often" that game is not fun! It's cheap, and it means that the game is going to kick your "tushy" repeatedly. I play games to have fun, not to start over and over again, having to wait up to 18 seconds or more for the game to reload the map because I have to load up my last save point. This is the biggest disappointment I have about Doom 3. This game industry need to start stepping up to the plate, and stop feeding us this garbage! Rant over!

3. This is supposed to be the future? Military weapons that don't have built in flashlights! Even todays military have flashlights on there weapons! Switching between the flashlight and your weapon is lame, frustrating, and

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