More Doom 3 Opinions

[Guest Ronin]

I think one of the most important things id has to consider is what are the key elements that made Doom DOOM? That may sound stupidly obvious, but I'll tell you, after playing fps for as long as they've been out, very very few games (actually none), can match the sheer visceral frenzy that Doom generated. How many of us can forget walking along a hallway, only to hear the sound of a door opening & shriek like a little girl as the room suddenly filled with snarling & drool? One of Doom's biggest strengths was it's ability to keep you from resting! There was very rarely time to plan, only to react. The sheer strength & number of monsters & the speed with which they could strike kept you constantly on edge. I know one of the reasons today's games have not been able to match that is the processing power that would be required to make that many 3d creatures. Perhaps that will change once 2ghz processors are the norm, but I think id could save themselves quite a bit of development time by coming up with a variation on the tried & true sprite-based creature. Either way, no matter how it goes, I look forward to having scores of large pink "piggies" howling for my hide, & fleeing in absolute panic. :)

[Guest Anonymous User]

Tom Hall works at ION Storm. American McGee works at Ritual. John Romero was basically just a level designer, so I'm sure the team don't need him to make a new game, especially considering that they've already made Q2 and Q3 without him, and also considering that Daikatana is, in most people's opinion, rather crap. Return to Wolfenstein is way past the "planning" stage.

[Guest Anonymous User]

the problem is that people like Doom for different reasons and the original came closet to pleasing all of the people. Any change from that would no doubt inflame some of the hotheaded people around here. I Personally think that no matter what happens there is bound to be some group who doesn't like it. The reason being is what you think makes Doom great is not what someelse thinks makes Doom great. Thats why even writting something into a doom port that was not considered doom-like would cause an argument.

[Guest Anonymous User]

i think that whoever thinks DooM 3 is a bad idea,well there dumba$$e$(no offense 2 all the dumba$$e$).now that is off my chest im just glad 2 see that id software is goin back 2 the originals. I can only hope that in a couple years they remake quake 1 and then the rest of the quake trilogy.I mean DooM wuz a kick a$$ game So it only makes sense that if it has better graphics, mo weapons and kick a$$ badguys, i mean the real bad a$$e$ how could it fail.Lets face it DooM will always be DooM so long it is made by id software. They have neva let us down b4 and i doubt they ever will I mean if u dont bleive me lets look in the past shall we wolfenstein: a kick ass game i still play that nazi killen bad mutha bitch. next DooM:do i honestly need 2 say anything. next the heretic and hexen 1 & 2: all amazin medevil sons o bitches, probally the best medeival fps's out there. next quake 1: almost a newer versian of DooM only not quite so satanic but still satanic enough 2 b an id software game there first truly 3d class. next quake 2 another true classic i loved the way the enemies took damage and the story wuz great all of the levels well explained u never have 2 ask why u r where u r and how u got there .like i said another true classic. and finally quake 3 arena: amazing the best graphics iv ever seen, amazin weopons with amazing levels and charecters and they BROUGHT BACK THE CLASSICS LIKE DOOM. ya see in the end no matter how far u run itl always come back 2 DooM!!!! and it will kick serius ass my friend like i stated erlier id never let me down b4 and and i dought they ever will. well im tired and b4 i 4get what im typin about i better leave

[Guest Anonymous User]

just my 5 cent... I am going to be disapointed however they make this game, even if it becomes a good game it can not live up to its namesake. i have heard tonns of great ideas on the other posts and i really liked the SWIRCH NAME idea, and the PURE DOOM TC idea! i also think it was RONIN that mantioned about some of the things people loved in DOOM, and i agree with all of my heart! not to mention the perfet balance in the qeapons,the maps in singleplayer was genious, even without the AI systems today's games can boost DOOM managed to make maps that you never was bored you allways was on the edge, and per today after 5 or 6 years intence playing of DOOM1 episode 1 i STILL jumps whenever i meet a IMP out of it place. just to mention the IMP on the top of the room in the second level episode 1 DOOM1, if you take the backpack first it sometimes go down and start hunting, and i allways jumps. that is among the things that makes me love the game, so why must they ruin it with a sequel ? -Raptor (EL)

[Guest Anonymous User]

What does Geoff mean "faceless"? Doesn't anybody look at the little face pic on the status bar at the bottom of the screen?

[Guest Nowotny]

I think the greatest contributer to DooM's longevity has been the fact of how easy it is to make add-ons for DooM. Let's face it, most of us mainly play DooM (since it's release) with PWADs. It's what keeps the game interesting! It would get boaring to play the original levels over & over again. (Although I still play "Knee deep in the dead" for old times sake. -Best with fast monsters!) I just hope that DooM 3 will be easy to edit so that we can make 1000's of PWADs (or their equivelent) to keep the game interesting!