Lunk August 17, 2004 Share Lunk Member August 17, 2004 So, I was watching D3 being played at BestBuy the other day. IMHO it's to darn dark for me to shell out $60 for it. I guess I'll just wait until it goes on sale before I buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman August 17, 2004 Share Hitman Member August 17, 2004 Well, you do get a flashlight. The darkness is really just so they can "hide" more enemies (hiding spots have been pretty obvious). But so far it's not impressing me too much. It's just been really repetitive... go into the next room, clear it out, be sure to check behind you, pick up more amor/health/ammo, rinse, repeat. I mean, it's not a bad game... just a bit overhyped IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBugs August 17, 2004 Share TheBugs Member August 17, 2004 i just started playing it the other day. It is repetitive but still a somewhat decent game. No way i would have payed 60$ for it, i got it threw other...shall we say... "sources" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrX August 17, 2004 Share mrX GC Alumni August 17, 2004 Don't buy it. Nowhere near the single player that COD was, and it doesn't look like the multiplayer is gonna take off around here, especially with CS:S coming out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magruter August 17, 2004 Share Magruter Member August 17, 2004 Don't buy, hell i'll sell you mine... I'm probably only 1/4 the way through the game and haven't played it in like a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_Me August 17, 2004 Share Mini_Me GC Founder August 17, 2004 course my pc runs it like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage August 17, 2004 Share Guest zerodamage Guests August 17, 2004 Don't buy, hell i'll sell you mine... I'm probably only 1/4 the way through the game and haven't played it in like a week. i went about 3/4 of the way and stopped. not played a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL August 17, 2004 Share dwEEziL Member August 17, 2004 Either of you selling it? And for how much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r August 17, 2004 Share All Kill3r Member August 17, 2004 ill sell mine for $25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL August 17, 2004 Share dwEEziL Member August 17, 2004 Sure, if you still have it after I get back from Vegas I will take you up on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r August 17, 2004 Share All Kill3r Member August 17, 2004 just shoot me a pm, that $25 offer is open to anyone though. I beat it and don't plan on ever installing it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brillow_Head August 17, 2004 Share Brillow_Head Member August 17, 2004 geez, critics unite...I bought FarCry, played 2 hours and then put it back in the box... Doom 3...I play at night with the lights off...and I think its worth every penny. I suppose I don't play it looking for unique gameplay...come on...its a classic FPS done the way they have always been done...repetative yes...so was Doom and Doom II. Bottom line, I'm almost done with the game and I still jump out of my chair when an Imp screams at me, and I still tense up before I enter a fresh room. Still it's good you guys voice your opinions tho...I enjoy reading them...no harm no foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rackish August 17, 2004 Share rackish Member August 17, 2004 I like Far Cry better than Doom 3 sorry to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soul .gc August 18, 2004 Share soul .gc Member August 18, 2004 The game still scares the crap outta me. I am almost done with it and it has been well worth the $50 I spent. I have not had this much fun playing a game in a long time. I thought it was way better than CoD, BF 1942, and Unreal (although UT2004 is online, this is still better). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman August 18, 2004 Share Birdman Member August 18, 2004 I like Far Cry better than Doom 3 sorry to say I would rather be in a paradise gone wrong, then to be in hell. But Doom 3 had a better single player experience. Although FarCry may have better multi player, but that's not saying much for either game's multiplayer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soul .gc August 18, 2004 Share soul .gc Member August 18, 2004 Just finished it. The final guy was easier then I expected. The Guardian of the Soul Cube gave me more problems. Now to figure out what game to try next... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman August 18, 2004 Share Birdman Member August 18, 2004 If you have played FarCry, Joint Ops, and Painkiller then I would take a lil' break and wait for Halflife 2. Call of Duty was good. BF: Vietnam was kinda fun too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r August 18, 2004 Share All Kill3r Member August 18, 2004 bfv has the best multiplayer out imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nubus August 22, 2004 Share Nubus Member August 22, 2004 I really enjoyed COD single player but is was way to short, Left wanting more. Doom 3 I waould say I am prob halfway through it and havent played it for a week or longer. Its pretty kewl and all just dont get that feeling of wanting more of it. FryCry I have never played nor BF. I think the next one I will buy would be the sequal to max pain. That was a pretty kewl single player game. I will defintly buy the new HL since I own every game they have sold, I probably have 5 or 6 HL keys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest unSANE September 13, 2004 Share Guest unSANE Guests September 13, 2004 Above and beyond anything else, D3 is a 'cinematic' experience featuring visial and audio cues from a number of scifi thrillers (alien/s, it, T2) horrorfests (night of the living dead, texas chainsaw massacre, exorcist)and at least one 'war' flick I can think of (Full Metal Jacket) --along with noticible aspects from some of the best games in the past decade (thief(1&2), and...(of course) D1 & D2). The whole 'darkness'/'silly flashlight' issue has an obvious answer>>to add to the atmosphere of tension. IMO they take the last 15 minutes of 'alien'--when Ripley is running through the ship trying to shut off the self destruct mechanism--and try to infuse the entire game with that ambiance. To get the 'full' D3 expereince, though, you need a rig that has relevant components. You need a kick-donkey vcard and surround sound, lots of RAM and a high-end CPU. So...waiting a few years until prices come down might be your best bet. I suspect the case will be the same with HL2, tho... Yeah, the multiplayer (online, atleast) is a joke, but I think the length and the level of detail in the single player make it well worth the price of admission. But, face it nothing beats UT04 for online multiplayer mayhem... Is D3 better than FarCry? as a single player game---only time will tell. It depends on the individual, right? Which game he/she ends out dumping mre of their life into. It is nice to have a wide variety of games to choose from, though. I was getting mighty tierd of the same old ww2 style shooter even before Call of Duty came out (not that CoD doesn't totally kick-butt) PAINKILLER rocks, also... bleh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appalachian_fox September 13, 2004 Share appalachian_fox Member September 13, 2004 Since we're shelling out opinions, I liked FarCry better. I think the graphics engine was more elegant and, coming from a guy with a math degree, I always concern myself with the unimportant and nerdly. Doom 3's interiors looked a little better, I must admit, and the active computer panels were really neat, but for all the hype I didn't think the graphics engine had improved much over FarCry. If I had to buy only one, I would buy FarCry, especially since I played Doom 3 on a friend's computer with much better specs and wasn't impressed with the improvement over my computer running FarCry. However, for what Doom 3 lacked in fancy-pants graphics improvements, the environment makes up for. As the creators write in the manual, "For those who want to experience Doom 3 the way it was meant to, turn off the lights, turn up your speakers, and lock your door." Wow. Perhaps I'm easily spooked by video games, but Doom 3 is by far the best fear-instilling atmosphere I have ever played in. I didn't like hunting Trigens in the forest, but Doom 3 definnitely takes the cake. Yes, a bit repetitive, and yes, way too dark, and as a friend pointed out, "It's the year 2145 and we still can't figure out how to mount a tactical flaslight to any weapon?", but the atmosphere is excellent, in the truest sense of the word. A new level of sweaty palms for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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