ConGregation August 25, 2004 Share ConGregation Member August 25, 2004 http://www.quartertothree.com/inhouse/columns/86/ Description One of our writers, Tom Chick, tells of his account with a friend named Trevor, who waited for six hours before the midnight selling of Doom 3 at a local Best Buy. I found it to be a great reading, citing Tom's style and fluid pace making it an enjoyable multi-page read. I could tell by the tone of his voice he'd lost some of his enthusiasm. It might have just been because he was stuck. But he was trying to buck up. He'd just spent sixty bucks, a few weeks of being really excited, and six hours of standing in line at Best Buy. It's only natural to try to deny that it might not have been worth it until you're absolutely sure. And if it wasn't worth it, better to put off that realization as long as possible. Sometimes you can fool yourself into having fun if you don't think too hard. [...] "Okay, maybe it's a good game. But just barely. I could think of ten other PC games this year that are way better than Doom 3. It's overlong, repetitive, derivative, uninspired. It's full of trucking monster closets, for Christ's sake. Monster closets! There's a monster just sitting in a closet that won't open until you walk past it. What's up with that?" "Okay, this is more your jaded gamer crap. You didn't even like Far Cry." "At least it's better than Doom 3." "Far Cry is better than Doom 3?" "Hell, I'd say Max Payne 2 is better than Doom 3. At least it's got some personality, some variety. It's got a spark of life that's completely missing in Doom 3." [...] He calls back in the morning, while I'm making coffee. "Hey, are you up? I left you a message. I have a question. How do you pronounce where you keep, like, weapons?" "What?" "What do you call it, where you keep weapons?" "An arsenal?" "No, no, like a place you'd store them?" "What, a gun cabinet?" "No, no." "Is this about a Doom 3? Do you mean those lockers?" "Yeah, but there's a word I want to know how you pronounce. You corrected me once in front of all the guys at Shoot Club." "I have no idea what you're talking about." "Do you say 'cash' or 'cash-ay'?" "Oh, you mean cache. It's pronounced 'cash'. Cachet is like reputation or credibility." This was on firingsquad.com **Warning** There are some bad words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrX August 25, 2004 Share mrX GC Alumni August 25, 2004 I liked the truths in that, good find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXile August 26, 2004 Share eXile Member August 26, 2004 sadly that pretty much sums up how i feel about the game. i would take my 60 bucks back for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiralstairs August 30, 2004 Share spiralstairs Member August 30, 2004 You are right, MR. X I never though I would find some honest to god TRUTH in a game review. I bet that article would probably hit close to home for a lot of the people who couldnt wait for DOOm 3 (not me... hehe...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk August 31, 2004 Share Lunk Member August 31, 2004 Glad I didn't buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PDO September 2, 2004 Share Guest PDO Guests September 2, 2004 Glad I didn't buy it. Ditto. I felt like that after playing at a LAN for a while.. would've been a huge waste of money. Poor fanboys . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXile September 2, 2004 Share eXile Member September 2, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiralstairs September 4, 2004 Share spiralstairs Member September 4, 2004 Hmmm. Well, I bought this game today...Just wanted to test out my new computer with it. I didnt go into it with high expectations like most did, and I was pleasantly surprised. For about 20 minutes. All that darkness started to get on my nerves (I know, I know, its the point of the game). The whole, walk into a room with your flashlight out, get hit from somewhere you cant see, scan around with yer flashlight, get out yer gun and kill em thing started to get old. Even with the AMAZING graphics (although I wish bodies didn't disappear... you never get to see the enormous amount of work that went into the models!) it shows that in the end gameplay trumps all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_Zen November 24, 2004 Share JM_Zen Member November 24, 2004 Man, am I the only one who absolutely loved DOOM3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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