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there can be only one

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

all i have to say is that this game is the best fps to come out ever. i have been waiting for nearly a year for this to come out and when it did i was not let down just awsome. although it is dark it will not bother you youll be so much into the game. o yea and for all you cheaters out there i found a hugely cool thing if you dont want to play through the game the way youre supposed to go to the system link mode and you dont have to do system link but you can do any level in the game. over all one of my favorite game ever.( my favorites are devil may cry 1 2 and 3, all the resident evils, the dino crisis series, return to castle wolfenstein, and the original metal gear solid)but this is better than most of those

thank you lord for sending us this wonderful game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this is the best game of 2005. the grafics are the best i have ever seen on any console gaming platform. i would even say that it is better than halo 2.

Friggin' Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is unreal. The graphics, sound everything. This game is def. the best game of 2005. I recommend anyone and everyone who has an Xbox to buy this game.

Doom with a View

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What's good about it?
This is simple, old school gaming where you deal out death to the forces of hell with various weapons and even a chainsaw. You can play online with a buddy in co-op mode which is really the only reason you need to buy this. The graphics are absolutely stunning. The surround sound is awesome. You'll hear activity coming from every speaker at almost every second of the game, wheteher it be hissing pipes, computerized tour guide voices, growling monsters or gunfire hitting the wall behind you. And trust me, when you're making your way through the base and all of a sudden you hear this deep laugh that makes your subwoofer rattle and the lights start to go out one by one leaving you in utter darkness, you'll realize that you may be in for more than you can handle. This is a great game to play at night by yourself.

What's bad about it?
The sounds of the weapons themselves are kind of weak. When I blast something with a shotgun, I wanna hear that sonic oomph. The weapons sound really lame for the most part (not bad, they just don't give you that bang that you'd like). Speaking of weapons, it seems to me like some of them are more dangerous to you than they are to your enemies. The grenades have a tendency to come right back to your position for some strange reason, usually if it doesn't hit your target. It's minor but noticeable. The whole idea of not being able to use your flashlight at the same time that you have a weapon equipped. It is really annoying to have to constantly switch back and forth between the light and a gun. Now, I can understand why they did it this way as the darkness in the game plays an important part in the overall effect the developers were trying go for with the game. It actually works better in the online co-op part of the game, as one of the two players usually has to be the one to hold the flashlight for the other half of the team to be able to see where he's shooting at. In the single player campaign though, it is really just annoying. Also, while the online co-op is a blast, the deathmatch portion is a little bland for my tastes. It's really just kill or be killed. It would have been nice to get some objective based gameplay but it could be that we've just been spoiled by Halo 2.

Regular or Collector's Edition, which one do I go with?
Collector's all the way. Forget the G4 icon videos, as most of us already know that id Software were pretty much responsible for the first person shooter genre. The Collector's Edition comes bundled with the original Ultimate Doom and Doom II, both of which you can play with up to four players on split screen (sorry no Xbox Live for the classics) in Deathmatch and Co-Op modes. This alone, with the addition of a nicely designed metal case similar to Halo 2's, makes this a clear cut winner.

Is this the scariest videogame ever?
Certain parts of the game are unsettling, that's for sure. The surround sound coupled with the awesome graphics really make you feel uncomfortable, especially if you're playing at night with the lights down low. The game is really dark (pitch black at some points...) and it really gives you the feeling that something is waiting around the next corner to jump out at you. The whole Hell thing in itself always makes for good atmosphere. The monsters look pretty good and when they're chasing you through the darkness and all you can see is their glowing eyes, it might even make you scream out loud, being that you aren't able to have your flashlight equipped while shooting. As for this being the scariest videogame ever, I'd have to say no. It is creepy as hell but personally, I think both Fatal Frame and its sequel, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, have this game beat hands down in terms of scares. Even the Silent Hill games are creepier than this.

Should you buy this game?
Absolutely. Great graphics, great sound and a good amount of old school style gaming with online capability make this one worth waiting for through all those delays (this was supposed to have been released back in November!).

"Too Dark..Can't See...Need Duck Tape"

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is good, well written, and as you can tell by the gushing reviews, has a fan base that believes that ID can do no wrong. Here is my take:

Loved:
1 Graphics (very good, though half life 2 is better)
2 Story (good story, again Half Life 2 has more engaging story)
3 Online Live! coop play (unique, wish Halo series and Half Life 2 had this), only negative is that areas they drop you when you die are too far away from your partner.

Hated:
1 The over the top darkness; the entire game does not need to be this f'n dark. Would be scarier if they would contrast the dark with lighter scenes.
2 Flashlight. Its been said by many, but it really is a pain. It adds to the fright at first, but after a while becomes just a nuisance.
3 Weapons switching not ideal, but ok.
4 XBox Live play (not campaign) is not that great, actually kind of sucks and limits the repeat playing that Halo has after you finish the campaign.

Thats it, athough I am critical I would rank it as one of the top three first person shooters of the regular XBox (not 360) with Halo (1&2) and Half Life 2 (which is ridiculously good but has too many breaks for loads)

If Your not afriad! The Play it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Great Collection. There are impressing thing and some that are a little disapointing.

Possitve side:Great Grapphics. Nice gun sounds. You get classic games like Doom and Doom 2 (Negative part on this one is no level selection, Final Doom does not appear, and when your playing ultimate doom all the backgroud in Episode 2,3, and 4, are backgrounds from Episode 1) more positive. Co-op player on both classic and Doom 3!
Doom 3 online!
and you get video clips from when Doom appeared on a icons (G4 TV show)

Negative side: Like I said no final doom, Background from Episode 1 Knees deep is shown on all the rest of the background!
No online on the classic doom!
Only 2 cheat codes on doom 3 (Level skip, and God mode)!
And Doom 3 levels has little changes too!

But So on, Still a great game, Play by your self or with others. Serious it's great! GET IT!

Freakin' Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is freakin' awesome! I have never played a Doom game before, and I heard they were cool, and I saw this game, and I thought it was cool, so I preordered it at Gamestop for the $60 out of my wallet. What's that you say? $60? Yes, for the collector's edition which includes a metal case with a slipsleeve just like the Halo 2 Limited Edition, Ultimate Doom and Doom 2 with 4 player co-op and deathmatchs, a concept art gallery, and a G4 t.v episode of Icons about the making of the game! All for a measly $10 more than the regular edition! It is all worth it! The game itself is cool. It is not as scary as everybody says it is, and I know this doesn't have to do with scary, but the chainsaw you can get is one of the best weapons of any FPS! This game is worth every penny.

It feels good to play a complete game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Doom 3 is the 2nd best game to come out this decade. The only reason I say 2nd best is beacuse Halo beats Doom 3 in game pace, as well as group play (X box live,split screen co-op,head to head)and dual wealding of weapons. The atmosphere is rendered almost perfectly, This is the type of game that will satisfy you as far as graphicsand sound. I mean this is just what should be expaected for a game you pay $50.00 -$60.00 bucks on.
This game is more scary than Jason,Feddy and Dennis Rodman smokin crack while whatching Martha Stewart take a dump in her hand. Sorry?! Thats the only thing I can come up with this game is mad scary. If you dont have the balls to play I feel sorry for you doom 3 is a must have for all FPS players.

My experiences in the gates of hell

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I picked up my reserved copy of Doom 3 CE the first day it was available to the public. First person shooters (FPS) are not my favorite genre but the demo version of Doom3 on the PC gave me such a friggin big scare that I felt compelled to do something about it.

Doom3 for the Xbox is a chilling, thrilling, (add your favorite ..ing here) game where the Mature 17+ rating is simply an understatement.

Be prepared to watch flying corpses, limbs and bones. Expect guttural sounds and demonic whispers next to you in pitch-black tight corridors. No need to feel paranoid, there ARE actually monsters all around you.

The game is scary at first when you only carry a wuzzy pistol, a flashlight and the shotgun. Oh, but when you start finding macho weapons such as the plasma gun, rocket launcher, Chaingun, BFG and the big ass chainsaw, the scared turns to startled, then to upset then to piss*d, and you really want to get even.
Too bad for the easily scared is that you can not turn into a cowboy and start running and screaming Jeronimo! If you don't want to come back to a Quicksave every 5 seconds you must explore every nook and cranny for a piece of protective armor, a few shotgun shells or a devilishly hidden PDA with the necessary codes to open the infirmary or an ammo locker. You really have no choice here but to go slowly, carefully and with your tail between your legs.

So you cannot carry a weapon and the flashlight at the same time? Boo-hoo, I'll let you in on a little secret... (whispering) This is a design feature... (/whispering) Don't you think there were a gazillion beta testers who had complained about it first? Don't you guys think that fumbling the flashlight with your weapon adds more to the tension? I think you get the picture. Oh, but don't worry, the flashlight won't help much after finding Hell (if you get there before telling your priest to exorcise the Doom box)

The campaign mode takes about 20-25 hours to complete, which is enough time to either make you pee on your pants or convert you into a KISS member. I played with the default settings, only that I reversed the vertical aim (up is down and viceversa).

So, go buy it.. now!.

And Kids, remember to play under your mama's supervision (as I did) and don't try any of the things you do in the game at home.

Yes, there IS co-op

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: April 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

There is a coop to Doom 3. You have to have a system link. I dont know why they would do this but Im still gonna buy it anyway because of the original dooms and because this game will scare the pee out of you.
-Warning- Dont play when youre home alone at night with the lights off.

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