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Good, but Dark

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The graphics of the game are awesome, but I find myself using the flashlight tool much too often for my liking. If the game was a bit brighter (not by changing your screen settings), the game would be 5 stars!

A step forward for mac gaming

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

While macs have been long haralded as the best computers on the planet (and rightly so) they have been berated for lacking in one category, and that is gaming. While this release constitutes a 6 month latency between PC and Mac ship dates, it represents a huge step forward for the Mac platform. I've plated Doom 3 on a Dual 2.5 with a 6800 and it is no joke, the graphics are amazing and the shadowing is out of this world. If your Mac can run this, you should run; to your mouse and click the add to cart button.

OMG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 30
Date: November 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i logged on to amazon today to see if any new mac games were gonna be released...i was stunned to see 4 of this years biggest games on the relese charts(Doom 3 Starwars: Battlefront Starwars: Republic Commandos and The Sims 2) i cant wait for these titles and i especially cant wait for Doom 3...im still in shock here

Real Requirements

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: March 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Actually, the recommended system requirements (which is really what matters) are:
osx 10.3.8
G5 processor
2 GHZ CPU
512 MB memory (should probably be at least 1 GB)
Radeon 9600 w/ 128 mb of video memory
dvd drive
If you dont meet these specs or near these specs, I agree with the earlier poster, don't give your opinion on this game. Sorry to be such an A**hole. :) but its true.

To be released

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: March 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Doom 3 for mac isn't out yet, it only exists in beta form that isn't public. This shouldn't be reviewed by people who can't play the game because of system specs falling short. Lets keep this game's review section reasonably fair, please.

I plan on buying this game a bit after it comes out when it is readily available, and am expecting nice performance. I have played the beta versions on my friends G5 dp2 1gb ram geforce 6800gt, it is very entertaining. Graphics really push the system but I have a feeling further releases of the Mac OS and patches to Doom 3 Mac will increase performance. I'm looking forward to playing it on my G5dp2 1gb ram X800 XT since I know his operates very nicely.

Spooky Perfection?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

an FPS game with atmosphere? no it can't be....yes...yes it is!

for those of us who like games with a bit more than "RUN RUN KILL KILL" then this is definitely an investment. Plays "fine" on lower specs, though the usual Gamers will spit on you if you admit on playing it on a 64 card. But we'll just keep it a secret from them. :)

I used to be terrified of the NES version of Friday the 13th....
You can imagine how playing Doom3 is for me.

woot

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I don't actually own the mac version of this game but i do own and have beaten the PC version almost 3 times. I have, however, downloaded the new mac demo which runs pretty well on all low at my base line ibook G4 1.25 GHz with 256 mb of ram ati radeon mobility 9200 32 mb Vram. For the majority of the time, i get around 10 fps for the first 5 minutes or so and then it just seems to speed up. Some areas, I actually get about 45 fps which is pretty amazing. So anyways, i bought a 1 gb ram upgrade which, i hope, will allow me to play the game on low at 1024x768 with like 40 fps or so. What might have helped the most is that i downloaded the ATI radeon drivers for the mac version of my 9200
from the ati website. If you want to play this game on high or something, don't even try it becasue not only will you get bad performance, but the program automatically turns on like an ultimate pixel shader needing thing that will make the game look like crap on a 9200. I remember the pistol was all chromed almost like pure silver and the faces were two toned: they were half the light tone and half the dark tone.

in terms of gameplay overall from playing the PC version, the game scares you quite a bit if you play it for the first time for the first couple hours of gameplay and then here and there later on. When i played the mac version, i tried to remember everything but of course i failed and i was still scared a few times. Not the most insane fps but a pretty good game in terms of horror

Light years ahead of the other first person shooters!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I finished playing Doom 3 a couple days ago. All I can say is wow.

Anybody who has anything negative to say about this game, is probably somebody who is allergic to things being perfect, and always finds something bad to say about whatever they're judging.

The main complaint about this game is that theres too much time being spent inside dark hallways, and that people want to fight out on the martian surface. But it's perfect as it is. It works in the storyline. It would be hard for me to believe that somebody actually got bored while fighting inside all those "dark hallways".

I'm playing the game on a Dual 1.25Ghz G4 Tower, ATI Radeon 9000/64mb Vram. I play it on Low Quality/800x600 resolution. It looks great!

If you're looking for a game that takes you for hours upon hours through an intense horrifying cinematic gaming experience, and an interesting storyline, BUY THIS GAME.

One more thing I have to say is...

The ending to this game is so amazing, I would have played through the rest of the game 10 times over, to be able to play the ending once. It's the exact opposite of an anti-climactic game. There is no way anyone would be displeased with the ending. It's SO satistying. It's so perfect. It couldn't have been done differently.

Overall this is by far the best game I have ever played. I enjoy playing Call of Duty, Knights of the Old Republic, Return of the King etc, but no game ever created comes close to Doom 3 in any aspect.

This game is a masterpiece.

Smells like poo, tastes like chicken

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's a very good game with a lot of sneaky surprises and scary death aliens. The concept is very original, and it is a very good product. Plus, when you take the DVD out of the case, you can then use the box to fix a wobbly table.

not a game you want to play on the mac

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: July 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I personally have decided to switch to the Mac from th PC to save space. I got rid of My Pc network and just have an Imac 20" 2.0Ghz, a 1.25 ghz mac mini, and I still keep my homebuilt PC around for when I need it. I have tried playing this game both on the mac mini an the imac G5. First I would like to mention I don't know how people got good performance on the mac mini, or let me refrase that, got this game to work at all on the mac mini ! You cannot play this game on the Mac Mini I tried, there is no way. People who say this game plays well on the mac mini are smoking something. This game does not even play that well on my new G5 2.0ghz imac ! My homebuilt 3.0ghz plays this game about twice as fast as the imac does. I still had my old 1.7ghz celeron processor that I used before I upgraded my pc to 3.0ghz laying around on my desk. So for kicks I decided to put in the 1.7ghz celeron back into my pc. Even with the slower 1.7ghz celeron the pc is about twice as fast as the imac even when it is clocked 300mhz slower ! Both systems have a 128mb video card. The pc has a 128mb Geforce 6600 GT Extreme and the Imac has a 128 mb Radeon 9600. If you plan on getting decent performance out of this game at ultra high resolutions and maximum detail settings I suggest you play this game on a dual G5 power mac.

I am not impressed at all with doom 3. My main purpose of doom 3 like the quake serious is for benchmarking purposes only. I found the game boring, unorigonal, lighting was to dark. I know its suppose to be dark, but come on it shouldn't be to the extent it ruins the game. All this game is about is shooting monsters up. Traveling in a linear fashion from scene to scene. Players kill all the monsters in one rom and then moving on to the next till they all have been destroyed. What a silly game. The only reason this game gets such godly reviews is because the graphics are supposedly the best, however I thought EQ 2 had a lot better graphics just my opinion. So I would recommend this game to anyone who just cares about graphics and little about the actual game.

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