Now that I’ve got my rippin’ new machine built, it’s time to get back into game mode…went down to the local Media Play yesterday and picked up
Doom 3 (and was going to purchase HalfLife 2, unfortunately they were out) as well as the Resurrection of Evil expansion pack. As far as graphics/sound goes, all I can say is
wow. Things have changed quite a bit since the Quake/Unreal Tournie days. Even at 1600x1200 @ Ultra High Quality (4x AA) I’m moving along at around 40fps+-. I was playing through my normal 5.1 speakers until around midnight, then due to the fact that I live in an apartment I donned the
headphones (if you’ve got a buck fifty to spare, get a set of those…they are the best headphones out there for the money IMO). Big mistake. On more than one occassion I’m pretty sure I screamed out loud…the sound effects are super creepy and come out of nowhere, the adrenaline was definitely flowing…that’s immersion for you man. As far as the gameplay itself, it’s a little repetitive…bad guy comes at you, shoot said bad guy…wash rinse repeat (it’s a first person shooter, to be expected). The environment/interaction more than makes up for the repetitiveness though. I can also definitely say I like the Resurrection of Evil add-on a whole lot more than the base game, and it’s
much creepier. All in all, if you’re rig has the horsepower to run this sucker, I definitely recommend it.
Posted
May 28 2005, 04:09 PM
by
Jayson Knight