Doom 3 delayed

ZappaFan · Post by **ZappaFan** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 12:34 pm

Supposed to be today, but Best Buy said it got delayed until Wednesday. Whats up wit dat?

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 12:49 pm

lol

it's woth the wait, I was up till 1am playing this morning.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:05 pm

If they got it today, they can't sell it till the fourth(third?), or they get fined.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:16 pm

I'll be getting it Wednesday. But I'm playing it now.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:21 pm

It wasn't supposed to be today. All of id's stuff says tomorrow. Although previously it was the 4th, so as far as I know it's gotten pushed up a day.

But the local gamestop is probably going to be handing out preorders tonight.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:01 pm

It's a shame today is a Provincial holiday. I'll hopefully get my copy tomorrow at lunch.

Doom 3 is WELL worth it.

[AuDiO] · Post by **[AuDiO]** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:33 pm

you guys going to start a descent doom 3 group? i'm pretty sure i'll be getting it friday or saturday after i get paid.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:08 pm

I'm going to wait and see what you guys say about it.

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:43 pm

Bestbuy doesnt get there truck shipments in till tusday night.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:57 pm

Sage:

only one thing to say about the game:

"OMFG!"

Nightshade · Post by **Nightshade** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 4:05 pm

Is it true that multiplayer is limited to just 4 people in one game?

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 4:27 pm

Yes, for now it's 4 player due to the extreme lighting and shadow effects.

But like stress said, OMFGÂ³

This game ROCKS. The effects are awesome. I mean, sorry, no spoilers here. YOu'll have to get the game to experience it.

And the graphic quality is superb. What you saw in the videos is what we are playing. I'm running it at 1024x768 full but without AA and it looks gorgeous.

I'll wait till I get my legit copy to try multi but I'm sure it will rock also.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:24 pm

CDN_Merlin wrote:Yes, for now it's 4 player due to the extreme lighting and shadow effects.

Well I think it's more because the amount of detail to process per-poly hit detection is very bandwith and CPU intensive, but yea, only 4 people in deathmatch, team deathmatch, or tourney mode (whatever that means).

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:05 pm

Tetrad wrote:
CDN_Merlin wrote:Yes, for now it's 4 player due to the extreme lighting and shadow effects.
Well I think it's more because the amount of detail to process per-poly hit detection is very bandwith and CPU intensive, but yea, only 4 people in deathmatch, team deathmatch, or tourney mode (whatever that means).

exactly why i wont purchase it. i will not shell out 50 bucks for bad multi, multi is all i look for in a game

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:05 pm

HL2.

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:39 pm

yup, i was buying one or the other. when i heard doom3's multi had a 4 player limit it sealed the deal.

KtheC' · Post by **KtheC'** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:51 am

I left for work this morning at 6:00 am and found a copy of Doom-3 attached to my car door handle.
My brother in-law who was working the late 3-11 stopped by Best Buys and picked copies of for me and him.
They must be open special hours just to sell this game.
Now I need to find a way to get out of work early so I can go home and play!!!!!!!!!

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:57 am

Kur, even John Carmack said he wouldn't be surprised to see the first MOD being one enabling 8 player multi for lan.

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:02 am

8 player is better, but still too weak for 50 bucks. when it drops to 19.99 i might pick it up and give it a shot for the fun of trying it online, but i dig team oriented games and doom3 just isn't designed to be one.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:23 am

Eh, I think that the unadulterated game is worth $30, if you like singleplayer and multiplayer. If you're an SP-only kind of person (or don't have broadband) then yeah, it's worth $50. Otherwise, I'm sticking with HL2.

IsAB · Post by **IsAB** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:39 am

I've never bought a legit game in my life (except for a copy of D3 for linux), and i seriously doubt i will be able to play Doom3 on my current configuration (Athlon xp2000+ , Radeon 9600pro), but this is Doom3 we're talking about sequel to Doom and Doom2, its like Descent4 coming out in 10 years from now supporting only 4 ppl multi, who wouldnt get it?

KtheC' · Post by **KtheC'** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:07 am

I haven't been able to play it yet, but from what I heard it isn't a "put in a quarter and kill" game.
There are tasks and puzzles to figure as well.
Not at all like Doom 1 & 2

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:32 am

Isab, Doom 3 will run on a P4 1.4, 256 Ram, and a Geforce 4 MX. It's made to run well on lower systems.

[DWL]Punk · Post by **[DWL]Punk** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:33 am

you guys need to understand something, the server utility that will either be shipped with the game, or as a seperate download, will infact have options enabling more then just 4 players. this was revealed in a gamespy interview with carmack.

by defult, the server supports only 4 players, but he says that can be easily changed to 16-32.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:46 am

gdamn game... I swear it's gonna give me a heart attack... intense!

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:12 am

IsAB wrote:..but this is Doom3 we're talking about sequel to Doom and Doom2, its like Descent4 coming out in 10 years from now supporting only 4 ppl multi, who wouldnt get it?

Not exactly true -- D4 would have a 15-31 player limit

And I'm expecting mods & enhancements for Doom 3 showing up quickly.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:17 am

Well, I've got to wait till Wednesday to pick up mine. Talk about stupid. I mean, it doens't take an extra day to ship it to us.

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:25 am

i played about 2 hours of it this morning. lights out, headphones up, gamma low. good game, making me reconsider buying. i hope they do something good to the multiplayer in a patch or something, becuase this game plays alot better than i expected a doom to play.

Vander · Post by **Vander** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:27 pm

need....

more....

bandwidth....

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:51 pm

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:51 pm

Does it play like Unreal 2 and Quake or does it play more like Halo? Can you punch guys in this one? I don't buy games for pretty pictures. I want more things to do

Cause point, shoot kill.... die... point, shoot, kill.... die play gets pretty old. That's why I love Halo. You can at least drive vehicles, punch guys, and you have to figure out what gun is best for what purpose.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:09 pm

yes, it has super turkey punch video games too

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:57 pm

Picked it up at Best Buy today, so far, its been pretty awesome. Other than the graphics, theres nothing really new gameplay wise except the ability to interface with terminals in the level, which is rather neat. Haven't tried multiplayer yet, but it should be good old-fashioned fun.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:16 pm

Apparently there's a config option to change the texture cache size... it's set at 32MB by default but by making it bigger (say 256 or so) the game gets a massive speed increase. See this PlanetDoom forum thread for more.

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:48 pm

yeah messenger, you can box those pesky spawns of satan. you can even go NYPD on those b1tches and bust them in the skull with your maglite

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:32 am

Hey, as long as I can scream like a little girl and punch my enemies in the head I'm there!

ZappaFan · Post by **ZappaFan** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:25 pm

Picked it up from Best Buy today on my lunch. The clerk says, "oh we had it on the shelf yesterday!" ARG!! Monday they told me it would be Wednesday.

whuppinboy · Post by **whuppinboy** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:48 pm

heh, i went to Circuit City today and the clerk told me it wasn't going to ship until 8/13. i laughed and walked out, drove across the street to Best Buy and lo and behold a big ass doom3 standee with about 60 copies in stock

i will be up late tonight.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 4:49 pm

Picked up my copy today and I broke down and bought the Strategy Guide also.

Feels good to be legit.

ZappaFan · Post by **ZappaFan** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:29 pm

Played for a few hours tonight, pretty cool. Great atmosphere and the graphics are fabulous as everybody is saying.

I'm not going to be getting a lot of sleep in the foreseeable future.