doom3
 

i must just be a baby, but doom3 is an incredibly scary game to play..maybe I should play with the lights off, it's such a friggen dark game...

even the first level makes my skin crawl :rolleyes:

Yeah, its a bit freaky... especialy on the first level when you go back after everything has been released and you go into the bathroom!! look in the mirror... lol.. jumped back..

They defiantly got the creep factor in good with that game.

i used to play doom2 in the dark late at night and scream like a little girl. im sure d3 would leave a load in my pants.

i had a link to some english guy playing d3 with the lights out littlery loosing it, his friend winds up breaking into the run and the guy nearly passes out. to bad the link is dead because its worth watching.

oh man, if i go into the bathroom now, i'm gonna start sweating and anticipating the poop shooting out of my pants.. :frown:

i get incredible goosebumbs when those monsters that throw fireballs at you shreik, they're tough to kill :(

Yup... got it within weeks of release and I don't think I'm even halfway through... I can only play for an hour or so at a time. Too much stress.

One of the things I hated about the game is that no matter how hard you look there is always 1 or 2 monsters/things attacking you from behind. Poping out of walls,floor or ceiling in every room. It just got to repeditive and I turned it off. Another thing can't they put the flashlight on the gun? :rolleyes:

I enjoyed Halflife 2 better even tho the game was shorter in play time the story and the gunplay was great. You also had to think too, I loved all the puzzels they put into the game. I just love sticking guys to the wall with the crossbow and watch them dangle there :cool:

yeah
i like hl2 much more..i bought hl2 the minute it came on sale and was hooked to it for like 3 days...i installed doom3 and quit playing it after about 15 minutes so i could breathe again (last night at 2am)

Doom3
 

I agree with you, except i finished Doom3 before i got HL2. I enjoyed HL2 way much more, more interaction and puzzle solving, action is just as good. Although it's missing the shock factor where there are monster jump out of no where or from the back constantly.

Overall, i think Doom3 is very similar to previous version other than some improvement on more intense and detail graphics. In my opinion, i feel my money is well spent on HL2 more so than Doom3.

I'm an old duke 3d fan still love the game. Use to play death matches on TEN before they went under. Use to hold my own pretty good.

That might be another reason I don't like Doom 3... it doesn't draw you in on every level. The whole run-around-a-mazelike-map-while-searching-for-a-keycard thing is very 1994.

Wish I had a computer good enough to run these new games... :frown:
So for now I'll be satisfied with my Xbox... :cool:

I was just gonna ask something along those lines .. you guys who game a lot, do you prefer playing them on PCs or on consoles or is it very much a "it depends on what game you want to play" type scenario.

I enjoyed both games quite a bit, though HL2 takes the cake for me.

As for me, I enjoy games both on console and on pc. I generally enjoy first person shooters/space simulation type games (ie. decent, freespace, etc.), RTS games on the computer. The whole keyboard+mouse combination makes those types of games a whole lot easier to play. I basically prefer to play games on the computer if it requires precision aiming and such. I find trying to get a perfect shot with a thumb controller like those found on those console controllers is a big pain in the butt.
Racing games, sports, certain 3rd person shooters (ie. mech assault), I usually reserve for gaming consoles.

-Rich

*sigh* I wish my laptop could run stuff like this....anyway, back to my 8-bit Nintendo :mrgreen:

I much prefer PC... in my mind the graphics are better and the keyboard/mouse combo can't be beat. But I've heard good arguments from both sides.

You'd be surprised at how inexpensive a mid-high end computer would cost you. Its quite simple to put it together yourself, or for a few extra bucks get a professional to put it together for you. Take a look at www.memoryexpress.com . It opened up here just recently.... one of the guys there said that one of their main missions is to bring bcom down to their knees... so I say, good for them!

-Rich

Can get a ~2gig system now for under $300... no reason not to these days. There is a perception that computers are expensive... back in the 80s and early 90s when only one in a dozen households had one, they were. But now, they're being pumped out of factories so fast, they're nearly door prizes. Along with Memory Express, there's OEM Express in Calgary and Edmonton and Generic Computer in Vancouver.

I prefer the playability and graphics on a pc WAY more than a console. I was actually shocked at how bad the graphics are on the Xbox Halo2. Really it shouldn't be a surprise though when you consider the harware involved in each. A gaming PC can have a video card alone that costs twice as much as a whole Xbox. Plus, people upgragde their systems twice a year to stay current while a console retains the same hardware until the release of a new console. The one advantage that consoles have is that they command such a large market, they seem to get more attention from developers and there is always an awesome selection of games.
While we're on the subject, does anyone play BF1942/Desert Combat?
Anyone?

- Chad