Doom 3 looks amazing in 2024

20 years ago, probably one of the best action horror shooters to date released. It fell short to people's expectations of what they knew from prior doom games. However, Doom 3 was a technological feat like many games of it's time, that pushed the boundaries of what we experience to this day. Doom 3 is an underrated, narratively driven, nightmare fueled, atmospheric shooter that makes use of lighting and sound to fill the player with dread. It deserves a proper remake like Dead Space 2023. In the meantime, here is my attempt at a visual overhaul. This game holds up so well with it's lighting, that even in 2024 I only used 4 mods. Please enjoy!
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PC SPECS:
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Recorded with OBS Studio
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[@MasteroChieftan]

This game doesn't HAVE atmosphere, this game IS atmosphere.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@MasteroChieftan big fax! 📠📠

[@JeriDro]

For those of you who were too young or don't know, this game was really ahead of it's time and influenced a lot of games.

[@HeavyMetalMayhem]

It had a great start, but it was so damn long and repetitive and boring.

[@JeriDro]

@@HeavyMetalMayhem I'll be honest with you I did lose interest after the beginning and didn't finish as well but I do that a lot with games. Yea Doom 3 isn't my favorite but I do respect the fact it was one of the scariest games for it's time and graphicly superior to many of those games at that time.

[@Wahinies]

Pretty much all of Carmacks works laid the groundwork for what followed

[@charlissedelapena5167]

@@HeavyMetalMayhem DOOM 3 is highly Replayable and never get tired of it. It might be the blacksheep in the series, but the hell levels and demon design in this game is absolutely amazing, unique and yet terrifying, better than the unrealistic DOOM RPG-type ones though. Year 2004 of gaming was ahead of its time. Just sharing my thoughts.

[@honovy4393]

@@charlissedelapena5167 Absolutely, every few years I have to do another replay. One thing I absolutely love about Doom 3 is how the enemies are given some serious weight to them. A lot of other games the enemies are flying all over the screen like weightless confetti. Something the newer Dooms are also guilty of.

[@deathandtaxes8949]

Unpopular opinion, but Doom 3 is still my favorite of the franchise. Great horror shooter.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Same man. I love the other dooms, but as a horror game doom 3 holds an unshakeable rank in my lists.

[@karstux]

Same here. Of course in terms of gameplay and aesthetic, Doom 3 was totally the outlier - the slower pacing, the more intense storytelling, the atmospheric horror - all mostly absent from the other titles in the series. Still, I wish that was the direction the franchise had gone from there on. A masterpiece to be sure!

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@karstuxwell said and very agreeable. They had alot going here for a 2004 title. Doom before this had such limited tech to really even have established the kind of storyline it has here. I think it didn't get a chance to see what all it could be cause everyone just expected it to be a fast paced shoot em up after the og. I love this direction, and it would have been so cool to see it further developed. I hope we at least get a remake for this if nothing else

[@rpersen]

Doom 3 IS the best. Every few year I have to play through it.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@rpersen same for me every year at some point. Usually around Halloween!

[@jimmythompson2755]

Doom 3 is by far my favorite. The new ones are cool as fuck, dont get me wrong, but doom 3...... Its just special.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

I couldn't agree more! Love all the dooms, but they did something with doom 3 that is special to me and that I rarely find in other games.

[@filipbartas576]

I totally agree

[@astanarcho8651]

it's an ageless classic.

[@keithblackburn1069]

I agree but there is a legion of doom fanatics that claim doom 3 was a disaster. It’s my favorite also

[@ardour1587]

​​​@@keithblackburn1069its just boring and lame. And after Half-Life 2 it was allmost impossible for me to play d3. Also I dont get sweaty while plaing D3 and Doom Eternal really makes me learn some mechanics and gives me apportunity to master gunplay and movement. Eternal just kick me in my guts while d3 is a sleepy walk

[@chopshops]

This game holds a special place in my heart dude

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Me too man. Literally get an itch for it every year. I really hope it gets a proper remake one day

[@ps4games164]

​@@cyclopticwonder5 I've played it so much i know every inch. Same as you I've played with mods.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@ps4games164 always a pleasure meeting like minded people! I love this game and always desire for it to get more love. Such an underrated classic

[@lovelyone897]

Mine too brother 😌😙

[@leroyvega65]

@@cyclopticwonder5 concur absolutely!

[@RichterBelmont2235]

What made Doom 3 graphics so iconic wasn't just the realtime shadow and lighting (which are a very big deal at that time) but also the art direction. Just look at the techno-organic theme on the architecture and marine's armor. you can see alot of thoughts have been put into it. Or better yet, look at how they made those fleshy growth/hell corruption in D3 then compared them to D2016 and Eternal version. Every Doom3 models are so visceral, they make those in new Dooms looks cartoony in comparison.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

I 100% agree I love doom eternal, but definitely doesn't feel scary nor was it what they were going for. I've longed for another game that gave me the anxiety of doom 3 when it first released. This game was crazy! As you said, the techno mechanic look of everything especially the level design is so, so good. I mean to this day I marvel at the look fo these scifi corridors, all the tunes, machinery and depth they put into every map, claustrophobic, but yet really busy immersive environment that to this day I haven't seen much again from. I feel like the closest thing was Dead space in look and feel along with amazing art direction and interior level design

[@FACF0416]

I'm sure ID Software's today developers, 3D animators, programmers, art directors, story writers, designers lack inspiration and true passion for DOOM. They are the just for the fucking money, not for ART.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@FACF0416 it could be that is the case, but I also think it's more so how business focused games have become. Alot of times they got deadlines breathing over their necks by their publishers and not enough passion over all. These publishers want them to create games that make money, not games that they want to make. I think this is why so many games now a days feels kind of the same. It's truly sad. That's not to say there's not good games, but just alot of passion is not there

[@SnakeEngine]

New Doom is cartoony on purpose so that children can play it. Bad news for adults though.

[@RichterBelmont2235]

@@SnakeEngine The cartoony aspect also extended to the writings unfortunately. From a genuine good man making a stand against evil to a walking meme.

[@Varil92]

Doom 3 is one of scariest game I've ever played. I remember I was a kid at the time and I was really petrified by the anxiety of moving through those dark corridors, with all those ominous mechanical sounds, blood everywhere, satanic symbols and screams in the radio messages. Really a demonic atmosphere. Sure, it's not a real Doom, meaning it's not a fast-paced fps, but the horror vibes and graphics were out of this world.

[@pistool1]

Sound design and the use of light & shadow really makes this look good even in 2024. Still playable 20 years later :-)

[@urracojalpa4481]

Actually. Doom 1 and 2 were horror masterpieces as well, but you had to be there when they came out. Today they look too primitive in order to be really scary.

[@RogerEssigArtist]

@@pistool1 I play it in VR on my Quest 3 in a grass field during the daytime. It's mind-blowing to physically walk through an entire level, unimpeded. You can trick your body to believe it's actually there on Mars.

[@Hermit2033]

Doom 3 was scary but Alien isolation topped it for me.

[@jamesb1988]

If you loved Doom 3 as much as I do, then Dead Space will be right up your alley. I recommend playing the OG version (2008) prior to the remake (2023), you'll appreciate the remake that much more, but the OG has the best atmosphere of all the DS games.

[@SliceyMcHackHack]

Doom 3 will always be one of my favorites. That dark action horror like F.E.A.R. had a great pace and feel to it.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Oh I agree. It is for me too! F.E.A.R was phenomenal too I remember the anxiety that caused lol! What I love is how they use light and force the player to use light in Doom. We need more like Doom and F.E.A.R

[@ps4games164]

To compare FEAR with Doom 3 is blasphemy!

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@ps4games164 their definitely very different experiences, but you got to appreciate what they both managed to capture with their own atmospheres. FEAR definitely had moments I'd recall to how I felt with doom 3

[@mikew1080]

​​@cyclopticwonder5 funny that this video winds up on my feed the day I start to replay both Doom 3 and Fear. Can't say anything bad about the D3HDP mod. It was more than enough for me alone.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@mikew1080 lol the algorithms know that they are doing!

[@TheGoodestDave]

What still blows my mind is Doom 2 happened in 1994 and Doom 3 in 2004. So the incredible explosion in graphical fidelity and home computing power that took us from games looking like Doom 2 to games looking like Doom 3 all happened in just ten years. I often think about the incredible technological progress between Doom 2 and 3 only taking ten years in the same way people think about how wild it is that we went from inventing powered flight to landing on the moon in just 60 years

[@moardargons8160]

Go back another decade and all 3D games used wireframe graphics: Battlezone (1980), Red Baron (1981), Star Wars (1983), Elite (1984), Empire Strikes Back (1985).

[@SloopJohnB91]

just look at Doom 2 to Half life 1 in 4 years. HUGE change. And then to both sequals in 2004. Insane. As someone born in 1991, seeing the advancements in video games has been one of the coolest parts of living in this time.

[@brudel001]

Well first of all what is pretty amazing is how well the graphics hold up despite being 20 year old game. In some sense I feel bad that D3 got so much shit back in the day by not being just a mindless shooter where you just run through the rooms mowing down dozens of enemies. It had exploring, reading recordings of the workers, collecting passcodes for doors and lockers etc. I actually liked it because it took the approach of "okay, but serously this is what happened" and it gave a actual story and exploring and sort of a horror game vibe. But yeah as far as tehnology has gone those born in 80's or at the start of the 90's have seen insane progress within just couple of years wether its PC or console gaming. Nowday it has gotten so good that its really hard to expect any significant progress over like 5-10 year allthough the upcoming UE engine looks really awesome. What bothers me the most for some years now is the fact that the visuals keep improving but what I miss the most is how your actions should affect the enviroment. I mean the characters may look allmost movie like CGI but then you toss a greande on the table next to a computer and after the explosion the computer has just a temporary ash smudge on - I mean come on.

[@SloopJohnB91]

@@brudel001 i hear you.Most games felt so static after playing HL2 or any source engine game where physics were so integrated into the world. It was such a huge step forward. Even Oblivion in 2006 had good physics. If you were a PC gamer from 2000-2015 however, the rate at which computer tech became outdated was very tough on the wallet!

[@mvmnt.]

Quake. Why isn't Quake in the conversation here?

[@Subzeranea]

I'm playing it now and it's terrifying. every corner you turn makes your heart skip a beat. I'm scared as hell in this game. the music and lights create a truly demonic atmosphere. for me this is real doom, I love it

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Same here. It took me years to not be bothered by the creepiness and the tight corridors. Like man I had to hype myself up everytime I saw the pinky demon. Thing used to creep me the f out 😂 only other game that has come close in my opinion I'd deadspace and it's remake

[@Vilfy]

Playin the marine in both AvP games was like that, even when you got the smartgun the scary factor didn't end. Actually got worse with the starting to track targets all crazy and you not having any clue what and how many hostiles there are.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@Vilfy this is what makes it so good! Alot of horror games lose their edge when they give the player a means to defend themselves, but doom 3, avp, and dead space really hold their own with that regard. It's the atmosphere, the lighting all just comes together. Man when you are in the darkness and the only lighting is the muzzleflash of your gun there's something about that!

[@b1thearchitect401]

The art design & lighting of mid 2000's shooters like DOOM 3, Half Life 2, FEAR, Quake 4, Bioshock (Whole series) & The OG Prey, to my eyes still look incredible in high resolutions on modern displays. Especially on an OLED with inky blacks and perfect motion rendering, these games look fucking amazing. Mood, atmosphere and art design is king for making a game age well!

[@darkmatter1152]

Especially Black

[@cashisking4691]

Dude for sure. Halo 2 was also on another level with its lighting back in the day.

[@661gamer9]

I just replayed doom3 and im amazed how they have perfect reflections in the mirror with out ray tracing and so much details with listening to tormented souls asking for help

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Dude the sound design in this game is immaculate. They really make you focus on everything there is to hear in the environment it feels so intense! I wonder if for the reflections, they did what half life 1 did which was they just duplicate everything in the mirror but flip it so that it looks like a reflection. I can't think of another way they got such perfect reflections for the time!

[@JustinLesamiz]

Lots of games had reflections without ray tracing. It's just a mirror image of the entire room being rendered again.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@JustinLesamiz half life 1 is a perfect example of this!

[@chrisrichfield8906]

​@@cyclopticwonder5one of my favorite examples is mgs2, when the floor is wet, they mirror the level underneath so the wet floor looks reflective.

[@miguelm.a7462]

Can be two things a camera, that is the glass, you just can't do it with reflections, or a cubemap and just rasterized the character with planar reflections, but in rasterized game the reflection can be very good just with a cubemap but not realtime

[@slyfrailzz]

I’m a turbo turkey puncher, I always thought that the message you got was insanely funny. You cool off Martian zombies and in the end of everything. Your record still holds and your tour of death ends in like three days community service followed by the next horror.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Lol I loved that game too 😂 I remember spending an unreasonable amount of time on it in the cafeteria area

[@blargblarghonk]

Super turbo turkey puncher.... 3!!!

[@MuffinMan0521]

It was really neat how the computer screens were actually sharp, rather than a blurry mess like in literally every other game.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Dude and the interactivity with them!

[@TheVanillatech]

If you play on the highest texture settings and in a high resolution (1600x1200), and you stand behind the initial marine who books you in at reception, you can see the words he types on his screen, something like .... "Just booked in a new recruit and this guy is a wierdo. He's standing over my shoulder watching everything I type. I hate my job....".

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@TheVanillatech that's insane lol I never noticed wtf 😂

[@dononeeye9912]

The lighting in this game is ORGASMIC!

[@enermaxstephens1051]

you virgin

[@TheTrveMothlord]

I know its almost impossible for Id to break away from the way Doom is now known in the mainstream... but I wish they'd at least try a horror shooter again even if it's a new franchise or spin off.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Exactly! I feel like it would do so well! Aside from doom 3, I don't think they have a true action horror game. By today's standards, it would he interesting what they could come up with to stand against big ones like dead space

[@sockysol9599]

they could if they use a "normal" human soldier like in halo 3 odst, buff the enemies and add some survival mechanics like health kits

[@ashtralplane777]

Doom 4??

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@ashtralplane777 if I could get some talented people to help, I'd love to make a remake on unreal

[@ashtralplane777]

@@cyclopticwonder5 I think Id should make a Doom 4 at some point. Maybe a few years after the 2016 trilogy is over. It could be a direct sequel to Doom 3 or just a different game that retains the gameplay and horror aspect of Doom 3.

[@mr.explorer5460]

I like how the developers made the interaction with the environment (the interface on 3:35). 20 years later, the developers of Star Citizen: "we will have a revolutionary system of interaction with the environment....."

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Same always loved how the doors and stuff would let you interact with the keycsrd interface and stuff. It was very immersive.

[@royalecrafts6252]

I thought the same when watching star citizen haha, like dude this shit was on doom 3 20 years ago

[@TheVanillatech]

Star Citizen? I seem to remember that coming in 2013! XD Maybe after another $500m, the developers will buy another island in the pacific ... I MEAN, maybe they'll finish the game! XD

[@kainvonakenbak7966]

The ambience was so dark, so different from the other doom games and I enjoyed it so much, the weapon animation were so cool ❤

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Yeah man this game knew what it was doing! I also love the level design

[@rl2905]

This game scared the crap out of me when it came out...

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Same it legit took me a few years to get the courage to finish it 💀 idk why I'd always get creeper out by the pinky demon scene as a kid. I couldn't handle how big bulky and fast it was in the tight cramped hall ways. It would freak me out everytime especially just a big mouth with no eyes 😵‍💫

[@OrnelloLiborio]

Why? because you couldn't run it on your PC I guess...!?!? it was too heavy, or am I wrong?

[@kitpalencar5165]

Doom 3 was the first game I just installed on my retro rig. 3x 8800gtx in SLI runs this game so good. Even installed it off of CDs LOL.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Duuude thats legit! I still have my original copy from Xbox! And even a demo cd from the movie lol. I remember being so stoked when I saw the trailer and eagerly waiting for release

[@leroyvega65]

brother i still own my cds/pc mini retail boxes, i have them in plastic in mint condition LOL

[@kayeplaguedoc9054]

Doom 3 looks good every year, it has aged beautifully. The per pixel lighting can look rough on characters sometimes cause of how low-poly they are (Doom 3's models are actually pretty low-poly even for the time, but they use fancy tricks to look more like their high poly source) but on the actual environment lighting still looks soft, rich and beautiful.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Well said and I couldn't agree more. What we are missing these days is a high poly models mod that adds in high grade models in in a similar way that the doom 3 hd textures pack absolutely made doom 3 pop even that much more

[@jamesb1988]

@kayeplaguedoc9054 As gorgeous as the majority of Doom 3 is, making so many of the NPCs bald was a poor choice... their jagged conehead points is always unsettling to see lol.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@jamesb1988 fr 😂😂

[@andreasoberg2021]

@@jamesb1988I used to work with the render programmer that solved the issue with the lines on their head. Something with the normal maps being mirrores a certain way.

[@awanderingdogeonyoutube]

of course this looks better than most vr games nowadays

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Do yall want to see more Doom 3 like this? Let me know!

[@attiladalmadi182]

Yes, please!

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@attiladalmadi182 will do! Been busy lately and trying to finish HL2 videos, but I'll be back to doom 3 soon! And I'm planning on doing something similar to quake 4

[@attiladalmadi182]

@@cyclopticwonder5 Seeing forward to see it! After your HL2 and Quake 4 adventures, don't forget to do some RtCW too!

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@attiladalmadi182 oh interesting! Im not sure i know what that is. What is RTCW?

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@attiladalmadi182 oh Return to castle wolfenstein? Oh that will be interesting! I'm gonna have to look into it! I also would like to try using rtx remix to remaster old games too but I'll have to learn all that!

[@radoslavstefanov1457]

They should remake Doom 3

[@cyclopticwonder5]

They should give it the ol dead space 2023 treatment!

[@TheVanillatech]

Why? It'd be a regenerating health, cover system, immersion breaking "fatality" moves, casual console shooter. Instead of remaking and butchering old legends and classics, I think they should come up with something GOOD and NEW. How about that? Oh my god what a CRAZY idea! XD

[@cido676]

@@TheVanillatech couldnt agree more they would destroy this masterpiece, only thing that can be modified is better textures and models no changes in core gaming but that is already doable with mods like Dhewm3 Doom 3 Redux, Arl's Improvements so yeah fuck that

[@TheVanillatech]

@@cido676 The gonna remake everything though, cos it makes money. Gaming is dead outside of the Indie scene and the odd decent original game that makes it through. Everythings a FIFA, a COD, a TombRaider, a Soulslike, a Roguelike or a REMAKE.

[@santitabnavascues8673]

Doom3 made extensive use of the stencil buffer to draw multiple lights at a time in several passes, one per visible light, ensuring only the lit pixels were calculated and the rest skipped, that's why Doom3 and Quake4 have such charasteristic lighting and shadows

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Freaken johm Carmack was a genius and a legend man. To fabricate such work in 2004 is truly inspiring!

[@santitabnavascues8673]

@@cyclopticwonder5 patented the "reverse Carmack" algorithm for the doom3 shadows, but he was a genius already 😄

[@dan-bp9tj]

The original doom 3 was so much better than the bfg edition. The atmosphere and the sounds of the guns are much better . Love this game

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@dan-bp9tj same. I liked being forced to use the flashlight mechanic. Imo it made it much more intense and scary

[@dan-bp9tj]

@@cyclopticwonder5 couldn't agree more mate . I play doom 3 on the original xbox and it's class

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@dan-bp9tj the Xbox port was the move! I wish mine still worked so I could revisit on it. But of course, the mods im running here on pc make it enjoyable as well!

[@dan-bp9tj]

@cyclopticwonder5 yeah it looks unbelievable on the pc mate especially with the mods. The xbox version is great for me because of the xbox controller it just felt smooth

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@dan-bp9tj dude fr! There's something also nostalgic about the Xbox port. Maybe its cause it was the first place I played it. The original box art and the Xbox had coop that no other version I know of had!

[@codyhathaway7715]

I'll never forget getting this when it first came out, how confused I was that it was so different than Doom and Doom 2, but how stoked I was that it was so much more "up to date" and scary. I recently played it on PS4 last year for the first time in probably a decade, and it holds up great to this day.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Same experience for me! It was different but a welcome switch. I hadn't really played any horror before then but also I felt like doom 3's horror atmosphere and scares were different then anything else I'd seen at the time so it was haunting!

[@vrontogatos]

Atmosphere, feelings, experience, story line, imagination, exploration, fear, desperation. This was the last doom for me.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Fr man. I wish they wouldn't exclude it from the Canon and that we could get more development of this direction of game. Don't get me wrong I love the new dooms too, and they are fun and make you feel bad ass. I just wish we could also focus somehow on this experience

[@vrontogatos]

@@cyclopticwonder5 the new dooms are great, for what they are. But I think they do not represent what doom was meant to be.

[@JustinLesamiz]

@@vrontogatosThey for sure don't. I miss so much about Doom playing those games. They're Doom in only the most shallow ways.

[@neill6585]

Glad we're all not alone. I spent a bit of time trying to figure out what the new doom is missing and we all know what it is lol. It's John Carmack. Simple as that. EDIT: And all the talented crew that worked at ID.

[@shauntbarry]

Yeah as a guy that bought his first PC when the Doom 1 demo came out this was unreal.. The rest meh

[@Azhureus]

This game was way way ahead of its time in many aspects. This game came out in 2004 and it still looks somewhat good 20 years later.

[@K3NN3H1]

listening to those voice recordings were probably the best part of this game in regards to immersion and freaking you out, terrified me

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@K3NN3H1 dude same! Rhe world building. I also liked having to hear them to get locker codes. Really did a good job of showing you other perspectives on the events that took place and the stuff they were working on at the uac. That and the interactive doors were so cool

[@TheHighSeasPodcast]

I remember my friend showing me this game in a videogame magazine and the character models blew my mind. He swore that games were gonna look like the cg used in Jurassic Park one day. It was the first time I could actually visualize it.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@TheHighSeasPodcast no dude fr! I was thinking there was no way it would look like that in actual gameplsy I thought that was like pre rendered. Absolutely jarred seeing it all in action the first time

[@nulblank4915]

The thing punching through a certain door (or "monster closet" that pc mags referred to them as at the time of release) was a great way to let the player know what they're up against as even the BFG couldn't bust down doors. Topped off with the Starship Troopers "Would you like to know more?" vibe...

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Yeah it was the scariest thing I had ever played at the time it came out. There was absolutely nothing that come close in my opinion

[@syntaxed2]

Loved this game for what it was - Survival horror with a fascinating backstory, people wanted action fps though but there were plenty of other shooters out there

[@sachak]

I loved this game so much, but my hardware at the time of purchasing the game wasn't great (I had just finished highschool lol) , so everytime I got a new piece of hardware to help my system cope I started the game from scratch. To this day this game is still one of my favorite games of all time. A remake of this like what they did with deadspace would be a dream come true.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@sachak I've been saying the same thing! It needs that deadspace 2023 remake. That is probably the best remake treatment I've seen by far. Kept the game the same while improving it and making it somewhat new of an experience

[@JDLeeArt]

I don't know that it was the first game, but surely the most successful use of normal maps...

[@tenentedoom]

It's a shame they didn't make the new Dooms in the same quality as Doom3.

[@Jensenmannwurst]

Doom3 came out at the right time, not to many people using flatscreens. I think if Doom 3 had come out a few years later, most people who were then using TN or IPS flat screens wouldn't have been able to cope with the high-contrast, dark graphics. Even 5 years ago I had to return a new IPS screen because it turned dark scenes into a monochrome gray.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@Jensenmannwurst especially with her features. It seems to mess up the color in this game

[@beautifulrust1]

Damn. The shotgun sounds amazing. And even seems to work.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Sounds are thanks to the weapons of mars destruction mod! Punchy for sure!

[@leroyvega65]

doesn't it man o man sickness 👍🏻

[@leroyvega65]

and the handgun . fkn sick 👍🏻

[@devaridproject30]

Using the Particle Effect Mod makes this game better than ever, I love seeing the sparks from the bullets flying with the Particle Effect Mod in this game.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Me too it holds up so well!

[@TheShmrsh]

I like it more than new doom

[@VenusHeadTrap2]

It’s my favorite FPS of all time, and yeah I haven’t played them all it just happens to be the one I play the most and is the golden standard I compare every other FPS to

[@tykve]

Everybody rememberes the moment of reloading plasma gun

[@Charlemagne89]

Honestly I was a bigger fan of Quake 4 but you can't deny these games are brothers and have fun similarities.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@Charlemagne89 oh for sure, I loved quake 4 too! Shame we haven't seen much quake stuff since champions :/

[@erelim]

Doom 3 was aweosme. The Hellscape was like I never imagined. The sounds of crying babies in Hell was whole new level of fear and terror.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Dude fr! The fact they even had the cherubs at the time was crazy to me. We didn't see evil babies or kids or even harm to children in games for a long period even after doom 3. It was bold and added to the disturbing atmosphere the game already had. Hit even harder at the time

[@charlissedelapena5167]

@@cyclopticwonder5 "whatculture" even listed cherubs in their top 10 most creepiest creature in any video games.

[@charlissedelapena5167]

@@cyclopticwonder5 cherub is a mutated infant and fly-like demon, they are both creepy and disturbing enemy in the game along with lost souls.

[@bloodyspartan300]

Bad Dreams, Shit.

[@bloodyspartan300]

@@cyclopticwonder5 Cherubs, those fuckers were hammerhead sharks.

[@tadbitnerdy]

I'm glad to have been a young gamer and computer builder the time this game came out... I remember when ATI (now AMD) and nVidia used Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 as proxies in a GPU war (x800xt vs 6800 ultra)... what a time to be a nerd...

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@tadbitnerdy same man in 2004 when I saw this bad boy drop I was about 7 years old lol I couldn't believe my eyes when is aw doom 3's trailer and gameplay

[@TheVanillatech]

ATI had a deal with iD Software during development of Doom. The Radeon 8500 had impressed iD, and ATI had given them samples of their upcoming R300 (Radeon 9700) card to develop with the game. But then ATI screwed iD over, an employee there leaked the Alpha code onto the web. Essentially, handing every single developer in the world free access to Carmacks code. iD were disgusted with ATI and dropped all cooperation with them, and instead went with Nvidia. That's why Nvidia had such a massive lead comparatively when the game launched, in performance. The FX 5950 was much faster in Doom 3 than the 9700, and the Geforce 6XXX series was faster still. Still feel so bad for Carmack. That sudden influx of games that looked so much like iD Tech 4 the follow few years. I hope ATI sacked that fool who leaked the Alpha!

[@elcabezon2222]

Brooo i remember the first time i played this game the sound ... it really scared me at that time... some times i have to pause for a while so i can recompose

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@elcabezon2222 it was the same for me. Especially after the pinky demon. I thought the pinky movement, size and sounds were so scary lol

[@chad_ak47]

Doom 3 is solid, week's worth of fun

[@TheVanillatech]

I have no life did it in two days last month.

[@chad_ak47]

Impressive..The later half of the game gets lengthy in corridors & sections. Very dark environment hard too see anything. Also alot of Skulls and Teleporting demons, Random explosions. It defintely takes alot of Effort too finish this game.. Which alot of people can't withstand. 🔥💀💯 @@TheVanillatech

[@TheVanillatech]

@@chad_ak47 Delta Labs onwards is where it starts to kick off, for sure. It's a breeze up until then. I've play it quite a few times over the years though, which helps!

[@chad_ak47]

I 100% agree, after that train like puzzle section with that lone scientist, if im not mistaken. The game forces you down a set narrative path and you cant handle Doom 3 at a core level & mechanics, it is hellishly brutal. This game is like a Mix of Metroid, Half-Life, & DMC Difficulty. This game is a very overlooked gem imo 🗣💎 @@TheVanillatech

[@TheVanillatech]

@@chad_ak47 Yeah it's a case of reaction times and knowing the attack timings of the various enemies, weapon selection, etc. Definitely a challenging FPS, the lack of "clever" AI seen in the likes of FEAR is replaced with the sheer pace of the combat and speed and damage of the enemies, and proximity. Great game.

[@powderedbuns8251]

I love the dark atmosphere of this game the new dooms just don’t have that

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Same. Such a good universe for this type of horror. I know alot of classic doom fans disagree but I love this game

[@calvobianco]

This game aged so well. Been enjoying it on my handheld and shocked at how much better it is than many current Gen titles.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Oh definitely! This games level design, lighting amd aestethic is crazy. I'm always immersed with how living the environment is and the sound effects. Really makes you believe all the machinery is necessary

[@benterry28]

This game on the PSVR has to be the ultimate way to play

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@benterry28 I bet! I gotta experience this in vr someday

[@Reachland02]

I grew up playing late 80s games and 90s games and I thought Doom 3 graphics was ahead of its time back then. Miss playing these games.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Yeah man it was truly great times. Games were more passionate back then.

[@rainpaint8113]

Doom 3 is the best Doom ever....the one and the only with true horror ambient and atmosphere...and today is look even better thanks to the excellent work of the mod community...

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Fr the mod community does amazing work!

[@flak8882]

I remember preordering this at Software Etc. in the mall.

[@Bernard_Rea]

I play on ps5 and series x and love it, I've yet to complete it but cannot wait.

[@jamesb1988]

Am I the only one who got angry at the stupid marine whose shots led to the #2 Coolant Rod ruptering?? Lol.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@jamesb1988 😂😂😂

[@marcuspocusfructitus]

i remember playing this game on my OG xbox back in the days, i had the collector metal case, one of the coolest game cases imo

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Woah I never got to have the steel book, but I remember thinking how scary the game must be to have such a gory necrotic image on the front no matter how disturbing

[@yonumpty]

What I find crazy now is you can get this running on a quest 3 with side quest natively. That's essentially equivalent to a SD 8 gen 2 SoC. Back in the day this game needed serious hardware. I remember at the time HL2 also came out and most systems could run that. However doom 3 needed decent hardware to run.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@yonumpty dude yeah someone was talking about their rig back in the day to tun doom 3 and I can't belive it. I mean these days we can store 4tb in a freaken USB sized chip 🤯🤯

[@marynajacobs7538]

Played the bfg edition on ps3 and ps4. Loved it. The hellknights were massive and scary. Very tall.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Indeed! I loved when they came out with bvg and added new content and semi revamped it! I'm ok if we never get a sequel since the new doom vibe is different and also enjoyable, but I'd love if we were treated to a deadspace type remake. They need to make a new ip that explores thus style cause Id knew what they were doing with thus atmosphere and level design

[@themoon69420]

2004 was honestly probably the best year of my life. I was completely obsessed with Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 when they came out. I had just graduated high school and a buddy of mine and I built our first gaming PCs, themed after those two games. Mine was Doom 3 themed and his was Half-Life 2 themed. I miss those days. Haven't gamed with or even talked to that buddy in several years now.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@themoon69420 yeah man who would have known they'd be the icons they are now. I had a similar year of interest around 2007. I picked up the 360 for the first time with bioshock, halo 3 and gear of war. I'll never get the raw gamage 😂 times sure are different. But man I'm sorry to hear that! 😔 it's always sad realizing it when those people aren't as close as they once were. Ypu never think for a day the last time yall signed ok was gonna be it. I feel you man. The ebb and flows of life sometimes tug at the heart strings when you become aware of it.

[@user-fb4vl9mh5j]

Is anyone remember Quake 4? I really love when the modders create like this.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

I remember and love that game! I could try my hand at giving quake 4 this treatment too!

[@cyclopticwonder5]

I haven't forgotten about this, just don't have enough memory at the moment, but maybe after I finish hl2 I'll look into doing a quake 4 playthrough!

[@Kobalt_Rax_the_one]

As someone , how can't play the new Dooms , Doom 3 is my most played Doom game and as an fan of survival horror and horror in general i loved it . I love all Dooms and apreciate all of them for what they are doing and bring to the table . Can't wait for Dark Ages it looks stunning and its going back to the dark and gritty look and feeling . But i do wish for even more horror and creepiness. Maybe in the next big sequal to Eternal that would most likely be a new start again . Cool mods there , always love to see those fan remasters almost remakes of Doom 3 and how great it can make the game look and fell even for today .

[@tdome3000]

My fav is still Eternal. Just that dash move makes it faster and much more playable than 2016 to me.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@Kobalt_Rax_the_one same here! I think a great inbetween would be the doom eternal/dark ages gameplay, but sethestic and ambience of doom 64! And thank you! Same here im getting tired of not seeing this game get remade I might just do it myself 😂

[@Kobalt_Rax_the_one]

@@tdome3000 Yea Eternal was a big evolution in many ways from 2016. Some may complain about the asthetic , art etc but as someone how grew with the classics ,with ID games i very much liked the the asthetic ,it's very apelinng to me . That being said in certain parts i feel maybe it was a bit too arcady and glad that they got back to a more grounded aprouch with Dark Ages .

[@Kobalt_Rax_the_one]

@@cyclopticwonder5 The Dark Ages is meant to play much more like the old Dooms , more grounded, not so much verticality , stay and fight, with in turn Doom 3 was like that too . The graphics ,the asthetic actually reminds me of Doom 3 in Dark Ages to be honest . If you look closely on that armored Dragon ,the surface of his head the texture of it is the same as the on the head of the cyberdemon of Doom 3 and other surfaces, the lighthing how it reflects, the warm colors of it as well .To be honest ID Tech 8 seesms like a true successor to ID tech 4 .

[@SgtMantis]

In the far far future, someone should invent a light that sticks to your weapon..

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@SgtMantis lol what is this call of duty?? You can't have attachments on mars!! 😂

[@tdome3000]

I'm just replaying it, this time on the Switch. I forgot how cool this game is.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@tdome3000 oh heck yeah! I loved the switch version. Played it on there as soon as I could!

[@BoBo-od7sl]

In the distant future of 2145 the mankind has colonised Mars and opened a portal to hell, but still hasn't been able to invent a tape for the flashlight or a night vision and thus fell to the demonic horde lurking in the shadows that switched the lights off...

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@BoBo-od7sl 😂😂😂

[@JellLoow]

This game still scared me to this day And Great Video

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@JellLoowyeah they nailed the atmosphere in this game. Very few games keep me feeling anxious throughout the entire game! And thank you so much! 🙏🏽

[@raymondstpaul4913]

I've played this and actually prefer it to the recent version which basically had you doing constant jumping around which was really annoying impossible heights. Perhaps the newest version coming out soon won't have that too often.

[@sulrich70]

It’s brilliant. How they got it working on the original xbox, and so well is just amazing. The Dolby digital sound was just terrifying.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@sulrich70 dude fr I think this was the earliest known game I ever played to have sound design as good as this. There was no horror game prior that really got me as creeper put as doom 3 ambience. They didn't meed music or anything only industrial sounds amd creepy tones

[@Macacos]

I really, really loved this game when it came out.

[@SilvesterBoots]

Let's also mention great sound design.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@SilvesterBoots ph without a doubt! I used to get scared to progress cause I couldn't tell if I heard a demon or machinery

[@AndroidFerret]

I remember a friend getting his hands on the E3 demo which was released or even leaked. He had the biggest and beefiest rig in the lam party cellar. And we where absolutely blown away by the 640p windowed 15fps gameplay we could barely get to work. Yet it was absolutely insane after having played counterstrike 1.x for ages, those graphics where like nothing we've seen before. And guess what? Doom 3 became my absolute favourite doom game of all time until 2016 released.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

That's so crazy to think about bro! Like I wonder what specs his rig was back then man. Who would have thought these days we'd be running 4k with 120 or more fps 😂 but I agree man the game was so far ahead of its time. You look st other titles from 2004 and nothing even comes close. Something about this engine gad a flare to it. Loved the original prey and quake 4 because of the same vibe too!

[@Dal2227]

No other game from 2004 came close? Half life 2 was way beyond Doom 3. Doom 3 was great though.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@Dal2227 i agree half life 2 was phenomenal and also had ground breaking engine physics, but the most noticeable difference in my opinion where doom surpasses is gonna have to be lighting. Hl2 looks good and holds up, but it falls short having utilized baked lighting. Doom 3 was probably the only game in that time period that used fully dynamic light throughout the entire game as opposed to only flashlight or certain individual elements. However this is more a matter of my opinion on it. I'm also not super sure off the top of my head what other ground breaking games were out in 2004 that stick out besides doom 3 and hl2

[@Dal2227]

@@cyclopticwonder5 that makes sense I was actually playing Doom 3 just a few weeks ago and the lighting is still impressive even today

[@pescad0]

Lol dude the "I smell fear" from the arm stretch guy was absolutely terrifying, even at 5 fps on my GeFOrce 3

[@buenasnoches2]

Wow , you are playing the same version as me when this game was released, the stupid flashlight not included in the weapons. Respect.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@buenasnoches2 love this version! It's the best way to play imo 👌🏽

[@Rik2BitNothing]

I think the opening of Doom 3 is one of the BEST openings ever. It actually is terrifying to hear all the radio chatter but by the second level the chatter is still there but greatly diminished until...nothing. You feel truly alone. Terrifying. And no reason it cant be revisited. Just use a Marine, You dont need the d0OMsLaYer. Also the voice acting was Grade A in Doom 3 and far superior imo to 2016 and Eternal. Lets not forget that godawful "reporter" from Eternal.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@Rik2BitNothing lol the reporter 💀💀 but I agree doom 3 laid a horror atmosphere down that was disturbing and didn't try to hold back. At the time, I truly hadn't seen or experienced anything like that. It kind of set the tone for horror games in the future I think. The interacting with stuff in the world space and the voice logs to get more detail on what's going on I hadn't experienced anything that immerive until then. 10/10 i would have never known what I was getting into

[@TheVanillatech]

Nothing beats the Quake II intro. "Some COWBOY hit me on the way in! Going down!".

[@warsd4]

I was in my early 20's when this came out. I had just built a new gaming rig specifically for this game. Had the Radeon 9800XT in it. Long story short: the game is released, I get home from buying it (yes, I bought the game from a brick and mortar store), and as the game starts I have tiny white pixels flashing all over my screen! Ended up having to RMA my video card and have a new one shipped to me. I tried everything to fix it but had no luck. Delayed me getting started on playing the game after waiting for sooooo long to play it! hahahaha. I was pissed. The lighting in this game was on another level. John Carmack is a genius.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@warsd4 dude fr john Carmack was on another level. The tech in this engine is honestly insane for 2004. Also it's crazy getting that perspective! I was personally around 7 at the time, but I remember also going to the store to pick these up. Fond memories being able to do that. I ended uo getting it for the original Xbox at the time cause my pops pc was not a gaming one, I'm lucky I got to experience half life 1 and originsl doom because of my dad's copies

[@AurediumRiptide]

Doom 3 is largely underrated. Its true that the A.I. of the enemies make it somewhat more of a repetative game and that the slower pace is not everyones favourite. But the ambiance, sound and storytelling are grade A tier. Its pretty clear Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal borrowed their story elements from this game.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@AurediumRiptide yeah this game had alot going for it considering the time It released the environmental interactivity and pacing was insane. Hl2 had great interactive stuff too, but the horror stuff doom 3 did I've only started seeing in newer games of the last 5 years or so

[@jefferyfaulkner7698]

wish doom was still scary like this

[@B-26354]

Doom 3 was iconic for the time and still looks good to this day, I still play it at 1440p every once in awhile. It just takes a bit of effort to get it running properly these days.

[@TheVanillatech]

Plenty of websites out there with all the advice you need for the perfect Doom 3 experience. You can get the GOG version (original, not BFG) and it pretty much works out the box. Just use the console to add the custom resolutions, jitter, etc.

[@xxarcangelxx143]

My hot take is that doom 3 is the 1st doom in chronological order. It just makes sense. That and there's a lot of influence from 3 in doom 2016 and eternal, the biggest one thats well known are doom 3s hell knights compared to doom 2016 and eternals hell knight. I got other potential hot takes on what i believe is the canonical timeline or what is canon to me at the very least

[@cyclopticwonder5]

I agree! I had watched a video thsy kind of broke down the timelines and I definitely think there's room for interpretation. I think actually doom 3 is somewhere either before or after/inbetween the events of doom 64. 🤔 I'd be I terested in hearing your hot take! Love lore

[@xxarcangelxx143]

@@cyclopticwonder5 I think the Doom 3 is the only real hot take I got but this is what I believe the time line is. Doom 3 Doom 3 the lost mission Doom 3 resurrection of evil Doom Doom sigil Doom sigil 2 Doom 2 Doom 2 no rest for the living Doom 2 the plutonia experiment Doom 2 tnt evilution Doom 64 Doom 64 the lost levels Doom the dark ages Doom (2016) Doom eternal Doom eternal the ancient gods part 1 Doom eternal the ancient gods part 2 From the events of Doom 64 the lost levels, and from id themselves, is before Doom 2016 and now we know that Doom the dark ages is also before Doom 2016, so the lost levels is before dark ages.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@xxarcangelxx143 I think this makes sense! I think thats probably a pretty accurate time line I mean they definitely mention that the doom slayer was active prior to being put to sleep in 2016. I think it totally makes sense he was just fighting and actually makes it logical as to why doom 3 would be scary and then as he keeps going he becomes less and less fearful of the demons through desensitization

[@xxarcangelxx143]

@@cyclopticwonder5 I also like the theory that he gained some sort of permanent strength from the soul cube and that's why he's way more capable going into classic doom and onwards.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@xxarcangelxx143 oh for sure I saw a vid talking about something like that! Where he became permanently superhuman and a warrior against hell especially noticeable by the time he gets to 2016 where he's been asleep for who knows how long and he's still like the same and we see his shear superhuman strength in eternal and 2016

[@drtweak87]

Doom 3 still looks great. I remember my GPU back struggled to play this. Can't remember what it was I had.

[@n8n8n8n]

This game in 2004 was bashed and mixed with mud because it was predictible, unstable and just like console - arcade, no freedom at all. But today, we can appreciate it all.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@n8n8n8n like john carpenters the thing. It was hated originally but years later is considered a classic masterpiece

[@TheVanillatech]

Dude it was pretty much open world compared to previous Dooms. It's not more or less linear than Half Life 2 was. It wasn't hated for those reasons you listed. Perhaps because it deviated from the Doom core design, and tried something new, that put some people off. And the high system requirements and brutal difficulty on the higher difficulty settings.

[@MrMikedejeuner]

The feel when our little guy got terminated we all were like : (insert batman meme with his ghost parents)

[@Akrosandr]

Любимый Doom 3 в 2004 году заставил обновлять систему. Сейчас в 2024 аналогичная история с его модом essential hd pack v2.0. Может нынче уже не самая технологичная игра, но самая реалистичная запросто.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

I'm still blown away how great this games design and lighting look to this day. I get a craving to play this every year!

[@Akrosandr]

@@cyclopticwonder5 Да. Хочется наслаждаться видом каждого механизма и каждой тени. Рассматривать каждую стенку. Раз сто уже прошел точно.

[@Akrosandr]

Игра где металл выглядит металлом, кожа кожей, картон картоном, пластик пластиком. И пожалуй самые реалистичные "сухие" подземные камни и скалы в играх вообще.

[@JGsgarage_unboxings]

I beat this game once every single year. Its timeless

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@JGsgarage_unboxings same for me around Halloween thus and dead space 😂

[@jayizquierdo9534]

just did another play through on doom3, one of my favorite games.

[@bloodyspartan300]

You got your little martian buddy killed, NG.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@bloodyspartan300 dude I know I was so sad didn't realize they could die tbh 😂 all the times I played this game never had one fie on me until now

[@bloodyspartan300]

@@cyclopticwonder5 Them and them damn little grunts from Halo C.E., Nade tossin bastards, Down in front.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@bloodyspartan300 fr 😂😂

[@pasza_dem]

2004 was incredible year for gaming. Quake 4, Doom 3, Half life 2, Far Cry...

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@pasza_dem duuuude I remember my forst time playing farcry. There was no action game quite as cinematic at the time. Graphics looks incredible too

[@El_mas_nalgon]

Gta san andreas, halo 2, nfs underground 2...

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@El_mas_nalgon halo 2. I'll never forget the experience that was playing that. The step up in graphics from 1-2 looked incredible

[@bulldogdel8073]

The alternation betwen flashlight or guns gives the game a lot of tension and memorable moments, play this game at Veteran difficulty, its a great experience,

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@bulldogdel8073 I agree! Alot of people Haye this mechanic, but it's all about the fear of the unknown. It adds a challenge that adds to the scares. If the light from firing guns was a little brighter in the base game, it would have been perfect. You could see enemies glitching closer as the strobe light of you firing your gun

[@matthewwilliams3827]

Ngl I’ve always thought of the Dead Space games as DOOM 3 lite in a way 😂

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@matthewwilliams3827 they give me very similar vibes!

[@rinzler9775]

The game has a real liminal space feel.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@rinzler9775 fr! Before anyone was even doing it. I love that vibe

[@Unsound427]

Rumor says JW plays og edition to this day..

[@truxttondogyuun]

My first experience with Doom 3 wasn't on PC or the BFG edition... It was the Original Xbox version. Same goes for Half Life 2. Original Xbox! Great ports of that old console.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Smae for both of these! I played doom 3 for the first time on xbox and same with hl2!

[@ItsAllGoodGames]

A remake of this game would be horrifying with todays graphics.

[@TheVanillatech]

They turn it into casual console mince.

[@mvyper]

Looks more Alien and Resident Evil than the Doom we know now.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

@@mvyper I definitely love the classic dooms and even eternal, I see doom 3 like you would halo odst. I think they were trying to develop from the doom 64 vibes. Personally I think they could have gone with that kind of direction to still have the horror atmosphere but apease the doom players that wanted the classic experience. However I love doom 3. It's a great game and think it should be respected. They succeeded in making you feel terror in the same way doom eternal makes you feel bad ass.

[@CalazaBR]

Games made with love ❤️

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Fr these were the days 😪 now everything's a money grab

[@AcuraAddicted]

This was the first game that revolutionized lighting and the last game that made such a leap in tech.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Seriously this game was insane when it released. Hard to believe it came out in 2004! It's really interesting how ID always has some innovation thats ground breaking. Even looking at the new dooms, they have revolutionized fps genre yet again. I mean even looking at dark ages we are heading more and more into a type of almost souls like fps game which is pretty nuts. Nobody has managed to do a good or smooth first person game that involves parrying and tough bosses and swift movement like doom has

[@RogerEssigArtist]

@@cyclopticwonder5 seeing the early released screenshots in 2002 was mindblowing.

[@TheVanillatech]

Arguably Crysis was the last game that pushed the boat in terms of hardware requirements and revolutionary / generational leap in visuals. But Doom 3 (and everything iD made up to and inculding D3) was definitely that. They were the pioneers with the arrows in their back since Wolfenstein 3D. Maybe even since Kens Labyrinth and Catacomb Abyss,

[@rubensano4860]

I preferred the original flashlight arrangement.

[@danizrp5155]

My fav DooM game !!!

[@r0ckworthy]

This game would look incredible on one of those new OLED monitors.

[@JohnDoe-ef3wo]

This game looked fantastic on the OG Xbox. Im so Glad i played it when it first came out.

[@Grandmastergav86]

i love that they tried a different approach with Doom 3 and for me, it worked. I liked Doom 2016 (not a fan of the electronic aspect of the soundtrack) but was somewhat underwhelmed by Eternal. This looks awesome.

[@cyclopticwonder5]

I really enjoyed the classic remaining that they did for 2026 and eternal. I love the heavy industrial and prog metal vibe too, all in all I'm very happy with what doom eternal did for fps, and to vitalize a classic games story but still pursue what doom was supposed to be. Making you feel like a God. However, I agree that doom 3 was an approach to the story u really enjoyed. They implemented it into horror so well I mean we are talking about demons. Far too often demons underpaid in games. They just aren't ever scary or as messed up as they should be. I think the designs and sounds not to mention the atmosphere gave me an experience that felt supernatural. Like it wasn't an alien imvasion even though it was on Mars, it levitmetaly felt supernatural, dark and like these things were evil. Especially with the graphics, id love to get a modern remake of this. I bekige it would look amazing since this old one still holds up with a few mods! I feel it would be a great horror game by today's standards, it was always ahead of its time. Also, thank you so much for the comoliment!!

[@christophertanner9713]

I remember this absolutely killing my then at the time desk top, about 5 FPS or something stupid like that 😂, eventually got it on the Xbox, what a game it was

[@cyclopticwonder5]

Oh how the times have changed 😂 now we got tbs on cloud and we got over 120hz monitors.