Playing Doom 3 for the first time. Does this get better?

[jokkir]

Got this in the Switch a week or so ago when it was on sale and it's kinda... Boring? This plays more like a horror game if anything with the same scenarios every time (go into room, clear baddies, probably a jump scare or something, gets dark, open locked door by looping around somewhere, etc). I also hate looking and listening to PDA entries. It just kills the pacing for me. Having no subtitle options and having every environment look the same doesn't help either.

I did play this after Doom (2016) which I loved so that might have made some expectations different. But I remember the time that this game came out it was facing off against Half Life 2 and that game aged so much better than this.

If I remember right, Im just a bit after the Monorail section. Will it get better?

 

[5taquitos]

No

 

[PowerThroughLov]

Not really. If you are not loving it now, you will not love it later.

Resurrection of Evil is a bit better.

 

[TeenageFBI]

Doom 3 had pretty cool tech at the time. The lighting was ridiculously impressive and I still love how the enemies interact with the environment. The in-game computer UI was impressive too.

It's a decent-to-good game but omg it's VERY disappointing as a Doom sequel.

 

[JahIthBer]

Not really, the Hell level is pretty good though, if you can by any chance get the PC version, grab perfected doom 3, it's much more fun & Id should have looked at that mod when designing BFG edition, instead they just throw a bunch of ammo at you & make it even easier.

 

[Rattlethyhead]

It's a love it or hate It type of deal. If you gave it an hour or two, and it's not clicking, move on. That said, I love the game and it IS worth a playthough.

 

[Sargerus]

Doom 3 is a horror game at its core, not an action shooter.

 

[newmoneytrash]

DOOM 3 is much more a horror game than an action FPS. It's good and if it was called anything other than DOOM 3 it'd probably be a lot more beloved

 

[mbpm]

I played it for PDA entries tbh

 

[skeezx]

i found it to be more of a pleasant surprise than "essential"

decent survival horror-ish experience but 2020 it's kind of after the fact

 

[Doggg]

Yeah, it's pretty boring.

 

[Dezzy]

I love all the classic Doom games and Doom 2016, but Doom 3 didn't do much for me. Doom 64 is the real Doom 3 in my mind.

 

[AtomicShroom]

It does not get any better.

 

[Zebesian-X]

I enjoyed it for what it was earlier this month, but it was the only doom game that didn't give me the immediate itch to jump right into a second playthrough.

 

[TaySan]

It's a love it or hate it type of game. If you don't like it now i doubt you will like it later on. Though the hell levels are cool. You just had to be there during the time to really appreciate it being a tech showcase.

 

[Prolepro]

Doom 3 is a horror game at its core, not an action shooter.

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[Jombie]

No. It bored me to fucking tears.

 

[Sign My Guestbook!]

Nope. Not to undercut the effort that went into its development, but it's kind of a cool tech demo that you can also play like a game.

 

[capitalCORN]

Just play the expansions.

 

[Stantastic]

Not really, the short stint where you actually go to hell is pretty great on an artistic level, but it doesnt last long and it aint worth the whole game if your not already enjoying it.

 

[TheClaw7667]

I enjoyed it when I played it on the original Xbox but having just played through the BFG edition on the Switch I was surprised how samey the whole game is. Nothing is really changed with how encounters are played out and by the time you've put a couple of hours into it you've seen everything the encounter design has to offer.

I will say I really liked the lived-in feel of the station and I couldn't stop thinking about how they could have made a damn good Aliens game using the same tech.

 

[Indelible]

I remember enjoying it on the original Xbox but I treated it like a horror game instead of the usual Doom run and gun.

 

[DC5remy]

I got to a part where you control moving platforms and bailed.

 

[Annihilator]

its not amazing but the hell levels are at least worth a romp through.

 

[SirNinja]

Resurrection of Evil is, at the very least, a step up in quality. So there's that. Regular Doom 3 doesn't really improve too much throughout its runtime.

 

[QisTopTier]

No it's a bad "doom" game

 

[c0Zm1c]

I also hate looking and listening to PDA entries.

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I remember really liking that. Learning about the various goings on leading up to the incident - not all of them related to the incident either; one email correspondence in particular was about harassment in the workplace - made the UAC base feel more than just a place for shooting demons. But as others here are saying and as I remember Kevin Cloud alluding to in one interview, the game was made as a horror game first and foremost.

 

[Dr. Ludwig]

No. Its encounter design is extremely one note.

That's pretty much the majority of the game.

 

[JAT]

I really like Doom 3, but it doesn't ever change things up.

 

[roguesquirrel]

If the horror aspect doesnt hook you, youre stuck with it for 2/3rds of the game until you get to hell and return to the hellified labs and it lets off the steam a lil more. Thats a big slog to get thru just to get to the good parts

having played both, id skip right to Resurrection of Evil if the horror in Doom 3 is doing zip for you. Its a better more varied campaign

 

[Zelus]

Got this in the Switch a week or so ago when it was on sale and it's kinda... Boring? This plays more like a horror game if anything with the same scenarios every time (go into room, clear baddies, probably a jump scare or something, gets dark, open locked door by looping around somewhere, etc). I also hate looking and listening to PDA entries. It just kills the pacing for me. Having no subtitle options and having every environment look the same doesn't help either.

I did play this after Doom (2016) which I loved so that might have made some expectations different. But I remember the time that this game came out it was facing off against Half Life 2 and that game aged so much better than this.

If I remember right, Im just a bit after the Monorail section. Will it get better?

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It won't from a gameplay standpoint. It was really a tech demo for it's time. The gameplay was never overly impressive but the graphics certainly were.

 

[zoodoo]

Doom 3 is a horror game. If you get into it expecting a sequel to doom 2 you will not enjoy it. I personally like it for what it is and it is a different game from the rest of the franchise. Doom 64 is, on the other hand, an hybrid of both horror and old doom.

 

[professor_t]

Got this in the Switch a week or so ago when it was on sale and it's kinda... Boring? This plays more like a horror game if anything with the same scenarios every time (go into room, clear baddies, probably a jump scare or something, gets dark, open locked door by looping around somewhere, etc). I also hate looking and listening to PDA entries. It just kills the pacing for me. Having no subtitle options and having every environment look the same doesn't help either.

I did play this after Doom (2016) which I loved so that might have made some expectations different. But I remember the time that this game came out it was facing off against Half Life 2 and that game aged so much better than this.

If I remember right, Im just a bit after the Monorail section. Will it get better?

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I actually loved the pacing and atmosphere early in the game, and generally think the combat was one of the weakest elements of Doom 3. I still loved the game overall, but if you need immediate and constant action to avoid being bored, this probably isn't the game for you.

 

[Suede]

My favourite parts are the last few levels of the game, which changes the scenery quite a bit. The game itself, the actual shooting part, is a bit boring, yeah.

 

[JohnnyUtah]

The game is not amazing... Unless you play in VR. For those cashing into get headsets for half life alyx can heartily recommend the doom 3 vr mod. It's really well done.

 

[SpitztheGreat]

... if anything with the same scenarios every time (go into room, clear baddies, probably a jump scare or something, gets dark, open locked door by looping around somewhere, etc).

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Wow, that is almost word for word what I have said for years about Doom 3. The tech was really impressive at the time, but the gameplay was really repetitive. As you said, every few minutes you would go into a room, the lights would go out, hidden doors would open, and you would be swarmed from three sides. Rinse and repeat until you could clear the room well enough to have enough health left too maybe get through the exact same scenario in the next room. Doom 3, Halo 2, and Fable all came out around the same time (I think) and all three burned me pretty badly. Because of that it was years before I got back into new games.

 

[skeezx]

The game is not amazing... Unless you play in VR. For those cashing into get headsets for half life alyx can heartily recommend the doom 3 vr mod. It's really well done.

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completely bizzare to me how open id/bethesda is to VR and re-releases and yet no official VR version of this game. i'd pay 'full price' for it even in spite of the mod's existence

 

[TaySan]

Resurrection of Evil is legit great and worth playing.

 

[Vintage]

I remember it being pretty good horror game, but it's more like a spin-off than a sequel to Doom.

 

[Tambini]

It does get better towards the end but still not great

 

[Deleted member 2254]

The end of the game and the expansion pack are a bit better, but not enough to bother if you didn't like it so far.

 

[Nacery]

Boring and terrible gunplay. Those are the two things that stuck with me

 

[Jegriva]

No.

 

[Deleted member 28461]

Got this in the Switch a week or so ago when it was on sale and it's kinda... Boring? This plays more like a horror game if anything with the same scenarios every time (go into room, clear baddies, probably a jump scare or something, gets dark, open locked door by looping around somewhere, etc). I also hate looking and listening to PDA entries. It just kills the pacing for me. Having no subtitle options and having every environment look the same doesn't help either.

I did play this after Doom (2016) which I loved so that might have made some expectations different. But I remember the time that this game came out it was facing off against Half Life 2 and that game aged so much better than this.

If I remember right, Im just a bit after the Monorail section. Will it get better?

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I was coming in to say it gets better, but I just hit the same part you're at last night and for me it's just getting way more atmospheric and interesting. They just brought in a couple new enemies, combat encounters are forcing me to juggle weapons to deal with different monsters attacking at once, the environment is starting to have bits of organic/hell-y intrusions. After being a bit bored with the previous sections, I thought things really picked up when you start using the teleporter.

 

[Deleted member 36186]

It picks up the pace as you go, meaning you will have more action the more you play, but the gameplay scenarios stay the same.

This is a game that thrives on atmosphere, the aggressive but slower paced shooting, the b-movie story/lore, and the phenomenal art direction and sound design.

I personally love the game, possibly even more than Doom 2016,although truth be told, they shouldn't really be compared as they are trying to achieve different things (and both succeed at it imo).

The expansion Ressurection of Evil mixes things up a little bit with the heart mechanic (shooting someone in the face with the shotgun in slow motion is pretty damn awesome).

In conclusion, if you aren't enjoying it now, you probably won't enjoy it later.

 

[HighFive]

No. It doesnt get better. I remember when it came out i was liking it, hell, maybe even force myself to love it more because i had bought a 500$ videocard to play it, was delayed. I was amaze by the visual and horror feeling back then, was one of my favorite shooter.

But this game age very poorly imo, playing it lately, i was bored. Looking at it today im questioning my gaming taste back then. Its at best an OK shooter.

 

[Karlinel]

I'm on your same boat, OP, I'm sort of liking it but after 2,5h still have no fun weapons, and imps jumping in my face are annoying me. Can't wait for it to pick up and throw some interesting battles.
By the by, how's Doom64 intensity-wise?

 

[Stuart Gipp]

Two or three hours in it gets really good, picks up the action bigtime.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Doom 3 is a horror game at its core, not an action shooter.

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The horror comes from the boredom, right?

 

[steveovig]

No, it doesn't. I enjoyed it but not nearly as much as the chaos that was the original.