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  1. Aug 16, 2023
    3
    Looks pretty but the movement is painfully slow. A bit of a frustrating experience. Enemies can spawn out of cleared corridors, which feels odd.
  2. Apr 27, 2023
    0
    ulan ,survivor horror doom mu olur allahın cezaları?oyunu parlaklık fullde oynadım yine de kör kütük dolaştım.oyunda vuruş hissi diye bir şey yok,0.duvara mı sıkıyorum yoksa iblislere mi sıkıyorum belli değil ,yakın mesafeden tek atan shotgunlarda bile vuruş hissi tatmin edici değil.
  3. Dec 15, 2022
    1
    No matter how much time passes or how people try to warp their perception of what this game is, do not listen to them. Doom 3 was a massive mistake which completely killed the series for 12 years. Doom was an industry leader and they didn't make another one for 12 years, so don't pretend like this game was ever good.

    Doom is supposed to be fast, fun, quick, and supposed to make you
    No matter how much time passes or how people try to warp their perception of what this game is, do not listen to them. Doom 3 was a massive mistake which completely killed the series for 12 years. Doom was an industry leader and they didn't make another one for 12 years, so don't pretend like this game was ever good.

    Doom is supposed to be fast, fun, quick, and supposed to make you make a decision every second, with your back up against the wall with you versus 30+ demons in the room. "Puzzles" involve either choosing hallways or finding keys, both of which are easy, fun, quick, and fit in with the fast paced game style. This game has none of that whatsoever and instead shoves its head completely up its own ---. You move slow as a snail, the whole game is just ammo management.

    Not being able to have your flashlight out at the same time, in Doom 3, perhaps the game with the least light in it in the history of time, was a stupid mistake. If you see anyone saying this was a good idea, you need to immediately disregard their opinion. When they re-released this game they had a feature where the flashlight is on your suit so you can have it on... but it has a battery so you can only have it on for 30 seconds or so. Which means you just stop and wait for it to re-charge. Nothing can save this game, just nothing.

    The Shotgun
    This is quite literally the game that started the meme of useless video game shotguns. The shotgun. DOES NO DAMAGE. AFTER 2 FEET. You NEED to move up to them until you get blocked by their body, then shoot. It is THAT useless, and the game expects you to use it for the first 2 hours. Most players give up and switch back to the pistol which, is harder and annoying. Of course, when zombies use the gun, it's GOOD for them against YOU!

    Zombies playing dead gets old
    Literally every single room has a zombie on the floor or a chair. This scares you the first time, after that it literally becomes a checklist item where you shoot them with 1 pistol round to see if they are alive or not. Oh wow, sure let's stop every 2 minutes and check if the zombie was alive. Oh wow it was. Amazing.

    The PDA and Lockers
    Do you want to sit there and listen to some guy who's dead now talk for literally 3 minutes as they try to inject a fake background story about life on the base, just for the 5 second part where he says the door code or locker code with a key in it you need? All they did was hire some voice actors to have an excuse to make you waste probably a combined total of 4 hours or so. NO, these are NOT optional and do NOT have text you can speed-read through. Look forward to opening multiple e-mail chains to find door codes as well. LITERALLY every game ever made, even ones at the time, just do it the good way which is "you picked up the thing, you have the code now, go open the door and it will be used automatically".

    Martian Buddy website is gone - Several lockers can't be opened anymore unless you google the code from other sites. They had a cute little website as a joke, which worked but it's gone now, and it shows how much they care about this game.

    Forced puzzles
    They have a crane puzzle where you completely stop the game and sit there for 5 minutes while you ---- around with a crane. They re-use it a bunch of times. There's a bunch of useless puzzles like this.

    Bosses - There aren't any except the Cyberdemon, and you defeat him in the most p---y way ever.

    Story - Forced, garbage, barely there. Not expected to be in a Doom game, but they tried and failed.

    Air - Pointless limitation when you are outside. WHY is this in the game?

    Demons look nothing like anything else. They are HR Geiger "inspired" and it doesn't work. The Cacodemon in particular looks awful.

    Soul Cube - Once you get it you basically can't be killed unless you want to be.

    Double Barreled Shotgun is only in the expansion which nobody played. Come on seriously? What is Doom without the double barreled shotgun? How could they mess that up?

    Platforming - There's platforming in HeII, this is as terrible as you think because of how slow you are. Lots and lots of cheap deaths.

    They didn't even get the helmet right. HOW COULD YOU MESS THAT UP? They made him go without his helmet to seem more "vulnerable".

    Obviously, the graphics were mind blowing at the time and held up for 5 years, and still look ahead of their time even now. That doesn't help the game nearly enough. Doom is about gameplay.

    Doom 2016 is the real Doom 3. 2016 is incredibly fast, fun, basically.... modern Doom. Again, if you see anyone saying 2016 was bad, disregard their opinion.

    IF YOU THINK DOOM 3 IS A GOOD GAME YOU ARE EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THIS INDUSTRY. IF YOU THINK DOOM 2016 WAS BAD YOU ARE EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THIS INDUSTRY. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, STOP RUINING SHOOTERS AND GO PLAY A TURN BASED RPG.
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  4. Nov 12, 2022
    3
    Este juego es malo por querer abarcar el terror y la accion pero le salio fatal un ejemplo de producto que hizo lo mismo pero bien fear y otto que al igual que doom le salio mal son resident evil 5-6 y dead space 3
  5. May 15, 2022
    2
    Это не дум, а хоррор какой-то. Дум - супер мясной шутер, но не это! Позор.
  6. Jan 11, 2022
    4
    The great return of a terrific incomplete saga. I see that many people enjoyed it. Unfortunately it is not my case. Obviously it was a big leap for id Software to leave this old-school range to propose a brand new content to players around the world.

    Graphics are bad to me. Not terrible but wow bad : poor textures, no colours, terrible effects, and everything is dark. Like boys, it's
    The great return of a terrific incomplete saga. I see that many people enjoyed it. Unfortunately it is not my case. Obviously it was a big leap for id Software to leave this old-school range to propose a brand new content to players around the world.

    Graphics are bad to me. Not terrible but wow bad : poor textures, no colours, terrible effects, and everything is dark. Like boys, it's too much. We can't see a thing from beginning to end here ! Cinematics are a nightmare. Sound design and effects are okay. Weapons are unimpressive and particularly uneffective even against basic opponents. Interacting with codes and PDAs is really intuitive and well thought out. In general, the gameplay is really boring. You only have to follow long and empty halls and corridors. Progressing through levels is a pain in the neck, especially for the five first hours. Five hours : do you realize how long it is ? Enemies sometimes pop here and there but we are miles away from the intensity I knew for DOOM the 1st and II. Multiplayer is a big mess. AI is awful. The story is dull.

    Nothing to dream about for sure. Don't waste your time here.
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  7. May 7, 2020
    2
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  8. May 20, 2019
    4
    What? This? You call this game comparable to Half life 2? No, it's not, its just "that" game in great game series which is weird and doesn't feet. Actually when this game arrived, there was not so many good games in that time, that's why it got this score but no no no, it didn't aged well at all, unlike half life 1 and 2, gameplay is boring and linear, story is non existing, guns are allWhat? This? You call this game comparable to Half life 2? No, it's not, its just "that" game in great game series which is weird and doesn't feet. Actually when this game arrived, there was not so many good games in that time, that's why it got this score but no no no, it didn't aged well at all, unlike half life 1 and 2, gameplay is boring and linear, story is non existing, guns are all the same. I didn't enjoy it when it came out, and i know that no one said that this is the best game ever, and now i see that fake reviews existed long time ago. I didn't remember anything epic from this game. This game aged like dead body - its skeleton now. Expand
  9. Oct 5, 2017
    0
    Just recently replayed the latest edition, I now remember why I hated this game. This game is a pure shooter, it may say horror but it sets ambushes throughout, to scare and set a frantic set, its contrived.

    The level design is a pure maze, with puzzles at choke points, this is the most asinine **** and illogical level design I have ever seen, I seriously went around in a circle for an
    Just recently replayed the latest edition, I now remember why I hated this game. This game is a pure shooter, it may say horror but it sets ambushes throughout, to scare and set a frantic set, its contrived.

    The level design is a pure maze, with puzzles at choke points, this is the most asinine **** and illogical level design I have ever seen, I seriously went around in a circle for an hour, just to find some door I was supposed to open. Let me reiterate, this kind of level design is pure ****

    I hear Doom 4 is some shooter EA style, glad I got this POS out of my system before I tried there latest piece of crap.
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  10. Jul 14, 2016
    1
    i play alot of first person shooters, and i love this kind of game puzzles are a real plus, but Doom3, no way, there is alot of stupid things in it, to sum them up, it's almost always dark if not pitch black, you don't know where you're going, you got a flashlight, but then they attack, when you swap to weapon, it has to reload exactly at that time when they attack, and when it's reloaded,i play alot of first person shooters, and i love this kind of game puzzles are a real plus, but Doom3, no way, there is alot of stupid things in it, to sum them up, it's almost always dark if not pitch black, you don't know where you're going, you got a flashlight, but then they attack, when you swap to weapon, it has to reload exactly at that time when they attack, and when it's reloaded, it seems that you got a waterpistol against monsters. when you finaly find your way after doing several times the same corridors, you wonder if it's the right place to be, but a key is missing go back to the start to find it and come back here if you don't get lost.
    when you reach the goal, you find the same kind of labyrinth again, no difference, as i said, the weapons are crap, the monsters are almost invincible, the play area is always dark or black; this game give's me a headache and is boring and pointless.
    My favorites are Unreal tournament, fallout, skyrim, deus ex, dead rising3, island riptide, these are good games.
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  11. Jan 24, 2016
    2
    As much as I love the other Doom games, I could just never get into Doom 3. It's confusing, and it tries to be a survival-horror game mixed with a puzzle game. It doesn't sound too bad on paper, but in my OPINION (key word) it is executed very poorly. If they'd just stuck with the classic FPS formula and improved upon it with greatly improved graphics and feature possibilities thanks toAs much as I love the other Doom games, I could just never get into Doom 3. It's confusing, and it tries to be a survival-horror game mixed with a puzzle game. It doesn't sound too bad on paper, but in my OPINION (key word) it is executed very poorly. If they'd just stuck with the classic FPS formula and improved upon it with greatly improved graphics and feature possibilities thanks to improved hardware, this could've easily been a much better game than it turned out to be. Expand
  12. Oct 8, 2014
    4
    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING

    Walk with flashlight in the darkness -> monster jumps out of a closet after you pass by -> change to weapon and shoot -> wander around to find a audio record -> read the stupid audio file to find a password -> open the keylock -> repeat x10000000

    God.
    One of the most overrated game of all time.
  13. Jul 26, 2013
    4
    this game. First of i at one stage LOVED DOOM 3, sadly i never finished the game when I LOVED IT, I still haven't finished the game but i am getting very close to the end. BORING, doom 3 is boring, the level designs are dull, the character models look stiff and the same. Stupid story, i honesty don't care about doom story's because the game is supposed to be about mindless violence, but this game. First of i at one stage LOVED DOOM 3, sadly i never finished the game when I LOVED IT, I still haven't finished the game but i am getting very close to the end. BORING, doom 3 is boring, the level designs are dull, the character models look stiff and the same. Stupid story, i honesty don't care about doom story's because the game is supposed to be about mindless violence, but the story in doom 3 is absolutely Bonkers, its crazy, basically demons invade a space station on mars and GETS REAL. Graphics AWESOME, the graphics for doom 3 are honestly really good, especially considering the fact that the game was made in 2004-05. ITS NOT FUN, Doom 3 is not fun, its repetitive, dull and feels more like a chore trying to get past level after level, Doom 3 gets a 4/10 not because its the worst game I've ever played but Because it is amazingly dull and doesn't even feel like a doom game, THE GAME FEELS LIKE FEAR MIXED WITH SPACE DEMONS THAT IS FUELED BY COCAINE BABIES, 4/10, BTW i haven't finished the game yet and will eventually i'm like 2-3 hours away from finishing the game peace out Expand
  14. Mar 29, 2013
    3
    Very bad game. Empty levels, same monsters, not at all frightful horror. Dont waste your time, I feel really disappointed by spent time playing this. Only last boss kicks ass, but this does not worth it anyways.
  15. May 20, 2012
    0
    Creators of Doom 3 never even played DooM 1 and DooM 2 and I dont want to talk about how and why Doom 1 and 2 are one of the best games ever created. DooM 3 in nothing like them the game is to Hollywood and try to be more serious trying to combine genres, the game speed is 5 times more slower then doom 1 and 2 for example, where is magic? fast gameplay? red blue keys? strange magic andCreators of Doom 3 never even played DooM 1 and DooM 2 and I dont want to talk about how and why Doom 1 and 2 are one of the best games ever created. DooM 3 in nothing like them the game is to Hollywood and try to be more serious trying to combine genres, the game speed is 5 times more slower then doom 1 and 2 for example, where is magic? fast gameplay? red blue keys? strange magic and gothic design the game sold out to hollywood kids just as Quake 4, Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 Fun - 1/10
    Gameplay - 2/10
    Controls - 10/10
    Graphics Design - 0/10
    Story - 4/10
    All Time Graphics - 0/10
    Sound - 5/10
    Music - 0/10
    Replayability - 0/10
    Graphics for its time - 0/10
    22/100
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  16. Jan 29, 2012
    2
    It has good graphics, but that is it!
    The gameplay sucks, you have to reload and you can't see a bloody thing!
    Wanna play a doom game? Buy Ultimate Doom and learn dosbox!
  17. Nov 30, 2011
    3
    Doom 3 fails is every aspect except graphics. But eye candy does not make a game great. The weapons are underpowered, demons spawning behind you gets old, very old, no ability to explore the surface of the planet, maps are confusing with lots of backtracking. In case id does not know, having to find a key to open a door is lame. That style of game might have been ok in the 1900s, butDoom 3 fails is every aspect except graphics. But eye candy does not make a game great. The weapons are underpowered, demons spawning behind you gets old, very old, no ability to explore the surface of the planet, maps are confusing with lots of backtracking. In case id does not know, having to find a key to open a door is lame. That style of game might have been ok in the 1900s, but today its just a dumb idea. If you want to play a real doom game, go play the Ultimate Doom. Expand
  18. Aug 30, 2011
    4
    This game was just plain not fun. The first hour of gameplay can get pretty tense, and was flat-out awesome. After the demo levels are over though, you start to realize "Wait a second, have I just seen everything this game has to offer?" It's only once that sinking feeling sets in your stomach that you realize you wasted your money. This game has gorgeous graphics (especially for theThis game was just plain not fun. The first hour of gameplay can get pretty tense, and was flat-out awesome. After the demo levels are over though, you start to realize "Wait a second, have I just seen everything this game has to offer?" It's only once that sinking feeling sets in your stomach that you realize you wasted your money. This game has gorgeous graphics (especially for the time), horrendously underwhelming guns (they sound like toys, seriously), insanely frustrating enemies (whoever designed the screen to shake like a paint-mixer every time you're hit needs to be fired. Like communism, it's an interesting idea that just plain doesn't pan out), and let's not forget the ol' Monster-In-The-Closet trick. If there's ammo or armor on the floor, there's seriously a 95% chance a monster will jump out of the wall to attack. It's so ridiculously predictable that you start to plan out which wall you think they will come out of when you pick up the stuff. This game had a lot of potential to be scary, but playing it annoyed me so much that I was beyond scaring. I did complete it though, against my better judgement. Expand
  19. RodrigoG.
    Sep 7, 2008
    2
    When it comes to show off the power of the id Tech 4 engine, Doom 3 is a triumph. However, it is supposed to be a game, not a tech demo. And as a game, it is terrible. Enemies often spawn in manners that leave the player without a chance of reaction, unless he knows beforehand where they will appear; getting hit is too disorienting, although the enemies do not seem to get disoriented by When it comes to show off the power of the id Tech 4 engine, Doom 3 is a triumph. However, it is supposed to be a game, not a tech demo. And as a game, it is terrible. Enemies often spawn in manners that leave the player without a chance of reaction, unless he knows beforehand where they will appear; getting hit is too disorienting, although the enemies do not seem to get disoriented by the player's fire at all; the weapons take too long to reload, and the enemies take too much fire to die; the whole game is too bleak, repetitive, and frustrating to be enjoyable. One can even wonder if it was developed in the same mindset as the infamous "Takeshi's Challenge" - a game intended, not to amuse, but to frustrate and infuriate. That would make sense, the plot is about a journey into hell after all. Artistic, in a sense, I suppose. Fun? No. Expand
  20. Razot1
    Mar 26, 2008
    2
    i have to say that it is a great environment but it is far to boring. I'm waking through the game , to dark to see shit listening to crap noises made my the zombies. it is very annoying trying to shoot something you cant see. the game would probably be 10 times better if it were brighter.
  21. Mine
    Feb 1, 2008
    3
    Boring and dull game. The only color is black. Senseless game.
  22. SayreS.
    Jan 4, 2008
    0
    Too dark, maybe I'm being harsh but, did not play game for more then 5 minutes and shut it off.
  23. AnonymousMC
    Aug 29, 2007
    1
    As other fellow users have already pointed out, this game can be seen as an example of what is wrong with the contemporary video game industry. Why do some think this is scary? You move, trigger a script, and ZAP! ONE Monster spawns before you, ready to be blasted into oblivion (After playing for some time, I always knew where I´d trigger a script). If you stand still, no script isAs other fellow users have already pointed out, this game can be seen as an example of what is wrong with the contemporary video game industry. Why do some think this is scary? You move, trigger a script, and ZAP! ONE Monster spawns before you, ready to be blasted into oblivion (After playing for some time, I always knew where I´d trigger a script). If you stand still, no script is triggered, nothing happens. Why were Doom 1 and 2 so fun to play? Oh yeah, because there was a ****load of creatures just waiting to be slaughtered in every friggin´ room! But no, today it´s all graphics and no substance. It is crystal clear that id was forced to release a game with superior (Are they even really superior to other games in that genre? I don´t know and I don´t really care much about that aspect) graphics, but at what price? I want to kill hordes of monsters, not just one or two (I believe there were five at maximum) at a time! I miss monster infighting! I miss the fun! What about replay value? Would anyone play through this whole experience again? Crawling through extremely repetitive, dark levels is not my idea of enjoying a game. I played through it once, uninstalled, and in the corner with the game. It would have to be the last game on earth before I´d consider reinstalling. Another classic franchise ruined, replay value is simply non-existent. That game so wants to be a Half-life but it ends up being a franchise-ruining dreck. Expand
  24. JamesC.
    Aug 2, 2007
    4
    This is just simply a high graphics shooter with mediocre everything else. Mediocre gameplay, less than mediocre plot, and more than anything else mediocre level design. Unless you like your games shallow, this game will feel like a chore to play after you get 25% through the game.
  25. TheMagicalHippieKiller
    Nov 29, 2006
    1
    The only reason this game got a single point from me was the fact I could kill things with a chainsaw, actually EVERYTHING easily with the chaisaw, which is riduclous. This game was just a huge rip off Half-Life: Oh no! We've been secretly experimenting with teleportaion! But instead of aliens the devil came out! They even put the stupid health chargers on the wall. And this is NOT The only reason this game got a single point from me was the fact I could kill things with a chainsaw, actually EVERYTHING easily with the chaisaw, which is riduclous. This game was just a huge rip off Half-Life: Oh no! We've been secretly experimenting with teleportaion! But instead of aliens the devil came out! They even put the stupid health chargers on the wall. And this is NOT scary. People who r afraid of this must cry during thunderstorms. Ooh! A zombie! Whack! Killed it with the flashlight. Monster! Boom! A single shot from the shottie. All you had to do was turn up your mouse speed and pretend you were playing and arcade shooter like Time crisis or something. Horribly lame and way to linear, this amped up game was very disapoining. And on the graphics, they were good, but the way they drew all the characters and messed with the lighting was really stupid looking. P.S (the game also performed better with the shadows turned off, like F.E.A.R. Unfortunately, like F.E.A.R, the shadows are the only exciting thing) Expand
  26. AngusM.
    Sep 7, 2006
    3
    Seriously disappointing. Yes, the graphics are lovely. The game, however, is tedious. One long procession of entering dimly lit rooms then waiting for the monsters to spawn or jump out of cubbyholes. Sure, the first couple times that zombies or imps jump out at you from the dark are exciting, but after the 30th time in an hour, it's just annoying. Unfortunately, that's also the Seriously disappointing. Yes, the graphics are lovely. The game, however, is tedious. One long procession of entering dimly lit rooms then waiting for the monsters to spawn or jump out of cubbyholes. Sure, the first couple times that zombies or imps jump out at you from the dark are exciting, but after the 30th time in an hour, it's just annoying. Unfortunately, that's also the entire game. Expand
  27. AnonymousMC
    Jul 29, 2006
    4
    great graphics, long, good-processed storylne. But dont plan on getting the epic adventure(s) we all got from half life(1). Like a few others said, this is just another diluted fps as seen on halo2 and battlefield. its the same as all the other dooms. you're a marine thatgets sent over to investigate a distress from this science team, youkill a few things, you go to hell and,great graphics, long, good-processed storylne. But dont plan on getting the epic adventure(s) we all got from half life(1). Like a few others said, this is just another diluted fps as seen on halo2 and battlefield. its the same as all the other dooms. you're a marine thatgets sent over to investigate a distress from this science team, youkill a few things, you go to hell and, you're the only survivor in the end. not to mention the fact the ID used the same engine for quake4. and finally the gameplay. what is the matter with the people that layout the game? the only legitamate way to beat the game is to use at least 1 of the ingame cheats or you have some bot to do it for you. bad call ID, bad call. Expand
  28. AnsonG.
    Jul 7, 2006
    3
    Nice graphics, display, music and sound. Else it SUCKS: Disjointed story. Boring environments and enemies. Cliched weaponry. No style. If the id software so smart, let them play to themself. Cheers!
  29. ArmageddonP.
    Jun 5, 2006
    3
    Wow, this was a bad bad game. A total letdown from ID software. All graphics and no gameplay. I'm sure halo fans will enjoy this watered down shooter.
  30. AdamM.
    May 10, 2006
    1
    This game is lucky to even get a 1 from me! It is not original, graphics are not that amazing, and the gameplay is nowhere near as good as games like Quake 4 and Half-Life 2. I do not recommend this game!
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 83 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 77 out of 83
  2. Negative: 0 out of 83
  1. The graphics are amazing (mind you, even on a mediocre system), the sound is amazing (if you don’t have a 5.1 system yet, consider it), and the game is downright scary.
  2. DOOM 3 smashes through all the hype and delivers a grand slam of action, story, atmosphere, and pure terror.
  3. 90
    So perfectly constructed, so deliciously immersive and downright elegant, that demands for more seem crass. It might not be the very best shooter out there, but it's the more visually stunning and successfully atmospheric than any game we've had the pleasure to play.