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It's publically available today.
If you're machine can run it, get it. First of all, it's the best looking game ever. Not necessarily color and stuff, but detail, lights, shadows, that kind of thing. It's amazing.
Plus, it's the goddamn scariest thing I've ever seen or played.
i'll get a torrent of it first before I buy it.
This might be a good way to burn off a weekend.
i'll get a torrent of it first before I buy it.
I did the same :)
I am going to go pick it up. It's evil man. It's not a "run through and shoot everything that moves" type game. It's a "move really slowly, shine your flashlight in every corner, and wear and adult diaper" type game.
AcidQueen
08-03-04, 11:54 AM
I got the call from EB this morning--I'm heading down to the mall at 1:30 to get it.
Mmmm...BFG9000..... :mushy:
I still haven't finished FarCry yet....
I guess I'll pick it up afterwards....
What is the cost?
45-55 bucks
holy mother fucking shit! i just died...the graphics are sick!
meatpile
08-03-04, 10:40 PM
holy mother fucking shit! i just died...the graphics are sick!
sweet
holy mother fucking shit! i just died...the graphics are sick!
Does it scare you at all?
45-55 bucks
Maybe I'll just get liquored up this weekend instead.
I have a pretty decent graphics card. What kind of hardware do you need to run this game?
I have a pretty decent graphics card. What kind of hardware do you need to run this game?
Well actually it's pretty scalable, so if your system meets the minimum requirements, you should be ok. I don't know what those are though, might want to check doom3.com
Does it scare you at all?
They set the mood very well in it. But I haven't gotten to any part that has scared the shit out of me.
PantherPaul
08-04-04, 03:38 PM
Is this a PC game or console game?
Is this a PC game or console game?
PC, but I believe it's en route to your nearest xbox
Toll Booth Willie
08-04-04, 06:06 PM
Best game ever made. Swear to god. I'm blown away. The realism is stupid. I was impressed by Far Cry, but the textures and light and shadows and the people FOR GODS SAKE look real. And I was so into it that when my fiancee got home from work and tapped me on the shoulder (i had the headphones on), I screamed like a little bitch. It's fuckin awesome.
Toll Booth Willie
08-04-04, 06:07 PM
PC, but I believe it's en route to your nearest xbox
I'd be surprised if they can make it half the game it is now on PC on the xbox.
where is everyone getting the torrent from? the torrent im hitting now is slow as hell. 500+ have it open.
where is everyone getting the torrent from? the torrent im hitting now is slow as hell. 500+ have it open.
I newsgroup'd it
AcidQueen
08-04-04, 07:00 PM
They set the mood very well in it. But I haven't gotten to any part that has scared the shit out of me.
Mildly spoilerish, but did you get to the bathroom scene yet?
That was insane.
meatpile
08-04-04, 07:59 PM
What does the box say on sys requirements? Not on the doom3 website.
What does the box say on sys requirements? Not on the doom3 website.
I can't find the damn sys reqs anywhere in the Internet.
Toll Booth Willie
08-04-04, 08:38 PM
If yall are playing this without surround sound, you really are cheating yourselves out of a good portion of the game. The guys beating on the walls asking for help are so real. Sometimes you can hear people trapped in rubble tapping on pipes. Other times you can hear someone behind you, you turn around, don't see anything, start going back the way you were heading, then get bushwacked from the direction the sound came. Unfreakinbeleivable.
Toll Booth Willie
08-04-04, 08:41 PM
What does the box say on sys requirements? Not on the doom3 website.
64 MB video card (min radeon 8500 or geforce 3)
Windows 2000/XP
Pentium 1.5 ghz or Athlon 1500+
384 MB RAM
8x cd rom
2.2 gb of hd space
directx compliant sound, keyboard, mouse
PantherPaul
08-04-04, 09:47 PM
where is everyone getting the torrent from? the torrent im hitting now is slow as hell. 500+ have it open.
Here is where I got mine Bit Torrent (http://www.bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html)
I think he meant the copy of doom3, not the torrent installer. :rofl:
Toll Booth Willie
08-04-04, 10:03 PM
Mildly spoilerish, but did you get to the bathroom scene yet?
That was insane.
Not sure what's freaked me out more yet; that scene or the one where you find William Murphy's PDA in the middle of the pentagram. That satan laugh made my sack hair stand up on end.
Superfluous_Nut
08-04-04, 10:09 PM
yeah hefty requirements. my audio is skippy and just messed up in general. 9800 pro and 1.7Ghz processor means that i get "medium quality" by default. man. what system do you need to the high quality setting?
Toll Booth Willie
08-04-04, 10:15 PM
I got a 9800 pro and put it on the ultra high setting. It gave me some warning about needing 500 MB of memory for textures, but I got a gig so I fired it up. Only problem I see so far is during "transitions"; i.e., when I open a door, seems like it freezes up for a sec. I may jack it back down to high later on. Anybody try multiplayer yet? I tried and it never connected.
Superfluous_Nut
08-04-04, 10:28 PM
I got a 9800 pro and put it on the ultra high setting. It gave me some warning about needing 500 MB of memory for textures, but I got a gig so I fired it up. Only problem I see so far is during "transitions"; i.e., when I open a door, seems like it freezes up for a sec. I may jack it back down to high later on. Anybody try multiplayer yet? I tried and it never connected.
yeah, that's 512 of TEXTURE memory -- ie a 512Mb graphics card. they put that in probably for screen shot purposes and for when those cards eventually come out. the freezes you get are when textures get cached back and forth to the card.
It is freaky. Voice whispering "help me" or "it took my baby"... that maniacal laugh.
I can play for about and hour then I gotta go do something else :)
It is freaky. Voice whispering "help me" or "it took my baby"... that maniacal laugh.
I can play for about and hour then I gotta go do something else :)
wuss
holy shit..doom3 has has 13000 dl's and 1800 seeds as of right now. Thats by far the most dl'ed torrent ive ever seen.
My torrent is going slow as fuck too Dave. Like 4k/s slow.
Superfluous_Nut
08-05-04, 12:24 AM
i went with the DVD torrent version (not an official version, just everything put into one install). it took overnight, but no biggy.
the install jacks up on it, tho (it asks for cd #2). you end up just having to copy the files (doom3.exe and base/*) and go from there. no registry crap. no dll's. no big deal there.
Superfluous_Nut
08-05-04, 12:25 AM
the audio glitch is killing me, tho. i read that doom 3's audio is all in software which means i don't think it's a driver thing or sound card thing. it stutters and repeats and then skips -- namely when people are talking. real drag. anybody else experience anything like this?
edit:
oh yeah, and are lightbulbs unheardof on mars or something? christ.
HardHarry
08-05-04, 01:19 AM
someone hook me up with the torrent link please.
Superfluous_Nut
08-05-04, 02:40 AM
someone hook me up with the torrent link please.
i don't think larry would like torrents on the board, but you can find them at www.suprnova.org (http://www.suprnova.org)
i don't think larry would like torrents on the board, but you can find them at www.suprnova.org (http://www.suprnova.org)
thats what i use...i got about half over night. Should be done by the time I get home.
meatpile
08-05-04, 09:37 AM
I'm gonna wait till next week and buy it. Next week Janelle leaves town for 5 days.
Mildly spoilerish, but did you get to the bathroom scene yet?
That was insane.
Jesus.
alright...this thread has convinced me to buy it tomorrow and possibly upgrade my puter too. thanks for blowing my budget guys!
Superfluous_Nut
08-06-04, 12:24 AM
it's fun and all, but i prefer to play these types of games cooperatively. the xbox version will have coop mode, so maybe i'll shelve it until that version comes out.
AcidQueen
08-06-04, 12:54 AM
Jesus.
Don't laugh--the scene I'm talking about was actually pretty freaky (and doesn't involve scatology at all, unless you count the fact that you might wet yourself at that scene in the game).
Toll Booth Willie
08-06-04, 08:43 AM
it's fun and all, but i prefer to play these types of games cooperatively. the xbox version will have coop mode, so maybe i'll shelve it until that version comes out.
Yeah, I was a little disappointed in that myself. Where did you see that the xbox version would have coop?
Don't laugh--the scene I'm talking about was actually pretty freaky (and doesn't involve scatology at all, unless you count the fact that you might wet yourself at that scene in the game).
wuss...
wuss...
Go play it. Then see if you're calling people "wuss".
meatpile
08-06-04, 10:51 AM
No coop sucks.
Hell, the first one had coop
BigVito
08-06-04, 11:16 AM
No coop sucks.
Hell, the first one had coopI think he'll do ok on special teams this year. The guy is a gunner.
Oops, wrong thread.
Go play it. Then see if you're calling people "wuss".
I've played some demos....there are some jumpy seens but nothing I haven't played before....
AcidQueen
08-06-04, 11:59 AM
I've played some demos....there are some jumpy seens but nothing I haven't played before....
Demos != the full game
Demos != the full game
or <> :D
Toll Booth Willie
08-06-04, 02:12 PM
!= is old skool :xyzthumbs
!= is old skool :xyzthumbs
how is that...that's used in PHP
Superfluous_Nut
08-06-04, 03:12 PM
Yeah, I was a little disappointed in that myself. Where did you see that the xbox version would have coop?
the game reviews all bemoan the no co-op aspect but say the bright side is that it is in xbox. the xbox version is actually not a port, apparently, but a concurrent development. weird. guess it's pointless to try to port it since the gamme pretty much is the graphics engine which the xbox is not capable of dealing with.
i remember playing the original doom series co-op. it was great.
i'm a bit surprised by the collision detection in this game, as well. lots of places where you just get hung up on corners and stuff that don't make much sense. or climbing up a ladder and not being able to full climb it till you wiggle left and right.
meatpile
08-06-04, 03:39 PM
Original doom coop was my first real lan gaming.
Toll Booth Willie
08-06-04, 04:13 PM
how is that...that's used in PHP
dont habla the php
I've played some demos....there are some jumpy seens but nothing I haven't played before....
um, it's a $55 heartattack. i played for 10 minutes and wanted to quit. if you let yourself get imersed in the game, it's ridiculous. i want my mommy.
HardHarry
08-29-04, 09:10 PM
um, it's a $55 heartattack. i played for 10 minutes and wanted to quit. if you let yourself get imersed in the game, it's ridiculous. i want my mommy.
Finally got a retail copy of it - for free. I don't normally like games like this, but this one is freaking me out. It's like a horror movie.
AcidQueen
08-29-04, 09:57 PM
Finally got a retail copy of it - for free. I don't normally like games like this, but this one is freaking me out. It's like a horror movie.
Oh tell me about it.
I've played this game like seven times through already, and I STILL freak out when something leaps at me out of the darkness (even though I know to expect it).
Oh tell me about it.
I've played this game like seven times through already, and I STILL freak out when something leaps at me out of the darkness (even though I know to expect it).
what a wuss :laugh1:
AcidQueen
08-30-04, 10:59 PM
what a wuss :laugh1:
Takes one to know one.
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