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0.2 hrs last two weeks / 149.3 hrs on record (7.2 hrs at review time)
Posted: 13 Sep, 2017 @ 9:27pm
Updated: 13 Sep, 2017 @ 9:29pm

It's perfect.

DOOM 3 is truly a masterpiece, the graphics, the atmosphere, the shooting, it's grimy, it's gritty, it's evil and not cartoony at all, the way DOOM should be. Now I'm playing it with the 'Doom 3 Redux mod', which doesn't touch gameplay at all, it simply adds cooler sounds and better textures, nothing wrong upgrading a 2004 game visually, so I definitely recommend adding this mod if you never played the game before, still even without the mod, it's perfect, but I think this mod really modernizes it, better gun sounds (blasting imps and zombies with a shotgun has never been so fun), better graphics, better textures, gameplay unaffected = perfect.

Anyways, what to say about the game. It's truly a real DOOM game, it starts slow like the Knee Deep in Dead episode from DOOM 1993 and slowly picks up the pace. You'll face the same monster traps, hallways, UAC base, Mars, Hell, the same demons, keycard hunting, lockers, maze levels, action you experienced in the original DOOM.

To me it's a real DOOM game, and never understood the haters who say it isn't. It has horror elements yes, but this game is NOT a survival horror game. You don't "survive" scrounging for supplies and setting up camp fires, hiding, surviving, you take that shotgun and blast those demon f.ucks straight to hell! DOOM guy is badass in this game as well, don't let people who don't understand DOOM tell you otherwise. I've always enjoyed it and just recently bought it on steam again because DOOM 3 I bought back in 2004 is still in my hometown.

I enjoy all DOOMs, and DOOM 2016 is a great game as well and a real DOOM game as well don't get me wrong, but don't exclude this masterpiece from the series saying it sucks. I say try it! If you don't like it, you can always refund it.

Also, this game has some crazy mods as well, people were very creative with it so when you finish the game you can play numerous cool mods, there's even a mod where someone remade Quake 1 in this, it owns!
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24 Comments
I'll swallow your soul! 6 Oct, 2017 @ 3:24pm 
Yeah... There's no difference really between the old D3 version and 1.3.1. The new 1.3.1. just fixes some bugs, unfortunately 99% of mods only work with 1.3.1.

I know the pain though... Running mods with the retail version sucks, I could never patch D3 properly 10 years ago...
Vosil307 #2 6 Oct, 2017 @ 1:41pm 
Well the CD i have is very old, probably older then 10 years, so idk what to say but after i finished my 1st or 2nd grade of elementary, it suddenly disappeared and never to be heard or seen and 10 years later in 2nd grade of high school i found it in a huge ass wardrobe.
I'll swallow your soul! 6 Oct, 2017 @ 1:16pm 
Sorry it didn't work for you, it has got to do with the DOOM 3 version you're using. The retail CD is outdated and patching it to 1.3.1. can be a bitch...
Vosil307 #2 6 Oct, 2017 @ 11:17am 
Well it did not worked, i quess if i buy Doom 3 on steam it will work but no thanks, i only went to play Doom 3 is to remind me of good memories of playing it 10 years ago. Thank you for help.
I'll swallow your soul! 6 Oct, 2017 @ 8:40am 
Try that, it should work. Reinstall, install the patch from the second link, put the "redux" folder in DOOM 3 folder and run it from "mods" from main menu. If that doesn't work, I'm out of ideas, sorry bro.
Vosil307 #2 6 Oct, 2017 @ 8:39am 
Il reinstall Doom 3, get the second link and get the mod and i am ready to go, btw thanks for help. Before going, anything else you want to warn me about?
I'll swallow your soul! 6 Oct, 2017 @ 8:37am 
Yeah sorry about the first link, I didn't see in the comments that there are other patches to be installed before the 1.3.1 one.. The second link has all the patches in one .exe inluding the 1.3.1.

No idea man, this is another reason I bought the steam version... It's only 5 bucks, and is patched and ready for mods.
Vosil307 #2 6 Oct, 2017 @ 8:36am 
The first link, it requires the CD and i unfortunately before you replied downloaded it
I'll swallow your soul! 6 Oct, 2017 @ 8:32am 
The second link I provided? It requires cd key? Do you have the key on your box?
Vosil307 #2 6 Oct, 2017 @ 8:31am 
It requires a CD key, idk which one.