Doom3 Expansion

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-12-16 01:50pm

Only first 2 paragraphs transcribed, but if thats also illegal, i'll snip.

PCG wrote: Theres no rest for the USMCshortened, not in any century. Less then six months after id's Doom3 bought Hell out of hiding, the marines are going to be called back into action against the spawn of Satan. From our early look at the expansion pack, its going to be good news for the fans of last summer's shocker.

Developed by Nerve software under the supervision of id Software, Doom3: Ressuraction of Hell takes you right back inside the UAC dig site for another rendezvous with the hellspawn. And this time, you can expect a satisfying resolution to the cliffhanger ending of Dr. Betruger's demonized new incaration

Finally, end to the cliff hangers.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2004-12-16 03:07pm

HOLY SHIT!!!

I'm gonna have to beat Doom3 now just to prepare myself for this expansion.

Come on, new weapons! Come on!

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-12-16 04:53pm

Oh, you haven't heard about this yet?

Yeah, they're going to have a new weapon. That lets you pick up objects and throw them. Called the Grabber.

I hear they're going to call it "Doom 3: Shameless Ripoffs of Better FPS Games".

andrewgpaul · Post by **andrewgpaul** » 2004-12-16 06:19pm

and the double-barreled shotgun

one of the new enemies just looks like a Lost Soul with spikes, though. That's kinda lame.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-12-16 07:14pm

Puulhlleeeease do something bout that flashlight!!

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-12-16 09:00pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Oh, you haven't heard about this yet?

Yeah, they're going to have a new weapon. That lets you pick up objects and throw them. Called the Grabber.

Hahahaha, that's hilarious!

Here's hoping they managed to install adequate lighting this time, hopefully they've programmed some friendly AI too, that would be great.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2004-12-16 09:25pm

Hrm. Do you think It'll be, y'know, good this time?

Maybe less fucking dark?

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2004-12-16 11:18pm

Eh, D3 wasn't /BAD/, just...not nearly as good as everyone was wanking it would be. Me, I couldn't stand the original, so I went into D3 expecting a very pretty game that would otherwise be very bland. And I was actually PLEASANTLY surprised by the quality of the game. All depends on what you went into it expecting. That said, I don't own it, and I don't intend to until and unless I see it on the Cheapass Bargain Rack. The engine I care about, the game...eh, not really. Sadly, it's too high-end to be good for a large-scale combat game, but I'd like to see an RPG using it...that kind of massive detail and such would absolutely rock in the smaller, more controllable settings of a CRPG.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-12-16 11:31pm

Rye wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:Oh, you haven't heard about this yet?

Yeah, they're going to have a new weapon. That lets you pick up objects and throw them. Called the Grabber.
Hahahaha, that's hilarious!

Totally serious. I saw a thread on it a few weeks back at the Penny Arcade forums.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2004-12-16 11:35pm

Eh, it's not unprecidented. Doom 3's plot and setting was, after all, a carbon copy of HLs' with the removal of the good bits. I expect nothing less from the grabber-ty gun.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-12-17 12:18am

Shinova wrote:Puulhlleeeease do something bout that flashlight!!

Fixed, in your helmet

DPDarkPrimus wrote: Yeah, they're going to have a new weapon. That lets you pick up objects and throw them. Called the Grabber.

Ah no, its a upgrade of the soul cube with some powers, lets you do bullet time and that kind of stuff.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-12-17 12:20am

Ace Pace wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote: Yeah, they're going to have a new weapon. That lets you pick up objects and throw them. Called the Grabber.
Ah no, its a upgrade of the soul cube with some powers, lets you do bullet time and that kind of stuff.

Oh, bullet time? So it's ripping off Max Payne too!

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-12-17 12:53am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote: Yeah, they're going to have a new weapon. That lets you pick up objects and throw them. Called the Grabber.
Ah no, its a upgrade of the soul cube with some powers, lets you do bullet time and that kind of stuff.
Oh, bullet time? So it's ripping off Max Payne too!

They're equal opportunity plagarists...

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-12-17 01:23am

Pcm979 wrote:Eh, it's not unprecidented. Doom 3's plot and setting was, after all, a carbon copy of HLs' with the removal of the good bits. I expect nothing less from the grabber-ty gun.

Doom 3's plot and setting was a rip-off of Doom. I think it'd also be fair to say that Half-Life borrowed the concept of "scientific blunder, monsters show up, wreak havoc" from Doom, as well.

Marathon makes them both look like ass anyhow.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2004-12-17 01:29am

Hrmf. The plot specifics are nearly identical.
New guy goes in to do an ordinary job, odd beings materialise all over the base he's at.
He has to fight his way to the teleporter machines and go to the alien's realm.

Etc.

Edit: Done on purpose, government plot, etc.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-12-17 01:54am

Pcm979 wrote:Hrmf. The plot specifics are nearly identical. New guy goes in to do an ordinary job, odd beings materialise all over the base he's at. He has to fight his way to the teleporter machines and go to the alien's realm.

Wow, just like in the original Doom.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2004-12-17 01:59am

Point taken.

Half-Life's still better than Doom 3, though.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-12-17 04:07am

Yeah, Half-Life's better than Doom 3. Now shut up.

Me, I thought Doom 3 was plenty fun, completely independently of other games. I hope the expansion brings back the "chamber O' Mass-Monster death" concept that was pretty prevalent throughout the original Doom games. I understand the lack thereof - engine limits, y'know - and appreciate the consistent game atmosphere, but c'mon... I wanna have the deathtraps that start pumping out fifty enemies in one massive arena.

Maybe iD figgered that Serious Sam did it so much better and didn't even bother?

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-12-17 05:23am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Oh, bullet time? So it's ripping off Max Payne too!

So because its ripping off another game(which ripped off bullet times from movies IIRC), its bad? Maybe their execution is differant, kind of like FEAR's implementation.

So far from reading the article theres hints that some other weird powers might be, with the final showdown allmost exclusivly relaying on that.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-12-17 03:18pm

If they can impliment bullet time better, fine. But excuse me if I call bullshit if you think they can do a gravity gun better than THE Gravity Gun.

Executor32 · Post by **Executor32** » 2004-12-17 04:28pm

Well, they could make it able to push old rusted trucks, the Gravity Gun can't do that.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-12-17 04:53pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:If they can impliment bullet time better, fine. But excuse me if I call bullshit if you think they can do a gravity gun better than THE Gravity Gun.

Did I say that? no, also, outside of the specific context of HL, I don't think the Gravity gun is that usful.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2004-12-17 09:50pm

UT2k4 had a gravity gun a while ago; its implemented without karma extensions, so its no that useful, but you CAN crush turrets with tanks, throw people over walls, etc. Sure, it was inspired by HL2 trailers, but hey

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-12-18 05:09am

But excuse me if I call bullshit if you think they can do a gravity gun better than THE Gravity Gun.

Jiminy, the Half-Life fanbourgeois didn't hesitate in the slightest to deify their little game, did they? I can see the ad lines for the third game... "Half-Life 3: Better Than Sex". And they'll believe it!

Anyway, if you wanna talk about Half-Life, go find, y'know, a Half-Life thread. Fuckin' pikers...

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-12-18 04:00pm

Half-Life 2 was overhyped. But so was Doom 3. Point?