Decent, but not really worth spending money on

User Rating: 7.9 | DOOM 3 PC
DOOM3 has probably been one of the most anticipated games of 2004 which is one of the reasons I was left dissapointed by it's 'fun at first' but repetitive gameplay and the repeated scare tactic of monsters jumping out of the shadows. The horror aspect isn't as gory as I though it would be either. What I expected were marines getting their torso's smashed open, random scientists, barely alive with most of their organs missing strung up against a wall. In the scene that introduced the hell knights I was expecting a guy to get his upper body torn off and eaten by the hellknight, but no, he just get's thrown against a wall. Even though it's rated MA15+ Restricted in my country it just doesn't seem to scare me or disturb me as much as some other games i've played.
When I saw the size of the groups of demons I was gunning down It immediatly became apparent to me of the difference between a remake and a re-imagining. The old gameplay mechanics just don't mix well with the small groups of enemies, I would have much preffered marginally less detailed but much larger groups of demons in more open areas like the original DOOM.
Story wise the game doesn't try and suprise too much. When i first laid eyes on Dr Krieger my mind said "Don't trust the creep with the false eye" and a few seconds later "don't worry, they'll get their product" I pretty much knew already just who it was that set the whole invasion up.
The graphics are verry pretty but not all that much to look at. Everything was either greay or blue and if it was red it was dim light. It's just my opinion that having everything bathed in a soft yet sinister pale red glow would have worked much better.

The Sound it the only thing besides the graphics that i'll say is outstanding, Hearing the imp screech somewhere out of the darkness is scarier than any gore the game throws at you.

In the end it's a fun game that will keep you entertained for a few hours at a time, after that it starts to become hard to play. It doesn't try anything new but the excecution of older gameplay is done quite well. Buy this game if you want but I would recommend renting the xbox version.