Posted on: June 16, 2019

mrld
Verified ownerGames: 291 Reviews: 1
Not for everyone - but for me!
This game is very different from the original Doom games and Doom 2016. Needless to say, there was a lot of controversy already when it originally released in 2004 - and the changes the BFG Edition brought in 2012 did not help this situation. First the game was too dark and being forced to switch to the flashlight was a stupid mechanic, now it's the other way around, apparently :-) Anyways, I loved both Doom 2016 as well as Doom 3 (and this BFG Edition), though for very different reasons. D3 focuses much more on delivering a scary atmosphere. Everything is dark and eerie and claustrophic. You not so much fight the horrifying demons as you fight with your sheer uneasyness of being trapped in this world. I want to stress that I normally don't play "horror" games. D3 gives you the tools to survive and fight back - but it does not hand-hold you. I feel many of the original issues with the BFG Edition have been fixed in the meantime. You can enable the console, you can adjust FOV, you can disable auto-saving. Even zoom is still available via console/config files. And having the fps cap raised from 60 to 120 was a godsend to me. And I do appreciate the changes in visuals and sound. That said, they could have done a better job in parts, or at least allowed for more options.
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