Posted on: September 18, 2017

opslo

Games: 97 Reviews: 1

It is worth playing

The story is interesting (well, this is the first Doom to really feature a story, PDAs, audio-logs...), for whatever reason it reminds me a bit of the Shock-series (System Shock, Bioshock). Maybe, because the people on Mars got turned into these zombie and other mutant things. Not with the help of boosters etc. but with the help of the power/demons from the "other dimension". Anyway, it is a long time (10 years), since I last played Doom 3, don't really remember the graphics that much, but I do know, that it was dark and the only light source you had was you pocket-lamp, that you could also use as a melee weapon. Now, you have you lamp on you shoulder and it is much more user-friendly, because you can use the lamp and the weapons the same time. To be honest, I didn't really like the original Doom 3 ("vanilla version" as it is called today). It was dark, didn't have much colors and the whole gameplay feel/was slow... For me, Quake 4 was better in that way. The enemies were faster in the latter game. Quake 4 was more colorfull, had open areas etc. But today, for whatever reason I like this slowness in Doom 3 BFG. I can't really tell why. Maybe, because I'm older? Anyway I won't write much about the BFG version, you can read many things about it elsewhere. Is it worth to play it? Sure. But don't have unrealistic hopes, also the original Doom 3 mods won't work whit this edition.

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Posted on: June 15, 2024

GatuGamer

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Games: 710 Reviews: 5

Serial Keys Depleted

I bought my copy of Doom 3 on 28 May and haven't been able to play it since. I went into my account, clicked on Serial Keys but I keep getting the message "Serial Keys Depleted" Today is 17 June and there's no answer. I'ts so frustrating that something so simple became so complicated. If there's no solution to this in the next days I will ask for a refund. Consider this if you want to buy the game.

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Posted on: November 29, 2024

Rineldex

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Games: 28 Reviews: 6

Doom 3 experience

This is a great game (original played), providing exciting atmospheric shooter gameplay, it immersed me in the isolation of mars base where the classical doom stuffs are happening. Unlike the previous titles from the series this is not a frenzy crush-em-all experience, but what it offers it executes in good manners. It has the enemies that jumps on you, it has the enemies that surround you and you have the bullets or chain to escape the graps of death. Also, enjoy the voice and text that will explain you, that the fear is in place (and also the interconnection of the actions that are going in the background while you're smashing your enemies.

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Edited on: September 30, 2025

Posted on: September 30, 2025

RipTearEviscerate

Games: 0 Reviews: 12

The best Doom - true survival horror

This game changed Doom from a pure FPS to a survival horror game but after a while it ceases to be scary and delves more into a blend of horror and action with a greater emphasis on the action aspect. I give the game props for trying to be different but I couldn't help but feel that it tried to do too many things halfway instead of doing one thing really well. When you first start the game you'll notice an impressive amount of polish right away. The movement is fluid and free like you would expect from a Doom game and the graphics are very impressive. It's obvious from the start that this is a pure AAA game with a lot of heart and soul poured into it. The atmosphere is on point right away and pretty much everything is inter actable. You can even shoot friendlies right away with no consequence and I love that. There's no "failure" screen or anything like that, the game just continues like nothing happened. This first impression is very positive and even purists who might feel like this isn't a true Doom game can't help but be impressed by it. You can even interact with computer monitors and push buttons that have no purpose. This is the type of polish that impresses me in a game. The game is slow to start but as you play there is no question: this is a Doom game. It plays almost as some sort of survival horror fps rpg. The lore never gets in the way of the action and I think they did a tremendous job of balancing the two. It almost feels like two separate games at times, scary and atmospheric in the beginning but you become so powerful later on that it becomes hard to scare you anymore except for the occasional jump scare. This blend is refreshing and interesting and I feel this was the right direction to go for the modern version of the series even though it would have been interesting to see what it could have been had they gone full survival horror.

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Posted on: October 8, 2025

MLGorange

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Games: 41 Reviews: 7

May need manual key activation

Games old but pure gold. However the game always asks for the activation key and the key-files generated by GOG on the games installation are either gone or only halfway existant. I had to log into the GOG homepage and screenshot the keys linked to my account (For some reason it's impossible to show the keys on their own launcher). The automatic key activation by GOG does NOT work reliably. You still have to do it manually if you're unlucky. Haven't tested it with the BFG-Edition yet. Can only confirm this issue for the original for now. Back to the game now... If you tweak the doomconfig file, you can actually get it to run decently on fullHD or higher. Quick-tutorials are available online. Aside from that, the original DOOM 3 is running surprisingly well on newer hardware.

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