DOOM 3

I love Doom3! People complain that the game is on a rail. I don't like huge areas with many different ways to go, and for me to get lost. Even though it's on a rail, I still get lost a little sometimes. The CD code is a sad joke! I almost deleted the game because I couldn't find the key code!!!! Luckily, DADDYCML, in his negative review, shows exactly how to find the key. You can't find it on the GOG site. You have to enter GOG through your browser. DADDYCML explains it in detail. Thanks DADDYCML!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The *original* Doom 3 + Resurrection of Evil are now included. I have not tried the GOG version yet, but will update my review (via contacting Support to ask them to edit it) when I do. Just wanted to let people know the originals are now here.

The Doom series of first-person shooters is often a go-to for me and many others, but although many are enamoured with the oldschool genre-defining smashes of Doom 1 - Final Doom and Doom 64 and the mega-blockbusters of the new trilogy My personal favourite aside from The Dark Ages is the darker, edgier, and terrifying horror-themed oddball Doom 3. UPDATE: They added the original version now. So now my earlier review has been invalidated. Now you should go for this and play it, because the original version, with the Dhewm3 source port, is an amazing horror-themed FPS with a dark Sci-fi atmosphere, intense gameplay, cool takes on the iconic weapons, impressive graphics, and some truly intense scares that I think will catch first-time players off-guard. Turn off the lights, bolt up the door and crank the volume up for this one, because it is unlike anything else in the Doom series and a must-play.

With GOG.com having recently added the Original version of Doom 3 and Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil back to digital distribution, the world of Doom 3 modding opportunity returns! Especially with mods like Classic DOOM, the OG Doom 3 shows why the original versions of games are so important to have available on this website. Thanks to the crew and people who made this happen - I know it's not always easy negotiating for original versions (and maintaining compatibility), but at least on my initial tests, the original game works great out of the box on Windows 11 with no tweaking or graphical glitches to work around. It's so great to be back!

Doom 3 takes the Half-Life approach to the game. You are Generic Marine Guy (not to be confused with Doomguy who is much cooler) who just got transferred to the UAC base on Mars for...reasons, I guess. You arrive with a couple UAC higher-ups who are there to talk to Mr. Obvious Bad Guy about him being an obvious bad guy. Your first assignment is to find a missing scientist (not Mr. Obvious Bad Guy) and as soon as you do, the invasion starts. From there, you get from level to level finding new weapons and uncovering more of the basic plot through PDAs you find, which act as keys as well as pre-recorded audio logs and email logs. Doom 3 has the best Hell levels of any Doom game, and it's just a shame they were all so short. Play the regular game or the BFG Edition, they're both perfectly fine. Play the regular game if you're going for more of a "horror" vibe, play the BFG Edition if action is more your jam.