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Doom 3 still scares the shit out of me

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I agree, I could never handle more than 30min of Doom3 at a stint, then I would need to take a few hours break. Consequently I never clocked it.

On that note, what hardware would I need these days to run doom3 well at max settings 1680x1050? don't have a gaming computer right now, maybe its time to make one

I max it with my E5200, P5Q pro, and 8800GT 512MB.
 

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I've had the game from the day it was released but until now never finished the game :/
 

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ill never forget the first moment it kicks off when u first meet the scientist.

filled my pants lol, even walking to that point, the civillians i shot cus they made me jump lol
 

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whenever i'm playing Doom 3, I just enter a console command that spawns a guard that helps you in the levels. ;) dunno if its a mod or already in game, i forgot. but it helps me fight the HORROR.
 

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I freaked love(d) Doom III - so much so I bought the expansion pack. I think I'll have to give it another play through when I get really bored one wet, cold, dark & rainy day.
 
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I freaked love(d) Doom III - so much so I bought the expansion pack. I think I'll have to give it another play through when I get really bored one wet, cold, dark & rainy day.

The expansion was dissapointing to me:cry::cry:
 

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I must admit I never finished the expansion, I think I had another game that took my interest when I started playing it. I'll have to give it a run through.
 
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I have attempted to play this game for the last 6-7 years or however long its been out, but to be truthful, it scares the shit out of me, even today :eek:

It defo was the crysis of its day with breathtaking visuals and one of the creepiest atmospheres ever in a game, also it took me maybe 2-3 years before I could even attempt to run it at ultra setting with its next gen graphics as it would bring a lot of rigs to their knees just like the doom 3 of today aka crysis

But seriousley this game is fucked, the atmosphere is excellant as it really does creep you from the get go, and thats my problem, it takes me half hour at most to start shitting my pants with doom 3 and I really have trouble getting anywhere productive in the game cause I am too busy shitting my pants lol

Do we have any other doom 3 pussies or am I one of a kind lol? I really do wanna play the game but it freaks me out way too much lol

I still have to beat that boss in hell. :laugh:
 
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I must admit I never finished the expansion, I think I had another game that took my interest when I started playing it. I'll have to give it a run through.

Lol yeah im kinda the same, I played the epansion pack for like about 20mins then got extremely bored and never played it again, if you do have a play through with it, let me know how it is bro:toast:
 
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I have the Xbox version (didn't have a PC at the time), but why it was not released for the Playstation 2?
 
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I never finished it, I absolutely hate it when I clear a room correctly and then a monster closet opens somewhere that I checked. But you should all play Dead Space, its like the movie sunrise in a game. X)
 
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You realy got to play this at 02.00, alone, without lights, and with realy good soundsystem... Same goes for FEAR.
 

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You realy got to play this at 02.00, alone, without lights, and with realy good soundsystem... Same goes for FEAR.

Exactly the way I did play it.
 
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F.E.A.R. never really scared me It made me really really REALLY stressed when I could not use reflex and something...unnatural came by, but it did not scare me. + I had just gotten my 2800 at that point, so I was drooling over eye candy.
 
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I never finished it, I absolutely hate it when I clear a room correctly and then a monster closet opens somewhere that I checked. But you should all play Dead Space, its like the movie sunrise in a game. X)

Sunrise, I've seen that movie ages ago, but to me Dead Space reminds me of Event Horizon:toast:
 
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Sunrise, I've seen that movie ages ago, but to me Dead Space reminds me of Event Horizon:toast:

It has EH's grime for sure, The Alien matter in Dead Space reminds me of the plant matter in sunrise. I agree though, the overall feel of EH is closer. Good movies.
 
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It has EH's grime for sure, The Alien matter in Dead Space reminds me of the plant matter in sunrise. I agree though, the overall feel of EH is closer. Good movies.

Hell yeah bro, I liked both movies, but EH freaked me out more:toast:
 

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Installing as we speak. i already beat the game back when i had a Pentium D 805 and a 7600GT and the GFX were awesome. now with a I7 and a 5850 it should be better?
 
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OMG I will play Doom 3 with no lights. no one around TONIGHT!!!. never finished this game cause my previous, previous system can't handle it(i want to play it maxed out or no play) and Its ALWAYS scaring the shit out of me. seriously this is the only game that scares me other than silent hill one. Dead Space scared me too but not that much DOOM 3 level of horror
 
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OMG I will play Doom 3 with no lights. no one around TONIGHT!!!. never finished this game cause my previous, previous system can't handle it(i want to play it maxed out or no play) and Its ALWAYS scaring the shit out of me. seriously this is the only game that scares me other than silent hill one. Dead Space scared me too but not that much DOOM 3 level of horror

Lol enjoy bro, let us know how it goes lol:toast:
 

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Well if you have the cds you can acquire a backup from the internet.

thanks but i found it!!! haha now to continue the long forgotten mission, FINISH the game!! if i ever finish it. :roll:
 
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