[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ Doom 3!, Gone gold... won't be long now.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/07/14/news_6102542.html

There you have it. August 3rd, people!

Woot!

Finally! So many long years of waiting for this gem is finally being paid off. I think I'll go out and preorder my copy tomorrow. This is just going to be too big of a hit to miss. Looks like it's time for some good, old-fashioned demon slaying action. Except, this time, the demons are more than 2d sprites running around in DOS. :P

Pricing on Doom 3 is a bit odd though. $55... Most games are either $50 or $40 these days (and I really have never seen a $55 PC game... even back in the $60 age).

This post has been edited by TWINE006: Jul 15 2004, 03:24 AM

I actually just played in a 16-person server (and it ran surprisingly smooth). The player limit is easily changed to whatever you want it to be through a console command. The fact is, it just takes some massive serverside bandwidth to go over the basic 4-man "limit."

Another cool thing. A co-op mod is already in the works. Supposedly, they already have it working somewhat but they have quite a bit of debugging to do (crashes in cutscenes, new players spawning causes massive lag, PDA is unusable, etc. etc.). Here's some footage:

Spoiler Alert! The first video contains footage of the final boss. (I, for one, didn't watch the first one so I can't be positive about whether or not it shows the final boss or not... but don't say I didn't warn you)

I do indeed have one gripe about this game though. I really wish you could carry the flashlight and a weapon at the same time. I don't see why he can't carry at least the pistol with it. It just takes too damn long to switch between the useless flashlight and any other weapon.

This post has been edited by TWINE006: Aug 4 2004, 12:37 AM