DOOM3: ROE

I would like to know what you all think about DOOM3: ROE....

That's your Review? you asked us one question and think you can puplish your own game mag? :dennis:

Well, i quiet enjoyd it. In fact i thought it was better than the DooM3 itself. While DooM3 had to many streches that made it draging in times i wasn't bored with RoE at any moment. It comes with the 1.2 patch which also contains a no CD patch when installed. That's a classic at id Sonftware to drop the Disc check after 2-3 patches.
It also seems that with the new patch the game ran smoother and easier on the hardware. While it still digs ya vid card and CPU it appeared to me that they solved the milifreeze when a door opens. Also the grapper is a fine thing, grap the fireballs of the enemy and throw it right back made me feel like I was playing Puzzle Bobble 3D
The double barrel shoty is a babe, but slow. I highly enjoyd using it but for someone who never have playd DooM2 probably won't see the purpose of it sinse the regular shoty carries more shells and loads much quicker.

All in all if you liked DooM3 you gonna love RoE. Basicly that's what i wished DooM3 would have been rightaway. oh yeah, it#s shorter than the main game. Alot shorter. But maybe that's why it was mad cow fun from start to finish

Well the original DooM3 was more like scary based, you would walk hear a loud nice, and you would teahat yourself,
ROE is more action based, not much scary moments at all, but boy i loved the bullet-time effect.
They also basicly replaced the Imps with some faster creatures..
The grabber gun well kinda fun thingie, but i didnt used it that much, cuz i fell in love with the double barrelled shotgun,
overall i enjoyed ROE, and the levelbosses are nice asswell, you have to puzzle a bit to frag em, and not just drop like 100000 shells on em to beat em.
It's a bit short , as kami sed, but overall i enjoyed this one.

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And you get thrown into the action right away. it's not like you have to walk around for 5 decades now till the action starts.
The cutscenes are a babe now with the introduction of the new demons.

thx guys for the positive feed back.

so i bought it. this morning (4/28/05 @ 7am) and beat it 6 hours (1pm) later here is what i think of DOOM3: ROE

the levitator is nice, i use it all the time killing the evil minions with crates, barrels and there own plasma balls
which i think is a good perk of the game. though it does remind of the grvity gun in HL2 but it does not work by
the same mechanic, your hold time is limited and and it is more more skill oriented. the double barrel sawed off
is gut buster and a half taking down minions like a hot knife through butter.and for the artifact, theres nothing
like a FPS with a little max payne bullet time added in, that thing has saved my skin multple times though out
the coarse of the game.

all in all i also did not get bored with this expansion. it was smooth, action packed (unless you play it on easy)
and itexplained more indepth about the ancient culture which was cool.

the level design was pretty good i thought for the most part, except some of those boring indoor levels that i yhought plagued the original doom3.

the enviorment was right on, the lighting was excellent tough there where far less "black areas".
i belaeve that will demistify then people who think since an area is totaly dark the engine isnt realy
rendering the gfx, instead just b a black screen. the models where done very well, as well as the textures.

the sound was consistent, flowing nicely, nothing out of place there.

i also agree that the 1.2 patch included did increase and stablize proformance quite a bit. i can now run this
game with a hitch at 1024x768 with x4 AA and X8 AF, rarely running below 40fps.

what i did not like was the fact that this game was short, only 12 levels in all
and nothing new to realy explore the games engine but that is only minor.
i thought it would be cooler if there were more objects to use with the levitator,
i guess i am asking for a even more inter active enviorment.

i give this game a 8 out of 10

Maaaaaannn, i just realize something: There is no Chainsaw in RoE
RoE might be short but the replayability is much higher because there is no drag in it.

you should check out the review on the site if you want to know more :thumbup:

Good game, wordy of the name DOOM3, much better than D3. All in all, the "normal" shotgun was dumbed down and the double barrel shotty made the welcome partys. grav gun, IMHO, was a lame ripoff of the HL2 one...

there was already a console command in the DooM3 beta for the grav gun...so i wouldn't ay it's a rip off. they just didn't thought it would fit into doom

Don't buy this addon unless its 2nd hand or in the 'Buy 3 for £20 offer' section...

Its a few levels, a couple new models here and there, but essentially more of the same old tripe from Doom3...

...discuss: :thumbup: