stevebt

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well i see doom 3 is finally out wil have it tomorrow so ill finally see what all the fuss has been about this game with all the great games of this type that is out at the moment its got some competition

_Meridian_

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Is it released early in this country too then? I knew it was out in the USA on Saturday, but not over here at that time.


M

King RA

It's not out in the shops yet

stevebt

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<edited to remove suggestions - yes I know they're rather cryptic, but they've gone all the same>

boxst

Hello

I know what the "bt" stands for in your name then ... !

On a more serious note, I would be happy to actually buy it if anyone knows a retailer selling it in England?

Thanks,

Steve.

john_s

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It's not due for release over here until the 13th August.

John.

_Meridian_

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Exactly - that's the important bit, because it's a DX9 game. There's an article over at [H] somewhere with the 9800 framerates and they look OK.


M

stevebt

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enlighten me then my young padwan

BlkKnight

google > suprnova > I'm feeling lucky

Just thought I'd add, mines in order with amazon. Should get it on the 15th

ChristianR

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Not for me

I know a friend who works in publishing, and he managed to send me Doom3 on saturday. It arrived this morning, but only managed to have time to install the game, configure the settings and play for about a minute, before I had to shoot off to work!!

But what can I say? First impressions, it looks fantastic, has a very half-life feel to it. Basically when you start the game, you begin with an id intro, followed by information about the corporation which is based on mars. They have unlimited funding, and they need not follow any laws (i.e. they can develop what they want, on who they want). They have the most advanced technology available. It then cuts to a view from mission control on the mars base, and you see the guys map/radar screen with a craft flying in. It then cuts to it to the craft coming into land, and then back again to the flight control. You see the craft fly by, and also on the radar screen, all done in realtime, looks fantastic. When it has landed, it goes inside the craft where you see a scientist and what looks like two marines. A guy comes out and greets the team from the base, and basically you get the impression that you are here to control/fix something. IF the scientist cannot fix it, then the marines are the heavys that will destroy it. That was the impression I received, it then cuts straight to first person view, where you are now incontrol of one of the marines. You walk and talk to one of the guys, and a voice comes over the speaker system saying please report to reception. This is what I mean when I said it is very half-life, reminds me of half-life one. You then walk to reception, and you see some guards behind a screen, they instruct you to face the scanner machine, which scans you and then lets you into the "reception" area. You walk in, and a video starts playing on one of the screens in the reception area, which says "Welcome to mars..." and I guess will give you some info about the corporation, one of those p.r. things companies have playing in their reception. However, at this point, I had to quit the game and go to work

I had the graphics set to medium, and resolution at 1280x1024. The graphics seemed to run very smoothly. My machine is basically 768MB Ram, P4 2.4gig, ATI Rad 9700 PRO 128mb gfx card. Btw, you need 2gigs free to install the game.

As you can see, I haven't got very far at all in the game, so I do not know how my machine will cope when I see some monsters/shooting etc, but fingers crossed it will cope!

I am still purchasing an official copy when it comes out in the shops, as you cannot play online with this review/publishing version. BUT, I can't wait till work finishes today, so I can go home and continue playing it!!

hybwrx2002

If you want it cheap.

http://www.mx2.co.uk/

can grab it for £17.95 delivered

ChristianR

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but look at the delivery time! october!

this is the one u want :

hybwrx2002

Thats the one i bought

stevebt

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just installed it and had to update to latest ATI drivers as it kept crashing once that wsa done it plays mint in 1600 x 1200 res its a good game need to practise checking out dark ares with a torch 1st before i enter them as so far there has alway been a monster hiding there definately a keeper

what would scooby do

LOL, got it on order also - so I'll hold off killing schoolkids until next week

DazV

doom3.iso 1.44GB ?

boxst

Daz:

Erm ... Mine is 3 CD's 1.7gb. One hour to go though!

Steve.

boxst

Hello

Doom 3 is very atmospheric, although my GeForce 2 and 1.4 AMD is struggling to say the least.

Steve.