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Speak of the devil: id Software "re-mastering" Doom 3 for Xbox 360, PC and PS3. by Jerry Whorebach 05/30/2012, 2:54pm PDT
May 30, 2012 (Rockville, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced that DOOM® 3 BFG Edition will be available this Fall and features DOOM® 3 and the Resurrection of Evil® add-on pack, both of which have been completely re-mastered. The package also includes hours of new content – seven new levels entitled 'The Lost Mission.' DOOM 3 BFG Edition is slated for release for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PC and PlayStation® 3 – marking the first time any DOOM game has ever appeared on the PlayStation® 3.

Re-mastered for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, this genre defining game and its expansion pack offers greatly enhanced graphics, deeply immersing the player in the demonic world of this terrifying horror masterpiece. Players will also experience a never-before-seen single-player story, 'The Lost Mission,' featuring seven heart-pounding levels that will once again have them on the edge of their seats.

DOOM 3, Resurrection of Evil, and 'The Lost Mission' have been optimized in 3D, featuring 5.1 surround sound, Xbox 360 Achievements, PlayStation 3 trophies, improved rendering and lighting, and a new check point save system allowing for smoother progression through the game. id® Software has fine-tuned the controls to bring the intensity of the DOOM single and multiplayer experience to the consoles, and DOOM 3 now features the new armor-mounted flashlight, allowing players to illuminate dark corners and blast enemies at the same time.

"DOOM 3 was enthusiastically embraced by gamers worldwide at its release," said John Carmack, Technical Director at id Software. "Today, the full experience has been enhanced and extended to be better than ever, and is delivered across all the platforms with a silky smooth frame rate and highly responsive controls. New support for 3D TVs, monitors, and head mounted displays also allows players to experience the game with more depth than ever before. We think shooter fans everywhere will love it."

As a special bonus, DOOM 3 BFG Edition will also include the original DOOM® and DOOM® 2 games, making it the definitive collection of the revolutionary games developed by id Software, the studio that pioneered the first-person shooter genre.

I love how Carmack specifically calls out the silky smooth frame rate and highly responsive controls, which are basically the only reasons why anyone still plays Call of Duty (also based on id tech, coincidentally). I'm also glad to hear they're finally doing away with the incredibly lazy, do-it-yourself save system that's been a drag on id's shooters since the beginning. The only part that gives me pause is the addition of even more levels, which is about the last thing Doom 3 needs and runs directly counter to the philosophy of trimming the fat for which I just got done praising Vicarious Visions' original Xbox port.

Man, I wish every developer would revisit their games five or ten years down the line, fixing what was broken and making them available on modern platforms at an affordable budget price. Who wouldn't love to play Far Cry 2: The Good Version one day?

(On the subject of good versions, presumably the versions of Doom and Doom II included in this package will be the same ones you can already get on XBLA, which I can say from experience are the best console ports of those titles currently available. Doom (technically The Ultimate Doom) suffers from the baffling absence of weapon hotkeys - they only give you "next" and "previous" - and stupidly unremappable controls, but is otherwise exactly as you remember it on PC, right down to the lack of widescreen and rumble support. Doom II is largely the same, but at least lets you quick-select weapons using the directional pad (both shotguns on one cardinal point, chaingun and pistol on another, etc), and even includes a brand new nine-level bonus episode (by Nerve Software's Russell Meakim and Richard Heath) that's honestly better than any given nine levels from the original Hell on Earth campaign. Even if you have no particular love for Doom 3, they're still probably worth checking out on their own.)
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What are the types of game genres that interest you? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 02/05/2012, 12:52pm PST NEW
    Re: What are the types of game genres that interest you? by Brad Opeth 02/05/2012, 10:35pm PST NEW
    You were right to ask us this, Commander. by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/06/2012, 10:46pm PST NEW
        Re: You were right to ask us this, Commander. by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 02/07/2012, 3:33am PST NEW
    Re: What are the types of game genres that interest you? by Roop 02/08/2012, 6:23am PST NEW
        Yet another goddam scripting language by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 02/10/2012, 2:59am PST NEW
        Serious Sam 1? NT by Mischief Maker 04/17/2012, 11:54am PDT NEW
    Re: What are the types of game genres that interest you? by laudablepuss 02/08/2012, 4:18pm PST NEW
    My favourite genre is auto racing. by Jerry Whorebach 04/15/2012, 2:17pm PDT NEW
        Re: My favourite genre is auto racing. by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/15/2012, 6:55pm PDT NEW
            I haven't played Blur and there's no demo on the marketplace, HOWEVER... by Jerry Whorebach 04/15/2012, 8:56pm PDT NEW
                Speak of the devil: id Software "re-mastering" Doom 3 for Xbox 360, PC and PS3. by Jerry Whorebach 05/30/2012, 2:54pm PDT NEW
                    On the improvement of games by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 06/02/2012, 2:52am PDT NEW
                        Touch of Evil would've been a better comparison. by Jerry Whorebach 06/02/2012, 5:02am PDT NEW
                            Of all my deleted OMM longposts, "Citizen Romero" is the most bitterly missed. NT by Mischief Maker 06/02/2012, 5:41am PDT NEW
                            I could not use T. of E; I never saw it so I wouldn't have thought of it NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 06/02/2012, 6:00pm PDT NEW
                                So you don't really care about classic films, you just want to bitch. by Jerry Whorebach 06/02/2012, 7:22pm PDT NEW
                                    Re: So you don't really care about classic films, you just want to bitch. by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 06/05/2012, 11:50am PDT NEW
                                        The XBLA port of Doom was never cutting edge, not even back in 2006. NT by Jerry Whorebach 06/05/2012, 12:19pm PDT NEW
                                            Looks like these might be new ports after all. My objections: mooted? by Jerry Whorebach 06/22/2012, 2:25pm PDT NEW
                                                PSYCH! They're the same old XBLA ports after all. by Jerry Whorebach 10/17/2012, 6:59am PDT NEW
                    $30 PC, $40 360/PS3 by Siskel and Ebert 06/20/2012, 12:20am PDT NEW
                        Here's my preliminary review of Rage: Anarchy Edition. by Jerry Whorebach 06/20/2012, 1:32am PDT NEW
                            hi Jerry of the past, hope you are doing well and still alive by bombMexico 04/22/2013, 11:14pm PDT NEW
                                My worries were for nothing, I was able to install each disc individually. by Jerry Whorebach 04/23/2013, 6:45pm PDT NEW
            You were right, Blur is good. Now listen to me complain about it for ten minutes by Jerry Whorebach 03/31/2013, 1:19pm PDT NEW
    To me, videogames serve 2 purposes: Skill test and Escapism by Mischief Maker 04/17/2012, 9:34am PDT NEW
    Re: What are the types of game genres that interest you? by Oom Shnibble 05/30/2012, 9:44pm PDT NEW
    Starcraft 2 is in fact turn-based, the turns are just really, really, really, re NT by ally short. 03/31/2013, 1:38pm PDT NEW
 
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