Doom 3 (xbox)

[EvilBoris]

Gave this a quick bash today after it arrived this morning,
Suprisingly it is very smooth, much smoother than I was expecting very solid framerate. The graphics are quite close to the pc version, all the lighting effects appear intact, the main gripe is that the bump mapping is verging on being non existant, its no way near as shiny as the PC version, or halo 2 or riddick. The characters seem to suffer from this , they often look deformed and the textures on them very blocky. The gameplay remains the same, you can switch from weapon to flashlight with the white button, which is very handy for fire fights in the dark. Loading times are also very good, much more bearable than the PC one. There is even a quicksave button mapped to 'back', which is very handy. I'm impressed so far.

[Jakeway]

Which version did you get the normal or collectors edition?

[EvilBoris]

I got a US normal edition

[VR46]

take it your using a normal pad, does it play OK on it ?

[EvilBoris]

yeah it plays fine, its just as easy as playing all the other FPS, more simple than halo 2.
its region free too

[TheForce]

Did you try it already online ? I can't wait to play this game online , hunting down fresh meat for my shotgun ! .....

[EvilBoris]

no, I promised the guy who got it for me (early) that I wouldn't go on live with it til its out officially.

[TheForce]

yeah, wise decision, and there won't be to many players online if it's nowere to be sold yet, but I have some good advice far ya, look over your shoulder next week !! because I will be there to blast a hole in ya!
Have fun playing it ! and when you do try it online, don't forget to tell me/us how it is!

[oracle]

yeah it is good so far, gonnsa try the system link co op tommorow

[the.rza]

Doom 3 US Version codefree?

Hi,

I have only a quick question - do you know if the US version of Doom 3 is codefree? I have ordered the game at dvdboxoffice assuming it might be codefree like Wolfenstein. Playing offline with my modded box is no problem but for online play I need it to run on my Pal box. Would be a shame to miss online play on this one...

Thanks.

[RLench]

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its region free too

[Yoshimax]

Yeah I've had a quick blast on this - very impressed with how close the graphics are to the PC version - it hasn't even kicked off proper yet but I can tell it's going to be fun. Didn't seem to make much use of 5.1 (yet) though.

[Flompy]

Did you notice if it is widescreen?

[nonny]

I have the PAL collectors edition.

Runs in 480P and widescreen... looks great.

[MJ]

Edit: I found the answer to my question.