Doom 3: BFG Edition screens feature improved rendering, lighting

I remember a time on Neoseeker where, if you could play Doom 3, your PC could play anything. I even remember Redemption himself posting a guide on tweaks to be able to play this game. It's amazing how fast technology progresses because now it doesn't look that great.

i remember playing this on low settings and getting sick lag when you half to fight those two hell knights ,it was still scary. good times cant wait .

I see improved textures on some surfaces, mostly floors and doors. Demons look untouched. In one little spot I thought I saw some ambient occlusion going on, but it's probably just a color finagle, giving the illusion of it. Geometry is more or less the same. Looking at the head of the zombie I can tell they added a few more angles to smooth it out. Shadows are as angular as ever.

It's apparently running on the same, old engine. They've retextured a few inanimate objects, added enough angles to smooth out the most poorly rounded objects, and that's all I can see. Lighting effects are largely untouched unless they've altered energy projectiles and muzzle flash, which they've haven't shown us. In my opinion it's not worth buying if you own the original. Better to have spent the time working on Doom 4.