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Doom 3 being remastered, expanded for PC, consoles

Sean Ridgeley - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 7:43am (PST) Like (1) +my favourites

Seven new levels, 5.1 sound, improves graphics, and armor-mounted flashlight

I was one of the two people that loved the hell out of id's horror shooter Doom 3, but even if you hated it, you might be interested in this new remastered version coming out soon named Doom 3 BFG Edition. "Why?", you ask, eyebrows atilt. Well sir, I have two and a half words for you: armor-mounted flashlight.

One of the main complaints with the original was you couldn't shine a light on dark corridors and blast dudes on the same time, something later rectified with mods. In any case now there will be an official solution for all to enjoy. I'm one of one people that liked the freakin' limitation, but hey, whatever does it for you.

Besides that you'll get seven new levels dubbed "The Lost Mission", better rendering and lighting, 5.1 sound, achievements, trophies, checkpoint saving (at least on consoles), fine tuned console controls, 3D support, and...head mounted display support. Didn't see that one coming did you? Check it in action:

Doom 3 BFG Edition also includes Doom and Doom 2 for the hell of it. It launches in autumn on PC, 360, and PS3.

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Ncjpr1993 May 30, 12

No vita release? Nonetheless, this is terrific news. I've been wanting a Doom 3 remaster for a while now, but had never expected a release with new maps. Not sure how I feel about the mounted flashlight though, I hope that is only an option, and not mandatory.

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CAGarber May 30, 12

Hell yes! Haven't beaten it, still have my copy on the original XBOX anyhow, will download in HD for sure.

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vicrabb May 30, 12

Best news of the day, I'm fangirling right now

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jbh May 30, 12

yesssssssssssssss

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StuMan May 30, 12

Is it actually being released on PC? I didn't see the PC logo at the end of trailer. If it is, I hope you can still quicksave. I hate checkpoints, don't know why, I just do.

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StuMan May 30, 12

quote StuMan
Is it actually being released on PC? I didn't see the PC logo at the end of trailer. If it is, I hope you can still quicksave. I hate checkpoints, don't know why, I just do.

Never mind. I'm just blind & some how didn't notice the PC box at the end.

Staff

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tekmosis May 30, 12

I think it's because I haven't had my coffee yet but I was reading the entire thing thinking it was the original Doom being remastered. I was super hyped. I'm disappointed but yay Doom, none the less.

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Aeolus426 May 30, 12

omg i finally get to play this game?!?! after years of staring at my doom 3 disc i finally have something to play it on. stupid lame ass computer.

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Liege May 30, 12

I've been looking forward to Doom 4 for years, but this is still a welcome addition to the series. Doom 3 wasn't the worst FPS of all time by a long shot, my only two complaints were the flashlight situation (which is being rectified) and how dull it got eventually. Doom 3 was a very long game, and it was more of the same every level. The fear factor wore off about half-way through the game because you can only hide an imp under the stairs or around a corner so many times before it becomes easy to predict an ambush. Aside from these two flaws, I found the atmosphere very dreadful and gorgeous.

Doom 3 definitely shows its age but I think it still looks good, at least when you're surveying a room and don't press your face to any surface.

quote Aeolus426
omg i finally get to play this game?!?! after years of staring at my doom 3 disc i finally have something to play it on. stupid lame ass computer.

I think it's hilarious that when this game came out people who didn't know what they were doing were flooding forums with "can I run it" threads, and the high-end hardware of the day was the only thing that could bring you the best graphics. These days you can run the game at full settings using an off-the-shelf system with the weakest of modern GPUs, or maybe even integrated graphics.

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BlackLabel May 30, 12

I am looking forward to this.. I couldn't play it on Ultra back in the day as my GPU had 256Mb VRAM and Ultra wanted 512Mb. I remember that era of gaming fondly when games would come out and often there wasn't hardware available to max it out so everyone played it on High until the next gen of GPU's launched with the VRAM or the Pixel Pipelines to run Ultra at playable FPS.. Oh those were the days..

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StuMan May 30, 12

quote BlackLabel
I am looking forward to this.. I couldn't play it on Ultra back in the day as my GPU had 256Mb VRAM and Ultra wanted 512Mb. I remember that era of gaming fondly when games would come out and often there wasn't hardware available to max it out so everyone played it on High until the next gen of GPU's launched with the VRAM or the Pixel Pipelines to run Ultra at playable FPS.. Oh those were the days..

I was the same my computer back then was a fine beast, but my Geforce FX 5950 could only run it on high (which looked amazing back then anyway).

It was a glorious era for PC gaming indeed (and gaming in general really), a lot of great games.

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THM May 30, 12

Yes..Yes...Yes...since 2003, I wanna to play Doom 3!!!! Well, I think the developers are performing secrect expreiences on Mars after all for this edition

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Raijin1999 May 31, 12

Read about this yesterday and am pretty psyched. I liked Doom 3, albeit the flashlight issues, but have never wanted to grab a 360 just to play a retro title. A remastering (with a flashlight fix included), and the Resurrection of Evil addage, and the original games = win. Also hated Rage, so this would be a plus. Kinda owe us anyway for Duke Nukem.