The game’s opening lifts undeniably from Half Life a sombre prelude to the coming accident, which the player is ready for, but, as might be expected, no one else is – and is genuinely engaging, pulling the player deep into the setting of the game and encompassing them in a thick layer of atmosphere. Traditional in the sense that it features ages-old guns that get bigger and noisier the further into the game you get health and armour pickups special abilities and standard level progression. Traditional in the sense that it features big, brawny bosses they’ve got big guns, big health bars and in return the player has to slay them with even bigger weapons. This is an un-dead army not a tactical S.W.A.T team. They move, you shoot them, simple as that. They aren’t there to baffle you with their intelligence. Enemies will dodge slow-moving fire at times and, occasionally, take cover behind a crate, but 9 times out of 10 they will simply charge you down, striking out with melee attacks and making no real effort to remain in one piece, or try to out-smart you.
Despite claims to the contrary, there’s little to no evidence of intelligence in Doom 3 (in more ways than one, but more about that later). Doom 3 lacks a lot of what so called ‘modern’ games have, but don’t be fooled, simple doesn’t have to equal out-dated.ĭoom 3 is as traditional as id Software games come – for a start, it’s devoid of any real enemy intelligence. Doom 3 is going back to basics all-out, balls to the wall blasting with just a little bit of fear in the mix. The first person genre has been overtaken by a not unwelcome mix of diverse offerings:the narrative of Half Life, the squad-based anti-terrorism thrills of Rainbow Six, the customisation and RPG elements of games like Deus Ex, the myriad of online-based games ranging from Quake 3 to Battlefield 1942 and an invasion of smart enemies, be they merciless alien invaders (Halo) or island-dwelling mercenaries (Far Cry). Games today are pretty complicated beasts.
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