Doom 3

DOOM 3 - BFG Edition

In the early-'90s when PC games really started to make an impact, id Software's legendary Doom was THE game that everyone was into, and was the benchmark for FPS games. 

It had millions glued to their PC screens, blowing away demonic aliens in a labyrinthine Mars facility, burning the midnight oil and often meeting the sunrise.  I remember my friend and bandmate Greg being obsessed with it - even adding some of the game's sound FX to a demo of our song "Doom" - which ended up dealing with matrimonial strife, not the game(!) - but I digress...  In a pre-online era fans got together and linked up their computers for mutli-player participation (a cumbersome and laborious process).  Since then a lot has changed, progressed and improved, and they even made a movie version. 

This special BFG Edition of Doom's 3rd installment has been jacked-up with graphic and rendering optimization, new enhanced visuals for 3D TVs, and extra missions.  (And yes, the BFG does stand for Big Fuckin' Gun! - which you'll need to work towards in order to really annihilate the vicious enemy).

For old-school fans, what makes this ultra cool is the fact that both the original Doom and Doom II are included in all of its low-res, pixelated glory, ominous synthy soundtrack & all!  Doom 3's enhanced quality seems light years apart from its groundbreaking predecessor (with detail even including jazz mags lying on the bathroom floor!). 
On arriving at the Mars base (operated by the suspicious Union Aerospace - UAC - reminiscent of the Weiland Corporation in Alien), from the get-go something seems very wrong.  Once you're kitted out with arms and armour (collecting more as you progress), it's time to get blasting!

With games like Unreal and Quake usurping the throne, it is good to be reintroduced to this classic.  18 restricted for language and violence.

5 / A
- Paul Blom




6 - Volcanic
5 - Blistering
4 - Hot
3 - Smolder
2 - Room Temp.
1 - Fizzled
0 - Extinguished

A - Multiple Playing Prospects
B - Can be taken for another Run
C - Once Should Suffice








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