Let's Play Doom 3 BFG Edition - I play it so you don't have to - Set 21 - All done!

Helloween

Hey guys! Thought I would make a thread for this new LP I am doing, it's been a while so why not.



Doom 3 BFG eh, what's that about?

It's got Dooms 1, 2 and 3 in it. And err, they fannied about with lots of things that didn't need changing as far as I can tell. This is blind for me, I've never really played Doom 3, so the scares should remain fresh, as should the shocking ineptness of the player.

Please, come join me, play along! Give hints tips and other bits. General discussion about doom, why not. Let's Play Doom 3!

Videos
Set 1!

Set 1 Part 1
Set 1 Part 2

Set 2! - Satan's Mirror

Part 1
Part 2

Set 3 - Happy Pentagrams

Part 1
Part 2

Set 4:

Part 1
Part 2

Set 5!

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Part 2

Set 6

Part 1
Part 2

Set 7

Part 1
Part 2

Set 8

Part 1
Part 2

Set 9

Part 1
Part 2

Set 10

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Part 2

Set 11!

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Part 2

Set 12

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Part 2

Set 13

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Part 2

Set 14

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Part 2

Set 15

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Part 2

Set 16

Part 1
Part 2

Set 17!

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Part 2

Set 18

Part 1
Part 2

Set 19

Part 1
Part 2

Set 20

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Part 2

Set 21! The End!

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Part 2

heenato

I'm playing the modded original version, so It'll be interesting to see the difference.

Thankfully, Carmack's been given the go-ahead to release the source code for this port of the game, so it should get the mods soon. After which, I honestly don't know which would be the better version.

And another thing to note, doom 3 didn't have subtitles in it's initial release either. None. Really don't know why that is.

Helloween

They hate deaf people? Only answer tbh.

surrealitycheck

worst worst worst worst

o hi ben didnt see u there

Helloween

Tbh luke you don't count, you go now!

Akilae

What... what happened to this game? The graphics are much muddier than when I played it all those years ago...

Helloween

From what i gather they used worse textures.

Grimthwacker

Oooh, this should be interesting! I'd like to think I had some hand in this decision. . . :P

Aumni

Man, I have Doom 3 already and play through all the Dooms on a yearly basis, I was torn if I wanted to buy it for the reduced 19.99. But now I don't have to!

Thanks Helloween!!!

Aumni

Melee the zombies to save ammo!

Helloween

You can melee? Huh...shoulda tried that first really! lol

heenato

Helloween wrote: »

You can melee? Huh...shoulda tried that first really! lol

You have fists. They're horribly inefficient though. If you had a flashlight, which you DON'T you'd have that to melee with, which kills a normal zombie in 2 hits, and is hilarious to boot.

Grimthwacker

I'm really not seeing the problem people seem to have with the visuals in this version. It's not ugly; in fact it still looks a fair bit better than most of the shovelware shooters being released recently, even with the low-poly mods. And I'm failing to see what the beef is with the lighting. As a whole this doesn't look bad for a revamped engine from 2004.

Darmak

Doom 3 is one of my favorite shooters of all time and that will make this the first LP I've ever bothered to watch. Unless you're one of the legion of LPers with a shitty voice, in which case I probably won't bother to continue.

Jaramr

I haven't really played Doom 3, so I will be watching this.

I can see that Doom 3 is already inferior to Brutal Doom because it doesnt have a button for one liners.

heenato

Grimthwacker wrote: »

I'm really not seeing the problem people seem to have with the visuals in this version. It's not ugly; in fact it still looks a fair bit better than most of the shovelware shooters being released recently, even with the low-poly mods. And I'm failing to see what the beef is with the lighting. As a whole this doesn't look bad for a revamped engine from 2004.

The big problem people are having is that....it's not as good as a version of the game that came out eight years ago. The lighting doesn't look as good. The textures...are worse in some cases.

I mean, for consoles, it's fine. But for PC's it's kinda lackluster.

Aumni

heenato wrote: »

Helloween wrote: »

You can melee? Huh...shoulda tried that first really! lol

You have fists. They're horribly inefficient though. If you had a flashlight, which you DON'T you'd have that to melee with, which kills a normal zombie in 2 hits, and is hilarious to boot.

Yeah if they buffed the fists to match the flashlight's damage you can take out zombies in two hits. Seeing them dissolve after slapping them with a flashlight never gets old.

Darmak

Aumni wrote: »

Aumni wrote: »

heenato wrote: »

Helloween wrote: »

You can melee? Huh...shoulda tried that first really! lol

You have fists. They're horribly inefficient though. If you had a flashlight, which you DON'T you'd have that to melee with, which kills a normal zombie in 2 hits, and is hilarious to boot.

Yeah if they buffed the fists to match the flashlight's damage you can take out zombies in two hits. Seeing them dissolve after slapping them with a flashlight never gets old.

I loved the sound it made, too.

*THUNK!*

heenato

Oh. I just realized something. I wonder if the martian buddy lockers will tell you the code for them in the PDA now...Since, other than word of mouth, it's impossible to GET the code nowadays.

emnmnme

"Pardon me, demonic sirs. Just making my way through."

So polite ...

Darmak

heenato wrote: »

Oh. I just realized something. I wonder if the martian buddy lockers will tell you the code for them in the PDA now...Since, other than word of mouth, it's impossible to GET the code nowadays.

Yeah, the codes are in the title of the emails on the PDA

skeldare

Sweet. A new Helloween let's play!

Astale

Niiiiice. This game has been bothering me since it made me want to get a copy of the 'original' version but they've gone and made that hard (I assume to push sales of the bfg version).

Now I can see if I should just shut up and get this version or not. :O

Helloween

emnmnme wrote: »

"Pardon me, demonic sirs. Just making my way through."

So polite ...

Got to be polite to them, not their fault they are in my way

I'll have to try lamping some dudes with my fists. See if they are better than you guys are expecting

Docken

What the fuck is up with the textures... seriously who thought it was a good idea to PORT a friggin console Doom game which was originally a PC game... and make it shittier?!

Helloween

It does seem a bit low res in places, I was wondering if that was just me though, since I didn't play the Original very much at all

Astale

Comments I've seen around say it's higher rez than the original console versions, but lower than the original pc version.

I have no idea if that's because of mods for the pc version or they just make bad decisions, but that's what I'm seeing everywhere.

Helloween

I wouldn't be suprised if it was, but eh, looks good enough as is.

valgomir

Just stopping by to sub to the thread.
I think I'm gonna watch this. Oh yeah.

I am not watching AVP
CAN YOU FORGIVE ME

Helloween

NO I can'y. But that's how it goes

Grimthwacker

Astale wrote: »

Comments I've seen around say it's higher rez than the original console versions, but lower than the original pc version.

I have no idea if that's because of mods for the pc version or they just make bad decisions, but that's what I'm seeing everywhere.

People have been spoiled by their hi-res mods that make Doom 3 look leagues better at the cost of frame rate. At least it's not like with Rage's amazing pop-in MEGATEXTURING!

Lawndart

heenato wrote: »

And another thing to note, doom 3 didn't have subtitles in it's initial release either. None. Really don't know why that is.

Yeesh, Id's been too fucking lazy to put subtitles into Doom 3 twice?

Helloween

Yeah the lack of subtitles is just seriously lazy. It can't take that long. Anyway, will try and record a set this evening if my face stops leaking

heenato

Astale wrote: »

Comments I've seen around say it's higher rez than the original console versions, but lower than the original pc version.

I have no idea if that's because of mods for the pc version or they just make bad decisions, but that's what I'm seeing everywhere.

From what I've seen in a couple screenshots, it was lower res than the UNMODDED Doom 3.


Edit: First part of a new set is up. Looks like the fists were NOT given a buff! Thanks id! Also, god. The flashlight. You know what flashlight had an infinite battery? The original doom 3 flashlight.

Helloween

Set 2! Satan's Mirror

Part 1
Part 2

heenato

For that special locker, in the original doom 3 you'd actually have to go to the martian buddy website to get the code. That site has been down for years of course, so they just throw the code in the title for the E-mail.

Also, no comment on the literal monster closets?

rv

Darmak wrote: »

Doom 3 is one of my favorite shooters of all time and that will make this the first LP I've ever bothered to watch. Unless you're one of the legion of LPers with a shitty voice, in which case I probably won't bother to continue.

I don't even like games. I just watch these things to hear this man speak.

One day I will move to England and every human interaction with be an eargasm.

Also he just makes up words, and jumps like a little girl at the slightest hint of movement/creepiness.

Zealot

I'm fairly sure that the Martian Buddy locker had a plasma rifle in the original version, instead of the minigun.

heenato

Zealot wrote: »

I'm fairly sure that the Martian Buddy locker had a plasma rifle in the original version, instead of the minigun.

Nah. I just finished that part in the original. It's still a chaingun.

Aegeri

Helloween wrote: »

Yeah the lack of subtitles is just seriously lazy. It can't take that long. Anyway, will try and record a set this evening if my face stops leaking

This oversight really bothered my flatmate back in the day. It's one thing I haven't really understood being a huge issue until I got married and have to routinely play games on absurdly low volumes. Now subtitles are almost mandatory so I can figure out what people are saying.

heenato

Aegeri wrote: »

This oversight really bothered my flatmate back in the day. It's one thing I haven't really understood being a huge issue until I got married and have to routinely play games on absurdly low volumes. Now subtitles are almost mandatory so I can figure out what people are saying.

Plus, it came up in the newest set. There was a point where he starts playing a log to get the code for a locker, and gets set upon by demons, and has to kill them. The shooting was drowning out the log, and he ended up missing the code, and having to go through the log again. It's really annoying.