Short Game or Long?

[Doom_Dude]

With the release of DooM III getting closer I'm starting to think about it more. Anyhow I'm wondering how much gameplay we'll get for our hard earned cash. Some of these games nowadays with thier big assed graphics and high polygon models, blah, blah, blah, can be a bit on the short side. **cough** Unreal II **cough** and I was hoping DooM III won't be one of these 'finish in 7 hours' games. What do you guys think?

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[Deathgiver]

I think I heard that it was supposed to take 18 hours to finish Doom 3.

[Doom_Dude]

I never heard that but 18hrs sounds promising.

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[Mad Max RW]

heh. I'd like to see them pull of an 18 hour linear singleplayer game without it getting repetitive.

[Aliotroph?]

It should be as long as Half-Life but not linear so it has replay value. They said something about remaking some of the original DooM levels so that should be neat.

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[Doom_Dude]

I think maps should sometimes have multiple exits and thus lead to different areas and shit. Speaking of levels, I hope you can go back through levels like in Half-Life.

Yeah it should be neat to see some of the original levels, if they actually do that.

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[Deathgiver]

"I hope you can go back through levels like in Half-Life."

I think we'll be able to do that.

I hope we will have some choice in the path we take.

[Evil Link]

I hope they do remaking some of the original DooM levels and i hpoe its going to be 18 hours or higher

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[Doom_Dude]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif">quote:</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif" size="2">I hope they do remaking some of the original DooM levels and i hpoe its going to be 18 hours or higher</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah I want it to last awhile and I'll be looking in every corner and hole and making sure I don't rush playing it. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/wink.gif

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[Melfice]

Hmm, is that 18 hours PER difficulty? I imagine there's going to be several difficulties if it's anything like Id is use to doing (regardless of new technology stuff). It's possible that there'll be new places to go and stuff with different difficulties, since it is mission oriented. Also, being mission oriented, the higher difficulty, the more objectives there'll probably be. I'm saying it'll be well ofer 18 hours of game play.

[Ninja_of_DooM]

I hope this lasts longer than unreal II or I'm not going to bu any games for a long time. hmmmm. Maybe I'll stick with Legacy. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smilies/cwm34.gif

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[Doom_Dude]

I'm hoping to see lots of cool mods for Unreal II come along then I'll buy the game.

I'm sure DooM III will be longer than Unreal II now that I've thought about it..

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[Ninja_of_DooM]

You could always wait for my personal opinion on it then decide if you really want it. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smilies/cwm1.gif

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[Doom_Dude]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif">quote:</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif" size="2">You could always wait for my personal opinion on it then decide if you really want it.</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hehehe maybe we all wait for you to review it first before we buy. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/wink.gif

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[rccars]

oh, man. ONLY 18 hrs? I beat Doom 2 in about 6 hours, and that was on ultra violence with out the codes! ( i just know all the "cliches" because I played Final Doom before I finally beat DOOM 2 with out cheats. By playing Plutonia, that game was hard, I gained lots of skills that helped me beat DOOM 2 in about 6 hours. Man, that was easy. I think I died 2 times from a arch vile.

[Ninja_of_DooM]

More than likley I'll be able to complete this in a very shorta amount of time.
Here's all the games I've beat in 2 days.

Hitman 2
Unreal II
All the half-life games
Renegade
Ghost recon
And so on...

Basically every game I have has been completed in 2 days. Now that's nuts. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smilies/cwm1.gif

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[Doom_Dude]

I started Unreal II on Saturday and I'm still playing it. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/rolleyes.gif

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[The Undertaker]

Lay off the bathroom breaks and you have it done in no time.

[Doom_Dude]

I don't like rushing through games.

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[Deathgiver]

me neither, When I get Doom 3 I plan to check out every nook & cranny on Mars, in Hell & anywhere else I end up being.

[Ninja_of_DooM]

I check all the little places and still only 2 days worth of gaming. I find it REALLY hard to put a good game down once I start playing. I think that's what it is. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smilies/cwm2.gif

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[The Undertaker]

Same here. I can play new games literaly all night and then a few hours in the morning. Can't be left in suspense.

[ceniack]

i want it to last FOREVER!!! j/k

but i would like it to take at least 20 hours of playing to beat it the first time though

[Exl]

If Doom III's gameplay will be on the short hand, you can always look forward to singleplayer mods, or create them yourself of course. If it's like to original Doom, it'll live just as long...

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[ToXiCFLUFF]

As long as I still play games I reckon I'll be playing the first Dooms. From the alpha I already know I'll love Doom3 and it's only gonna be better on release - but it's gonna a completely different game.

[Doom_Dude]

I think a lot of us are going to prefer the original DooM over this newfangled jobby. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/wink.gif

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[Melfice Darkmage]

I feel like my post was a bit ignored http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smilies/cwm43.gif

[Doom_Dude]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif">quote:</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade><font face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, serif" size="2">Hmm, is that 18 hours PER difficulty? I imagine there's going to be several difficulties if it's anything like Id is use to doing (regardless of new technology stuff). It's possible that there'll be new places to go and stuff with different difficulties, since it is mission oriented. Also, being mission oriented, the higher difficulty, the more objectives there'll probably be. I'm saying it'll be well ofer 18 hours of game play.</font><hr width="100%" size="1" noshade></BLOCKQUOTE>

I bet there'll be 3 difficulties, easy, normal and hard with maybe a nightmare skill thrown in. I don't know of any games nowadays that have several difficulties. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/wink.gif

Hopefully there'll be lots of different objectives like you say which should help make the game longer playing. It also depends on how hard it is to figure out different puzzles. I hope they'll have some things set up like Half-Life where you have to find a generator to power a laser that you use to drill open a door then have to lure some big demon into the laser to kill it. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smilies/cwm12.gif

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[Aliotroph?]

I hope they make most of the world destroyable, especially the light fixtures. I love being able to blow a map into complete darkness. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/biggrin.gif

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[Doom_Dude]

LOL. I imagine having a big fight in some room and end up blowing out half the lights and your there in the dark, blasting at shadows. Ahhhhhhhhhh I can't see the Barons anymore!!!! http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smilies/cwm20.gif

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[Ninja_of_DooM]

Hitmasn 2 lets you do that. I have a blast in one of the missions where you go into a room and shoot all the lights out so when this guy comes in he looks right at me and doesn't se me so I just pip a cap in his noggin. And nick his clothes, gun etc. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/biggrin.gif

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[Darmuss]

I hope I will be able to play D3 on my portable computer http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smile.gif

Darmuss

[Doom_Dude]

That depends. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/wink.gif

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