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Horsepoo!!! · May 19, 2004, 03:46 PM

Looks like crap now that it has been ported to xbox. Lacks the quality it seemed to have in earlier screenshots. I used to have such high hopes. Oh well. I can only hope the project was separated into two branches, the shitty xbox branch, and the higher quality graphics PC/Mac branch.

http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ID=9609

Lateralus · May 19, 2004, 07:57 PM

Yeah, it was probably just toned down for the Xbox. There is only so much you can expect from a console based around a 733MHz Pentium 3 and a GeForce 3.

I wonder if there is any chance of there being a GameCube release...

OwlBoy · May 19, 2004, 08:10 PM

And the XBox wont even run it at 1024x768!

-Owl

Horsepoo!!! · May 19, 2004, 08:14 PM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
And the XBox wont even run it at 1024x768!

-Owl

That's for sure. I really hope they had 2 different dev branches because I don't want Doom 3 to feel like a console game.

SteevAK · May 20, 2004, 12:49 AM

The game would be virtually neutered if there weren't two distinct developments. Please, we don't need another Halo. . .

SteevAK · May 20, 2004, 12:54 AM

The game would be virtually neutered if there weren't two distinct developments. Please, we don't need another Halo. . .

Talk2Angus · May 20, 2004, 04:34 AM

Originally posted by Horsepoo!!!:
Looks like crap now that it has been ported to xbox. Lacks the quality it seemed to have in earlier screenshots. I used to have such high hopes. Oh well. I can only hope the project was separated into two branches, the shitty xbox branch, and the higher quality graphics PC/Mac branch.

http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ID=9609

Does anybody know if doom 3 will be released on Playstation 2 console??
pls if anybody can let me know Thanx in advance!!!!!!!!!!

RooneyX · May 20, 2004, 09:54 AM

Originally posted by Horsepoo!!!:
Looks like crap now that it has been ported to xbox. Lacks the quality it seemed to have in earlier screenshots. I used to have such high hopes. Oh well. I can only hope the project was separated into two branches, the shitty xbox branch, and the higher quality graphics PC/Mac branch.

http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ID=9609

You forget that PC versions allow you to adjust graphics settings depending on the machine. The X-Box version is probably set at the maxium the console can put out - nevertheless it looks pretty damn good. And scary!

OwlBoy · May 20, 2004, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by Talk2Angus:
Does anybody know if doom 3 will be released on Playstation 2 console??
pls if anybody can let me know Thanx in advance!!!!!!!!!!

Hmm...

No.

Sorry, not to be a console basher or anything, but I think the XBox is the most powerful system right now, and the only one that can handle things that are ports of Next Gen games.

-Owl

lenox · May 20, 2004, 01:18 PM

Yeah, unfortunately, the Xbox beats the PS2 and GameCube down in terms of hardware. That doesn't necessarily make it better overall on the console front. Sony and Nintendo both know what they are doing and have a good selection of games...I think the Xbox was meant as a bit of a crossover console system...mostly a console...not quite a PC...etc

For what it's worth, my brother has a PS2 and I have a GameCube. I don't care what 'killer app' gets released for the Xbox; I don't plan on ever buying one. Plus, I mean - there's only so much graphical prowess that you can even display on your typical lo-res interlaced TV screen

Lateralus · May 20, 2004, 02:33 PM

In my experience, the Xbox and the GameCube are equally powerful. I have never seen anything that suggests that one has a graphical advantage over the other.

RooneyX · May 20, 2004, 03:33 PM

Originally posted by PowerMacMan:
In my experience, the Xbox and the GameCube are equally powerful. I have never seen anything that suggests that one has a graphical advantage over the other.

The XBox has a far more powerful memory system thanks to the Nvidia chipset. It's the same kind of architecture SGI uses for its workstation. I think both companies went to court over infringement of patents. Because of that the XBox can really chuck a lot of polygons around with additional effects. The Nintendo will throw the polygons but there will be a hit when it comes to lighting, shading and anti-aliasing.

Aquataris · 09:08 PM

Originally posted by RooneyX:
The XBox has a far more powerful memory system thanks to the Nvidia chipset. It's the same kind of architecture SGI uses for its workstation. I think both companies went to court over infringement of patents. Because of that the XBox can really chuck a lot of polygons around with additional effects. The Nintendo will throw the polygons but there will be a hit when it comes to lighting, shading and anti-aliasing.

Where is this lack of lighting, shading and anti-aliasing in games like Metroid Prime and Zelda: Wind Waker?

From what I have seen of multi-platform games that appear on both GC and Xbox, GC has sharper graphics on character models and Xbox has sharper environments.

Anyways, I was extremely unimpressed with that E3 Doom 3 Trailer MS showed.

I am glad to find other people who don't have their noses up Id's butt.

Vash · May 24, 2004, 09:27 PM

The Xbox version of Doom3 has far worse and uglier graphics than that of the PC version. There was a simple site that just showed one picture from XBox Doom3, and one from PC Doom3. The XBox looked like polygonized, low quality textures, squared off dis proportional shadows. While the PC shot just looked beautiful with very high definition textures, lighting effects, soft shadows, and a high poly count character standing in the center.

Truepop · May 24, 2004, 10:23 PM

Halo had a story that was f'd in to a console version of that story where doom 3 is like a porno as john carmack has said. players want action not story. I am worried about the toned down graphics but could care less about the console based story and game play. someone will make it better. I am thinking of this as a technology preview just to show what it can do and then we will have call of duty 2 or 3 or something based off the doom 3 engine that will blow us away.

Aquataris · 04:42 AM

I made a comment about Id's collective butt and the noses stuck in it, however I am not an Id hater. I think that Doom is one of the best things in game history and was only commenting on the Xbox version.

However, I think that Halflife 2 is looking better so far. But, I heard that many at Valve are Apple haters.

Anyways, I didn't want to start off sounding like an Id hater.

Horsepoo!!! · May 26, 2004, 07:03 AM

Originally posted by Truepop:
Halo had a story that was f'd in to a console version of that story where doom 3 is like a porno as john carmack has said. players want action not story. I am worried about the toned down graphics but could care less about the console based story and game play. someone will make it better. I am thinking of this as a technology preview just to show what it can do and then we will have call of duty 2 or 3 or something based off the doom 3 engine that will blow us away.

Porno? Carmack said that?

Doom 3 will have more plot than all the iDs games combined...since most of iDs game had next to zero plot, this isn't saying much *but* I think Doom 3 will be the game with the most plot out of all of them if interviews with the iD team are to be taken seriously.

lenox · May 27, 2004, 11:19 AM

Originally posted by Aquataris:
But, I heard that many at Vault are Apple haters.

Do you mean Valve? Well, they might be Apple haters, but the reason Half-Life never came to mac was because Sierra pulled the plug while porting was in beta stages...from what I remember, they were lagging on getting networking working.

Anyways, I THINK that's what happened. It's been a while.

Truepop · May 27, 2004, 11:46 PM

Originally posted by Horsepoo!!!:
Porno? Carmack said that?

Doom 3 will have more plot than all the iDs games combined...since most of iDs game had next to zero plot, this isn't saying much *but* I think Doom 3 will be the game with the most plot out of all of them if interviews with the iD team are to be taken seriously.

Right they hired professional writers this time and sorry I just now read my post

I didn't mean doom 3 I just type it that way. as a matter of fact that whole post was f'd and meant I don't like consol-ized games.

carmack really said "Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie; it�s expected to be there, but it�s not that important." link but didn't say it towards doom 3, just towards doom.