It’s already well known for its use of lighting to create atmosphere as few titles had done it to this extent at the time.
What VR brings to Doom 3 is a sense of scale and an extra level of immersion that makes it a much richer experience. even after having played their more recent releases. But again, this is a re-release of sorts so being aware of that and keeping it in the forefront of your mind while playing makes these matters easy to forgive in the same way you can look fondly on old 8-bit console games like Mario Bros. Further, the gameplay loop of reaching dead ends until you either find a PDA (aka key) or switch granting you access to a new area has not aged well. In combat the difficulty curve steepens only as enemy numbers increase enemy types have little real impact. Enemies behave predictably and are therefore unintimidating. Clearly due to the tech available at the time, character models and animations look a bit off, and lighting, while ahead of its time doesn’t compare to today’s standard. Sure the resolution is up and some important changes have been made to integrate VR but in many ways this still looks like a 17 year old game with a touch of polish.
In case I didn’t make it clear, Doom VFR wasn’t great.įirst and foremost, it’s important to know that this version of Doom 3 is not a full remaster. That said, if you ever stepped foot in Doom VFR you’ll understand why I did my best to keep my excitement for Doom 3 VR Edition on a short leash. Despite problems with VR, generally speaking, I’ve always enjoyed the immersion and scale it brings to games when executed effectively. The prospect of the VR Edition was too much for me to resist. But after completing it a few times in 2004 I never returned to it due to the fear that my rose coloured memories of it might be tainted by the reality of a game that was great for its time, but imperfect. For this reason it’s all too easy to look back fondly of a game you loved when it was new, but returning to it 10 or more years later can sometimes bring with it some disappointment.ĭoom 3 was the first game that ever made me feel genuine fear and for that reason alone it has always been a game that I remembered fondly.
Advancement in technologies, ever increasing budgets and lessons learned from the plethora of successes and failures over the years have resulted in the quality of this medium improving exponentially.
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