Comments on: The First Seventeen Minutes of DOOM 3

By: cary

cary — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:46:20 +0000

I’ve never been too scared to finish a scary movie, but something about experiencing scary moments in games is totally different. I guess it the “being there” factor, like you are actually in the scary moment and not just watching it happen. I have managed to progress a little past the whole demons-rising point in the game, but not much farther. I just lock up in fear and would much rather hide than shoot things.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 02:30:58 +0000

Nice job. Sounds like a pretty creepy place. My favorite lines were: “This facility on Mars has haunted scars where man does not belong.”
And I liked the ending. Sometimes our greatest obstacle is fear, which reminds me of the first time I faced the Flood in Halo and hid in a hallway, too terrified to continue on. Based on this poem, I think I’d have the same response to Doom 3.

By: cary

cary — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 22:17:27 +0000

The first person sequence was, for me, the most interesting part of that very bad movie. And it’s not that it was particularly compelling, but it was jarring (in a good way) to see a sequence like that in a movie. The Doom movie itself was boring, unnecessary, and completely out of whack with the game’s actual story. Typical, as far as game-to-movie translations go.

By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 23:37:22 +0000

The internal thoughts of every First Person Horror player in that last portion right there:”I need to get out of here!” *sees the monster(s) outside* “…I think I’ll defend this spot instead…”

Also, as a Doom fan, what did you think of the DOOM movie? The first person sequence in particular?