Post by trog @ 09:48am 03/08/04 | 410 Comments
Doom 3 has, after several years of development, been released in Australia, and is now available from major retail outlets. The RRP seems to be around $99.95 but I'm sure other users would be interested if anyone can find it cheaper and let everyone know. Go get it!
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Posted 06:05pm 03/8/04
s***....space invaders' creators ought to sue everyone for using guns in games
Posted 06:25pm 03/8/04
1: There would be lights built into his helmet showing the way..or
2: You wouldnt NEED light to see but use advanced optic sensors and then VIEW the image on a helmet montor type thing..
Its soooo cheesy retro to actually run around in the future with a goddamn torch...
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Posted 09:07am 04/8/04
Why are we paying soo much for computer games. Im not a tight arse, but i luv my games, and i want to buy one a week as i tend to tear through them. Now once a game is finished thats about it frisbee material, apart from your special cases ie half life, far cry (thank christ for the mod world and the web)
In the US, Doom3 is going for $49.82 US to $54.88 US. Convert this across user yahoo currency converter and it converts to $70.91 AUS to $78.11 AUS.
Now down here we are paying $99.95 AUS (for Doom3 converted back $70.26 US), which is 41% more than what the US pay for it. I understand there are shipping costs, but please, done in bulk, im sure its not a 41% overhead. Why do they see fit to rip us off and not the rest of the world, oh yeah must be cause we are all rich down here, Aus being a super power and all hahahahahahaha er yer right.
Developers are always ranting and raving ooo piracy is costing us money, stop the illegal copying of our games boo hoo. How bout dropping the prices to at least be in line with the US price and maybe ppl will be able to afford the games and won't copy them. ie if i pay $40 a month for 1G download DSL, and doom3 being 1.5G takes me 2 months im spending $60 (1mnth $40, 1/2 mth $20) to download the game. If it was $70 (in line with the US price after conversion) then i would rather go out an buy it and get the original CD and documentation etc.
But no, its $100 (who the f*** are they kidding $99.95), its 41% more than what the US pays for it, we get ripped off yet again, don't get me wrong, i grew up with ID software, Spear of destiny, Doom123, Quake Wolfenstein etc, luv the games, but seriously f*** ID software and all the developers out there for overcharging us, champions to the companies that bring out decent priced games.
I say piracy, stick it to them until they make it affordable to the average gamer. !!!!!
Posted 09:42am 04/8/04
Its just a blatent rip off of us by the US.
Posted 09:51am 04/8/04
as for the research yeah fair nuff, im all for searching for a decent price, but $89 is still way overcharging when you convert it from the US prices.
an yes thats a good point, u should not steal if u cant afford somthing. BUT, what is wose, stealing somthing cause u cant afford it, or ripping off millions to make urself more rich, specially when the millions are kids with crap jobs dealing with crap customers who abuse them at every chance getting a crap allowance. Its a long debate, what it comes down to is this,
yes piracy is wrong, but so it obvious overchargeing to increase an already wealthy profit line. Thats why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Posted 10:43am 04/8/04
Also im the first to admit im no expert in the process of selling games. My points come purely from a consumers view where all i can see is that we are serverly overcharged.
Though if spraynwipe is correct, well then i cant argue over that. $75, sold.
jus a shame ppl had to pay $100 for it.
Posted 12:17pm 04/8/04
anyways jus s**** me getting ripped off. how much more games would u be buying it they were all round the $70 mark.
anyways after a bit of searching found this
http://www.cycadmedia.com.au/AoD/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1272&sid=9e3848963e18bc250a23297835663ef8
aplogies link to another forum but its got a stack load of places selling it for less than $99.95
Posted 01:08pm 04/8/04
hehe I also milked the girl at the local EB for 2 figurines and a T-shirt
Posted 03:19pm 04/8/04
havent tried it out yet...well havent got the pc power too. so ive settled with the new rhcp cd to keep my going to the end of the year before i buy a new pc.
Posted 04:40pm 04/8/04
best use of sound in a game i have ever heard..
Posted 05:01pm 04/8/04
in saying that, i believe doom has every right to borrow aspects from other games. its given plenty more to the gaming community and to the genre in general than any other fps game has, and deserves a lot more than 'omg these guys sucks so bad at making a game i cant see s***' from a bunch of 12 year old nit pickers trying to sound opinionated and witty. 2 points.
1. ITS A F*****G GAME F*****S. IF YOU DONT LIKE THE LIGHTING, DONT PLAY IT. YOU ARENT FORCED TO PLAY IT SO DONT B**** THAT WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO, YOU DONT LIKE IT.
2. you are all comparing doom3 to half life 2, which doesnt even have a REAL release date. from what ive seen, doom3 looks like a whole lot more f*****g fun than half life 2, with plenty better graphics.
also, i found doom 2 scarier than half life by a mile. half life is suspense scary, doom is OMG MONSTERS EVERYWHERE AND HEADS ON STICKS WHO THE FACK DOES THAT?!?!?!
no contest. doom=FPS god.
Posted 07:36pm 04/8/04
im not saying dont hate it, im saying that your opinion plastered all over a popular forum is going to leave a bias negative mark on a game that certainly doesnt need it. let people play it themselves.
oh yeah and no more damn spoilers!
Posted 08:38pm 04/8/04
LOL twizm you tool, you're wrecking your own argument. Don't you realise what you said above is an inherent contradiction?
Posted 09:31pm 04/8/04
Posted 09:59pm 04/8/04
$80 - Game purchase at EB
Priceless - Having to get a keygen because some #@%$*! left the cdkey sticker off the jewel case!!
Posted 10:00pm 04/8/04
does anyone remember the end of doom2? how the f*** do you beat that s***?
Posted 10:09pm 04/8/04
or so you return it, cant get your money back, and buy another copy anyway.
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Posted 11:25pm 05/8/04
Go to Doom3 directory, then base, then open your doom3 config file. Then find seta and scroll down till the following command:
seta g_muzzleFlash "1"
Its default is 0. Hence no muzzle flash.
I was actually pissy about not having muzzle fire early on. Would have helped in those close encounters versus the zombies and what not. Ah well. I cant see why they have it turned off by default. Thats really weird imo. Also the player shadow. Thats an integral part of the game!
Also i noticed when you are infront of a mirror and you lower your weapon it doesnt show it in the mirror. A bit of an inconsistency the producers missed. Hopefully all these little things will be patched soon!
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I am still getting the graphics sorted out, but running Radeon 9800pro with athalon 64 bit plus 1 gig of memory-{a little better than my apple lll}
am running at 1600x1200 high graphics but feel that may have to drop to medium.
Does anyone know where one can get ratings{already done}on a comparison between 1600x1200 medium graphics and say 800 x600 ultra graphics .I dont know effect of each change on any game for that matter?
ps Desert Combat still is no 1 so far for me.ttfn
Posted 03:47pm 02/9/04