A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT. Doom has been around in one form or another since 1993 when it first was launched on an unsuspecting world via shareware by its fledgling group of creators, known as id. I first came across the game some years later on the original Play station and for a short while was hooked. In this form it was basically a low on thought, high on body count first person shooter game that seemed to have evolved from ideas and a play style that were first to be found in Wolfenstein. In Doom you were a high tech marine armed to the teeth and working your way through an alien labyrinth populated by tricks, traps and most of ...  Read the complete review

There are so many First Person Shooter games out on the XBox and other consoles that sometimes it can be quite difficult to sift throught them and work out which is any good or not. However, for me Doom 3 on this console stands out as one of the best. In Doom 3 you play as an unnamed soldier in the distant future on the planet Mars. There is no great enthralling story as that is what the game is all about and the focus is on shooting. It's all about running about and killing everything that moves. You will find yourself fighting against zombies that come in all shapes and sizes. There are different variety of zombies too which I found made things more ...  Read the complete review

I've always been a massive Doom fan. I started playing Doom on the PC when it first came out, when I was five, and sitting on my uncle's lap stabbing at the keys. Since then I've enjoyed Doom and its sequels (including the awesome Doom 2, and the expansion pack Final Doom.. all top-notch) on various consoles, from the mega-drive to the PS1, the GBA to the Doom mobile-phone RPG. I still like to LAN Ultimate Doom on the PC every now and again, because it stands up as such a strong, inventive FPS, with a powerful plot that can still evoke controversy, and addictive fun gameplay. So I was thrilled to hear about Doom3 when it was announced ten years on from ...  Read the complete review

From the humble beginnings of the 1990's first-person shooter, rises a modern remake of an old PC classic. The x-box version is faster and complex, with an atmosphere that will literally have you heart beating that little bit quicker. The story line has been rewritten and takes the player offworld to Mars, where a military installation has been built to explore some of the morally questionable aspects of science. I won't give too much away, as the game has a great plot hidden behind it. Doom 3’s levels are intense. Most take place inside in corridors of the research station, but some parts occur in hell. Everything is very dark. Although the ...  Read the complete review