Doom 3 (Xbox)

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 ...

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 ...

Doom 3 is basically a modern 3D remake of the old title, although a different story and set on a different location its basically the same sort of theme. This time around there’s been a little mishap or 2 on a research station on mars, and its your job to go and find some missing scientists, when everything goes a little wrong (enough of the story as I'll only spoil it). Anyways down to the game, its a fantastic looking 3D FPS with some of the best lighting effects ever, some parts of the game are incredibly scary and if you are easily scare by fast paced games with violence, I wouldn't recommend it. It will have you splattering your pants in no time if you ...