The BFG edition is the definitive collection of the entire Doom series. You get Doom, Doom 2 and Doom 3 , as well as Doom 2’s Hell on Earth, an expansion recently also released on Xbox. Doom 3 comes with the main campaign, the Lost Levels which were edited out of the original release, and the add on, The Resurrection of Evil.

All games have been cleaned up and up rezzed for today’s computers, 3d t.v.’s and head mounted sets. Lighting has also been cleaned up in Doom 3, and although the game is suppose to be dark and scary, it’s easier to see NPC’s in cut scenes and ones who just want to talk to you.

Although the games have been cleaned up, it most likely won’t be noticed. For the most part each Doom looks near identical to when they were first release. This means that for the most part Doom 3 now looks pretty dated. Cut scene characters still have blocky, low polygon edges, and wouldn’t pass today’s current gen standards. But that’s okay. Each Doom really feels like a time capsule now, and really reminds us gamers how FPS’s have evolved since our dad’s forced us to buy our own computers.

I did not notice any changes to Doom and Doom 2, but I found some play mechanic changes to Doom 3. The biggest comes down to the flashlight. If you played Doom 3, you know how frustrating it was to have to turn off the flashlight every time you used a gun. It was realistic since you can’t really point a flashlight and shoot a two handed weapon at the same time, but considering we’ve already suspended our disbelief of Hell on Mars, a simple flashlight shouldn’t slow us down. But man did it ever. I will say that when you had to turn the flashlight off and lost sight of your enemy, it was pretty scary. Having the shotgun light up the room again was pretty dynamic looking.

Now your flashlight is attached to you weapon, so there’s no more switching and losing sight of your enemies. This makes the game a lot easier to play, but truthfully, it kind of takes away some of the heightened experience. It’s like when people complained that Space Mountain was too dark, and so DisneyWorld turned the lights up. You change the atmosphere, you sometimes lose that immersion. I also found it annoying that I could only play one version of Doom 3 at a time. If I played the original campaign, and then wanted to try out the Lost Missions, I was forced to lose my save points on the other game.

One of the main reasons for the recent release comes from a Kickstarter project named Oculus Rift. The Oculus Rift is a new head tracking system that has been getting a good following by the gaming community, and is now being endorsed by major studios. When Doom was demoed on the Oculus Rift, the project went from a good idea to a solid solution to head tracking. And there’s nothing wrong with one project piggy backing off an older game. After all Doom is the perfect benchmarker.

I have to be honest, I wasn’t completely sold on Doom 3 when it first came out in 2004. In fact if it weren’t for the fact that I had to buy my own computer and then stayed home from school to play Doom all day, I probably would not have bought Doom 3 when it hit the bargain bin. But all three games offer a good story. If you don’t care for a story in you FPS carnage, Doom is a great benchmarking tool. I bought Doom 3 for that very purpose and use it every time I upgrade my system. Outside of my computer, almost every device now has a version of Doom. My phone has a version of Doom and my tablet has a version of Doom, so I’m not alone in using them for benchmarking. This is the perfect reason why any good Kickstarting project would use Doom.

The only draw back to Doom 3 BFG is that if you happen to be a die hard fan, you are not really getting anything new here. The improved graphics and better flashlight aren’t a big enough change to warrant a buy. But with the 3d enhancements, the multiplayer options through Steam, and to have the entire collection under one roof makes it a justifiable buy. It could also be a perfect gift for dads who don’t want a lot of games on their precious, outdated computer that probably couldn’t have run Doom in the first place. I’m not bitter.

This game was reviewed on the PC.

In a very baffling move, Bethesda has gone ahead and priced the original Doom 3, released back in 2012, at £75.99 on Steam. So if you want to play the original Doom 3 on PCs, you’re gonna have to pay a lot.

This seems a little unfair, considering that, well, it’s a very high price to begin with, and the fact that Doom 3 is an 8 year old game. This obviously has something to do with the recent release of Doom 3: BFG Edition.

It’s notable that Doom 3 isn’t available easily these days. Most of the retailers now are selling just the BFG Edition, and very few are selling the 2004 original- GameFly is selling Doom 3 and Steamworks for £14.99..

“We do realise that there are fans that would like to purchase the original version of the game, and we’re looking into options for them,” a Bethesda rep told Eurogamer when contacted about the same. “When there’s new info to share, we’ll let everyone know.”

This pricing is obviously being met with a lot of criticism. Would you buy the game for such a high price? Tell us in your commets below.

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So this is new. It’s been discovered that if you install Doom 3 BFG Edition on your Xbox 360’s hard drive, you won’t be able to play Doom 1 and Doom 2.

Twitter user Wario64 discovered the error and took an image for you to see. It’s been given above.

Bethesda’s solution is genius. It’s brilliant. Don’t install it.

“If you choose to install the game to the Xbox 360 hard drive, you will not be able to launch Doom or Doom 2,” Bethesda’s community lead Matt Grandstaff confirmed (via NowGamer).

He went on, giving a solution for this (kinda) mentally challenged problem. “As there is no performance advantage to installing the game to your hard drive, we recommend not installing the game to avoid this issue,” he said.

Well, it’s only logical. Sure, installing cuts back on the load times and everything, but at least now you can still play games.

Have you encountered this issue? Let us know in the comments section below.

Heck, he’d love to make a version for every console, but time isn’t exactly kind as they have “a very busy development schedule”.

“I wish that we could deploy this on a bunch of other code bases. I love platforms…I love looking for the fun things to do on different ones. I’ve been bringing up quietly at a bunch of the meetings, “You know, we could make a Vita version, a Wii U version, an iPhone/Android version.” All of these would be reasonable platforms to take this technology…we do have a very busy development schedule and nothing else is really planned for that,” says Carmack.

But hey, it’s the thought that counts, right?

Source: NintendoLife

Return to Mars and face off against the forces of Hell. Suit up as the only surviving member of the Union Aerospace Corporation’s Bravo Team and discover the horrifying truth behind the unimaginable evil that has been unleashed across the planet. You are the last hope in a race to stop a full scale invasion from Hell.

DOOM 3 BFG Edition is the ultimate collection of groundbreaking games that defined the first person shooter. It includes DOOM, DOOM II, DOOM 3, and DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil, as well as eight all-new terrifying levels entitled “The Lost Mission”. All DOOM 3 content has been re-mastered for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in stunning 3D for an even more terrifying FPS experience.

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