Is Doom 3 a Horror Game Classic? | Original Xbox Review



All footage was captured on an original Xbox.

Hello and welcome to Camp Xbox. Today, we are covering the Xbox port of the PC game Doom 3. This review will cover the franchise history, the content of the game, and the lasting impact of Doom 3. Doom 3 is a divisive game, with some loving and hating it. Does it hold up today?

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Sources and Further Reading:
[1]-https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/06/06/id-officially-announces-the-next-doom
[2]-https://web.archive.org/web/20041015204836/http://finger.planetquake.com/plan.asp?userid=johnc&id=14425
[3] – https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=126&v=Qj3dPyk7hPI&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2F
[4] – https://www.gamecriticsawards.com/2002winners.html
[5]- https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/22/e3-2002-doom-iii
[6] –https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/08/19/doom-iii-and-xbox
[7] – https://web.archive.org/web/20030201112657/http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6050
[8] – https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/07/23/no-doom-in-2003
[9] – https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/09/03/doom-3-from-vicarious-visions
[10] – https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/02/12/doom-3-6
[11] – https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/08/24/doom-3-id-says-2004-not-likely
[12] – https://www.vgchartz.com/game/6234/doom-3/sales
[13] – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj3dPyk7hPI

Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:54 -History
05:08 – Plot
08:48 – Gameplay
14:20 – Visuals
16:41 – Audio
18:49 – Multiplayer
20:58 – PC Comparison
22:42 – Final Thoughts
24:21 – Lasting Impact
26:49 – Lasting Impact

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39 thoughts on “Is Doom 3 a Horror Game Classic? | Original Xbox Review”

  1. meh, replayed this at the start of October and it didn't age well. It's really easy to get lost due most of the level's looking the same. Quake 4 has better level design and gunplay imo.

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  2. I bought this on my series X because I didn't get to play it growing up and I really love games from this generation but I just couldn't get into it. I never knew where to go and I know people will say that's my fault but every single hallway looked the same and the objectives were never clear, also the shooting got very repetitive but I didn't get around to the guns that you have later on because I got bored of it and put it down after a couple of hours. One of the best cases of how important level design is

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  3. Camp Xbox Doom 3 is a weird situation/case since Doom 3 can be three different games Doom 3 is also PS1 Final Doom Doom 64 and of course the Doom 3 you’re talking about here blessed to see all from 1980-Now what a life of gaming

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  4. The weapon selection you can use the d pad to assign weapons but you can use the Y button or B I can’t remember, to cycle through all of them, so you don’t need to keep pausing the game

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  5. While a marvel port; the Xbox version of Doom 3 is so cut down from the original PC version. I originally played the Xbox version at launch due to not having powerful enough hardware on my desktop to play the PC version, but once I was able to finally play it on PC, it was like a new game, with more levels too that were cut to fit the game on the Xbox DVD.

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  6. I played doom 3 on Xbox yrs ago after completing it I wasn't impressed with anything in this game to me it sucked Beginning to end but that was over 20yrs ago in 2024 I've forgotten the game now days and I see the Xbox 360 on sale I'll add it since I'm going to add all the other doom games im not a fan of doom but since Microsoft owns doom since ages ago I'll grab them to help support Xbox overall fro. The Xbox digital store

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  7. I don't know what it is about this game but I feel like this is the quintessential defacto Xbox game. Like seriously when I think OG Xbox I think This Halo Halo 2 Dead or Alive 3 Ninja Gaiden Black and The Chronicals of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay. Like seriously if you own an Original Xbox and don't own these games your doing it wrong.

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  8. I was playing this 19 years ago on OG Xbox. Two crt co-op with my friend. What a lovely game it was and still is. I have an OG Xbox and a hd crt tv and it’s feels good to play this on a crt even on a lower frame rate.
    I own a series x and the bfg version and I have to tell that the atmosphere (which is mainly lighting and because the sound effects which are really compressed and super loud)on the OG are s the best.
    About the smaller maps, we can argue is it better or worse, well if someone prefers more action then the smaller maps are better.

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  9. It has its flaws, but to me Doom 3 on Xbox was an amazing experience. The horror elements are so well done; I felt like I was there, crawling in the vents and tunnels to hide from bigger monsters, hearing them grunt and huff through the walls/barriers.
    Love this game so much.

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  10. Tbh it looked like trash on the PC at high resolutions, so it's probably better on the Xbox relatively speaking. I wasn't impressed with Doom 3 in the slightest when it came out, even for the time it had questionable textures and really bad character models. Half-Life 2 was just in another league a few months later, it holds up so much better today as well proving the point.

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