Well gamefans… Quake 4 is finally out. This ain’t no arena, this is a full-blown sequel to Quake 2, and by the looks of it, this one should more than live up to the title. I may have to run out and pick up a copy this afternoon. 🙂
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DooM ]|[ woes..
Well folks, it’s 3am and I’m throwing in the towel. Before I go, there’s another issue with Doom 3 I wanted to highlight..
Bugs, bugs, bugs..
So, to add to the 2 problems I mentioned before, there’s a sound problem with the game that seems fairly widespread from some of the articles I’ve seen. (check out this one, and this one for more info..) The problem is that sound cuts out fairly regularly if you use the surround feature with a 4.1 or 5.1 system. From my experience, it’s sporadic at first, but gets worse as the game goes on. My advice: If you haven’t already bought the game, wait until Id/Activision releases a patch to fix all of these problems. This really is a great game, but the technical glitches really start to ruin the experience after a while.
Let the carnage begin..
Ok, it’s late, but I can’t stop playing. I’m getting scared out of my socks at every turn, but it’s so much fun…
I need a new video card..
About a year and 1/2 ago when I was planning out my system specs, (fully expecting Doom 3 to release on schedule) I got the best bang-for-the-buck hardware I could find and proceeded to overclock the crap out of it. Now it’s a little over a year later, I’ve got Doom 3, and it’s good, but my graphics card needs a little help. Everything looks incredible with 4x AA/8x AF, but the framerates are horrible. To get it playable, but still run at 1024×768 I had to turn it all off. It still looks great mind you, I’m just being a perfectionist.
There’s a couple of reviews over at [H]ardOCP with good information on configs as well as what you’ll need to really see this game in all it’s glory. Thankfully Id designed their game to be playable on modern hardware. So, in a way.. it’s good that they waited this long to release it. However, only the absolute latest cards from NVidia seem to be able to get Doom 3 to the next level of graphics quality. Oh, and if you do decide to buy a hot new card, make sure you upgrade your PSU to compensate for the added power drain. Ok, ok.. enough writing.. time for some more gaming..