So when you launch Doom 1 and Doom 2 you actually are launching most of id Tech 5, and it just has a game loop that runs Doom 1 and Doom 2." "So we're like, 'OK, what's the easiest way to do this?' And what the guys did instead of rewriting all the network support, friends, and all that kind of stuff, is they took Rage, took out all the ' Rage' bits and put Doom 1 and 2 on top of it. "We never released Doom 1 and Doom 2 on the PlayStation Network," Willits reminded me. The PS3 version, however, needed a little help from a much newer game in order to get up and running online. In fact, on the Xbox 360 you can expect them to play exactly the same as each game's Xbox Live Arcade ports, as that's what they are. %Gallery-161678%The original Doom games included in the BFG package haven't been touched. "It plays better, it really does," Willits promises. We made things a little bit brighter, we improved a lot of the character textures."īFG features tweaks throughout: slightly increased player speed, adjusted ammo and health, new soundscapes, and new auto-save and checkpoint features. "We made some slight improvements to the original game," id creative director Tim Willits told me after I got my hands on Doom 3 BFG's ' Lost Mission' content. Along with Doom 3, its expansions, and brand new 'Lost' missions, the BFG pack includes both Doom and Doom 2.ĭoom 3 BFG itself is not meant to be the original Doom 3 experience with prettier textures and 3D support. For fans, Doom 3 BFG is a package filled with memories of the franchise. While not as highly regarded as its predecessors, Doom 3 was an enjoyable (and, at the time, graphically impressive) game that garnered a fair following. It has been a long time since I last visited the imperiled Mars research facility featured in id Software's 2004 shooter, Doom 3, but playing the upcoming HD revamp, Doom 3 BFG Edition, I felt like I hardly ever left.
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