Buy Doom 3: BFG Edition

Best always look behind you simulator ever, I give this 11/10 skullspiders, would squish again =D

It's pretty alright. It's not the best thing I ever played, but I enjoyed the simplicity of it. It made Doom come to life in a more 3D aspect.
As an added bonus, it comes with Doom 1 and 2 so if you ever get bored of 3, you can play the originals as well.
Multiplayer still runs for 3 but 1 and 2 don't have any.
You can get the Brutal and Project Brutality mods for 1 and 2 as well.

Although DOOM 3 itself is, in my opinion, the worst DOOM game that exists, it's still a good game and if you're gonna get DOOM 3 at all, this version is the better one due to the fact it's "remastered" and the fact it comes with the classic, badass, amazing DOOM I and DOOM II video games and the seperate copies of both of these games do NOT work well on Steam at all if you're on newer operating systems.

If you're looking for a way to get just the classics however, GOG Galaxy, Steams DRM-free competitor, has both the DOOM and Quake series fully functional.

one of the most fun types of games to play i've played them all so far and the third one is the best of the three included in this deal

BFG stands for BADASS F*CKING GAME.

This game is some EPIC CLASSIC RETRO FPS that includes 3 of the DOOM in 1 package.

Just pure simplicity carnage run and gun.

GOOD SH*T .

I got this game due to me playing the old ones as a kid and i brought back great memorys thank you and i will in the future play the new one

extremely dissapointed there was no option for co-op, which defined the experience for me on xbox live back in the day. get the original doom 3, theres a mod for co-op.

Pros:
- Includes DOOM 3.
- Includes DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil (Expansion Pack).
- Includes DOOM 3: The Lost Mission (Expansion Pack exclusive to DOOM 3: BFG Edition. Most of the levels are removed missions from DOOM 3.)
- Includes The Ultimate DOOM.
- Includes DOOM II: Hell on Earth.
- ♥♥♥♥ing awesome soundtrack, especially the Main Theme at the Main Menu.
- Great story and gameplay.
- Graphical updates.
- Includes new episode for DOOM II: Hell on Earth called "No Rest For The Living."
- Is compatible with controllers.
- Achievements for all 3 games.
- The Ultimate DOOM and DOOM II have mouse support.

Cons:
- Still no subtitles.
- No mod support.
- Doesn't contain Final DOOM.
- Doesn't contain Master Levels for DOOM II.
- Graphics are quite outdated for its time. But because it is a classic.
- The Ultimate DOOM and DOOM II don't have customisable controls. The Ultimate DOOM, DOOM II and DOOM 3 will all share the controls you select in DOOM 3's options.
- The secret Wolfenstein levels have been removed from DOOM II: Hell on Earth.

Overall DOOM 3: BFG is a great deal as it comes with DOOM 3, its 2 expansion packs and 2 classic games, The Ultimate DOOM and DOOM II: Hell on Earth. One of these expansion packs is only exclusive to this version of DOOM 3. I would definitely pick this game up on a sale.

For those wondering, DOOM and DOOM II aren't included as seperate games in the steam library, they are accessable from the main menu of DOOM 3: BFG Editon.

Introduction

DOOM BFG Edition is a collection of the prior DOOM releases in their most complete form as stated by ID software themselves. Let's find out if that statement holds true or if this release spelled a different kind of DOOM for the franchise?

Overview

DOOM 3 BFG Edition is a collection of games that defined the first person shooter genre across multiple generations. From DOOM, DOOM II, DOOM 3, and DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil, along with The Lost Missions, each had their own impact on the genre of varying success. This release is headlined by DOOM 3: BFG a "remastered" version of 2004's well recieved title which is considered a classic by many. So does this remaster bring enough to the table to be considered exactly that?

Graphics & Optimization Quality

NOTE: Most importantly this section of the review is going to focus more on covering the remastered version of DOOM 3 and it's dlc content, titled DOOM 3: BFG Edition. This is simply due to the fact that the other content in regards to DOOM I and II are direct re-releases of the originals with no changes being made.

So what exactly constitutes this as being a remaster? Well......Not much. Listed below are exactly what graphics options are available to you in game which are meager to say the least.

Resolution - (Windowed - Full Screen - Up to 4K)
Frame Control (60 - 120 - Unlimited)
Vertical Sync (Enabled or Disabled)
Anti-Aliasing (Up to 8x)
Motion Blur (Up to 64x)
Texture LOD Bias
3D Options (varying)

Now although there aren't many options overall, what's there serves for future functionality and that's really what's most important at least in terms of easily applied in game available resolutions that will be displayed without issues on today's current HD monitors and screens.

Where is the Texture Quality Option?

Now that's where we run into another slight issue. As many fans of the previously released DOOM 3 know, there were texture pack mods available on the net that exceeded the BFG versions texture resolution quality. In comparison this releases textures are blurry when played at higher reolutions yet, still actually look acceptable overall if and only if considering this is a simple port of the Xbox 360 version.

Yet, that's not how something should be judged, should it? So with that being said, in regards to the textures quality in game, they simply don't meet the quality expectations that a gamer had come to expect on PC in 2012 (when this was released), let alone in 2015.

Frame Control, Vertical Sync and Anti-Aliasing are all basic graphics settings that aren't exactly something to write home about, expected but, still welcome. Motion Blur is either a hit or a miss for many PC gamers but, is in fact presented here nonetheless, which is a bit odd due to the fact that there were so many other options begging to be within this package that would have served this remaster and the series fans much, much better. Once again, nothing much to say in regards to texture LOD, other than it does what it's supposed to do as per usual, yet with lack luster results due to the lack of high quality resolution texture packs presented directly from ID software.

3D Options

Now this is where things actually get interesting. If DOOM 3: BFG is played in 3D the experience in quite an upgrade to the previous original installment. When enabled, the experience is almost surreal in certain ways, especially so if each in game setting is maxxed out. Sadly though, the amount of PC gamers that actually have the ability to experience this fantastic video mode are extrememly limited. So much so that, this once again becomes an almost irrelevant feature in the grand scope of things. Not many PC gamers have 3D enabled monitors, let alone the hardware to operate and utilize it.

So with that being said, if you do in fact (like myself) have the hardware necessary, you'll be in for an interesting DOOM 3 experience. Sadly though, I'm speaking to an incredibly small user base.

Optimization

O.k, here we go.....Considering the incredible lack of in game options which, of them none are especially resource intensive, DOOM 3: BFG most definitely isn't a highly optimized port. Will you be able to run it with respectable resolution and in game settings? Yes, more than likely pending you possess the required graphics hardware. Will you be able to run it fully maxxed out (Including 3D) without issues? Most likely not, regardless of the hardware you possess, which is unacceptable. Yet, considering most users wouldn't be utilizing the 3D options anyways, this doesn't hurt the experience, but is an injustice to the series fans who supported them financially upon release.

Gameplay Quality

Any previous fans of the series know there's nothing new here, but that doesn't mean that there's anything else that should have been either. The DOOM experience in a whole is considered by many (myself included) to be the pinnacle of the true single player fps experience. Intense, exlierating and downright frightening and that last one has nothing to do with the graphics and never did. It's created by the impending doom of being chased by and immense amount of npc's who do not stop coming after you, leaving you no time to prepare so, your only option is to run, strafe and generally flee in fear until you see an option to peck away at them one by one, with the general outcome being...you're dead.

Which is fantastic! The original DOOM games and to a lesser extent DOOM 3 were created during a time that the general fps skill base on an entry level were on a totally different scale. These games were created to challenge you to the fullest, while giving you crumbs in return for your efforts, all the while turning you into a DOOM fan like many of us who have come before you.

Story & Multiplayer Experience

DOOM GUY > GETS ATTACKED BY > OUTER DIMENSIONAL HELL DEMONS > DOOM GUY > GETS ANGRY > DOOM GUYS RETALIATES > WITH > THE SUPER SHOTGUN > DOOM GUY > RUNS OUT OF AMMO > DOOM GUY FLEES > A DEMON CHASES > DOOM GUY> 100 DEMONS NOW CHASE > DOOM GUY > DEMONS LOST HIM > DOOM GUY > RETURNS WITH > THE BFG > ALL OF THE DEMONS > = DEAD.......Nuff said!

If this were during the original release of DOOM 3 in 2004 the online experience would have been brimming with players on any given hour. Yet, sadly the same can't be said about this remastered edition. There simply isn't anyone playing this online anymore but, that doesn't mean you can't get some friends together and frag til' your hearts content.

Sound Quality

Considering there are multiple titles in this release, I suppose the best thing for me to convey is that each releases sound design was exceptional during their time and surpassed anything else on the market at their respective times. Agurably so, the DOOM series stands as a figurehead of the industry and always has in terms of sound design. So each game within the confines of this collection will undoubtably brim with nostalgia and were often later copied by far too many develpers throughout history..... Simply put, just open a door and let the sounds of nostalgia echo throughout.

Replay Value & The Bottom Line

It's DOOM for goddsake, people are still playing the original release since it was published. In terms of replay value, it doesn't get much better than this. BFG edition contains the entire DOOM franchise all in one fairly tidy package, you'll easily get hundreds of hours of gameplay out of it. Rough edges aside, this collection is arguably one of the best of all time and deserves a place in any fps library. Just as long as you consider this release an Ultimate Collection, instead of the remaster they wanted you to believe it was.

Final Judgement: Add it to cart and enjoy your DOOM!

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You are better off playing the original DOOM 3 and ROE, there are way too many things changed and only a few are good.

For example the textures are not better, only a handfull of characters are reskinned with a slightly higher resolution, the worst of these are the marines, their armour is now green BUT the helmets are still tan, another change that makes no sense and annoyed me greatly is that ROE had all of its unique arcade machines replaced with the turkey puncher from the base game.

Oh and the difficulty has been messed with completely, health, armour and ammo has been added everywhere you look and even had its stats changed so pickups include more ammo, also armour above 100 does not decay so combined with this you are always walking around with 100HP and 200AP on veteran even.

Now the flashlight, it is shoulder mounted and feels cheap, it has a battery meter for some reason, doesn't make sense, so as soon as battery dies just switch it back on straight away, other than that I think it should had been added to the pistol or maybe the SMG instead like the classic XBOX version did.

The zoom function has been removed so now your second mouse button has no use at all unless you want another jump button

The new Lost Mission levels are literally made from cut or changed DOOM3 levels, you will see alot of reused levels from the original thrown in there too, they are sort of polished and follow a story, few levels in there like the hell ones are good, pretty much the best thing about the BFG edition

Things they could had done to make this different from the original instead of making it just stupidly easy would be if they put effort in and perhaps added ROE items and monsters notably the double shotgun into the base game levels.

Also the DOOM classics included with it, ehhh they are neutered, had things cut, replaced or broken such as ALL wolfenstein related things are gone and the health item sprites changed due to the Red Cross complaining about it's use. You only get Ultimate DOOM, DOOM2 and 8 levels made by Nerve Software named No Rest For The Living.
(nerve.wad, pull it out of BFG and stick it in your WAD collection)

Only buy the BFG edition for the Lost Mission and the Nerve DOOM2 levels, otherwise play the originals.
(I'm not a reviewer I just wanted to clear these things up as they bugged me so much, don't expect expertly written or usual reviews from me)