Doom 3: BFG Edition (PS3/360) - October 16th, 2012

[JBHuskers]

God. Damn. YES!

Doom 3 BFG Edition Gets a Release Date (http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/19/doom-3-bfg-edition-gets-a-release-date?utm_campaign=ign+main+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcVVPaFoSZo




The BFG Edition will also feature trophies on PS3, achievements on Xbox 360, the full versions of Doom and Doom II, and has been optimized for 3D. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions will cost 39.99, and it'll cost 29.99 on PC.



All three Doom games on console? I'm in!

[morsdraconis]

$10 less than what's currently available on Steam. Does it come with the expansion pack for Doom 3 and all the extra stuff for Doom and Doom 2? Probably not, therefore, not worth it (and Bethesda DESPERATELY trying to get a money grab on their current new business venture since Rage COMPLETELY flopped).

For $99, you could purchase every game Id has ever made on Steam (not to mention that the Doom packs go on sale quite frequently, especially during the summer).

[gschwendt]

$10 less than what's currently available on Steam. Does it come with the expansion pack for Doom 3 and all the extra stuff for Doom and Doom 2? Probably not, therefore, not worth it (and Bethesda DESPERATELY trying to get a money grab on their current new business venture since Rage COMPLETELY flopped).
Actually it does (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/06/19/resurrection-of-resurrection-of-evil-doom-3-bfg-date/). Still not worth it as I hated Doom 3 (and I already have 1 & 2).

[JBHuskers]

I never did play Doom 3, so that is why I want to jump on this one. And getting to replay Doom 1 and Doom 2 is just a bonus.

[I OU a Beatn]

I never did play Doom 3, so that is why I want to jump on this one. And getting to replay Doom 1 and Doom 2 is just a bonus.

This. I've always wanted to try it so I'll be getting it. I don't know if I'll pay $40 for it, though.

[morsdraconis]

Doom 3 is great, if you aren't expecting a shooter like anything else on the market. It's a shooter like Doom and Doom 2, not like any of this shit that's out now.

[JBHuskers]

This. I've always wanted to try it so I'll be getting it. I don't know if I'll pay $40 for it, though.

Yeah I may hold out for a little while. We'll see.

[JBHuskers]

This is pretty cool...

Stripped down version of Rage used to bring classic Doom games to PS3 (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/04/stripped-down-version-of-rage-used-to-bring-classic-doom-games-t/)


The PlayStation 3 runs Doom, thanks to technology developed 18 years after the game's debut on PC. A stripped down version of id Tech 5 was used to port both Doom and Doom 2 to Sony's current-gen console for the upcoming Doom 3 BFG Edition.

Speaking with Joystiq contributor Britton Peele at QuakeCon 2012, id Software Creative Director Tim Willits said the "easiest way" to get network support working on PlayStation 3 was to start with Rage, the 2011 shooter in which id Tech 5 debuted.

"We never released Doom 1 and Doom 2 on the PlayStation Network," Willits said. "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, [support for] 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." Despite the update in background tech, the classic games look identical to their original '90s counterparts.

Willits added that when PS3 players launch the classics this October, they will actually be "launching most of id Tech 5," with a "game loop that runs Doom 1 and Doom 2." Isn't technology grand?