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"Doom: Ressurection of Evil"

Just found out that this just hit the shelves ! Think I might have to grab this. Anyone picked it up ? I'm guessing it still has online co-op.

Doom 3 is £18.99 on Amazon. Res of Evil is couple of quid lower.

Aha, just got it used for £14.49 including delivery from Amazon Marketplace. Not bad, eh? Still getting the res of evil pack though.

Doom 3 is probably larger. The single player has something like 45 levels in it. Even if you beat it in co-op, its worth playing through the single player because it has more atmosphere and you get the story elements and cut scenes.

I have Doom 3, I'll get Res when I'm finished with Serious Sam 2.

and the co-op's supposed to be much shoter than the single-player.

Me and Tilt finished in 2 evenings worth of play, seemed to only take about 5 hours.

Hedfix wrote:
> I meant ID are dumb for having it need the original with so many
> popluar game 'expansions' being playable straight out the box without
> the original game.
>
> Although I suppose you get it all in one package it minimises sales
> and forces people who've sold the original to buy it agai if they
> want to play the expansion.

Yet, I don't quite know what's the more profitable way to be honest. An expansion pack requiring you to own the original is limiting sales to the people that own that. A stand alone at the cheaper price opens the market up substantially.

I get the impression it was easier to make the PC an expansion, whereas the Xbox version has basically been re-written, and the structure will have been changed. Hence, a stand alone product is far easier to produce. Plus as you mention, I can't think of a single console game requiring an original title. :D

Well, I can name one. Steel Battalion: Line of Contact. ;-) You had to have the original game with the controller to play the follow up. Not quite the same as the expansion pack thing, but still forcing people to buy another game initially. ;-)

English Redneck wrote:
> Well, I can name one. Steel Battalion: Line of Contact. ;-) You
> had to have the original game with the controller to play the follow
> up. Not quite the same as the expansion pack thing, but still
> forcing people to buy another game initially. ;-)

Wasn't that the game with the ridiculous (and expensive) mech style controller? You're right, it's not the same as the expansion pack thing.

Is the multiplayer on any of the Doom 3 games fun to play?

Yep.

It's very much like the original doom multiplayer except with modern FPS conventions (like being able to look around properly instead of just facing ahead).

Hedfix wrote:
> I meant ID are dumb for having it need the original with so many
> popluar game 'expansions' being playable straight out the box without
> the original game.

I think most PC expansions require the orignals.