Doom 4 beta..but wait there's a catch!
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Have you read their website though
So you dont get to play the Doom beta till after Wolfenstein has been released and its in your hands, and then again you may have to wait for the Doom beta.
Sounds a bit of pie in the sky to get you to buy the game. Nowt to say they could scrap it altogether.
So you dont get to play the Doom beta till after Wolfenstein has been released and its in your hands, and then again you may have to wait for the Doom beta.
Sounds a bit of pie in the sky to get you to buy the game. Nowt to say they could scrap it altogether.
And I quote "you’ll be registered to participate in the DOOM beta once it begins".
Which could be any length of time given the fact that every recent idea was scrapped.
What they need to focus on is something similar to crysis 1 or possibly Planet Side 2.
So it's Hell on Earth literally, 2000 players against various doom monsters and you have to destroy the infection, so you could have a variety of maps mutli turrain vehicles, non of this COD type rubbish.
Which could be any length of time given the fact that every recent idea was scrapped.
What they need to focus on is something similar to crysis 1 or possibly Planet Side 2.
So it's Hell on Earth literally, 2000 players against various doom monsters and you have to destroy the infection, so you could have a variety of maps mutli turrain vehicles, non of this COD type rubbish.
The depressing part of the situation is, the beta has replaced the demo in nothing but name. The finished product rarely differs from the beta regardless of how poor it may be.
I'm surprised ID software isn't really up a creek without a paddle by now as they use to make their cash pretty much from just developing game engines for other major titles. Rage and doom 3 engines were failures compared the competing unreal engine. Cod having a yearly rehash of the quake engine might be being them some cash in, but apart from that, how are they still going?
it's a waste of time, DOOM 4 will never be as good as the 3rd, only as good as the best games that are around today and only if you're lucky
because if this game is on planet Earth it'll be like Serious Sam, Crysis etc.
it should be back on Mars or on another Planet somewhere out there.....planet Earth is too Open World, DOOM 4 = darkness, claustrophobia, fear, survival, loneliness, really bad scares etc, it is not about shooting Demons with a turret gun or something like COD/ CRYSIS/ Bulletstorm
If this Beta has you in a turret gun, it'll be total Krap
because if this game is on planet Earth it'll be like Serious Sam, Crysis etc.
it should be back on Mars or on another Planet somewhere out there.....planet Earth is too Open World, DOOM 4 = darkness, claustrophobia, fear, survival, loneliness, really bad scares etc, it is not about shooting Demons with a turret gun or something like COD/ CRYSIS/ Bulletstorm
If this Beta has you in a turret gun, it'll be total Krap
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NO WAY, you're totally missing what DOOM is all about, it is nothing like Crysis at all, it's much more like Penumbra..
all the Doom fans want something similar to DOOM 3 just far better, but they deffo dont want Crysis or Left for Dead etc, because Doom is totally different game
The problem is it's not the same market it used to be with corridoor shooters.
Due to titles like COD, if they want to be as big as Skyrim "unlikely", then they would need to improve drastically.
My assumption why they are calling it Doom instead of Doom 4 is a reboot, what have we seen in the last 5 years not a single part of evidence accept some screenshots of a scrapped version. Who knew about the new Wolfenstein? i bet not many and to get people to buy they are saying a beta "once released" you will get access.
I am having a wild guess that this Demo/Beta is one Multiplayer map cause you rarely seen Demo's of a first level of a FPS.
Due to titles like COD, if they want to be as big as Skyrim "unlikely", then they would need to improve drastically.
My assumption why they are calling it Doom instead of Doom 4 is a reboot, what have we seen in the last 5 years not a single part of evidence accept some screenshots of a scrapped version. Who knew about the new Wolfenstein? i bet not many and to get people to buy they are saying a beta "once released" you will get access.
I am having a wild guess that this Demo/Beta is one Multiplayer map cause you rarely seen Demo's of a first level of a FPS.
yes you're right, but there aren't many games as scary/similar to Penumbra, that are shooters as well !!!! because it's not the sheer quantity of brain numbing AI that counts, it's the QUALITY of horror and claustrophobia that's important instead
DOOM 4 is easy to make, just combine Penumbra with Evil Dead and DOOM 3 and you've about got it!
this Beta will not be DOOM 4, it's too early....this is probably a rehash of the 3rd game, because DOOM 4 will have a massive publicity campaign first.
but from what i sense DOOM 4 feels like a disaster waiting to happen, it feels like it's going to be a mass market Generic shooter, excuse the pun; but the Omens aren't good.
i'm waiting for Serious Sam 4, so to be honest i dont really care, but it would be great to see a really good DOOM 4
Or in some cases (Battlefield 4), the beta is less buggy than the retail version
if this DOOM 4 beta is a pile of Generic Junk, the main game will be too, because it'll be too late to change it.
we're not talking about bugs here, we're talking about the game style.
the clip of Wolf looks good though, so that's deffo worth getting, game looks dark and Stylish as well !!!!!
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Not really sure this is paying to play a beta. It's £29.99 for the PC version of the new Wolfenstein, and you get entered into the Doom beta. I'm pretty sure it would be £29.99 regardless of whether you got Doom beta access or not. It's a much more substantial offering than the usual cosmetic items that get thrown in with a pre-order...
I don't buy games for things like this, so I simply need to decide if Wolfenstein looks good enough to warrant a pre-order. Tough one based on the trailer. Feels a bit like RTCW meets Bioshock. I liked both games but would a mixture actually work?
pretty much the same tute for me. i wont buy wolfenstein to get doom 4 even though im a massive doom fan 
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the game will need sales anyway so you know people will get access to doom 4 beta probably in public anyway at some point.
.the game will need sales anyway so you know people will get access to doom 4 beta probably in public anyway at some point.
I'll get both, it's not as if there's much sci-fi stuff about at the moment. Even if they're average surely that's better than more average dad's army stuff?
I thought RAGE was good, (in the minority I know), loved Doom 1,2,3 and Quake 1,2,3,4 so would be surprised if I don't like these even if they bring nothing new to the table.
A good looking sci-fi/horror corridor shooter with hip fire/twitch gameplay sounds like heaven to me.
Even though it's touted as a single player I wonder if they'll add basic multi player available? I used to play the Doom3 four player death match, mucho fun.
I thought RAGE was good, (in the minority I know), loved Doom 1,2,3 and Quake 1,2,3,4 so would be surprised if I don't like these even if they bring nothing new to the table.
A good looking sci-fi/horror corridor shooter with hip fire/twitch gameplay sounds like heaven to me.
Even though it's touted as a single player I wonder if they'll add basic multi player available? I used to play the Doom3 four player death match, mucho fun.
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Saying what i said ealier i believe a corridoor shooter could work, Pain-Killer for example is a doom-esk type of game even though it was pretty lame.
Would be cool to see different environments, making use of the suspense and secrets cause cmon who enjoyed spending hours getting 100% on a level.
So they could have puzzles for keys, but the implementation of this will be difficult because you dont want the user to get boored.
Would be cool to see different environments, making use of the suspense and secrets cause cmon who enjoyed spending hours getting 100% on a level.
So they could have puzzles for keys, but the implementation of this will be difficult because you dont want the user to get boored.
I'm genuinely looking forward to playing Doom 4 beta. I really liked doom 3 with only the weapon sounds REALLY annoying me, but apart from that it was a solid shooter with some nice tense moments. If DOOM 4 is a logical progression from that, I'll be happy.
