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Gameguru Mania News - Aug,02 2004 -

Doom 3 leaked online - briefly
(hx) 06:20 PM CEST - Aug,02 2004 - Post a comment / read (24)

BBC is reporting that "the eagerly awaited blockbuster computer game, Doom 3, has been leaked on the internet. Copies of the game on file-sharing networks and newsgroups are being downloaded by thousands of people. The cost to the game's makers, id Software, could run into hundreds of thousands of pounds in lost sales. The sci-fi horror title has been four years in the making and is due to go on sale in the US on Tuesday and next week in the UK."
Ed.note: Well, if you really want a copy of Doom 3, I suggest you go buy a copy :)

last 10 comments:

little_bloke	(07:37 PM CEST - Aug,02 2004 )
Amongst other things, this is one of the negative consequences of HYPE. People so desperately want the game they will do anything to get it as soon as feasibly possible. Myself I am just glad that they haven't gone down the shitty route of using starforce protection. I will wait patently and buy my copy, if reviews are favourable. LB

devilhood	(07:47 PM CEST - Aug,02 2004 )
I've just been playing it for the past 4 hours and can safely say it's a good game ;) must... melee... attack... with... flashlight... huhuhuhu :twisted:

little_bloke	(07:50 PM CEST - Aug,02 2004 )
Nice Sig. Certainly sounds promising... what system are you using, and how is it performing? LB

Anonymous	(08:05 PM CEST - Aug,02 2004 )
well why don't they just make a world release that... could have helped them in some way i am from denmark and here we do first get doom 3 date 13-08-04 :-( greatings luke77

JamieK	(08:06 PM CEST - Aug,02 2004 )
Well, i am a little short right now, when i get my next paycheck, the game is mine. But i have: AMD AthlonXP 2600+ 512MB DDR PC2700 ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB I can play it at: 1024x768 @ High Detail + all advanced settings (except FSAA & ANISO) It slows down now and then, but in general, i get around 30-60fps (far more then i expected)

Sabot

(10:41 PM CEST - Aug,02 2004 )

LOL you guys never learned from the HL2 'leak' The police will be raiding you soon,(with any luck) since your IP addy is *logged* by your ISP it doesn't matter if you delete,burn or destroy that HDD. The proof that you downloaded and *where* you downloaded it from are all nicely stored on your ISP. All ID have to do is follow the trail, if i was them i *WOULD* for £1.5m of lost profits!!!!

Imagine on your cell door it will say "fragged by ID, do not disturb for 4years"

Pirates are a bunch of

The honest thing for Radoslav, AKA: HX, to do is to pass on the (IP) fools here that say they downloaded it to the cops

Rasded	(11:21 PM CEST - Aug,02 2004 )
Got my copy out of the newsgroups from a host that does not log IP so no worries here.I will buy HL2 but not DOOm3 even though its been fun so far.The game is way out in price.$54.99 come on.

sikapossu

(11:22 PM CEST - Aug,02 2004 )

JamieK	(11:55 PM CEST - Aug,02 2004 )
i never downloaded it, i got it off of my mate from a game store, i told him i would pay him next week. so there. :P I introduced him to his fiancee. :) so he owes me big time.

LardAss	(12:15 AM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )
:lol: i enjoyed the doom and quake series but i wont be playing this game 4 a while. This is because i need to upgrade my system, i like to enjoy a game at its highest level. So i need 2 get the latest GFX card and that wont be for about 6months until then i'll w8 for the demo. :wink:

	(12:45 AM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )
quote: because i need to upgrade my system, i like to enjoy a game at its highest level Same here. However, it's nearly impossible to find 6800 GT card in my country :( And the 6800 Ultra and X800 XT cards are higly overpriced here. (~$700).

lucas

(01:08 AM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )

Stumpus> LOL you guys never learned from the HL2 'leak' The police will be raiding you soon,(with any luck) since your IP addy is *logged* by your ISP it doesn't matter if you delete,burn or destroy that HDD. The proof that you downloaded and *where* you downloaded it from are all nicely stored on your ISP. All ID have to do is follow the trail, if i was them i *WOULD* for £1.5m of lost profits!!!!

Imagine on your cell door it will say "fragged by ID, do not disturb for 4years"

Pirates are a bunch of

The honest thing for Radoslav, AKA: HX, to do is to pass on the (IP) fools here that say they downloaded it to the cops
bwahahah... I knew you were a moron, but I didnt realise you lived in a magical pixey land where the leprecorns roam free and wear tiny little green hats and shit. perhaps someone put a lot of LSD in your coffee or something, but in the real world what you're talking about AINT gonna happen. doom 3 is nothing special. hundreds of games a leaked before their release, do you hear about ANYONE getting busted for downloading them AT ALL?!?! No, only the RIAA does that shit

Ozieo	(01:20 AM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )
This game ain't even worth the download or blank CD's. wandering around in the dark shooting zombies is something for -14yo kids but not for us adults 8)

devilhood

(03:10 AM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )

Well I have already pre-ordered my copy of Doom 3 so I can play it online, + it's one hell of a game so I dont regret placing my order.
Yeah I have been playing the leaked version *wow shock horror who cares* I'm not the one they are losing money from.
I did the same with Farcry as well, downloaded it first then bought it- now I play it online with a group of close friends :wink:
but yeh, for those thinking of ordering this game, DO IT because it seriously ownz, they have put a lot of work into this.
The gfx are very realistic, the environments are spooky and everything has a really shocking atmosphere to it.
my rig is:

2.8 ghz p4 1 gig ram 9700 pro w/ audigy zs platinum pro
running the game in 1024x768 with high detail, all advanced effects and 2x anti-aliasing perfectly smooth.

BUY IT!

devilhood	(03:18 AM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )
JamieK> i never downloaded it, i got it off of my mate from a game store, i told him i would pay him next week. so there. :P I introduced him to his fiancee. :) so he owes me big time. :lol: haha nice one mate runs to the local game store with a mission to befriend as much of their employees as possible

erax0r

(07:28 AM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )

Well, I was at a lan party the other day and someone there had the game. I didn't ask any questions but watched some people playing it. Basically to me it looks like garbage and I will not be purchasing it. The lighting is "over done" if that makes sense. I watched multiple times as they would be shooting into a pitch black corner at a zombie not seeing anything at all. Once the zombie stopped shooting he would run over to the corpse with a flashlight just to see what the thing looked like. Also the textures are not that impressive, especially noticeable on the walls. Even with the settings cranked to the max.

The game looks rushed. Another note...what the hell is up with all the bald characters? It seems 90 percent of the humans you come across have no hair. LOL. I guess ID didnt have enough time to create hair? Just some weird stuff...level of environment interraction is also very low. If I see a light I want to be able to shoot it and watch the bulb explode, if I see a computer screen and I fire a pistol at it (the glass should break)..its the small things that I noticed which dissapointed me. I think I would have fun for about 20 minutes and get bored with d3.

They also played some multiplayer, which was looking non impressive. It seems slow paced and just un-inspired....quake3 has more intesity...Not fun at all by the looks...I know I will not be wasting my 60 bucks on this title..and I was anticipating the release for quite some time! Bring on HL2....

Phreezer Burn

(08:11 AM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )

I was at that same LAN party as Erax0r ^ I like the cool interactions with computers in the singleplayer, the pda or the fact you never have to leave first person mode to access a computer. I don't like the system strain, the game is ahead of its time and wont be playable by most gamers for another year. The single player is unbelievably dark, walking around with a flash light is weak when you have to switch to a gun and shoot into the dark not seeing anything. I plan on making a mod for it that entails hide and go seek in the dark, hope they counter the wallhacks well enough for that to be practicle. Low detail is worthless considering it can lag too and look like dog, it should only be played in ultra detail on next years systems to be a great game.

Forceful

(11:03 AM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )

OK, First off eraxOr 1.You haven't played the game alone and with decent sound, quote "Well, I was at a lan party the other day and someone there had the game. I didn't ask any questions but watched some people playing it. Basically to me it looks like garbage and I will not be purchasing it". 2. You have no clue what your talking about, quote "The game looks rushed", quote "what the hell is up with all the bald characters? It seems 90 percent of the humans you come across have no hair. LOL. I guess ID didn't have enough time to create hair?" You have no idea, June 1, 2000 Id started work on Doom 3! 4 years of hard work did pay off, the Doom 3 has the best game rendering engine at the moment and it looks amazing! The game is so polished it even runs on a lo spec system! No you ask why no hair, hair takes a S*** long time to render and it even takes longer when it has physics on it to move and swy like real hair, and for games that is not a option at the moment! If you want hair go watch Shrek 2!! Just remember its very easy to mis judge a game, watching someone play with allot off peeps around you commenting with negative thoughts on everything that you lose perspective! Just play the game by yourself alone and with headphones you will soon change your mind!!! :twisted:

JamieK	(01:08 PM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )
devilhood, i have known him since school. lol so i doubt you would be able to get a good enough friend. lol

devilhood	(03:34 PM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )
JamieK> devilhood, i have known him since school. lol so i doubt you would be able to get a good enough friend. lol I can be surprisingly seductive for a male :D lol

Sabot

(03:50 PM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )

It's only assholes with shit machines that complain about games being crap -especialy dysfunctional morons here.

lucas farts, you think you can hide in your bedroom? WISE UP lame brain. There **ISN'T** just the RIAA that traces IP adresses and downloads. Ever heard of the on going child porn case 'Operation Iron Ore' -most probably not since your blind from chugging off in dark bedrooms eh?

Well there's ELSPA that colaborates with America also. So don't think your such a wise ass, plenty have boasted and talked themselves into prison -your a perfect case!
Now away back under your rock lizard.

@ sikapossu, man you guys need to get out more! Since when is man power needed to trace IP addresses?? I've seen the machines the police use and it *AUTOMATICALY* finds every download of a file that happens in REAL TIME. It scrolls HUNDREDS of IP addresses in seconds *as the download happens* Then they just print out the IP (which contains your ISP address) and weeks,months from now "knock, knock Police." As i said previously, your all just a made up name here, but you'll disappear soon enough when reality comes knocking! DO you think that the police aren't monitoring sites such as this????? Anything that contains the words DOOM3 and DOWNLOAD...think about it before being bold asses.

maga	(04:59 PM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )
Stumpus> lucas farts where do you find them, dude ? LOL

lucas

(05:26 PM CEST - Aug,03 2004 )

Stumpus> lucas farts, you think you can hide in your bedroom? WISE UP lame brain. There **ISN'T** just the RIAA that traces IP adresses and downloads. Ever heard of the on going child porn case 'Operation Iron Ore' -most probably not since your blind from chugging off in dark bedrooms eh?

Well there's ELSPA that colaborates with America also. So don't think your such a wise ass, plenty have boasted and talked themselves into prison -your a perfect case!
Now away back under your rock lizard.

@ sikapossu, man you guys need to get out more! Since when is man power needed to trace IP addresses?? I've seen the machines the police use and it *AUTOMATICALY* finds every download of a file that happens in REAL TIME. It scrolls HUNDREDS of IP addresses in seconds *as the download happens* Then they just print out the IP (which contains your ISP address) and weeks,months from now "knock, knock Police." As i said previously, your all just a made up name here, but you'll disappear soon enough when reality comes knocking! DO you think that the police aren't monitoring sites such as this????? Anything that contains the words DOOM3 and DOWNLOAD...think about it before being bold asses.

ok jackass, show me one case where someone has gotten raided over downloading games who wasnt high in the warez scene (releaser/distrib/etc). have fun looking cause they dont bother with the little end of the chain, heck they only bother with the top of the chain maybe once or twice a year, tops. have fun being wearing that tinfoil hat, worrying about MLB spying on you

GoldenBear

(06:31 AM CEST - Aug,04 2004 )

Ok, just a few things.

One, the game is scary as hell. Play it at night, alone and you'll see.

Two, the game is fucking dark. I'm disappointed that you aren't allowed to have the flashlight out with the pistol. I expected to at least be able to do that. I'm also disappointed that this game takes place in the future and the flashlight can't light up shit. The darkness does make the game more scary but it is a bit annoying when I can NEVER see what I am shooting.

Three, the textures for the most part are great but even on ultra settings, there are a few areas where the textures are blocky. It gets a bit worse as you lower the settings. That kinda disappointed me but i'll get over it.

Four, I'm not that far in the game but the firing sounds for the pistol and the shotgun are a bit weak sounding....Maybe it's these new-fangled futuristic guns that have been muffled....who knows.

Other than those issues, I'm happy with the game.

On a sidenote, im having a bit of trouble with the surround option. Whenever I have it on, the sound will cut out after a little while. Anyone else have that problem?

-GB

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