August 25, 2004

Truly groundbreaking.

Playing Doom 3 this evening, I discovered something that's definitely a first for a first person shooter:

Ladies and gentlemen, the barrels in this screenshot...aren't explosive. I'm not joking. I actually shot them a few times, expecting them to explode like every previous barrel in this, or any other FPS I've ever played. But incredibly, these don't seem to contain explosive material. I'd heard of such things in the Real WorldTM but I never expected to see such unprecedented realism in a first person shooter. Truly groundbreaking stuff here.

Posted by jason at August 25, 2004 10:55 PM | TrackBack | Read more: Games , Geek Culture

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Beaten to the punch by Far Cry again!

Far cry has explosive barrels, non-explosive barrels, explosive gas canisters, and all sorts.

Yet again, Doom is t3h sux0r against Far Cry!

Just for the record, I love both games equally for their respective flawed brilliance :)

Posted by: Rolphus [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 26, 2004 07:07 AM

I have FarCry, I'm just intimidated by the number of CDs it takes to install the game. :)

I mean really, five CDs? Yikes.

Posted by: jason bergman [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 26, 2004 09:54 PM

Ah, as I live in the UK, it was only available on DVD here, same as Deus Ex: IW, Thief 3, and a load of others... although, weirdly, Doom 3 was only on CD.

Posted by: Rolphus [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 27, 2004 03:39 PM


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