The Mod That "Perfected" Doom 3

Hey guys you can download the mod here: www.moddb.com/mods/perfected-doom-3-version-500

How dare you say that the frame rate dropping is objectively bad. Low frame rate more cinematic. Your take on is subjective and flawed. I play my games at 8 fps.

Gman: there's nothing wrong with the shotgun Civvie: what did you say

I agree that Doom 3 was actually a perfectly good game. The only real problem was that people expected a satisfying power fantasy, like Doom and Doom 2 (and Doom 2016 & Doom Eternal for that matter) and what they got was survival horror. That's it. That's all it boils down to. All the weapons and mechanics, all the design decisions, make perfect sense the moment you acknowledge that you are playing a survival horror game. And it's a good survival horror game.

To be fair to this mod, real shotguns have a much tighter spread than the DOOM 3 shotgun, which apparently didn't use shotgun shells and just had metal shards shoved down the barrel considering how massive its spread was.

When are we gonna get a Doom 3 mod that implements realistic Mars gravity?

My biggest gripe with Doom 3 was not the weapons themselves but the way enemy attacks completely threw your aim off to an obnoxious degree.

"Overthinked Doom 3" is really the best improvement mod. It leans heavily into the survival horror aspect and makes every enemy encounter way more tense and challenging. Damage is rebalanced for "realism", there's ADS and leaning, healthpacks become inventory items, and there's cool alt fire modes for the guns that aren't absurdly OP like in Perfected.

I've never understood how so many devs seem to believe that shotgun pellets come out of the barrel at a 45 degree angle. Same goes for the perfectly coherent cylinders of light through otherwise impenetrable darkness they call flashlights.

I lost count how many time I was dead to GmanLives.

"Welcome to Mars, marine."

Back during the Vietnam war, the M16 had the burst fire feature which was intended to maximize the potential of hitting your target when firing. Now, keeping this idea in mind, the UAC developed a rifle capable of firing 20 round bursts, truly amazing. ( 1:17 )

Your mom's jokes are like Doom 3; They never get old.

Not gonna lie, this mod seems to be bordering on meme-material. Looking at some of those weapon mods, like the shotgun being able to dump entire magazine at once (9:50)... come on. Devs must have been ironic when they called it "Perfected".

The change to sprint is the clearest example of them not understanding Doom 3 at all. The sprint in vanilla Doom 3 is kinda like your "Doom 1" button. When you press it it's like youre as fast as in Doom 1 and therefore as lethal. But it's finite and you're not supposed to use it up all at once. So it's like youre playing as a fragile marine being cautious until you can create your opening. Then you slam that sprint key and bob and weave in for a few killer point blank shotgun blasts. It adds depth to the Doom gameplay, keeps it contained in smaller spaces, and most importantly ... Feels super bad ass. That balance between fragile and lethal is why Doom 3 is so good. It's the only game where I am afraid to enter every room. Both afraid for my safety...and theirs.

I understand what you're saying about the D3 shotgun. It's objectively strong with this style of game, as a melee weapon. However, my subjective opinion is that I shouldnt feel like Im farting at someone from 8 feet away rather than firing buckshot at them.

This mod is just stupid. why change the shotgun´s pellet spread when you have machineguns that shoot 20 bullets at ones?

At this point everyone is dead to gmanlives 😐

Therapist: Doom 3 internet historian isn't real, he can't hurt you Doom 3 internet historian:

The ambient sounds in Doom 3 is crazy. I love the chanting monks.