Is doom 3 scary for you?

[crispy]

I decided to do a research on this topic and i want to know if in any moment of the game you felt fear or you got a little tense by the atmosfere.

[Mister Torgue Flexington]

when I first played this game years ago, I was creeped out by that one "still alive" corpse with his chest ripped open (on "Alpha Labs-Area 1"), and where that one poor woman who had a Lost Soul burst out of her head in the old "EnPro Plant" level.

but for me, "Site 3" was the creepiest level in the whole game. Why, you might ask? because it delves into the origins of the SoulCube that you had retained earlier during the trip to Hell, including from that one scientist whom you meet up with after he tells you to take his PDA.

[Travesti Hot]

Not scary at all

[UmbralPenumbra]

It has a few jumpscares, but that's more startling than scary. Most horror games aren't actually scary in that sense

[Maranhes]

Oh yeah, definitely! the random whispers always gets me

[JAYZAAAH]

Dr. betrugers laugh gets me every time i play this game. especially when your walking down a dark hallway and he just laughs really loud. :0

[Yzal]

Once you realize the game's gonna try to jumpscare you around every corner and behind every door it just loses all the spookiness. And starts feeling cheap.

[Yzal]

Originally posted by warriorx:

Originally posted by Lazy Dog:

Once you realize the game's gonna try to jumpscare you around every corner and behind every door it just loses all the spookiness. And starts feeling cheap.

Maybe today. But u must remember this game was released in 2004. Back then what game had this amazing horror atmosphere, with very detailed 3d graphics, that still looks good even 17 years later. I had a GeForce FX 5800 that couldn't even handle more than 45 fps at ultra settings, and every corner was really scary for me.

Dunno, played it for the first time in 2011-2012 and it felt pretty much like that, granted, not from the beginning, but the more i played the more i saw through the jumpscares. I had a pretty old pc (like 2004 old, with a GeForce FX 5200) so it's not like some newer game set the bar too high or something. Played on mid settings, i had to disable my antivirus to play with dynamic shadows at 40 ish fps.

I remember there's a cubicle-office type area in Central Processing in which an imp jumps at you from the corner the moment you enter, supposedly he's hidden behind the wall, but there's some boxes outside that you can push around, then you jump on them and you can see that there's nothing inside said cubicle. The moment you enter it the imp just appears there, no teleporting effect or anything, he's just pops into existence.
That one stuck with me, i found it on my first playthough.

I remember at least one time the game spawn spiders behind you, but if you're actually looking back you can see them pops into existence, again no teleport effect or anything.

[VTewlaghe]

I would say that first time I've played Doom 3, "startled and unprepared" would be the most appropriate term. That's not to downplay it, it does what it sets out to do.

It's just that for the sake of scares and tension, it's not meant to be replayed, not because it's too scary, but because the horror becomes cliche real quick, especially since you have guns, weak, widely inaccurate, or rare as they seem.

[Piggy Hill]

yesterday i played a bit (again) and turned around, switched flashlight on and one monster jumped in front of me.. so yea, it got its jumpscares and tense atmosphere with high res mod its awesome

[ming84]

The only thing that scares me is the Trites. Even after several playthroughs I get nervous when they show up.

[Mathelgar]

Not anymore no

[justin case]

i need help i suddenly can't move for some reason

[OceanKitty]

It was not scary for me almost entirely, it has had a few jumpscares that got me the first time, but that's about it really.

[Thrashsir]

ruined a shirt by the end of the final boss fight bc my tits had poked holes through the fabric.
didnt get scared tho

[Mathelgar]

Originally posted by MadMan Thrasher:

ruined a shirt by the end of the final boss fight bc my tits had poked holes through the fabric.
didnt get scared tho

Me playing DOOM Eternal for the first time be like: