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id Software has stated that the game may not be available until next year. In a recent interview with CNN Money, id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead stated that although Activision would really want Doom 3 to appear on Xbox this year, the team isn't very confident in meeting that release date.

According to Hollenshead, the guys over at Vicarious Visions (responsible for Doom 3 Xbox) are having problems with the user interface (i.e. all those fancy displays found in the game) and other limitations of the Xbox technology. Hollenshead did mention that the decision is still "up in the air" meaning that it could happen but it isn't their focus at the time.

He went on to say: "Our focus is on the gameplay. ... 'Doom 3' is a game that on the PC is very finely tuned. There was a lot of play balancing. The stuff that was supposed to be tense resulted in a lot of tension for players. The stuff that was supposed to be scary makes people crap their pants. We want the Xbox version to be just as good." For the complete CNN Money interview, click here.

Source: id Software

 

[Drinky Crow]

It'll take more than a couple months to make the game not suck.

 

[Culex]

Doomed!

 

[Kon Tiki]

Well it is not being ported to PS2, so thats a start.

 

[IJoel]

Damn, are they taking that long to rearrange the closet locations of their monsters.

 

[DopeyFish]

Damn, are they taking that long to rearrange the closet locations of their monsters.

and as of yet... i'm still looking for a damn closet... let alone a closet with monsters in them.

 

[IJoel]

*bangs head against desk*

THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!

 

[Trevelyon]

Well I for one wouldn't be bothered if those display screens were replaced with something more simpler.

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

I have a hard time imagining the game in it's current state running right on an n64. I think they'll take away alot of the animation in the environments, which is very unfortunate.

 

[Tenguman]

After playing the PC version, i can't even look at the xbox shots. They look really really bad. Not to mention the chopped up animation and framerate.

Honestly, it would better if they delayed the game for next gen and add a whole bunch of new stuff like an single-player expansion and added multiplayer features. Call it Doom 3.5 and sell it as a launch title.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

I think they look really good actually, considering. How fluid the game will be remains to be seen.

 

[LuckyBrand]

NOOOO, I want this for halloweeeennn!!! at least christmas!!!!!

 

[NWO]

NOOOO, I want this for halloweeeennn!!! at least christmas!!!!!

Then buy it for the PC.

 

[dark10x]

After playing Doom 3 on the PC, I am suprised at how accurate the XBOX version looked IN THE TRAILER. It really looks very similar...

Now, most of the screens have been pretty lackluster...soooo...

 

[MarkMacD]

guess it's time to go buy a new video card this weekend then.

in my short experience, Doom 3 has pretty standard gameplay, but absolutely pants-shittingly frightening atmosphere (that's a good thing), helped along by the graphics and great sound design, worth experiencing. No way I'm waiting for next year.

 

[Prine]

Good, too many games to buy this xmas