History VideoGame / Doom3

* LudicrousGibs: The shotgun packs enough punch that if you hit a zombie with it at point-blank range, you'll ''tear all the flesh off its bones,'' reducing it to a bloodied skeleton.

An ExpansionPack called ''Resurrection of Evil'' was released in 2005, and takes place two years after the original story. In 2012, id Software released the ''[[UpdatedRerelease BFG Edition]]'', which includes a remastered and slightly retooled version of the original ''Doom 3'' game (with an armor-mounted flashlight replacing the original's controversial flashlight system, and more ammo), whereas Doom 3 required a fan-made mod for the PC version to allow a weapon-mounted flashlight. ''BFG Edition'' also had an all-new mini-campaign called ''The Lost Mission'' (consisting mostly of cut content), [[EmbeddedPrecursor plus]] ''The Ultimate Doom'' and ''VideoGame/DoomII'', as well as the ''No Rest for the Living'' expansion that was developed for ''Doom II''[='=]s UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade release, making for a very packed ''Doom'' experience. Another standalone re-release of the ''BFG Edition'', simply titled ''Doom 3'', was released in 2019 along with the updated ports of ''Doom'' and ''Doom II'' for the 8th generation of consoles and PC.

In January 2021, an unofficial port made the game fully playable in VR on the UsefulNotes/OculusQuest 2. For licensing reasons, the port requires the user to sideload assets from the PC version. The VR port is based on an earlier unofficial port that moved the game into the Quest's native Android operating system.

* AchievementSystem: Implemented into the ''BFG Edition'', which features 50 achievements on the Xbox 360 version, 65 achievements on the PC version, and 66 trophies on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 version. These achievements range from "clear ''Doom 3'' under X difficulty" to "find a particular item in the game" to "killing players in a specific way in multiplayer".

** The previously mentioned Quest 2 mod by Team Beef allows the game to run on a completely different VR platform, the standalone UsefulNotes/OculusQuest 2.

* CuttingCorners: One of the [=PDAs=] you can find in the under-construction Exis Labs belonged to a contractor hired to install the facility's windows, who brags in his audio log about finding a brand of glass that was much cheaper and easier to access than the brand he was initially asked to use, thus ensuring that he and his crew could earn their completion pay as soon as possible. He complains that the building's architect tried to stop him, claiming that the windows would now be too weak and prone to leakage, but he went ahead with the plan anyway, and declares that he is [[TemptingFate so confident in the windows' sturdiness]] that he will ''[[TooDumbToLive fire a rocket launcher at them]]'' to prove beyond a doubt that they'll never break. Sure enough, the very next room the player enters is a disheveled half-built room with no air supply, with two of the windows having been conspicuously blown out.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Definitely darker ([[WhoForgotTheLights even to a literal extent]]), as it includes a storyline and several [=PDAs=] one can find to expand on how [[JustForPun Hellish]] (har har) UAC became. It also introduces a lot more SurvivalHorror elements and contains jump scares, and makes combat a bit slower.

** Happens to [[spoiler:Sergeant Kelly]], who gets fused into a tank, and [[spoiler:Dr. Betruger]], who gets partially consumed by a demonic dragon.

* InsurmountableWaistHighFence: Although you can jump in this game (unlike in the previous ones), you are incapable of surmounting waist-height obstacles such as broken stairs.
* {{Jerkass}}: Sgt. Kelly, overlapping with DrillSergeantNasty. Many other workers you come across in the beginning are like this, telling you to go away if you try to talk to them.

** After returning from Hell, you have to go back through the Delta Labs. This time, you revisit the first, third and fourth sectors.

* NostalgiaLevel: ''Resurrection of Evil'' is a remake of the second area of ''Doom 3'', except that the whole area is ruined and constantly shaken by dimensional shockwaves.

* {{Feelies}}: Reprints of the Xbox 360 version of ''BFG Edition'' with a Xbox One compatible label includes a fold-out poster of the original ''Doom'' cover art.

* EvilInc: The opening crawl ''implies'' the UAC [[AmbiguouslyEvil could be this]]; [[SubvertedTrope but no]], turns out they really are just a big science and exploration-focused conglomerate who is [[EvilIsNotAToy in way over their heads]]. It's ultimately played with in that, while the organization itself is fairly innocuous, some of it's staff (''*cough*''Bertruger''*cough*'') are most certainly ''[[BigBad not]]''.

* TranshumanAbomination: Towards the end of the game, [[spoiler:Sergeant Kelly, your commanding officer, becomes Sabaoth, a mutant torso fused to a tank. He also has a BFG9000, which was stolen from Campbell]].

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* CosmicHorrorStory: Being the DarkerAndEdgier deconstruction of Doom, ''Doom 3'' shows that the franchise is this when it gets played straight. It even borrows some themes out of H.P. Lovecraft's stories. Themes such as that man, in their age of great scientific advancements and expension out in the cosmic space, discovers [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow things that mankind would be better off not finding]]; in this case the truth and the portal of [[EldritchLocation Hell itself]] - a knowledge that the mere exposure off quickly causes [[GoMadFromTheRevelation madness and insanity to skyrocket in UAC's research base on Mars]], and Man's insignificance before outworldly, eldritch forces that could easily wipe Mankind out if it so desires. Even the demons are more [[EldritchAbomination eldritch]] than in the original series and even if the Doomguy is badass like in the original series, his war against the demons is less of an OneManArmy's awesome CurbStompBattle against the legions of Hell and more of a lonely survivor desperately trying to survive the incomprehensible monsters that he actually has little chance to win against. And even than, his victory is a [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet one]], being the only survivor and whose victory only delayed the inevitable, as the demons returns in ''Resurrection of Evil''; once again because Man couldn't let their scientific curiosity go and found an ArtifactOfDoom that summoned them back again to remind mankind of their own insignificance against them...

* ArtifactOfDoom: The Artifact in ''Resurrection of Evil''.

* BagOfSpilling: You lose all your weapons twice in the original campaign: first when Bertruger turns on the portal and you get DraggedOffToHell (somewhat justified, as he may have deliberately teleported you without your gear) and later when you escape from Hell (less justified, as all your weapons other than the Soulcube seemingly disappear for no reason when you go through the portal back to Mars). This in turn means you need to find your {{BFG}} a total of ''three'' times throughout the game.

* GoodiesInTheToilets: Items such as health, armour and armour shards are often hidden in bathrooms around the game

* ActionizedSequel: Instead of being the run-and-gun shooter that the previous games were, the game changed genre to a scary, moody, and slow horror shooter. In response to criticism about some of the changes, the ''[[UpdatedRerelease BFG Edition]]'' made a slight turn back to the gameplay of the previous entries by giving the player more ammo, changing the lighting to make the game less dark, having slightly faster player movement, etc. However, it wouldn't be until ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' that the franchise fully returned to its fast-paced run-and-gun roots.

* AdaptationExpansion: The novelizations either benefited or suffered from this depending on your personal taste. They include a lot more information about the UAC, character backstories, and the state of Earth, but almost the entire first book [[SlowPacedBeginning can be skipped and not miss any parts of the game]].

* AirborneMook: Lost Souls and Cacodemons.

* BossArenaIdiocy: The Cyberdemon can ''only'' be harmed by the Soul Cube. The Soul Cube can ''only'' be "charged" for its attacks by killing enemies, so if you fought the Cyberdemon one-on-one, he'd be unstoppable. Luckily, he has weak minions constantly attack you, enabling you to charge up your Soul Cube again and again.[[note]]That actually becomes a problem if the player's running a "corpse stay" mod that negates EverythingFades, as while the bodies are present the demons won't respawn to refill the cube with. The only solutions are to use the console to spawn in demons, or use a second mod that allows the Cyberdemon to be harmed by conventional weaponry.[[/note]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Definitely darker ([[WhoForgotTheLights har har]]), but it includes a storyline and several [=PDAs=] one can find to expand on how [[JustForPun Hellish]] (har har) UAC became. It also introduces a lot more SurvivalHorror elements and contains jump scares, and makes combat a bit slower.

* DemonicPossession: Dr. Malcolm Betruger, who is strongly implied to have been possessed or is in some way controlled by the demons after he voyaged into hell. The novels also indicate he was an ordinary scientist who was subject to MoreThanMindControl. ''Resurrection of Evil'' shows that [[spoiler:the demons turned Betruger into a powerful demon in exchange for his aid.]]

* EscortMission: In Alpha Labs, you have the option to escort a scientist through [[BlackoutBasement the Coolant Control Junction, a section of the base even darker than usual]]. The main pull is that he carries a lantern that provides some much-needed light. Fortunately, he's smart enough to hang back when an enemy attacks; unfortunately, he's so flimsy that the negligible SplashDamage of an Imp's fireball will kill him. [[spoiler:If you do get him to the end of the section in question, he'll be killed in an ambush anyway, rendering your efforts AllForNaught.]]

* GatlingGood: The chaingun makes a return, and unlike the relatively anemic version in the classic games[[labelnote:*]]the best analog for which is the Machine Gun[[/labelnote]], it's a rapid-fire powerhouse on par with the [[PlasmaCannon Plasma Gun]] in damage, but relatively inaccurate and with scarce ammo for the first half of the game. [[DemonicSpiders Chaingunners]] also make a comeback.

* InfiniteFlashlight: The only upside of the torch is that it'll never run out of juice.
** TenSecondFlashlight: In the UpdatedRerelease, it becomes shoulder-mounted, but holds even less juice at a time than the headlamp in ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon''. Fortunately, it also recharges very quickly, enough that flicking it on and off repeatedly means never staying fully in the dark.

* {{Jerkass}}: Sgt. Kelly, overlapping with DrillSergeantNasty.
** In fact, many of the workers you come across in the beginning are like this, telling you to go away if you try to talk to them.

* KingMook: Hell Knights.

* MacGuffin: The Artifact in ''Resurrection of Evil''.

* ModernStasis / SchizoTech: It's 2145, humanity has an established base on Mars, has mastered plasma technology, and is foraying into the science behind atomic structure (the MFS Compactor comes to mind) and teleportation... and yet:
** The most commonly found storage medium is a square-foot disk with capacity for only a few minutes of video and/or audio.
** Security forces lack any kind of enhanced vision, being forced to rely on big Mag-Lite style handheld flashlights[[note]]granted, the [[InfiniteFlashlight static transfer power supply]] is an advancement, but still[[/note]] (armor-mounted [[TenSecondFlashlight with horrible battery life]] in ''BFG Edition'') with very bad quality reflectors full of artifacts and dark spots.
** All projectile-based weapons seem to use black powder given just how much smoke they produce per shot. The grenade smokes out so much, it seems to have a burning fuse despite the apparent electronic activation.
** You'll occasionally come across what appear to be [=iPods=] in docking stations.
** All UAC workers must use a standard issue PDA that is clunkier and less versatile than most of the cheapest tablets you could find as far back as 2012 in reality. It could be stretched as them being made bulky to prevent damage[[note]]in fact, they do look somewhat like the reliability-focused [[https://www.catphones.com/en_gb/ Caterpillar line of mobile devices]][[/note]], while the UAC would've had their IT department lock them down to a business-use feature set.

* NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom: {{Downplayed}}. Compared to the abstract layouts of the classic games, the ''Doom 3'' levels are pretty linear, but they still have plenty of secrets, and sidepaths, especially with the optional vaults and P.D.A's. The Hell levels, especially in ''The Lost Mission'', are a bit closer to the level design of the classic games and can easily ''feel'' non-linear on a first-time playthrough.

* OmnicidalManiac: Betruger is essentially selling out the entirety of humanity to a gruesome end for a taste of power, from what can be gathered from his motivation.
* ObviouslyEvil: Come on, just take ''one look'' at [[BaldOfEvil Doctor]] [[RedRightHand Malcolm]] [[MeaningfulName Betruger]].

* OneWingedAngel: By the end of ''Doom 3'', [[spoiler:Betruger]] is transformed into a demonic dragon. In ''Resurrection of Evil'', [[ThatOneBoss he puts up a hell of a fight with his new powers]].

* ScenicTourLevel: Unlike most examples, they give you a gun and even allow you to murder your co-workers even ''before'' things go to hell.

* SequelHook: After the invasion from Hell is stopped, the UAC reinforcements can't seem to find Betruger anywhere in the facility. [[spoiler: Cue the reveal that he's not only in Hell and seemingly in charge of the demons now, but he's become a talking head ''within a massive dragon's mouth'' and fully embraced his demonic gifts as he [[IShallReturn prepares for the next invasion.]]]] Cue ''Resurrection of Evil''.

** In the second level you encounter a "morgue zombie" in the infirmary. It can jog almost as fast as you can when not sprinting, and would have made a pretty challenging enemy if encountered in large numbers. The one you see in the infirmary is [[OneSceneWonder the only one in the entire game]], with all other zombies being the standard "slow shambling" type, the slightly "fast shambling" type, or the average speed "[[ManOnFire Bernie]]".

* TheHeroDies: [[GainaxEnding Possibly.]] See EarnYourHappyEnding above.

* EscortMission: At one point, you have to escort a scientist through a maze of machinery. Fortunately, he's smart enough to hang back when an enemy attacks, and his lantern provides some much-needed light. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he gets killed by an imp at the end of the maze.]]
* EverythingFades: Dead demons and gibbed bodies disappear in a fizzly animation. This was probably to lighten the load on the game's engine and RAM usage by cutting down on rendered objects. After being surprised one time too many by what you thought was just a corpse rising up and attacking you, you may just find yourself in the habit of destroying every corpse you come across. There are mods that undo this behavior and allows corpses to remain, and disallows gibbing of human bodies of any kind.

* ExplodingBarrels: Two kinds: the yellow "flammable" barrels simmer for a couple of seconds before exploding (though they will explode automatically if caught in the splash of another explosive), while the orange "highly volatile" barrels are [[HairTriggerExplosive less lenient and will explode immediately]] upon taking enough damage.

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Hell is this, mixed with pulsating flesh and rivers of blood.
* FirstDayFromHell: Literally-the marine has just started his first day on duty at the Mars base when the demonic invasion hits.
* FriendlyFireproof: Averted. Enemies can hurt each other, although there seems to be a lack of infighting this time around. Notably, if you get between an ally Sentry Bot and its target, the Sentry Bot's machine gun can hurt you too.
* GameBreakingBug: Most newer (as of around 2009) systems at best ran the game on degraded quality, or, at worse, flat-out refuse running the original game and its expansion out of the box, forcing either only playing the BFG Edition or [[https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Doom_3 tweak the settings]].

** Mere days after release, fan Glen Murphy released a mod called "Duct Tape", fixing the oft-criticized "no duct tape on mars" problem by allowing you to use a flashlight and wield a gun at the same time. Ironically, this mod was a much more modest change than the armor-mounted flashlight which id themselves would add in the ''BFG Edition'', since only the shotgun and machine gun have added lights in "Duct Tape" and both have a much narrower beam than the standalone item, while the ''BFG Edition'' allows for use of the regular flashlight at all times.
** One of the most well-known total conversions, ''The Dark Mod'', uses the game's engine to modernize ''VideoGame/ThiefTheDarkProject'' (until the mod became a standalone fangame).

* AchievementSystem: Implemented into the ''BFG Edition'', which features 50 achievements on the Xbox 360 version, 65 achievements on the PC version, and 66 trophies on the [=PlayStation=] 3 version. These achievements range from "clear ''Doom 3'' under X difficulty" to "find a particular item in the game" to "killing players in a specific way in multiplayer".

[[caption-width-right:283: ''Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.'']]

-->--'''Johnathan Ishii, moments before his death.'''

* ActionSurvivor: While the classic Doomguy was portrayed as an [[OneManArmy unstoppable murder machine]], this incarnation is simply trying to get out alive.

* EvolutionaryRetCon: Practically every memorable demon in the series was completely redesigned for ''Doom 3''. Most of these redesigns made the demons appear much scarier and more formidable opponents for the player. The original imp, for example, was a large, brown creature with spikes on its shoulders that would slowly advance towards the player while hurling fireballs at them. The new imp is a slimmer grey creature with no spikes and ten eyes on its head that is capable of climbing walls and has incredible jumping ability that allows it to clear the distance across an entire room in a single leap and generally attacks with a much more aggressive style.

* MeaningfulName: The name of Dr. Betruger [[spoiler:means something along the lines of "scammer" in German. They probably intended it to be more like "traitor", but that would be "Verräter"]].

* NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom: {{Downplayed}}. Compared to the abstract layouts of the classic games, the ''Doom 3'' levels are pretty linear, but they still have plenty of secrets, and sidepaths, especially with the optional vaults and P.D.A's

* BonusFeatureFailure: The inclusion of the first two ''Doom'' games has retroactively became this, at least on PC when compared to their newer Unity ports after they became available on PC in 2020. While the ''BFG Edition''[='=]s version of ''Doom'' and ''Doom II'' runs at a higher resolution and provides a legitimate way to play the ''No Rest for the Living'' on PC, it also has a persistent smoothing filter applied on the screen, slower audio at a lower bitrate with the randomly pitch shifted sounds always enabled, is locked to 30 FPS, is {{bowdlerise}}d[[labelnote:*]](the medkits had the red crosses replaced with a pill and the ''Wolfenstein 3D'' levels are heavily censored)[[/labelnote]], and the Nightmare! difficulty broke the fast enemies, whereas the Unity ports offers a crispier old-school appearance with the ability to play in 16:9 widescreen, has improved audio quality with the ability to turn off randomly pitch shifted sounds, can run up to 60+ FPS, has fewer censorship changes[[labelnote:*]](the medkits uses green crosses instead of red ones and the alterations in the ''Wolfenstein 3D'' levels are downplayed, making the levels look more akin to the Super Nintendo version of that game)[[/labelnote]], restores the fast enemy speed of the Nightmare! difficulty, and offers the ability to play ''No Rest for the Living'' along with ''VideoGame/FinalDoom'' and ''VideoGame/{{Sigil}}'' among many other curated mods all in one place. This is not an issue with the 8th generation console releases of ''BFG Edition'' since it already stripped out the classic ''Doom'' games in favor of the newer Unity ports.

* BonusFeatureFailure: The inclusion of the first two ''Doom'' games has retroactively became this, at least on PC when compared to their newer Unity ports after they became available on PC in 2020. While the ''BFG Edition''[='=]s version of ''Doom'' and ''Doom II'' runs at a higher resolution and provides a legitimate way to play the ''No Rest for the Living'' on PC, it also has a persistent smoothing filter applied on the screen, slower audio at a lower bitrate with the randomly pitch shifted sounds always enabled, is locked to 30 FPS, is {{bowdlerise}}d[[labelnote:*]](the medkits had the red crosses replaced with a pill and the ''Wolfenstein 3D'' levels are heavily censored)[[/labelnote]], and the Nightmare! difficulty broke the fast enemies, whereas the Unity ports offers a crispier old-school appearance with the ability to play in 16:9 widescreen, has improved audio quality with the ability to turn off randomly pitch shifted sounds, can run up to 60+ FPS, has less censorship changes[[labelnote:*]](the medkits uses green crosses instead of red ones and the alterations in the ''Wolfenstein 3D'' levels are downplayed, making the levels look more akin to the Super Nintendo version of that game)[[/labelnote]], restores the fast enemy speed of the Nightmare! difficulty, and offers the ability to play ''No Rest for the Living'' along with ''VideoGame/FinalDoom'' and ''VideoGame/{{Sigil}}'' among many other curated mods in one place. This is not an issue with the 8th generation console releases of ''BFG Edition'' since it already stripped out the classic ''Doom'' games in favor of the newer Unity ports.

* BoomHeadshot: Headshots deal 2X more damage than body shots. Some of the zombies, though, make the issue moot by being headless.

* EmbeddedPrecursor: The Limited Collector's Edition of ''Doom 3'' and ''Resurrection of Evil'' on the original Xbox includes the original ''Doom'' and ''Doom II''. The latter also includes the ''Master Levels of Doom II''. The ''BFG Edition'' also includes the first two ''Doom'' games.

An ExpansionPack called ''Resurrection of Evil'' was released in 2005, and takes place two years after the original story. In 2012, id Software released the ''[[UpdatedRerelease BFG Edition]]'', which includes a remastered and slightly retooled version of the original ''Doom 3'' game (with an armor-mounted flashlight replacing the original's controversial flashlight system, and more ammo), whereas Doom 3 required a fan-made mod for the PC version that to allow a weapon-mounted flashlight. ''Resurrection of Evil'' also had an all-new mini-campaign called ''The Lost Mission'' (consisting mostly of cut content), [[EmbeddedPrecursor plus]] ''The Ultimate Doom'' and ''VideoGame/DoomII'', as well as the ''No Rest for the Living'' expansion that was developed for ''Doom II''[='=]s UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade release, making for a very packed ''Doom'' experience. Another standalone re-release of the ''BFG Edition'', simply titled ''Doom 3'', was released in 2019 along with the updated ports of ''Doom'' and ''Doom II'' for the 8th generation of consoles and PC.

* MinimalisticCoverArt: While the standard cover as seen above depicts a Hell Knight and ''Resurrection of Evil'' depicts a close-up of Maldict, the Limited Edition for the Xbox release came in a steelbook that simply depicted the game's logo against a grey background with a satanic image, some scratches, and nothing else. The cover art for the ''BFG Edition'' is even simpler, with the logo against a nearly pitch-black metal wall.

* MinimalisticCoverArt: While the standard cover as seen above depicts a Hell Knight, the Limited Edition for the Xbox release came in a steelbook that simply depicted the game's logo against a grey background with a satanic image, some scratches, and nothing else. The cover art for the ''BFG Edition'' is even simpler, with the logo against a nearly black background resembling a wall.