Doom 4

I just surfed the Web a bit to find out if they are making Doom 4 already. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem so. I think there will definitely be Doom 4, but if they keep the pace of the previous sequels, we can expect it in like 30 years or so. I don't want that to happen. I want Doom 4 NOW!

You see, Doom 3 was a fantastic game. And a terribly underrated one. Everyone was bitching about that damn duct tape and darkness and narrow hallways and everything and they were like "That's totally unreal! How the hell can such a mean tough futuristic soldier not be able to use a gun AND a flashlight simultaneously? Why is that damn facility such a dark place in spite of game taking place in distant future?" And all kinds of similar crap. Excuse me? Since when FPS games were about "reality"? I don't remember anyone whining about Gordon Freeman carrying 6 or 7 different kinds of weapons, switching between them in seconds and killing tons of high trained enemy soldiers without much effort. Those people totally missed such an obvious point of Doom 3 - it's to make you destroy your mouse/keyboard/whatever while shooting like a maniac at various disgusting monsters. And at the same time, to scare you to death, if it's all possible. And it is. True, Doom 3 is nothing like its great prequels, it's totally dark, no huge open spaces and such things, but it contains some epic encounters with hordes of demons from Hell, especially on the hardest level. You really can't afford to miss that game. Is there a greater satisfaction than taking a chainsaw and driving it into that zombie freak that's trying to attack you from the dark corner of the room and watching his blood splashing over you like from a fountain or something? This game will give you tons of such satisfying moments. When you're pissed off at someone, play Doom 3 and imagine them at your gunpoint. Hmmm, there should probably be an option to import your own skins and put them on enemies...

Anyway, I don't want to turn this into a Doom 3 review, you get the point anyway: I liked Doom 3 EXTREMELY and I think a sequel would be great. However, it should be made to look more like the first two games. The mix of FPS and survival horror was a very successful experiment that gave a great atmosphere, but repeating it would be a bit... redundant ;-) On the other hand, with today's super-powerful graphic cards and engines and things like that, and fantastic ideas and level design of the first two Doom games, the fourth part of the series could be a masterpiece. Let's hope for it. I truly hope the Doom franchise won't suffer the terrible fate of games like Leisure Suit Larry: Lust In Space. John Carmack, we will let you own our socks if you make Doom 4!