"Actual combat isn¿t that much better than the scare tactics, and while initially compelling, the game quickly becomes a corridor shooter in the truest sense of the word. Other than taking cover when fighting gun-toting zombies there is very little tactics involved in DOOM 3¿s combat, which on one hand could be a throwback to the fact that it¿s a DOOM game, and on the other hand the genre has advanced way beyond that style of play. Indeed, much of the game can be completed by simply walking up to creature, taking whatever hits you must, and blasting it point-blank in the torso or head with the shotgun. With the exception of a couple of the later creatures, even on the initially hardest difficulty setting, fighting monsters becomes a fairly easy and bland matter of getting close and blasting them, assuming they don¿t get the drop on you somehow via one of the aforementioned predictable means."

"Four years worth of refinement have gone into this game, giving it that level of polish you rarely see in a product at launch. Most game designers will tell you that they had to scrap several details from their game because it would have taken too long to implement. This wasn¿t really a problem for id Software, as you may assume. Besides the obvious triumphs like the lighting and physics engines, there are a number of little elements that just help complete the immersive feel. For instance, when you walk up to a computer screen in the game, your crosshair turns into a mouse cursor on that screen, allowing you to control the interface. Typically in a game, when you walk up to a screen or control panel its interface suddenly fills the screen or else you wouldn¿t be able to read the text. Not so, here. Nice touch."

"Although Hollenshead doesn¿t expect any of the current work to make it into their new project, he did confirm that the team might try to do something different then the typical Sci-Fi/Horror theme."

"It's still up in the air," said Hollenshead. "It could happen, but that's not our focus right now. 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."