DOOM 3 sets out to be the creepy survival horror game that the original DOOM was supposed to be, and in that way it succeeded. However, it still relies on the run-shoot-run pattern of every other DOOM game, without doing either of those things well. Ultimately, all the detail, VO, and reverse-calculated shadows don't make up for the generic shooting and moving the game is built on.

I mean, come on, how can a game with this much talking not have subtitles?