Doom 3: BFG Edition
The BFG Edition features enhanced graphics, better audio with more horror effects, a checkpoint save system, and support for 3D displays and HMDs. The game also includes the previous expansion Resurrection of…
Doom 3: BFG Edition is a shooter developed by id Software, released 15 October 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 58 hrs to finish.
What Doom 3: BFG Edition is
Doom 3: BFG Edition is a shooter game developed by id Software and released in 2012. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Doom 3 is a 2004 first-person shooter survival horror game developed by id Software and published by Activision. It was originally released for Windows on August 3, 2004, before being adapted for Linux later that year, and ported by Aspyr Media for Mac OS X in 2005. Vicarious Visions ported the game to the Xbox, releasing it worldwide on April 4, 2005.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 65 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Doom series
Doom 3: BFG Edition is the 30th of 73 entries we hold in the Doom series. The next entry was Doom 3 in 2012. Its critic score of 71 is 8 points below the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations at 91.
How it was received
Doom 3: BFG Edition holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 45% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 88 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 58 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz dual core, 3 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT / ATI Radeon HD 5750, 512 MB video RAM. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 11GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Doom 3: BFG Edition launched on 15 October 2012, within three weeks of Dishonored, Hotline Miami, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Assassin's Creed III. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dishonored, Hotline Miami, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Assassin's Creed III.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Doom 3: BFG Edition yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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