One question:: Will the game even *let* you run in Ultra Quality? I tried it and the game ran just as well as it did in High Quality. I'm just wondering if it automatically kicks you into High Quality if you don't have a 512MB graphics card (which nobody does....). I didn't notice much difference in the graphics anyway, so despite it saying Ultra Quality in the options, I feel it was still running in High.
Some impressions: This is Doom. Despite the attempts from media publications to say otherwise, this isn't a survival horror FPS. Ammo, armor, and medkits are always around the corner. Enemies often take one or two hits to bring down (from the shotgun anyway), and at times, there *can* be many of them. There are small corridors and hidden rooms where enemies can pop out or you can find ammo all the time. If like the game a lot, but a caveat: if you wanted Doom with modern graphics and better, overall atmosphere, this is your game. If you want Resident Evil/Silent Hill the FPS, this is not. It seems like the devs had some issues on where exactly they were going to take this game, but it looks as if they settled on the good 'ol Doom formula in the end. This is not a bad thing, but I can see where people might have a misconception.
Also, I really haven't been that scared. There was only one point where I was sure I'd cleared a room of enemies and was operating some machinery when I ate a shotgun blast in the back from a shotgun zombie. Then again, I pretty much prepared myself not to be scared when I played the game. Needless to say, depending on how you play the game and how much you WANT to be scared, YMMV.
