That's retarded. Being biased isn't the same as being blackmailed. There are currently 2 generations of FPS gamer: one that started on Doom, and one that started on Half-Life.
What pisses me off personally, is that the new Doom has similarities to the original Half-life, and yet, any person who thinks Half-Life 1 is the greatest game ever, usually is cracking on Doom 3.
To give this game a review of any less than 90% is disgusting. But they are right--it is VERY important to a game like this that you WANT to experience it. If you play it in a brightly lit room in the middle of the day with the sound off, god mode on, and five friends over the house and a TV on in the background, OF COURSE it's gonna suck. The immersion in the game world is what makes it cool. Besides, if you don't play it for at least X amount of hours (and I say X so you can't come back and say you played it that much and still hate it), you won't even see like 1/10 of the cool stuff that happens.
Half-Life will be "just another shooter with amazing graphics" if you play it that way too.
Just for the record, this thread is for people who are Doom 3 enthusiasts, obviously. So if you are just here to diss on the game...kindly start a separate thread. You're interrupting us and honestly, I think I speak for most everyone who's played it and likes it when I say, "We don't give a crap, cause we're too busy playing."