That version is still enjoyable enough to play, the flow is all right. It's just that it removes something that pretty much was the game's defining feature. I don't think it'd be unfair if you just pirated the PC version, seeing as the BFG Edition was probably Bethesda's idea and they didn't care about being faithful to the original intent, so its being advertised as an improved version is misleading. However, with that version you get an additional set of levels (they're a separate game-mode or something like that) that were cut from the game and a new episode for Doom II which is pretty good.
I didn't mean that the darkness itself was removed, just the separation of the torch from the weapons. As for darkness, I think only the ambiance was lightened up somewhat in places.The darkness wasn't removed, BFG Edition was still dark as fuck. I do prefer vanilla, but for different reasons (higher difficulty).
Yes, I remember all those other standard WW2 games that had an overheating silenced Sten, an FG42, an eksperimentool sniper rifle with night vision and a chaingun.
There is a mod that restores the lamp and other things.I didn't mean that the darkness itself was removed, just the separation of the torch from the weapons. As for darkness, I think only the ambiance was lightened up somewhat in places.The darkness wasn't removed, BFG Edition was still dark as fuck. I do prefer vanilla, but for different reasons (higher difficulty).
I'd say RtCW is from the late stages of the good age whereas Doom 3 is from the time when things really started to turn sour.Both kind of represented the early stage of the FPS dark age for me
RtCW is fine, not really among my favorites but a decent shooter with some very good parts and some not-so-great parts. Doom 3 feels like a "what if Doom was done in 2004?" thought experiment taken too far, not completely awful but not something I've ever had any urge to go back to either. It's not much fun as a shooter, doesn't really work as a horror game and is too limited and linear to be a System Shock.
The console versions of RTCW are worth mentioning as arguably better than the original: there's an extra chapter to the singleplayer which is a fine addition to an otherwise slightly short campaign, a new shotgun (I think in some version or other) when the original had none, and a upgrade rewards system for finding treasures which is massive incline even if simple. Emulation is an option if you want M+K.
I prefer Doom 3 but both are great shooters that everyone who likes the genre should have made at least one complete playthrough. Preferably more.