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Doom 3: VR Edition

Doom 3: VR Edition features Doom 3 and its expansions, Resurrection of Evil and The Lost Mission, retooled for PS VR technology. Uncover the secrets of the UAC’s unholy experiments, encounter uncanny…

74 29 March 2021

Doom 3: VR Edition is a shooter, released 29 March 2021 on PlayStation VR.

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What Doom 3: VR Edition is

Doom 3: VR Edition was released in 2021. It is available on PlayStation VR only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Doom 3: VR Edition features Doom 3 and its expansions, Resurrection of Evil and The Lost Mission, retooled for PS VR technology. Uncover the secrets of the UAC’s unholy experiments, encounter uncanny monstrosities in claustrophobic environments, and wield an arsenal of iconic (and even otherworldly) weaponry with new textures, shaders and sound effects as you survive against the forces of Hell across over 15 hours of heart-stopping action. Feel even closer to the terror with all-new VR enhancements that allow you to peer around corners, angling your shots with flashlight-mounted weapons using motion controls, 180-degree quick-turn functionality to catch demons sneaking up from behind and an…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Doom series

Doom 3: VR Edition is the 57th of 73 entries we hold in the Doom series. The next entry was Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Expansion Pass in 2021. Its critic score of 74 is 5 points below the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations at 91.

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How it was received

Doom 3: VR Edition holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 52% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Doom 3: VR Edition launched on 29 March 2021, within three weeks of It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut and Monster Hunter Rise. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Monster Hunter Rise.

Official trailer

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When did Doom 3: VR Edition come out?
Doom 3: VR Edition was released on 29 March 2021 for PlayStation VR.

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