10 Worst No. 3's In Gaming History

10. Doom 3

The kindest thing you can say about Doom 3 is that it handily filled in the DON'T column for future Doom developers. For example:

DON'T slow down the pace of the action to the point where Omar Sharif's Bridge is a more exciting alternative.

DON'T give the job of redesigning Doom's iconic bestiary to someone whose paint palette only contains the colour brown.

DON'T copy-paste the same gunmetal grey corridors over and over again. When people talk about Doom games being "metal", they aren't being literal.

DON'T reconfigure the weapon audio to the point where every gun sounds like a discount K-mart version of its Doom I & II equivalent. (If you've ever wanted to know what a farting light bulb would sound like, try firing Doom 3's plasma rifle).

Suffice it to say, 2016's excellent Doom reboot succeeded largely by going in the exact opposite direction of its prequel. So thank you, Doom 3, for being a necessary dead end in the road map of gaming evolution. Please enjoy your retirement alongside the Virtual Boy and those moldering Kinects.