Expecting fabulous gameplay out of id is like expecting a Terminator movie to bring you to tears.
Am I the only one who had to hold back the tears when Arnie was being lowered into the molten metal in T2?
Back on topic, and unrelated to the parent post, I never finished Doom 3. It was too stressful/annoying worrying so much about what wall the next monster would appear from as I walked past or picked something up.
However, I really liked that one scripted part with 'Pinky' -- the part where you got locked in a room with a glass wall, then a robodog appeared, bashed in the metal door a few times (panic, panic), then came through the glass for you. (EAT SHOTGUN!)
But other than that, I thought the game was rather unsatisfying.