(Not to be confused by a much better Doom 3 mod that has Phobos in its name)
Part of the unofficial Russian addons for Doom 3 line-up redistributed in 2005. It's hard to find nowadays, so I reuploaded it here for posterity. Cfg file for max graphics settings included.
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Related mods:
The Orbital Collapse - Moddb.com
Deimos Panic - Moddb.com
Fallen Angel - Moddb.com
In Hell - Moddb.com
Event Horizon - Moddb.com
Hell Island - Moddb.com
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Title: Phobos Anomaly
Game Version: [Doom 3 v1.3.1]
Language: Russian only (fonts included)
Description: Phobos Anomaly is a logical continuation of the story of the original game and the addon DOOM 3: Deimos Panic... A few years ago, the UAC Corporation launched a full-scale biological research in search of the structure of the superhuman genome. Since some of the experiments in the field of gene anomalies were not quite legal, the corporation's board of directors decided to relocate these laboratories to Mars. But even here, frequent inspections by the government and public organizations prevented the scientists from entering the official stage of experimentation. In order to complete the research, some of the laboratories were placed on the Mars satellites Phobos and Deimos. From one of these satellites Evil was released, overwhelming Mars.... It is necessary to get to the truth and destroy the Cradle of Demons.
Note: After defeating the final boss, the game will throw you back into the main menu (or crash) without proper closure, that's intended.
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INSTALL:
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- Unzip all the files into your [DOOM 3] directory..
//==== Retail Doom 3: C:\games\doom3
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//==== Steam Doom 3: C:\steam\steamapps\common\doom3
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//==== Run the MOD... (Retail Doom 3)
//==== 1) Start PhobosAnomaly.bat file or Select (Phobos Anomaly Mod) from the (Mods List)
//==== C:\<name>\doom3\PhobosAnomaly\PhobosAnomaly.bat
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//==== Run the MOD... (Steam Doom 3)
//==== 1) Right click Doom 3 > Properties > Launch Options > +set fs_game PhobosAnomaly +set com_allowconsole 1
Custom Resolution...
//==== 2) - Right click Doom 3 > Properties > Launch Options > +set fs_game PhobosAnomaly +set com_allowconsole 1 +set r_mode -1 +set r_aspectratio 1 +set r_customwidth 1920 +set r_customheight 1080 +set r_fullscreen 1
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Personal thoughts:
This had to be the worst of the trilogy. Completely stupid, incomprehensible, amateurish maps that the developers obviously didn't have enough time or effort to set up properly. This continues until the penultimate and final level, where the situation improves significantly, leading me to believe that these were the maps they made first. There's one audiolog that doesn't play anything, because they either forgot or didn't have the time to include in the mod, lol.
The chainsaw zombie bit in the toilet is probably the only memorable moment from it, 2/10. Oh, and also if you have trouble jumping into the spider vents, don't feel bad about nocliping into them, because if you have jump height modified it's literally impossible. And even then you have to perform a sick crouch jump that the game wasn't made for.