Doom 3 designer Tim Willits has been defending his creation today in a new interview with Eurogamer.net.

Willits admits that some of the criticism surrounding the game was valid, but notes the game's huge figures - and the overriding pull of the brand.

"If you are any self-respecting videogame player, you love Doom, but everyone’s vision of Doom and memories they had of playing Doom, and what they thought Doom should be - everyone had a different idea," he explained.

"When you’re that popular, you will have different opinions. It was very successful for us, and I love playing it even to this day, and there are few games that look better, still, and that game came out a long time ago."

Doom 3 sold in excess of three-million copies.

More Doom soon.

By Luke Guttridge