I find it despicable that a multi-million dollar publisher is pimping out high school students to do its QA. That's slave labor--welcome to Bush America.
Special sneak peek at the Doom 3 script! From Page 47:
Int. Corridor - Night
The marine is pinned down by enemy zombie fire. He ducks behind a smoking computer bank. Checks his rifle. Low on ammo. He grimaces. Closer and closer comes the SNARLING of the approaching monsters.
Translation (pick one): The game is 1. broken 2. not very fun 3. so much fun we can't let anyone play it 4. comparable to pong but with avatars 5. being searched for WMDs.
You know, being late is OK. Being late is pretty damn normal in this industry. Late, however, shouldn't be an occasion for these typically cheesy press releases that try to make the late developer sound so self-serious about quality, "lofy expectations," etc. Just admit you're late and STFU, milord.
That was an awesome game, albeit short and easy. Too bad they couldn't get the Starship Troopers license for it, that's the closest we'll probably ever get to the Mobile Infantry of the book. I wish I could get Terra Nova to run in XP.
Great memories of Terra Nova! The miserably failed Breed briefly raised hopes that we'd get a modern update of that classic. Now we have to hope the forthcoming Starship Troopers game gets it together. The odds are pretty damn long, but the devs did release a promising gameplay movie the other week. Is it so damn much to ask for a good game that lets me jump around in a mobile infantry suit and kill giant bugs?