Fan site
id Pro Quo has posted
an audio recording of a workshop conducted by id Software's Graeme Devine from
last year's QuakeCon 2000 on the topic of Quest, the online game project that
had already by that time been cancelled. They've posted this now because there
has been quite a bit of speculation that some aspects of Quest are being put
into Nerve Software's upcoming unnamed mystery project "based on an original design by id
Software" (
story). If that really is the case, however, it
represents a change in plan by contradicting the very reason Graeme is so
forthcoming about Quest details in his talk, as in the very beginning he says:
"Quest is not coming out... no one's gonna do it, so I can tell you all
about it." The three and a half minute mp3-format recording indeed features details on the concept behind Quest and describes gameplay, and offers an
explanation of how, contrary to popular belief, the online component would not
qualify this as an MMORPG.