Carmack at GDC Follow-up [Mar 26, 2004, 10:59 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
To follow-up on the discrepancy between the two accounts of John Carmack's
address at the GDC yesterday, a reader named Rene Patnode who attended the talk
offers his perspective saying the HomeLAN Fed account is the more accurate of
the two: "I can tell you that HomeLan Fed is a LOT closer to the truth. He
mentioned Quake II as a former possible idea, but it was only that. What he did
say was that the likely next id game will be a slight variation of Doom 3.... I
personally would expect a mission pack or something on the order of Team Arena.
Pretty close is also better than really close." Likewise,
GameSpy's Carmack Address
Recap likewise confirms that it was Computer and Video Games that came away
with the wrong take on the facts here:
One interesting idea that Carmack said was discussed early on in DOOM 3's development was a product specifically meant to be a rendering showcase. In this case, the idea was to do a "Quake 2 remix" - to rebuild the game using all-new assets and technology. "But even the idea of just reskinning an old game brings with it the problems that as we have newer graphics technology, media creation demands get worse and worse..."
ID makes engines now, nothing more.
Its been a long time since their last release - Q3:TA in 2000, which was in my opinion a game that did everything it set out to do.
Seeing as their latest effort is nearly finished its probably best to wait and see what its like before panning it. You might be right, but you might be wrong.
To be honest I'm more concerned about QuakeIV. I've found the Q3 based games coming out of Raven to be a bit samey. My interest perked up when I saw the leaked concept designs (BIIIG Bosses), and I'd like to have another go on the old Q2 weapons again in a new game.
I'm more interested in seeing what Nerve do with the D3 multiplayer and whatever project Gray Matter might have in the works.
This comment was edited on Mar 26, 13:22.
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