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..."
That sniper rifle thing is the most arbitrary, unfounded complaint I've EVER heard. Try this: fov (low number) then walk around. *shock* ZOOMED IN AND MOVING! Quake3 has a zoom too, and you can move to your heart's content convincing me that you know nothing about engines. They have access to the ENGINE source, so they can change it, even if the sniper rifle really was in the engine (although it's not)
The per-monster AI is also equally retarded. By the way, you can't click in the save menu, it's all keyboard driven in Q1 and Q2, and Q3 didn't have one, leading me to think again you don't know what you're talking about.
There's so many other factual inaccuracies, I don't even know where to begin. How the hell can a save menu be unintuitive? Engine licences only make a fraction of sales? Have you even ever played an id game, it sure looks like you haven't!
This comment was edited on Mar 27, 14:05.
The per-monster AI is also equally retarded. By the way, you can't click in the save menu, it's all keyboard driven in Q1 and Q2, and Q3 didn't have one, leading me to think again you don't know what you're talking about.
There's so many other factual inaccuracies, I don't even know where to begin. How the hell can a save menu be unintuitive? Engine licences only make a fraction of sales? Have you even ever played an id game, it sure looks like you haven't!
This comment was edited on Mar 27, 14:05.
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