Carmack on DOOM 3 & Q3A OpenSource [Aug 04, 2004, 10:07 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
This Slashdot
post from John Carmack (thanks shul and Frans) offers his reflections on the
release of DOOM 3, as he proudly says: "I think it is the best game we have ever
made, and it exceeded all of my expectations."
A subsequent
reply from the id Software lead programmer on the subject of the OpenSource
release of Quake III Arena, states: "By the end of the year. There are still a
lot of higher priority things, but it is coming soon. Hopefully punkbuster will
keep the source release from having any negative impact on the player
community." Here's a bit more from the first post on id's near-future roadmap:
Amidst all the various Doom ports and expansions, we are starting up on our next game. It will have a new rendering engine, which will be keeping me busy for a while, but the only other thing we are saying for now is that it won't be a sequel to any of our previous work. We have a really solid team that did a lot of maturing through Doom's development, so I have high hopes that it won't be another four year odyssey.
But honestly it's not that bad and I am enjoying it. And yes it would be nice to have a flashlight on a gun, but guess what? It's a hell of a lot scarier not to have one, because you can either A: Be protected but not see B: See but be unprotected; I am pretty sure they thought of it and left them as seperate items for the fear/game factor.
I hear you, and that was the case for the first two hours. Then it just becomes tedious. Though I am not there yet, I hear that the hell levels you dont even have a flashlight. Oh joy. One other thing, what kind of light do you have that you are unable to carry a pistol and a light simultaneously. I understand that somethings are for effect but they should somewhat be within the realm of common sense.
And for those of you who tell me to just quit playing and quit whining... Well, sorry, my hard earned money was shelled out for this. If I were to quit, I would not get nearly the bang for the buck that I would get at the movies. You wonder why people warez games without getting a demo? Exhibit A right here.
Can I take it back? No. Instead I get developers that shrug their shoulders and count my cash.
I hear you, and that was the case for the first two hours. Then it just becomes tedious. Though I am not there yet, I hear that the hell levels you dont even have a flashlight. Oh joy. One other thing, what kind of light do you have that you are unable to carry a pistol and a light simultaneously. I understand that somethings are for effect but they should somewhat be within the realm of common sense.
And for those of you who tell me to just quit playing and quit whining... Well, sorry, my hard earned money was shelled out for this. If I were to quit, I would not get nearly the bang for the buck that I would get at the movies. You wonder why people warez games without getting a demo? Exhibit A right here.
Can I take it back? No. Instead I get developers that shrug their shoulders and count my cash.
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