Being a jaded elitist is a lonely existence, but at least you get to always be right.

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Seriously though, thank you for that. Saved me the bother.

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I don't think he's comparing Valve's engine tech so much to their game philosophy and the types of games they bring on board. Id has never done anything to daring with their gameplay.

Epic has some very good tech despite some public support issues.

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XD You're a funny guy.

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[en.wikipedia.org]

For reference, as I don't know how old you are.

Disclaimer: I actually do really like all three of those "big" studio offerings from back in the day. Duke Nukem from Apogee, Keen from iD, and Jill from Epic.

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I mean, no flashlight on your gun or helmet? Someone should be shot for that decision. Even Alan Wake can hold a flashlight and a gun at the same time and he's a writer, not a trained space marine from the future.

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@stradric: A complete shitfest? Really? I thought the game did what it set out to do perfectly, that is be a horror fps.

I'll still never forget the time I dropped the joypad in fright and had to take a minute to calm myself, no other game has done that to me either before or after.

Also, the way the light was done was intentional, it created tension and it created tension, suspense and set up some very shocking moments very well.

Sure the game was weak on story, but who cares, Doom was never about the story anyway.

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Fact is, they are pioneers, much like Valve. They created the genre. They can take their sweet time with their games, because they have earned that royalty. Sure, you may not be excited about Doom 4 or Rage, but your short sighted-ness may catch up to you when those games are released and you regret those comments you made on Kotaku that one day back in 2009....

That or the game will blow and you will be my new leader. THE FOOCHER IS NOOOOOW!!

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180 spin + switch to shotgun + click + click.

Then I'd turn the lights back on to see a pile of demon slag on the floor, and continue on my way with not a scratch on me. That's not scary at all.

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First of all, that's just logical. If you're in the dark and enemies can come from behind you or in front of you (both of which happened) then of of course you'd often end up just blind-firing and killing something.

There was certainly a lot more than narrow corridors, there was a fair share of wide open rooms, etc as well and even with the lights on, enemies appeared from nowhere.

Also, if you didn't think it was scary at all and never got a scratch on you then you weren't playing it on nightmare difficulty because with no medkits, constantly falling health and insane damage, there's no way you'd make it through the game unscathe and calm.

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As far as the second part of your comment goes, all I can do is laugh.

Just because you don't pump out a game every year doesn't mean your company is washed up. Where did I say that? I didn't.

e-friend thinks id has been washed up since doom 3

Considering your name and the fact that id haven't developed any games since Doom 3, it's implied that's what your opinion is.

Doom 3 wasn't exactly a AAA title. Except for the DOOM title on the front of the box, it was a pretty mediocre game.

IN YOUR OPINION, which you're quite entitled to have but don't make it out to be a proven fact, it just makes you look like an asshole.

As far as Rage goes, I know it has racing, and guns. Yeah, exciting.

As far as Halo:Reach goes, I know it's Halo, yeah, exciting.

See how that works? You can't judge a game with when practically zero info, screens, videos, etc have been released. Again, it just makes you look like an asshole.

I'll stick with developers who consistently make excellent products, like Valve, Infinity Ward (Sans COD4 multiplayer), Insomniac, etc.

Despite YOUR OPINION of COD4s multiplayer, it is a very well recieved multiplayer that offers a lot to players and rewarded skill as well as being easy to pick up. In my opinion, it's a great multiplayer and COD4 wouldn't be half the game it is or have half the great reputation it has if the multiplayer wasn't what it is. The fact you stated that ends up invalidating your opinion to me as it shows bad taste, in my opinion.

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I don't know about you but I think it looks like it's going to be great.

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I don't know what you'd like me to write instead, but id hasn't made a really huge game since the original DOOM. D2 was good at the time, even if it wasn't new; change doesn't need to come quickly. But, as evidenced by D3, it does need to come eventually. It did not have the same staying power as the games that surrounded it (Namely HL2, I didn't own a decent PC at the time).

I liked the original Halo (That's why I said Halo, not Halo 2 or Halo 3 or Halo Wars). Halo was a revolutionary console FPS, not so much because of it's storyline (Blah), but the use of the melee and grenades. Has Bungie been resting on it's laurels? Without a doubt. I'm not excited for Halo Reach, the only reason I bought a 360 at all was because I got a 60GB new in box for $100. Don't put words in my mouth.

Have you ever met a serious COD1 or COD2 player? COD2 was the best in the series, the multiplayer was excellently balanced. COD4's multiplayer, despite it's good reviews, has an automatic flying aimbot and a jumbo grenade that you can unlock after getting 7 or 5 easy kills with your fully automatic weapon.

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Completely different. Sony intentionally lost their massive lead from the PS2 generation by intenionally making development for the PS3 a pain in the ass. id on the other hand intentionally kept the gameplay true to form (like Halo 3 and many other sequals have done) for the sake of the fans of the game.

I don't think id needs to "copy" other developers ("Hey, lets add co-op!" or substitute your favorite gameplay device and/or gimmick), but they do need to make a game that plays to my 2009 expectations, which have grown quite a bit from 1995.

So you're judging Doom 3, a game released in 2004 based on 2009 expectations? lol, that's absurd.

I don't know what you'd like me to write instead, but id hasn't made a really huge game since the original DOOM.

What about the Quake series, in particular Quake III: Arena? Those were huge games in their time.

And as for Doom 3:

taken from Doom wiki-

The game was a commercial success for id Software, with the planned total revenue estimated by Activision at $20 million. It was one of the top selling games of 2004, alongside Halo 2 for the Xbox and Half-Life 2. The financial success was bolstered by the near-record number of pre-orders placed for the game.

I'm not excited for Halo Reach, the only reason I bought a 360 at all was because I got a 60GB new in box for $100. Don't put words in my mouth.

I wasn't putting words in your mouth, I was showing the ignorance of your statement by using a game from a series you mentioned.

Have you ever met a serious COD1 or COD2 player? COD2 was the best in the series, the multiplayer was excellently balanced.

I was a COD2 player and COD2 was the best in the series...until COD4 came around.

COD4's multiplayer, despite it's good reviews, has an automatic flying aimbot and a jumbo grenade that you can unlock after getting 7 or 5 easy kills with your fully automatic weapon.

Or your sniper rifle or single shot weapon or claymores, etc, etc, etc. It's not quite an aimbot either. It sense moving targets and targets shooting. For the most part, you can go prone, not shoot and survive or do the clever thing to do when an attack chopper is firing on you and take cover.

As for the airstrike, for the most part, you're given an advanced auditory warning, on top of that the airstrike happens in waves so you can avoid it if you don't get killed in the first wave. Finally, both of these can be and are turned off on servers.

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As for Commander Keen, this is one of the cooler works from the super-low-poly thread on Polycount:

[img.photobucket.com]

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Holy hell that is the worst writing in a comic I have ever seen. Yet I love it!

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