Doom 3 Deathmatch At QuakeCon 2003

SifuDave54 writes "There's a press release via Yahoo! reporting that id will bring DOOM 3 to QuakeCon 2003! - 'QuakeCon attendees will have the chance to play DOOM 3's four-player Deathmatch on a level co-developed by id Software and U.K.-based developer Splash Damage, Ltd. Splash Damage has most recently worked with id Software on Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, and will be co-developing DOOM 3's multiplayer levels.' I wish I could go..."

Comments

Re:What system?

[entrager]

If Carmack is willing to let kids play it in a sanctioned event, it must be near ready to ship.

Not necessarily. The code base is probably very close to done (if not 100% done), but that says nothing about the content. I imagine at this point that most of the work that remains is art, sound, and level design. Without a complete single player campaign, they could still let people try out the multiplayer.

Re:Careful darlings, this game just may be differe

[kmak]

Off-topic, but, is there any good new FPS that has multiplayer-cooperative? I miss those Doom/Duke Nukem days where we were on a mission together...

Re:Nothing to see here

[Zork the Almighty]

Honestly, having one giant frag fest with everyone getting splattered every 30 seconds is fun... to a point. I really miss good old four player deathmatch in Doom (and to a lesser extent, Doom 2). It had a slower, carefully paced game: hunting people down, conserving resources, and trying to outflank people to get the drop on them. The tension in these games would build and build, especially if your opponents knew you were weak or low on ammo. It made for an altogether different style of deathmatch game which has never really been revisited (except System Shock 2 ?). I hope Doom 3 will move back towards this style of multiplayer, with cooperative play as well. I really miss cooperative play.