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Carmack on New id Game, Game Theory

Posted by michael on from the space-marine dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNN/Money interviewed id Software wizard John Carmack at the recently completed QuakeCon. Among the topics discussed is Nintendo's recent announcement that today's games are too complicated and hard for players. Carmack, surprisingly, agrees, saying 'I agree strongly with that point of view, but I'm in the minority in the PC space. I want a game you can sit down with, pick up and play. [Role playing games], for example, got to where they had to have a book ship with the game.'"

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  1. Better interview by trite · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is a much longer and more in-depth interview with the Carmack over at Gamespy. Basically the source for the CNN article.

  2. Re:It's all about choices by Sparr0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    ry Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. with both expansions. as close to an RPG as youre going to get. the least linear story line (to the point that you can forget what story line youre on) of any RPG ever. the interworkings of the guild memberships, reputation, stats actual affects on the game, and a few other key features make the story the most diverse ever. Yes, in the end the conversation and story options are static, but they are so diverse that you might never notice it even if you play through the game 3 or 4 times (it takes hundreds, if not thousands, of hours to complete the entire game, but you can 'win' after playing only 5%).