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DOOM III This Summer
Crusader writes "Activision and id Software have issued a press release announcing that DOOM III will be released this summer. A Linux client has also been in development alongside the requisite Win32 version."
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No need to splurge on sunscreen this year - I won't be outside except to go buy more beer!
I anticipated this game more than any other game ever I think. I wonder how much different the final version will be from the alpha that I played so long ago. Trent Reznor's soundtrack will be a definite plus as well!
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I had such plans for the summer: Regular cardio excercize, some hacking on a project or two, social interaction... AND NOW ID IS LOCKING ME IN MY BASEMENT WITH DOOM III I wonder how much productivity FPSes have stolen from our lives?
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This is really great to hear, a major software publisher is actually going to have a Linux Client available, possibly in around the same time the Windows client is released, bravo ID.
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now was that Duke Nukem Forever or Did Not Finish?
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there will be a game that uses this fine engine. Untill then we'll just have to poke at the demo app that ID is including with the runtime.
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In the third level of the game, when you're going through the ruins of 3D Realms' corporate headquarters, type "idd3d" and you'll get to play Duke Nukem Forever.
No, seriously! I swear!
I guess a Mac version won't be too far behind if there will be a Linux version. Now... all I need is one of those new fangled G5s to play it on...
Does anyone know where system requierments might be found / when they will be announced?
no, that was aforementioned DNF and HL2. Id seems to be able to actually follow thru on their dates.
It's the vaccuum in my bank account, left after I withdraw enough to buy a new video card that can handle Doom III.
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Too bad I'll need a new computer that comes with the kitchen sink to run it..
The screen shots look suspiciously similiar to Half-Life 2 though, what's up with that? Even some of the monsters look HL1 like. I have a feeling this isn't going to have nearly the popularity as Doom1 did (well it might but that'll just be riding there fame). It's kinda like movie sequels, you're so excited about a new edition, but then it always ends in disappointment..
If HL2 and Doom3 battled I wonder who would win? I wonder if the fundamentals of the game will be the same between the two, and if Worldcraft (or hammer) is going to work on both as well?
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Does anyone know what the system requirements will be for this? In particular, the video card?
Up until now, the official quote from Id has been "when it's done". Other sources have hinted at release dates, but this is the first solid date that has been set by Id.
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I loved the original Doom and Doom II. Unfortuantely, people seem to have moved away from the fun of game playing to trying to outdo each other in teh 3D graphics realm. I think the 3D engines are pretty decent, so how about some fun single player game levels. Screw the multiplayer crap.
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Its the first of the signs of the Apocalypse:
Doom III appears;
then Duke Nukem Forever gets a release;
then Hell Freezes Over;
then Taco actually checks slashdot before posting another dupe;
Then the world is destroyed in a great conflagration, the dead rise, the Messiah returns, four Horsemen, yadda, yadda, yadda
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That can't be right. I thought the Duke Nukem Forever release was defined as the last discrete event to happen before the universe collapses completly.
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"Finally" is what they said about every other game that id made. "This summer" is a loose euphamism for "sometime in 2004, maybe 2005."
Wait and see.
Anyone know how the linux version running with linux compatability (under the bsd) with X11 will work?
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They had boxes at Best Buy for pre-ordering. I saw the box and nearly wet my pants. Then I read the pre-order caption. Doh!
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Carmack has been seemingly a little disappointed with linux sales and such. So i found it interestin that they are gonna jam with a linux client anyway.
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http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=20503&cid=219
and (from linuxgames.com search for Carmack)
[carmack] "We are going to continue to support linux in future products, but unfortunately it doesn't look like a strong business case can be made for it. The mac version outsold the linux version by quite a bit, and even that didn't hit 5% of the windows sales. Mac versions are still valid business cases, because the support is way easier than on either windows or linux platforms, and the sales numbers amount to something noticeable. There is no way that a linux box will hit the shelf at the same time and have the same price as a windows box, assuming the publisher is making a maximum effort for the windows box. If this is truly a gating factor, linux boxed games just won't succeed. Loki wants to get away from making games "convertable" between platforms, to force linux players to buy the linux boxes. I have issues with this. Not making executable binaries available online sucks. I hate binary patches, and requiring either patches from different versions, or the installation of all previous patches. Just releasing a new executable is so much easier. Our options from here are to move towards a hybrid CD and pay Loki for official support (which makes linux support look like an expense, rather than a benefit), make a hybrid CD but leave the linux version in an "unsupported" directory, or just make unsupported linux executables available online like we used to. It is going to be quite some time before DOOM ships, so we can't say anything definitive at this point. I will probably do the initial development work for DOOM on linux, but I'm not interested in tracking every change that goes on in the linux world. The initial work will probably be with the Nvidia driver, which already has all the features I need, then I will work with the Open Source mesa drivers to bring them up to par. "
Duke Nukem Forever jokes just aren't funny anymore. Sorry off-topic.
A new Doom 3 (Xbox) trailer came out yesterday. Looks like all new in-game footage. Get it at IGN or FilePlanet
No cooperative for PC? Is this some kind of sick joke?
How will people ever learn to work together like the Amish if we don't have cooperative multiplayer?!?
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To me, the greatest advance in software would be the publisher actually trusting the consumer, and not requiring a cd-check. It was finally removed from quake 3 for the single-player mode. Another example of craziness due to artificial scarcity.
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The last I heard (and this was months ago), Reznor indeed left the project to work on a new album because the game was taking longer than expected. At the time, word was that none of his work would appear in Doom 3. Don't know if that's changed. *crosses fingers that he's still in it*
I believe they are similar to those recently announced for the next version of Windows.
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Here's the link for the large movie trailer.
http://www.doom3.com/video/trailer_large.mov
Enjoy
Don't celebrate yet. It's going to have to top many online games out there to be a real competitor. Look at UT2004, there is 10 modes of play for example. Single player doesn't really sell... though in this case, this game has been hyped beyond all hell.
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Doom III this summer, GTA San Andreas this fall... ugh, my girlfriend's gonna leave me.
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If you can believe this post, KMFDM may have recorded 12 new tracks for the game. Some more idle speculation here.
I wonder how long after it is released a Script/app comes out that when given disk 1 (DoomIII) and disk 2 (Knoppix) it will give you an iso that you can burn and then boot straight into DoomIII under Linux without anything else running for maximum performance without the hassle of installing Linux.
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Linux Version
I'd expect that this will be included with the windows version, not bought seperately, and will be compatible in network multiplay with windows machines. Can anyone confirm?
One item of note: the PC version will lack the cooperative multiplayer mode featured in previous DOOM games.
Does this mean that in the console version there is expected to be co-op multiplayer, or perhaps in a patch/mod later on?
Demo
Are/will there be any demos available. I'll probably toss out some cash for an upgrade if needed (yes, I know upgrading just for a game is a bit obsessive), but it would be nice to see how the game runs on my hardware before purchase (and I'd rather not pirate or try to get the unauth beta beforehand)
That can't be right. I thought the Duke Nukem Forever release was defined as the last discrete event to happen before the universe collapses completly.
Nah.. Thats not possible. They need more time.
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Oh god yerh,
I meen who the hell wouldn't want to bring out a bug filled inferor game sequal screwing fans out of as much cash as posible then laughing as the price of the game falls to below wholesale in the first two months.
thank goodness some game companys still are willing to put in the hard yards and work out problems with games before announing relase dates to sucker punch fans out of money.
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Non no no....that's just the demo.
Activision has also announced that they will be releasing this summer next fall. In its place, look for a rerun of winter 1986, and a short period during which we will have no weather at all, and will probably die.
Ok, DooM III is just fine, but, since I'm form Ukraine, 'tis more exciting for me && I'm more waiting for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Here are the movies from the game: Video
P.S. I'd really like to view them, but, ahh, my 14400Bps modem just rules the world! P.P.S. Unfortunately, it uses Micro$oft DirectX, so do not expect a version for GNU/Linux or MacOS X...
id is well known for being very accurate on release dates, mainly because they don't give them. I believe they coined "When Its Done", but in any case, every time they have given a release date, they have made it. It'll be out this summer.
There has been no announcement on a Linux client. Someone misquoted Linuxnews's article.
Nope, no DirectX 9. Actually DirectX 7 should be enough to run the game, it is only for input devices and 2d.
Everything else is OpenGL, OpenAL and SDL.
Direct X is just a buzzword, you can do everything just as well in OpenGL.
DirectX just defines how card should be made, while OpenGL give the card producers a say in the development.
Quake 3 was somewhat SMP compatible, does anyone know if Doom 3 will be fully SMP compatible on both Linux and Windows versions? A lot of power users now have adopted dual systems for a variety reasons but unfortunatly its hard to find games which properly utilize both processors. Having dual 2400MP's, SMP Support would be a huge plus for this game!
I'd just like to pipe up and say that you are the first person on the internet to spell the word "discrete" properly. "Discreet" means "secret," folks. :)
No doubt you don't give a shit about Mac games - there aren't any! My post (a joke) was pointing out how sad it is that the mac platform never had anything other than the most popular PC games ported to it (and years AFTER the PC release). Now even the linux platform is getting DOOM III well before OS X will.
How do you explain Halo, admitedly 6 mos. later, and oh Warcraft III (simultaneous), and oh yeah Unreal Tournament 2004 only a week after the PC release.
The Mac is getting more and more games and earlier then ever before. Take a walk into an Apple store or the section of a CompUSA and you will probably find more mainstream games for the Mac there then exist for Linux.
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I think they can work if you have the disc space. Most games install all data, so the only reason for the virtual cd is the cd-check. It makes somewhat more sense for multiplayer-oriented games as the master server is checking your key. At least the MMORPGs aren't stupid enough to require it.
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That can't be right. I thought the Duke Nukem Forever release was defined as the last discrete event to happen before the universe collapses completly.
No, no, no, you silly man. First, Duke Nukem Forever get released. Then Slashdot reports on it in an accurate and grammatically correct manner and in a manner adherent to highest ethos of journalistic reporting, and without a biased editorial rant/slant thrown in, AND they promise not to dupe the story. THEN the the universe collapses.
Oh, great. Now the spelling nazis are replying to examples of good spelling too.
Although thinking about it, that might be a more efficient way to do things on slashdot.
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playing the game for the first (or X times) with someone with the computer on hardest is aways toons of fun. That was something I missed of the doom1/2 days.
It just seams that multi-play has forgoten that not all multiplay is PvP. Try playing NWN or some game in co-opt mode and you will be disapointed in it as well.
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Duke Nukem FOREVER - thats how long until the game comes out.
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I was blown away by Far Cry. It matched the Doom 3 screenshots I saw, but running NOW. In addition, they had the nerve to set the game in an outdoor tropical environment with no visibility limit.
That game seamlessly goes from hunting mercenaries on an island camp in the jungle to entering a cave and suddenly being in a Doom 3-esque claustrophobic environment shooting at genetic mutations.
As far as all the reports and screenshots have shown, Doom 3 is almost entirely shadowy, indoor environments. Blech. Far Cry was a breath of fresh air.
I wonder if NiN was the reason for the "nailgun" in Quake. People who knew of the band could hardly miss their logo on the ammo boxes.
And many of us who'd only heard of them because of the game saw it, too.
Just one of those things I wonder about.
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1.-He has not played the complete game or even a demo, he's taking conclussions from the screenshots(which he finds pretty amussing) and the history (which to be honest is not very good).
2.-He doesnt like horror games, he gears towards games like zelda, metroid, final fantasy, his horror game was about alice RE and dino crisis they were all negative comments, his latest comment was about RE outbreak and it was (guess!) negative. I dont even know if he ever played silent hill or fatal frame. He mentioned ONCE he didnt finished "Undying" because it was "too scary" Horror is just not his thing.
3.- The guy is smart, sensitive, funny and a great cartoonist and game journalist (yeah Gabe we love you with the heat of a thousand fucking suns) but dont you think you should get your OWN opinion from the damn game? I mean seriously, you dont even know what the thing is like.
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I am sooo disappointed!
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Nearly a year ago it was announced that Thrent Reznor was no longer involved with Doom 3.
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Keep in mind that client are only part of id's business. The other part, and possibly the greater part, is licensing their game engines to other developers. Their game are not strictly intended to be money makers, they are also working models and advertisements for the engines. This is why id can have very high system requirements. By the time a licensed developer has their game ready today's high end hardware has become midrange and common. Similarly a Linux client is in part an ad for the engine, Linux support in the engine is a bullet item on a marketing brochure. Other developers may be gambling that a Linux game could be profitable in a year or two. There is actually one more reason id does Linux versions, they think it is cool to do so. They are successful enough that they can afford to do cool things that don't make sense from a business perspective.
No, no, no, you silly man. First, Duke Nukem Forever get released. Then Slashdot reports on it in an accurate and grammatically correct manner and in a manner adherent to highest ethos of journalistic reporting, and without a biased editorial rant/slant thrown in, AND they promise not to dupe the story. THEN the the universe collapses.
How would they dupe it anyway, considering the universe collapses?
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Chris Vrenna is doing the sound, which is fine by me. He did the soundtrack for American McGee's Alice, plus he used to be in NIN... mind I've just ordered 2am Wakeup Call, just waiting on the international shipping!! :-)
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they're trying to promote a kinder , gentler image of a grammer nazi.
You can always play an enhanced version of Doom [1|2] here.
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I used to think the same, but I read an interview in which an id executive claimed it was a surprisingly small portion of their revenue. I don't have the link handy, but Google found a quote from Todd Hollenshead: "engine licensing accounts for 20% of id Software's revenue." 20% is a big piece of the pie, but it seems the games are still the moneymakers.
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