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How id Lost Its Crown

Posted by Zonk on from the doom-3-suqs dept.

The Next Generation site has an editorial up by veteran animator Steve Bowler discussing the loss of prestige id has suffered, at least in his eyes, as a result of the latest incarnation of Doom. From the article: "But one day, the industry changed. The consumer changed. It's hard to put one's finger on it. Maybe it was Counter-Strike. Maybe Unreal Tournament. Something happened to the genre between Quake III and Doom 3, and Id somehow didn't take it into account. Call it braggadocio, or hubris, but Doom 3 is no longer the top dog in the FPS market. Yes, it's upsetting. I tried not to admit it either. But it's undeniably true."

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  1. Doom 3.. by rylin · · Score: 1, Funny

    Doom III was a very dark game, not something the bright people in Capitalist America would find entertaining.

    1. Re:Doom 3.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Doom III was a very dark game

      lol flashlight joke

  2. Re:Wolfenstein, Doom I, II, & III, Quake I, II by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can you please tell that to the guys who are making those Police Academy movies ?

  3. Re:Doom 3 and HL2 were so not worth the money... by Tanmi-Daiow · · Score: 2, Funny

    what do you mean FarCry 'missed out on the press."? All i heard about for awhile was FarCry. Frankly, i was getting sick of how good a game it was. I played it. I didnt like it.

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  4. Whats wrong with repetitive games? by space_jake · · Score: 2, Funny

    Honestly how many times have you sat in a window on CS_Italy with an awp (or scout for you cool people) till you heard "Terrorists Win" ?