I have to admit, lack of top-down leadership seems plausible. How else can you explain Half-Life being so good, and Daikatana being so bad? Same basic engine, but one lacked the ability to pull off the added extras.
It's more than plausible. Here is a quote from an email I received from an old friend from back in March of 98 while he was working for the Daikatana team:
"Understandable. I worshipped Romero too -- and I still have a hell of a
lot of respect for him -- but after you're around him for a while, that
wears off, and pretty soon he actually can be a bit annoying. You sort
of hope he'll go away or be quiet so you can get some work done.:) He's
like a big kid, and you have to shoo him off every now and then."
Sounds amusing at first, but when you read this in light of the demise of ION Storm and the miserable failing of Daikatana.... When I read that the first time I began to have doubts about the future of ION Storm.
NOTE: I apologize to the author of the above quote if I've offended you by not asking permission to post this, but we've lost contact over the years and I couldn't find any current contact info. This is the first and only time I've quoted you without permission.
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I have to admit, lack of top-down leadership seems plausible. How else can you explain Half-Life being so good, and Daikatana being so bad? Same basic engine, but one lacked the ability to pull off the added extras.
It's more than plausible. Here is a quote from an email I received from an old friend from back in March of 98 while he was working for the Daikatana team:
Sounds amusing at first, but when you read this in light of the demise of ION Storm and the miserable failing of Daikatana.... When I read that the first time I began to have doubts about the future of ION Storm.
NOTE: I apologize to the author of the above quote if I've offended you by not asking permission to post this, but we've lost contact over the years and I couldn't find any current contact info. This is the first and only time I've quoted you without permission.