John Marketing:I'm proud of it., John Honestly: Right now working on brand new engine
This is first game of id software which really disappoints me. In contrast to previous games, every title was groundbreaking in one or many gaming/graphics areas. This is not the case of Doom3. Why?: - Engine is not impressive at all, FarCry, Stalker look way better. Damn, it looks like Half Life 1 with bump maps or (at best) Taenebrae with 3d shadows. - Very small rooms, low poly details, repetitive gameplay, boring (obvious) story. - It looks nice only on gaming very high-end hardware. On quite good system, that runs other (mentioned games) with very nice visuals, Doom3 is scaled down to shitty graphics (low res bumpmaps and textures). - non-existent (yes) MP
So it is no suprise to me that John Carmack says few days after release of his brand-new-engine game that he starts work on new game with new engine. Every other previous engine lasted thru at least 2-3 id's made games and many licenced ones. Not this time.
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John Marketing:I'm proud of it., John Honestly: Right now working on brand new engine
This is first game of id software which really disappoints me. In contrast to previous games, every title was groundbreaking in one or many gaming/graphics areas. This is not the case of Doom3. Why?:
- Engine is not impressive at all, FarCry, Stalker look way better. Damn, it looks like Half Life 1 with bump maps or (at best) Taenebrae with 3d shadows.
- Very small rooms, low poly details, repetitive gameplay, boring (obvious) story.
- It looks nice only on gaming very high-end hardware. On quite good system, that runs other (mentioned games) with very nice visuals, Doom3 is scaled down to shitty graphics (low res bumpmaps and textures).
- non-existent (yes) MP
So it is no suprise to me that John Carmack says few days after release of his brand-new-engine game that he starts work on new game with new engine. Every other previous engine lasted thru at least 2-3 id's made games and many licenced ones. Not this time.