doom3, SD, and the new game

(guerilla) #1

it looks like Doom 3 has its (first) official release date, 8/3. I’m very much looking forward to this game (I even pre-ordered, for some reason), and cant wait to tear it up. but I’m a hardcore ET’er, and this new game could be the beginning of the end for all q3-based games. can anyone from SD comment on what the new SD game is going to be like? any aspect of it would suffice. I guess I’m reaching for some hope that doom3 with its monsters and demons and out-of-this-world weaponry won’t eclipse ET without creating a platform for a successor of some kind. I like ET for the skill, accuracy, and teamwork you need to survive, and I’ll be heartbroken if I don’t see a realistic fps for a while.

(BoomStick) #2

where did you hear that was the “official” release date? So far I’ve heard 3 “official” release dates.

(chavo_one) #3

http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=49621

And a tasty morsel from the man himself (notice the BTW part):

(blushing_bride) #4

can anyone from SD comment on what the new SD game is going to be like? any aspect of it would suffice

i doubt they will as activision has a PR department for this kind of thing.

(chr0nicles) #5

an anyone from SD comment on what the new SD game is going to be like? any aspect of it would suffice

The next multiplayer game co-developed by Splashdamage,
will make use of a great new engine, pushing some gorgeous pixels onto your screen,
full-time bump mapping, and global unification of light-surface interaction, full dynamic 5.1 multi-channel sound mixing,
Per-Poly collision detection, and much more! :clap:

(bacon) #6

WTF are you talking about? The next SD game will feature unbelievable 4bit graphics and 2 different beeps from your PC speaker!
CAN’T WAIT FOR IT!

(bani) #7

and only 4 player p2p :bash: :bash: :bash:

(guerilla) #8

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and only 4 player p2p :bash: :bash: :bash:[/quote]

yeah, I can barely contain myself about this feature…

(puubert) #9

If you’re referring to the fact that DooM 3 only support 4 player death match. John Carmack has said it will be very simple to mod a change to handle more. They’re only incorporating 4 players because they are concentrating on the SP portion. DM is an afterthough, very much like the original DooM.

(bani) #10

it remains to be seen how scalable the p2p system will be.

(guerilla) #11

this is basically what this thread is about. the only thing that is exciting about d3 is some brand-new single player action to gawk over. my area of interest is what SD is going todo with the new game engine, but it seems to be way to early to beat anything out of them. nevertheless, I didn’t see any harm in poking them with a stick to see what happens.

(DarkangelUK) #12

and only 4 player p2p

That’s how original Doom started and look how that phenomenon grew ;). I say wait and see before making premature assumptions

(puubert) #13

it remains to be seen how scalable the p2p system will be.

I’ve read the MP code is based on the Quake III MP code, so (I assume) provided the server and clients are all powerful enough, it should be able to handle something similar to RTCW:MP and ET.

Just a thought, do you think id have bought up stocks in video card companies? Considering DooM3 is going to require a lot of people to upgrade.

(RosOne) #14

AFAIK p2p didn’t work out and it’ll be server/client…

EDIT:
Wow, I just noticed I joined exactly 1 year ago :drink:

(bani) #15

i bet SD will do D3F or something :smiley:

(chr0nicles) #16

and only 4 player p2p

ID’s DOOM III primarily focus is the Single Player story, but we weren’t talking about DOOM III :slight_smile:

i bet SD will do D3F or something

Close :banana:

(squadjot) #17

They’re only incorporating 4 players because they are concentrating on the SP portion.

…lol

(Bongoboy) #18

No.

(Loffy) #19

Guerilla’s original question was " can anyone from SD comment on what the new SD game is going to be like? any aspect of it would suffice/"
The followup question is: Should we interpret that “no” as: Unlimited team-based mayham with lots of ET features yet awesome new stuff?
// Loffy

(Loffy) #20

Oh, i forgot: Can you release it before the summer holliday? My vacation starts in 2 weeks, and I want things to do.
// L.

PS. I almost forgot this important message to the people at SD: I can work as a beta tester. My merits are: Have played lots of games.