When Quake Wars ships, it would be pretty awesome if you folks released an art book simialr to the Raisign the Bar: Half Life 2 book
I think the originality and quality of industrial and character design in this title supercedes 99% of what is being produced today.
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Dont know the book at all and don’t think it is important… Everybody should develop their own skills which would give some1 an advantage over an other on some points. (I have some of my own on ET, I wont share…)
BTW change the title. When using Enemy Territory everybosy expects an ET topic, and not ET:QW topic. Maybe you know teh free game ET…
I was more than a little cynical when I saw that Valve had released a Half-Life 2 coffee table art book – it seemed to smack of vanity and vainglory. But it’s REALLY good, and utterly worth checking out. I have no clue how many people were interested enough to buy a copy, but even if you don’t have a professional interest in how and why stuff gets put into games, it’s fascinating stuff. So much work goes into a game, it’s great to get a glimpse of the process, let alone the stuff that didn’t make it in the final product.
We’re currently paddling through the alternating rapids and oceans of ET:QW’s production sat upon a massive and ever-growing raft of concept art, sketches, obsolete designs, early drafts and what not. It would be a shame if none of it saw the light of day, but it’s not clear that a similar glossy coffee table effort would be the best way of doing it. As with anything else in this Business we call Games, if the demand’s there, it will happen. Would gamers really shell out real actual money for an expensive print-thing?
Maybe as an Add-on for special-edition boxes?
To bring that idea a little forward, all the early art is scanned in hi/decent res as an extra option on the disc. Would it be overkill to add a couple of the best drawings/pictures as mini posters?
I keep on being reminded of all the art cards and even books being included in special edition comic movies
I really enjoyed Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar, although I was disappointed that they didn’t go into slightly greater technical depth in some places. The technical stuff felt like it wasn’t looked at as thoroughly as most of the art and story discussions, (e.g. “and then the artist makes a normalmap for the wall texture.” Yeah, with which software?). My perception may be warped as I’ve been an obsessive tinkerer with games for a long time now.
I’ve either owned or read lots of other game art books as well - Metal Gear Solid and Gungrave are a couple that spring to mind - and generally the HL2 one seemed pretty much the best in terms of how it was put together.
So yeah, I’d buy an ET:QW artbook, and I would rather see a proper book than a collection of extras get rushed through to meet the release of a special edition of the game.
Would gamers really shell out real actual money for an expensive print-thing?
I would buy it in a heartbeat if it was available.
show sum and you’ll make some peopz here really happy. oh how easy it would be to please us 
Whooohooo Special Edition Boxes \o/
"“With cool looking minature Tapir inside!!!” :tapir:
/me shivers from strange thoughts about “Get your tapir action figures now”-adds.
I’ve been buying production art books for my favorite movies and games as long as companies have produced them. In Japan, there has been a trend to document everything for many years…In fact I learned to draw by copying art from old Space Cruiser Yamato, Gundam and Votoms books. Final Fantasy, Front Mission, Xenogears, Gun Griffon, Gun Grave, and the Metal Gear series are just a few examples of art books I have on my shelf.
It’s a shame that in the west, people tend to care less about that stuff, probably explains why nice game art covers in the west are few and far between. The GTA and Warcraft games have beautiful illustrations…but I can’t think of another game in the past 5-6 years that had box art that inspired me to pick it up and check it out when I was walking the floor of the stores.
DVD1:
ET:QW
DVD2:
Behind the scenes @ SD
Under the hood (tech stuff, id/SD)
Bloopers 
Booklet:
Concept art
I don’t think I’d buy a separate book, but I wouldn’t mind putting a framed, signed original on my wall. 
I asked for this a long time ago. “Behind the scenes”.
Either tech book a la Raising the Bar or a biography-kind-of book like Masters of Doom.
Let’s suggest titles for SD!
“Ten Small Tapirs. Ideas for a World Dominating Game That Came and Went.”
I like Sauron’s idea and who says it has to be rushed? Special editions come out a good few months after the main thing and that’s 10 months away. (or whatever)
And of course the Tapir is a must
i still would prefer an ET:QW SE including ET with some background info on both games
I wouldn’t buy the booklet seperate, but if i get it with like a collectors edition of the game, then I would.
Right, the special edition MUST have a tapir toy shipped with it or I’m not buying it.
