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Posted by Blitz [24.218.86.166] on 2004/10/04 02:16:14

With Doom 3 being hailed as the technological benchmark for some time to come, I got to thinking about what "fools" gamers into thinking that the game they are playing was actually a step up technologically.
My opinion is that Doom 3 only has two distinct features that do this -- texturing and lighting. There is no arguing that the textures are outstanding in terms of clarity and the ability to convey depth like never before. Lighting is something I think you can only truly appreciate once you open up the editor, but it really is fantastic in terms of the level of precision and the number of options you have when it comes to lighting. Realtime lighting also makes the engine shine. (pun intended) The player and monster shadows are stunning.
But other than that, Doom 3 is not really doing a good job of convincing me that it is the step up that it's being hyped as.
Let me give you an example of a next generation game living up to that appellation.
Quake stepped on to the scene boasting "true 3D" environments, and when you play Quake, you see that this feature doesn't go to waste, as you often have to traverse the same area/ structure in several different capacities.
The game also made great use of its improved rendering, providing us with several different distinct themes of textures for its levels and units. This not only provided a great sense of place for the out of the box user, but it supplied the custom designer with more than enough separate ideas to use. Lighting also received a makeover, with the addition of spot lighting to compliment the ability to design in true 3d.
Enemy models in Quake looked far superior to the sprite based enemies of Doom, as well as a new ability to track down the player with some intelligence. Baddies were no longer mere shooting gallery set pieces, they were sentient inhabitants of the game universe.
And finally, where Doom revolutionized the way we play computer games against our fellow man, Quake sharpened and polished that attractive feature into an entity of limitless proportion by increasing the pace, making flowing environments to facilitate that pace, and creating a true sense of victory by making your opponent's death sound like watermelon being smashed with a baseball bat, and making it look like the French revolution.
Quake was a true technological advance and it set the standard for how successful games were made for some time.
As for Quake 2 and Quake 3, they were not hailed as innovative, nor should they have been. Colored lighting here, and increased bit depth there are nice features, but the games offered little else in terms of significant advance. In fact, I think they actually made deathmatch worse since Quake. (An argument could be made for Quake 3's ability to create realistic curves, but to me the feature isn't implemented, nor can it be, in such a way that it completely alters the gaming experience from Quake 2)
So id's loyal sons and daughters waited for their gods to rain a brilliant gift down from Mount Olympus, and we believed that Doom 3 would change the way we play FPS once again. What we got for our 60$ was an OK game that has nearly photo realistic textures and tries to pass off cheap tricks as innovative gameplay.
Sorry id, but casting the player into the darkness to create suspense via the unknown has been used in films since Hitchcock, and used in games since Zelda. I kept reading about how shadows and light would change the way we play DM maps, creating more "suspense."
The only suspense in 'Lights Out' is whether I quit first or my opponent does, because we're both bored out of our minds.
(continued next post)

(cont'd)
#1 posted by Blitz [24.218.86.166] on 2004/10/04 02:16:36
The PDA idea is also not a new idea, just an old one with a face lift. Infocom games had notes laying around that you could reference later in your journey. In fact, I think 'the Lurking Horror' is a more entertaining game than Doom 3.
So now I'm faced with a tough thought when I consider Doom 3's fate.
Is it just that Doom 3 didn't employ the technological advances it created convincingly enough? Or is that that the advances themselves were not all that important?
I would like to think it's the latter. In the same way that Quake could have had a lot of flat, boxy levels, and then have someone from the community actually put it's advances to good use, I'm hoping some plucky group of lads out there will crack open Doom 3 and say, "Hey guys we can really make a great mod/game/tc with this engine!"
Sadly, I think it's the latter. Photo realistic textures and real-time shadows are nice, but they just don't do anything to create a new level of intensity or interactivity.
With a rocket scientist, a brilliantly talented artist, and a load of good design people, id should have given us something better; something that didn't feel like Quake 2 with better graphics.
(Before I finish I think games like Far Cry and UT2K3/4 are making better steps in terms of innovation. Far Cry with its ability to integrate realistic forestry and excellent landscape into deathmatch and UT2K3/4 with its plethora of game modes out of the box.)
Maybe I am being to hard on id, perhaps the real problem is that shooters don't really have any place else to improve upon except in their outer appearance. Much like sliced bread or prostitution, shooters have been around for a while now and they're still great, there's just no significant way to improve upon them.
-EOF-
#2 posted by Blitz [24.218.86.166] on 2004/10/04 02:19:33
Correction:
" I would like to think it's the latter." should actually be
"I would like to think it's the former."
Blitz
#3 posted by nitin [138.217.0.118] on 2004/10/04 02:54:50
sounds like you're complaining more about the game than the engine. They are two separate things yet you seem to be combining them when talking about 'Advancement'.
The latest Unreal engine is good looking, different to the D3 engine, but it can hardly be called more Advanced than the d3 engine.
I'm Complaining About Both
#4 posted by Blitz [24.218.86.166] on 2004/10/04 02:59:10
[nt]
In Addition To My Initial Posts
#5 posted by Blitz [24.218.86.166] on 2004/10/04 03:06:53
I wondered a little bit off topic from where I had originally culled this line of thought from.
I also wanted to pose this question to you all:
What defines acceptable detail for a map to be considered on par or above the game's maps? In Quake, if someone made a map that looked like DM3 today, they would be flogged.
I'll use Friction's upcoming map as an example. Most people (including myself) think it's shaping up to be a very sexy map indeed. So what about that map has us all wearing stained pants? The pipe work? Some singular feature? Or is it harder to define for a game like Doom 3 what the acceptable amount of detail will be; especially for deathmatch.
Could a map with the same level of brush detail in Q3 be acceptable in Doom 3? I am inclined to say yes, because I think the textures are what people are really drawn to in a good map.
Again
#6 posted by nitin [138.217.0.118] on 2004/10/04 03:19:26
that's a totally separate issue from both the engine and game.
To answer your question, I think it's the overall package, not necessarily just the brushwork, the lighting or the texturing by itself.
Czg's 100 brush map is a very good example of a map looking decent depsite a very restrictive brush count.
To also counter your point about textures drawing people to a map, what about the geocomps for q3? No texture detail whatsoever, yet some stunning maps were produced.
Close This Thread
#7 posted by pushplay [129.128.23.141] on 2004/10/04 12:46:37
Wow. A discussion on func_ about how Quake is a much better game than newer game *. And solely based around nostalgia for Quake's innovation and not how it stands up to real comparison. What a surprise.
But #7 That Would Give You The Last Word
#8 posted by HeadThump [65.141.127.54] on 2004/10/04 13:37:43
Baddies were no longer mere shooting gallery set pieces, they were sentient inhabitants of the game universe.
I think you exaggerate here quite a bit. There is not much to the AI in Quake. A few monsters look like they are going about their business here and there due to fixed walking paths, but we are not talking about Ultima4 towns of people milling about their daily business, earning their daily bread, nor Half-Life inter-monster combat reaction.
No game is going to beat the Turing test any time soon.
A good, and intelligently done post though, Blitz.
Yah
#9 posted by Kinn [81.152.168.244] on 2004/10/04 13:43:37
perhaps the real problem is that shooters don't really have any place else to improve upon except in their outer appearance.
Well, I sort of agree with that. I think now that the FPS genre has been evolving for ten years, it's pretty hard to do something that's noticably better or different to what's already been done.
Nitin
#10 posted by Lunaran [69.41.96.11] on 2004/10/04 14:30:44
sounds like you're complaining more about the game than the engine. They are two separate things yet you seem to be combining them when talking about 'Advancement'
What he's talking about is how technological advances contribute to gameplay advances. The move from Doom's 3D to Quake's 3D did significant things for the gameplay, because all of a sudden you're looking up and down. Removing that restriction at the time was really something to throw parties about.
The big step that Doom3 takes is lighting, but it's hardly used to any effect in the game other than attempted spookiness. How many games do we have that are based on light? (I'm thinking Splinter Cell and similar stealth business here.) That kind of thing in Doom3's engine could be seriously significant, especially if the monsters followed the same system. Monsters that try to stay in shadow because they're hurt by light, for example? Corralling them out of shadows with the flashlight and pocket flares in order to finish them off. Monsters that actually emit darkness, that act to hide others?
The game that is Doom3, made with the engine that is Doom3, is the equivalent of Quake being released with no level-over maps.
At least, I think that's what Blitz is saying. Am I right?
O_O
#11 posted by Kinn [81.152.168.244] on 2004/10/04 14:34:27
Monsters that actually emit darkness
Oh god, I wish I could do that in Quake.
Lun
#12 posted by than [62.189.9.161] on 2004/10/04 14:38:50
you had some cool ideas there. Maybe you should go work for id and set them right! :)
Well
#13 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.70.215] on 2004/10/04 15:07:58
No, I don't think Doom3 is innovative - at all, really. But it's still a solid game overall. There's a great mix of terror and action.
Besides, id has never been an innovator - they do what they do, and they do it well. It's always really been like that. While they stick with a general formula, it seems to work pretty well. I'd have to assume it's simply their polish that makes their games great.
Technologically advanced? Well, I can't speak on specifics, but it seems much more polished, too. Coming up with the kind of stuff Broussard had planned for Prey, for example, would require probably an enormous amount of resources, time, and planning to get to work correctly. Then, it would have to seriously impact a game's gameplay in such a positive manner to be worth it.
Deciding to go with a claustrophobic fear-adrenaline action game, technological advances don't seem worth it. They highly upped the realism/lighting, yes, but it also impacted the gameplay. OK, it didn't really, but it DID impact how you felt during the game, which is what they wanted to do in the first place.
Would a monster that emits darkness be really cool? Sure would. Using a flashlight to melt away demons would be neat, too. But they're not really practical to the specifics that id was trying to make - terror/adrenaline action. You can add all sorts of neat little quirks to monsters, but if they don't help the goal, it just kind of distracts from it.
In Quake, if they had made a level that was all Myst-like puzzle solving with super-awesome special time-warping technology, would it help the goals of the game? It would be damn cool, that's for sure (if done well), but all of a sudden Quake becomes diluted. This is along the lines of Doom3.
Doom 3 looks good because it helps the terror of the game. It does what it was supposed to do, immerse the gamer. You can add all sorts of innovative bells and whistles, but if they don't help the goals of the game out, what's the point?
Yes Lunaran
#14 posted by Blitz [24.218.86.166] on 2004/10/04 15:12:04
I'm glad someone understood what I was saying.
Good Points Zwif
#15 posted by Blitz [24.218.86.166] on 2004/10/04 15:34:15
But I'm not talking about bells and whistles, I'm talking about a game that advances the genre -- like Doom or Quake.
They decided to go with a "claustrophobic fear-adrenaline" true, but do you think they made that decision because they thought it would be a cool idea, or just because after they got done making high poly models and monsters, that they had to make it like that?
Let me pose this question to you -- do you think the people that bought a new computer for Quake got more for their money right out of the box, or do you think the person that bought it for Doom 3 did?
Bleh
#16 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/10/04 15:44:45
<Backbler> blitz, sumarise the question in a single sentence
<Backbler> not a post the size of a medium-sized website
<Bl1tz> either you think Doom 3 was a significant technological advance that furthered the genre, or it wasn't
<Backbler> yes obviously
<Backbler> in the graphics and their implementation for the purposes of atmosphere
<Backbler> the end.
Well
#17 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.70.215] on 2004/10/04 15:50:09
First point: I don't think id is such a newb company that they made the models first without a clear game plan. There's too much cohesive design to say id decided to make a "terror" genre AFTER they did most of their work. So I think they decided to do the genre they did FIRST, then followed up on it.
Your second question is a little harder to answer. Considering the enormous amount of negative feedback for Quake, and the enormous amount of positive feedback for Doom3, I'd have to say that people got more satisfaction from Doom3 than they did from Quake. So based on that, I will say Yes, people who upgraded to play Doom3 got more for their money out of the box than what they did for Quake.
If you're not measuring in terms of overall satisfaction, but in terms of "technological innovation," then I'd say Quake was a bigger achievement compared to Doom than Doom3 was compared to Quake 3.
if you're measuring in terms of general overall-ness, then I'd say people who bought a new computer for Doom3 got more, because they can play a much wider array of games.
But, how many FPS games are truly that innovative? If you look back, most games that are toted as innovative are rehashes of concepts pioneered by earlier, less known games. You can't really judge a game based on innovativeness, though. Few to no games are innovative, especially technologically.
And I think the benchmark-thingie is more based on the raw power required to compute the high visual specs more than how advanced it is. Maybe this point is irrelevant, however.
"Atmosphere"
#18 posted by Lunaran [68.51.209.251] on 2004/10/04 15:52:38
There is not a doubt in my mind that the slow player movement and difficulty avoiding monsters was done to show off the art.
</joyous flamebait>
Innovation In FPS
#19 posted by HeadThump [65.140.58.86] on 2004/10/04 18:43:13
Not a hard list to compile actually, well, discounting games that I haven't played.
Wolfenstein,
Doom,
Quake,
Unreal,
Thief
Half-Life
System Shock 2,
NOLF,
Deus Ex
FarCry
Doom3 is debatable, but because of the cinemagraphic quality (which I've complained about previously for making it too linear), I would include it in the innovative column.
Each added a degree of gameplay that was unique in itself (and not as a mere continuation of a genre).
If you count Quasi-FPS that contain RPG elements or the like that make the game something other than a straight shooter,
Dungeon Master,
Hexen
Betrayal at Kondor
Ultima Underworld
System Shock
I'll stop there. In every case, each game took the elemental, graphical and software capabilaties available in the PC of its time and created a unique gaming world.
I think the 'nothing new under the sun' argument falls flat on its face when you see how Lunaran points the way to how the games of our current generation could be improved upon for another unique gaming experience.
However, if Deus Ex came out tommorow with the same graphics and software capacity that it had in 2000, I would still buy it.
Id's Technical Innovations:
#20 posted by metlslime [64.124.188.211] on 2004/10/04 18:52:59
Quake:
- true 3D
- lightmapping
- precalculated vis
- network/internet play
Quake2:
- first game to support hardware rendering out of the box?
Quake3:
- shaders (this is more important than it sounds)
- first hardware-only game?
Doom3:
- per-pixel lighting and shadowing
- that cool computer terminal scripting language thing
- anything else? (i haven't really dug into modding it yet)
My Bit
#21 posted by ProdigyXL [24.247.207.25] on 2004/10/04 21:33:34
I don't believe Doom 3 is radically innovative at all. It is a FPS, set in a realistic, futuristic environment, with a series of weapons that have all been used before. The gameplay not all the different from the games mentioned earlier in this tread.
What Doom 3 is compared to the other games is an experience. If you are to single out one part of the graphics engine, or a single part of the gameplay experience, they are not special. But truely, this is an example of the the sum being greater than it's parts.
The engine itself and it's advanced lighting algorithms, sound design, GUI interfaces and what not all come together create an atmosphere the directly envelops the player in this world that is so fimiliar.
I don't believe the id team was out to make a Half-Life clone. It went out to create a scary environment to scare the crap out of kids, and as a result they built their technology around that. What is so wrong with that?
I think we are truely coming we maybe coming to a space in time where for awhile we will see things being rehashed on newer technology. Clearly Doom 3 is a lot better this time around as far as atmosphere as the orginal, and there is nothing wrong with making quality remakes. If your looking for pushing boundries as far as gameplay is concerned, you should look to consoles in my opinion. At least for the time being.
It always seems that there are shifts in the computer world. For a few years you see hardware make some big leaps, then stall for a bit. Meanwhile you see games try to catch up, meet it, then generally try to innovate after they've mastered the technology.
Blitz, I see that you might be disappointed with aspects of the game. Though in my opinion, when you place each piece together to create the actual game experience itself, I find that each fits perfectly to accomplish the goal.
Wow
#22 posted by ProdigyXL [24.247.207.25] on 2004/10/04 21:34:46
That was so poorly written I don't know what to say.
=(
#23 posted by Blitz [24.218.86.166] on 2004/10/04 21:52:48
"there is nothing wrong with making quality remakes"
That type of attitude is enabling companies like id to say "well, people are ok with it if we just re-tell this story with our newest technology"
And then that's all we'll get. From what I hear, the latest id game is either another "retelling" or a sequel.
I understand that id isn't here to tell me a great story every time they release a game, but at least just come up with a setting that allows for some creativity and not just retellings.
#24 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.70.215] on 2004/10/04 22:44:48
I do agree about the creativity point, Blitz. I was disappointed with the lack of variation in environment creativity, as well as weapon creativity. I won't get into it too much, but I did feel the levels themselves, though they lended to the "whole" as prodigyxl put it, were pretty unimaginative. But then again, you can't expect the variation of levels that the Quake community has put out in every game, because it's just not possible.
But, for once, I would like a truly crazy FPS that pushes creative environments, weapons, and enemy design over technical aspects.
Metlslime
#25 posted by Electro [202.161.117.131] on 2004/10/04 23:04:42
some things you forgot...
Quake2:
- coloured lighting
- clientside/serverside seperate dll's
- client prediction (based off of QuakeWorld (which was originally a testbed for Q2))
Quake3:
- multi-part models
- 32 bit textures
Doom3:
- surround sound support
Hey Now.
#26 posted by Friction [84.230.108.165] on 2004/10/05 03:49:13
Surround sound is hardly an innovation. You might as well mention the particle system which isn't new innovation either. It does kick all kinds of ass tho even if the particle editor is buggy beyond belief.
Btw, have you guys any idea just how much tris Doom3 engine can push? Crickey! It's detail freak's field day I tell you.
Electro:
#27 posted by metlslime [66.135.131.169] on 2004/10/05 05:20:45
most of those just don't seem as important, though it may be my bias. For example, colored light and 32-bit textures were really not fundamental leaps forward, they were simply taking advantage of basic features of harware rendering. Remember that software quake2 didn't have colored light. Quake3 had 32-bit textures becuase it didn't have an 8-bit renderer.
Dlls may sound interesting from a modding standpoint, but if you had the engine source (like the licensees did) it's really not much different. Multi-part models are also cool for a modder, but not that radical from a game dev standpoint -- after all, half-life had skeletal animation which is probably cooler, but yeah.
And surround sound? Is doom3 the first game to have it? Well, I can accept if everyone has different priorities, I guess. So I can't really argue with you, i guess.
Bleh?
#28 posted by Maj [217.205.117.52] on 2004/10/05 05:42:08
Quake:
- true 3D
Ultima Underworld, and many others if you include flat shaded/wire-frame.
- network/internet play
If you define it as "fast action game with client-side prediction", ok. If it's just "using a network" then people were doing that decades earlier.
Doom3:
- per-pixel lighting and shadowing
Please. Many XBox and PC games predated Doom3 here. Off the top of my head, Shrek (http://archive.gamespy.com/review... was doing it over two 1/2 years ago (if in a rather ugly way :P).
- that cool computer terminal scripting language thing
Ok, I'll give you this one :]. Probably the only Doom3 thing I've seen (not having played it) that made me go "ooooh!".
Meh
#29 posted by Maj [217.205.117.52] on 2004/10/05 05:43:14
Shrek: http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews...
Maj:
#30 posted by metlslime [66.135.131.169] on 2004/10/05 06:01:18
Well you're probably right about precedence, i was more talking about how those games changed things on a large scale, though i threw in some "first for FPS games" type things too. Quake did popularize action games over the internet. Quake2 and Quake3 did help make hardware acceleration mainstream. I mean, i'm sure there were other hardware-only games before Q3, and other "supports hardware" games before Q2... but they weren't landmarks for whatever reason. (Though i really don't think Quake2 was much of a landmark...that was probably the least innovative game they made other than Doom2)
AI
#31 posted by Megazoid [194.168.3.4] on 2004/10/05 06:51:34
No game is going to beat the Turing test any time soon.
They don't have AI that can pass the Turing test, but they have have simple fake AI based on clever scripting that can hold it's own. I personally don't think we are going to see true AI in our lifetimes, but then again, who cares if we don't. The Average Joe may not have a single unique thought in his whole lifetime. He certainly doesn't have them on a daily basis. His responses are a product of social conditioning. Personally, I think it would be hysterical if "Average Joe's" started taking the Turing test. It wouldn't take long before one "failed" it lol.
I'm sure some of you have seen this before, but I found it freaky : http://y.20q.net/
Sum Up
#32 posted by Megazoid [194.168.3.4] on 2004/10/05 07:24:50
In a conversation with John Romero :
ZZT-X: Sum up what you think of Doom 3 in two words.
John: dark mediocrity
I love John :)
.
#33 posted by Kinn [217.43.53.197] on 2004/10/05 08:33:28
In a conversation with John Romero :
ZZT-X: Sum up what you think of Doom 3 in two words.
John: dark mediocrity
Must...resist...obvious...comment
>.<
I guess it needed more Superfly to really be up there with the best ones.
Daikatana?
#34 posted by Kell [82.41.8.22] on 2004/10/05 08:37:01
Well, at least he didn't finish it with a praxinoscope.
~_^
It Needed Frogs Really
#35 posted by nitin [138.217.0.118] on 2004/10/05 08:48:24
imagine what ID's level designers could have done with frogs and all that darkness.
Maybe He Did, Kell...
#36 posted by Kinn [217.43.53.197] on 2004/10/05 08:52:07
maybe he did.
^_~
I Stand By What I Said Before.
#37 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/10/05 09:03:22
As the discussion continued a bit in #tf...
Doom3 innovated in the way it used advanced graphics and art to create an atmosphere and enhance immersion.
Other games have used advanced graphics for other reasons (say, Unreal, Q3A)
Other games have created their immersion/atmosphere in other ways (say, HL, Deus Ex)
But from what I can see Doom3 was the first to really focus the GFX in that way.
Of course I might be "slightly less correct than anticipated" in which case you can STFU as I don't really want to hear about it.
P.S. WTF is Romero on??
P.P.S. I liked the frogs.
P.P.P.S. Why don't you come on IRC, nitin??
Don't Be
#38 posted by Megazoid [194.168.3.4] on 2004/10/05 09:13:37
Don't even be thinking about bad mouthing Romero. That Daikatana sh*t aint funny.
Metlslime
#39 posted by Maj [217.205.117.52] on 2004/10/05 13:33:35
Yes, I agree there, Id has been good at pushing technology. I just think they're sometimes wrongly percieved as a great inventor of technology. Imo their strength is at making previously obscure or high-end technology (e.g. lightmaps, shaders) practical.
..and Also...
#40 posted by Maj [217.205.117.52] on 2004/10/05 13:39:39
...at picking the right technology for the game (although one could argue their technology picks the game :]).
For example, Deus Ex 2 has a very similar lighting system to Doom 3. However, the Deus Ex lighting doesn't look as good because it's used inappropriately - you just can't do big, well lit areas with that sort of system - whereas it suits Doom3 to a tee.
What Struck Me As Special In D3
#41 posted by cyBeAr [213.65.179.30] on 2004/10/05 14:15:48
Was the high density of quality graphics content.
Quite Correct, Maj
#42 posted by HeadThump [65.141.73.203] on 2004/10/05 14:36:43
Abrash devotes a good deal of time describing that process in one of his books. Even the use of BSPs came about as a part of this process. Carmack studies the academic journals and then figures out a practical means (some would call a hack, but I dont!) of using the methodology to render PC games -- the story of Id.
Incidentally, it is the reason Id has been consistently argued against intellectual patents (the basis of Anglo-American civilization is the argument that property exist as a condition of scarcity, but I digress) because if those methods were covered it would have made Doom impractical to have been made by a low budget team.
Headthump:
#43 posted by metlslime [64.124.188.211] on 2004/10/05 18:04:50
Or it could be Carmack actually believes in what he says.
Well, Yes, You Are Right
#44 posted by HeadThump [65.141.73.203] on 2004/10/05 19:04:27
I didn't mean to descend into a determinstic argument. What is good for the company also is sound principle.
Headthump:
#45 posted by metlslime [64.124.188.211] on 2004/10/05 21:50:06
You do bring up a good point though. The artificial scarcity that copyright law and its biggest proponents now rely upon is the best reason that i think the whole concept deserves to be reevaluated.
#46 posted by lightR [195.208.123.213] on 2004/10/06 07:09:13
mediocrity? hardly
Yeah...
#47 posted by metlslime [66.135.131.169] on 2004/10/06 07:11:36
and it wasn't that dark either!
#48 posted by lightR [195.208.123.213] on 2004/10/06 07:21:16
dark and cramped
atleast much more than many other games
and thats what some ppl dislike about d3
and hence comes dissapointment
seriously, who cares about innovative tech, if its used badly
what was that game with really fast per-pixel light engine.. Secret Service Security Something? Nice engine, bad game, that was unnnoticed
Heh
#49 posted by Kinn [217.43.151.58] on 2004/10/06 07:24:54
what was that game with really fast per-pixel light engine.. Secret Service Security Something? Nice engine, bad game, that was unnnoticed
I thought it was bad all round: http://www.somethingawful.com/arti...
Well, For My Money
#50 posted by Mr Fribbles [220.253.17.17] on 2004/10/06 17:44:28
I reckon Romero's quote is pretty spot on, if you're talking about the most important part of the game (the gameplay).
Megazoid...
#51 posted by distrans [203.32.39.126] on 2004/10/06 23:42:05
...I'll probably commence the PhD in August 2006, so as long as you don't die between now and August 2009 you may well see true AI in your lifetime (that's the plan anyway).

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