There is no doubt that Carmack and id are the fathers of the FPS genere. The Doom and Quake series were outstanding in their own rights. However, it seems like id kind of lost its way of being at the forefront tech-wise and game-wise. Doom3 may have been an exercise in technology, but it was not that much fun to play. Now with MMORPGs capturing a large percentage of the market and interest, I wonder how they will come back. Perhaps they are shifting to the console arena. I don't know, but I want them to be a factor in the future of gaming/online gaming.

doom 3 is actually a relay good game the problem was that Id underestimated how stubern the FPS market is. Id should have also made it more clear that doom3 was a horror game more than anything else though marketing.

A good example of fps gamers not "getting" it with doom 3 is the perceived issue with the flashlight. the game used a mechanic involving the flashlight where the player is very vulnerable when using the light however the light is the only real method to see into allot of the dark spots and navigate some of the levels. What this in fact dose is increase tension and additionally the dark levels allow for the sound to build suspense and drive the game play.


My perception of Id as a company is that thay push technology far more than thay push design.However having sead that due to the way games currently are allot of new design is derived from new technology so as a company id do there fair share of pushing design as well i just wouldn't expect the next half life/ flash piont/ dues ex/thief . from a company like ID.

always worth getting used to ID,s quake/doom engines and Epics unreal engines as both companies provide the technology for most the fps games made.

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