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Most of us aren't John Carmack, though. When you're the guy that basically invented the genre of code you're talking about, there's a very good chance that your
by thomascgalvin 9y ago
Most of us aren't John Carmack, though. When you're the guy that basically invented the genre of code you're talking about, there's a very good chance that your next project will advance the state of the art. When you're basically a hobby coder looking to get an game in the app store, it's a slightly different story.
- emodendroket 9y agoBeyond that, it's not the 90s anymore; what novel feature are you going to implement that is going to wow anyone in the way that Carmack's engines did?
- aaron-lebo 9y agoI wish modern games could get the basics as right as Carmack's engines did. What good is the tech in No Man's Sky if visiting untold numbers of planets feels like a slog through mud?
- juliangoldsmith 9y agoGame mechanics were a lot of what always set id apart from everyone else. You could always count on them for smooth, fast-paced action, without much in the way of frills. While their new games are still quite good, they seem to have begun to slip a bit after Carmack's departure.
- musha68k 9y agoHuge Carmack fan here but I feel the need to defend the latest hi-octane Doom incarnation from 2016 - IMHO great controls, fast old-school gameplay, superbe graphics.
- juliangoldsmith 9y agoI'd agree. The single-player for the new Doom was excellent, but not groundbreaking. The new Quake I'm not as much of a fan of, since it tries to be Quake 3 with some Overwatch bits tacked on.
- striking 9y agoIf tacking on a few Overwatch bits means I'll be able to find matches, let it be. Quake Live has been pretty dead for a while now.
- juliangoldsmith 9y agoThe matchmaking in Quake Champions is god-awful. The Overwatch bits I'm talking about are champion abilities, which is against the entire premise of Quake 3 (everyone is equal).
- musha68k 9y agoI mostly do play single player these days, which I found excellent as well :)
- Koshkin 9y ago> what novel feature Ask that in 10 years; I believe there is always progress to be made.
- emodendroket 9y agoYes, there is always progress to be made, but the thing is that it gets more incremental every time. I don't think we're likely to see games that look as starkly different as Virtua Fighter 1 and 2 did anymore. By contrast, Tekken 6 and 7 are separated by ten years and don't look anywhere near as different as those two games, released one year apart, did.