Quote:Original post by MegahertzWell, you kind of did. Your sentence, at least to me, implied that they were more known for their engine and not their games. While their games aren't the epic narratives some people want, id is still much more widely known for the games they've created than their engines. Almost anyone (gamer or non gamer) will know what Doom is.Quote:Original post by NickGravelynQuote:Original post by Megahertz
Which is why Id Software is known for making game engines that everybody else uses and not actual games...
Yeah, I mean who's ever heard of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, or Quake? I mean, it's not like they practically invented the FPS genre or anything...
Never said they didn't. Nor will I refute the fact.
But moving past that now...
Quote:The difference is the story didn't just say that machines are taking over the world and it's up to one man to stop them all, and then the rest of the movie is just John running around shooting up robots for the next 2hrs.But the difference between that and video games is that I get to run around shooting up robots for the next two hours. I'd be bored to tears watching such a movie, but as a game I find it quite enjoyable most of the time as long as the AI and my interactions with the world are interesting enough.
Quote:Id Software's games are nothing more than the Friday the 13th's of the genre. Over glorified tech demos. Which, amazingly they seem to sell a lot of. =)Perhaps that's just a sign of what the average gamer wants. A lot of developers like to preach that games need more stories, character development, and so on. But when it comes to sales figures, it would seem that most gamers are content playing mediocre sports games and shooting random aliens as Space Marine #293.