John Romero on Source/Half-life 2/Portal

[operative x]

It's an old podcast (07/22/06) but nontheless interesting to see an old id guy prefer source over the doom3 engine.
http://www.thewidgetshow.com/blog/?p=71

 

[Anthraxxx]

how far into the podcast does Romero talk about Source?

 

[CyberPitz]

I think this was already posted, not sure though.

 

[zleppelin]

is this the same guy who created Daikatana?

PUkes

 

[Docm30]

is this the same guy who created Daikatana?

PUkes

He also created Doom and Quake

 

[Cole]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Romero

Everything about him. Was a founder of ID Software.

 

[Ennui]

Romero was going to make you his bitch when Daikatana was released, but something went horribly wrong and he ended up becoming the bitch.

 

[Absinthe]

I'm willing to overlook Daikatana, since I do believe the guy has some talent. His ego's been crushed already. I'm sure that his new MMOG would have a far more level head behind it.

 

[Przemek]

The reason behind Daikatana not being a great game is because:
1. John Romero could not find talented people; the game was developped when the mod communities weren't as big as today
2. The staff kept changing
3. He focused too much on the company itself; now he is returning to small studio work like in the id days
4. and the most wrong decision - conversion to Quake 2 engine. It differed a lot from Quake 1 under the hood, for example it did not use QuakeC game code but C - even though the QC scripts were pretty C-like, converting the code was a lot of work. This engine switch caused a significant delay and staff changes. If the game was released in 1997 like it was supposed to, it would have probably been great.

I hope John has more luck with his new project. He is looking for mappers, you know

 

[Asknoone]

I don't mind Romero. Around the time of Daikatana my liking of the guy hit rock bottom, he had an ego, and that is what destroyed Daikatana. But I also believe Doom 3 wouldn't have been half as bad as it was if Romero had been on the team. He's a games designer, and that is what Doom 3 lacked.

 

[hungryduck]

I don't mind Romero. Around the time of Daikatana my liking of the guy hit rock bottom, he had an ego, and that is what destroyed Daikatana. But I also believe Doom 3 wouldn't have been half as bad as it was if Romero had been on the team. He's a games designer, and that is what Doom 3 lacked.

agreed.
doom 3 felt like a tech demo a lot of times to me.....