Good stuff, forgot about this until I saw it on a doom stream the other day.

I'm putting together a bit of a review show, live this Sunday. The article was just released last night so I'll be chewing through it as fast as possible.

look forward to the vod, unless its a reasonable time for UK people =)

At this rate, it'll likely be a cut and edited video. :)

There's so much good stuff this year, can't help but play a hefty chunk of it. Stay tuned :P

hows it going? =)

Wow awesome of Romero to do that, what a goldmine!

https://storify.com/andrewrstine/romero-s-doom-stuff

Great stuff!

Awesome.

That clay guy no doubt had a lot to do with doom vibe and success, those models are gorgeous.

That would probably be Adrian Carmack you're speaking about.

I know i know, was kidding with the "that clay guy".

What awesomeness right here..

I do like the gross cut content that never made it to the game, hopefully brutal doom or some WADers actually gets a hold up of this stuff.

are there still active doom 3 modders?

doom what?

they had their home at doom3world.com. the site is down for months but probably comes back. happy friar has created a substitute forum http://idtechforums.fuzzylogicinc.com/

theres a big mod coming out that is long in the making. sorry forgot the name :x

the last cool mods for me were
desolated http://www.moddb.com/mods/desolated-the-crying-fate
false dawn (quake4) http://www.moddb.com/mods/false-dawn
dark mod and hexen wasnt for me

bookmark happy friar's site for general id news, he did planetquake.com.
http://earthquake.fuzzylogicinc.com/

Wow thank you so much :)
I'll install first all the graphics mods and replay the game just for fun.
After which I'll be testing mods for doom 3 and quake 4 :)
Does the doom 3 support steam workshop or?
And if you have some good recommendations for q4 mods (except competitive ones) share with me please :)

Cheers :)

few months back i played all Q4 sp maps/mods, circa 20.

http://www.esreality.com/post/2693475/doom3-q...maps-mods/

Romero is such an awesome guy to continually provide the community with some never seen before Doom stuff.

Yep looks to be the most nostalgic from the original id.

He seems also like the only guy who cares sadly. Romero has always been great with the fands, even back in the Doom days.

Minus that Daikatana poster ;)

The poster wasn't his idea. Someone suggested the concept to him and he agreed thinking people would accept it as a joke. Romero was known to shout expletives when deathmatching so he thought people would get the reference.

Unfortunately, without knowing the backstory (and few people did) the advert seemed nothing more than vulgar and arrogant.

Romero has apologized for the advert and agreed he should never have listened to the other guy's advice (can't remember who it was now, someone from ION Storm).

I judge him by his interviews and general attitude towards gamers and he always seemed like a very positive guy to me.

For Doom's 20th birthday he recorded a 90 minute long video where he discussed the game's development while doing a playthrough of the shareware episode.

Meanwhile, Bethesda offered some t-shirts or something. It's not that I hate Bethesda - I enjoy their work and despite popular opinion I don't find them greedy at all (see how often they put their games on Steam sales). Nevertheless, the truth is Romero offered for free stuff, which I find MUCH more interesting from a fan's point of view than whatever Bethesda offered for a fee.

Long live Romero! :D

More on the infamous Daikatana advert can be read in "Masters of Doom" by David Kushner (I highly recommend this book for all id Software fans)

About that book, today there's a 25% discount on Amazon. High time to get it (mine is on transit since I ordered it on black friday :P)

It'd be really fun if Jehar (and only Jehar) could get Romero to talk a bit on his stream, maybe cast a current doom or quake match too (QW and/or QL), gossip about doom 4 and brutal doom, etc.

(It'd be even better if Jehar gave me one of his metal Q2 logos, what can you do).

It would be awesome but isn't there plenty of interviews covering pretty much everything he could say already on the internet?

The one from last years 20th birthday when he's playing through the game and commentating it excellent and also the 'Matt Chat' ones on youtube.

you right, much is said already.

but one thing, he has this condition (perplexia or something) to remember nearly all what he did. he can remember things very detailed. if the questions are good, its a win. the goal today would be to ask detailed depth stuff.

Afaik Romero has never been interviewed by someone that is a part of the competitive crowd, let alone related to ESR. With that different approach and knowledge Jehar could make him talk about different topics than what he usually does, which is single player doom.

Yeah thats true and thinking about it I've always wanted to know his thoughts on Quake3 etc and competitive gaming... if he has any.

Kicking myself that I didn't goto a retro gaming event near me (that he was attending) not long ago... would of asked him!

Don't forget about Severity.

It's just that I find baffling how one of the two fathers of multiplayer fps gaming altogether is never asked about multiplayer, or that one of the best game designers of all time is only asked about single player doom 1 and daikatana. Just ban those subjects and you'll have something fresh: there's hundreds more available and -despite what he is always asked about- the world didn't end in 1996 when he left id.

I'm sure Jehar will come up with great questions, that if an interview is ever in the works. He is not the usual interviewer that hasn't touched a videogame in 20 years, nor the quake live only guy that started in 2011.
(I could help too -- The price is one of his metal q2 logos).

From what I remember from Masters of Doom, Romero was at the forefront of competitive gaming back in the Doom II days. So he always liked the idea of competition, and also played in tournaments himself. So much so, that the other guys at ID became a little aggravated, because he spent so much time dealing with the fans etc. But yeah an inverview would be awesome!

Also, Severity would be another topic I'd really love to hear about. Nothing ever came out of it, other than the infamous Romero anouncement video. But yeah, I guess it has to do something with the decline of the CPL. Woops.

I read the book, watched the video of the 20th aniversary, i know he apologized. Thats why there was a ;) next to the message.

I'm sorry then. Unfortunately it's hard to get the intention over the Internet because lately ";)" has been used to signify sarcasm equally often as joke.

Peace!

Wow, nice post, thanks dude. I always took it as a joke myself and didn't understand the huff about it.

i dont think he is nostalgic. its his open character. if someone ask for something and he has the time he does it. for example tim willits is shy.

Id say a bit of both.

the gaming press wants him as a veteran gamedesigner because there is no big game from him recently.

Tim is shy? :o Why is he chosen as an MC for Quakecon then? :D That sounds SLIGHTLY uncomfortable for a "shy" person :D

willits grown into the role of make promotion & give interviews besides carmack and hollenshead. when i see willits or syncerror in public they are always nervous/kind of insecure, but objectivley there is no logical reason for this. isnt that kind of shy?

It's not shyness necessarily. Some people are just less ready-minded while expressing themselves in front of a crowd that expects a quick and clear commentary.

Really? To me, Tim seems like a pompus ass.

So i thought I would give one/some of them a go.

Downloaded 'Going Down' oh my god it's so hard!

hehehe :)

lower the skill level. there are deeper strategies in doom, it needs time to get it. the fights are far more advanced than original doom.
steer the monsters in the direction you want, prioritise the monsters.

or say to yourself "the mapper knows it all so i can solve every situation, all is possible". it helped me, a mind game. works only if the mapper is experienced.

try the map, its solid

Push looks pretty cool.

This year's entries look amazing. I'll enjoy playing them. GZDOOM for the win.