id is dead.

id has no reousrces

not sure about id, but:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1rdrmz..._comeback/

Well, I mostly wanted this to be about Id Software. I'm really dissapointed that they'be been coasting off of Quake 3 for so long. Basically, I just don't understand why they haven't made a successor to quake 3. Call it quake arena or whatever. They haven't tried to make a game like that in 15 years.


And most people in general do not play games for 15 years. I don't think it has anything to do with nostalgia or end of a specific era. Look at what Street Fighter 4 did to 2d fighters, I think it's very possible to bring back old genre's. It just the way quake 3 was executed that's dated for todays gamers.

Well we still need to see what the new Doom's multiplayer will be like.

Yeah, but will it be an after thought like Doom 3's and Rage's multiplayer?

They said "fast paced competitive multiplayer" at the last Qcon. Not sure how true that is but fingers crossed

a mix of quakewars and UT with vehicles and nodes you have to destroy

still with quakewars megatexture size to make it fail, and every sticks to battlefield with 20 x the play area

I think they are working on Q5 as we speak.

What makes you think that? I'd like to think this too but I need a reason

drugs

LOL

It's the only franchise left (already used doom and wolf. Rage 2 was discarded) and on twitch sinkerrur hints Q5 everyday.

good enough for me

choo choo

As good as hinting for a new update.

Id cares what you think.

Vladimir Putin cares what you think.

i am lookin happy for the future of QUAKE when we get it.

headling will be
NEW - QUAKE 5 - COMING SOON!!!
THE HOTTEST ARENA CANDY CRUSH GAME ON YOUR PHONE.

FROM LEGENDARY JONI ROMERO

>> Why doesn't Id at the very least try to make a new Arena fps game?

These companies are run by corporate suits, not gamers.
It's hard to make money with a pure fps title in general.
They already have QuakeLive.
They already tried with Q4 and failed.
The new Doom has multiplayer.

But yeah, they could easily remake Q3 with a new engine and add all the features that are missing taking advantage of the (relatively) well known iconic title and have a moderately successful game without having to spend tons of money.

Many FPS games sell well.

And Quakelive was a remake, and it failed.

The reason id stopped making arena like fps 15 years ago, is because the market didn't want them anymore.

It's a niche genre, by its own nature.

Too hard, too difficult to enjoy for too many new players.

Arena fps originated in a period where there basically wasn't anything else to play, and the market was smaller and more homogeneous.

Now a game like that can't be at the top anymore.

Doom 3 multiplayer was barely played, and died quickly, Quake 4 was only vaguely successful because of its single player campaign and graphics. To this day, the single most remembered aspect of quake 4 by most of the people who played it, is the first person cutscene of the captured soldier getting his limbs and organs replaced.