18th April 2014, 1:21 PM
I hate to say it, but GR's right. 3DRealms just isn't really making anything any more. Duke Nukem Forever was the only thing they were actually working on, and having seen what they actually put together, yeah, no one was really impressed (and no, arguments that it "wasn't finished" don't apply to a game over 10 years in the making). To be frank, I honestly suspect that 3DRealms was a "front company" who's entire purpose was to funnel cash into the pockets of some lazy programmers who really didn't care about making games any more. It certainly would make a LOT more sense than suggesting that Duke Nukem Forever realistically represents the dedicated effort of 10 years worth of labor. GearBox takes a lot of blame for releasing such a sub-par game, but the fault isn't entirely with them. They salvaged what was actually there, and there wasn't much there to begin with.
id games is where the actual effort seems to be, with actual real games being made every few years like Doom 3, Prey, and Rage. Sure Rage wasn't anything to write home about but at least it didn't take 10 years to get that way, and is STILL more satisfying than Duke Nukem Forever.
Don't misunderstand me. I loved the games they produced during the old glory days of Apogee, but apogee has passed. Let's let someone actually DO something with those old licenses. I could use a new Commander Keen.
id games is where the actual effort seems to be, with actual real games being made every few years like Doom 3, Prey, and Rage. Sure Rage wasn't anything to write home about but at least it didn't take 10 years to get that way, and is STILL more satisfying than Duke Nukem Forever.
Don't misunderstand me. I loved the games they produced during the old glory days of Apogee, but apogee has passed. Let's let someone actually DO something with those old licenses. I could use a new Commander Keen.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)