21st July 2004, 12:41 PM
Quote:Pentagons? I think you mean pentagrams...
Haha, that's what happens when you're writing and have news on your mind. :D
Quote:Here's one problem, OB1. ID has changed a lot over the years. Doom had a lot of people working on it who left not too long afterwards -- John Romero, Tom Hall (who I think is great for being the main guy behind Keen... he did Anachronox too, btw...), American McGee, etc... I don't think you can just lump all of their games together like you do. They aren't that similar. Sure, you run around and shoot stuff, but the environments and implementations are definitely different. And Doom is still entertaining. What's so wrong with running around and shooting things?
If you look at Doom 3 you can tell that they really haven't changed that much over the years. They still have the same crappy artwork, the same basic, generic gameplay, and the same technical prowess. They really didn't lose much.
Their games are all identical to each other, with the exception of the Keen games. Mindless corridor shooters. Same stuff every time. Is there anything wrong with that? No, of course not. But there's also nothing great about it either, which is my point. They get way too much praise for what they do.