Romero hints at old-school FPS plans
John Romero has hinted at plans for an "old-school" FPS, but denied a cheeky suggestion that it's Daikatana 2.
Shooter pioneer and hair enthusiast John Romero has been laying low lately, but he's hinted at plans to get back into first-person shooter development. His single vague comment didn't shed much light on what this mystery project is, but we certainly know what it isn't.
A fan and indie developer asked on Twitter if Romero has called it quits on the old-school FPS, also directing the question at George Broussard. Romero tweeted in reply, "Definitely not! I have plans..." He followed up roughly a half-hour later, claiming, "There will be no DK2!"
Whatever his FPS plans, it will mark a return after a full decade away from the genre. We've seen rapid advances in the genre as its popularity has exploded, so we have to wonder just how "old-school" Romero plans to make his, and how that will be accepted by a modern audience.
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This could be good but he really only makes awesome games when someone else is keeping him in check
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he has been saying this for a long time. romero always wanted fast paced shooters with high movement speed etc practically the exact opposite of what the genre has devolved to. there have been a few notable exceptions in form of serious sam,painkiller and hard-reset but overall its unfortunately a niche that is almost flat-lining.
romero is a smart guy, with the rise of independent gaming, digital distribution and recent experiments in funding he knows he could possible pull of a smaller scale old school shooter.
the guy gets a lot of shit for daikatana but he is also the guy that made doom and quake and anyone who knows the maps and development story around those and the decline of id software products ever after should at least be somewhat excited about the prospect (rarely brought up fact, as abysmal as daikatana sp was, the mp was actually good).
then there is almost certainly tom hall lurking around him as well which is always a bonus.
lets hope he has someone who keeps his ego under check and the attention-whoring to a minimum and we are good.
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tom hall hasn't made anything since Anachronox right? He was at Kingsisle, but he wasn't part of the Wizard 101 crew. I mean these old game gods were great back in the day, but come on, if someone hasn't made a game in over 10 years shouldn't we start praising new 'game gods'?
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Tribes Ascend, Tribes Ascend, Tribes Ascend.
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Is this even possible really on a console? One of the things that bugs me as a PC gamer is exactly this idea that FPS games have slowed.
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Timesplitters 2! Maybe my memory is a bit fuzzy but in its fastest modes it was a lot like old school pc shooters.
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I wouldn't trust him to lead a team though. Maybe he's learnt a lot from the Daikatana debacle and has more sense now, but that was such an absurd and broken game it's insane. Also there was just no design restraint, in a bad way - EVERY idea got into that game, meaning it was all over the place and you'd see some enemy models maybe twice - no wonder it took so long to finish.
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it'd be funny to see him try kickstarter and get like $2000 out of the million he'd ask for.
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was just thinking the same thing.
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that would be great and show there's some reality checking going on with kickstarter.
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I was thinking that I need to re-install and finally finish it. I was one of those who enjoyed it.
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I dunno why. I had to. http://youtu.be/dsboBHlzwcs
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If he and Carmack would just hook back up....my throbbing desires will finally be fulfilled in full.
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I think Romero totally has the hots for Carmack.
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BUT WHICH CARMACK?!
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The one that looks like this http://i.somethingawful.com/inserts/news/images/02-2004/03-romero-2.jpg
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HAHAHA!
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if I could but relive the 90's again *sigh*
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The difference is John Carmack writes the most efficient 3D engines of all time. John Romero made some good Doom II and Quake I levels.
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They're not the same people anymore. You're going to get the Some Kind of Monster Metallica editions today.
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I noticed :(
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This news has me quite excited.
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Your last post was from 2003.
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Yeah I'm shocked this still works and that I remembered the pw in only three attempts. Well done shack database.
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You've been lurking, not logged in for the past nine years?
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This is pretty vague. I put this right up there with a 14 year old who has an idea for the ultimate game.
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These games sold 10 or more years ago. He needs to really think hard about this if he wants it to be a success. Probably just going to get a bunch of funding and not make a profit though.
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isnt doom 4 supposed to be old school
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QW style bunnyhopping, crazy power weapons (things like the DOOM2 SSG and the Q1 RL), and a high skill ceiling and I'd be all over that shit!
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