Briandl79 Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 As I was over @ [H] reading a thread about the guy with the chainsaw in the recent screen shots that have been floating around, and how he has huge balls I began to think that with Doom 3 John Carmack may very well become the Stephen King of gaming.... I got a chance to take a look at the alpha and it's honestly some creepy stuff, I don't think it's the same kind of creepy that a little kid would get, it's more of a "Oh crap these guys are gonna kill me and I'll loose", but it's still creepy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Pablo Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 Carmack leads the ID team by programming the engine - but as far as I am aware he has very little to do with producing the artwork, models and settings that will give Doom III its look & atmosphere, that's probably more down to Adrian Carmack/Kevin Cloud & co. His grasp of computer programming if used in a literary analogy would be more akin to master craftsman such as Sharespear rather than a horror writer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted May 6, 2003 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2003 I know, I can never understand why people describe him the way they do. As if he creates the game singlehandedly in his bedroom or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amoeba Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 I know, I can never understand why people describe him the way they do. As if he creates the game singlehandedly in his bedroom or something. [sarcasm] Isn't that how all games are made?[/sarcasm] :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memNOC Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 even tho he doesnt exactly produce the whole game, its fair to assume he overlooks every aspect of it.. donating his own wicked ideas of visuals into it, im sure.. but yes, if DoomIII is half as scary as its made up to be, John Carmack will surely be remembered as the Stephen King, regardless of his participation in the game making process.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssqqq Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 I know, I can never understand why people describe him the way they do. As if he creates the game singlehandedly in his bedroom or something. Geoff Crammond :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted May 6, 2003 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2003 Geoff Crammond doesn't make Doom 3, read. "..as if he [Carmack] create the game singlehandedly..." I know there are bedroom coders still, another one that springs to mind is Jeff Minter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macster Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 When i was only about 6, i saw my brother playing Doom and it really scared me. I was very afraid of dark corners for about a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briangw Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 I thought Clive Baker's Undying still was scarier than the alpha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocklea Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 i think hes the new J.K. Rowling! Wait, ur talking bout the scariness of games. Definitely Anne Rice. I think Anne Rice is scarier than Stephen King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 I know, I can never understand why people describe him the way they do. As if he creates the game singlehandedly in his bedroom or something. People seem to look at the biggest name in the game development as the creator of a game... Don't ask me why, people normally need a name to identify with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted May 6, 2003 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2003 i think hes the new J.K. Rowling! Wait, ur talking bout the scariness of games. Definitely Anne Rice. I think Anne Rice is scarier than Stephen King. Anne Rice scary? np way, her vampire tales are like fairy tales btw, no fps will be more scarier that Undying :woot: :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 ,May 6 2003, 22:26] ...more scarier... Tax dollars at work :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 indeed he is. i wonder how the games would be withouh Him now? probably quake2/ut level? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmccoy Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 He IS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Core Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 I know, I can never understand why people describe him the way they do. As if he creates the game singlehandedly in his bedroom or something. Yah! Funny how the hundreds of people working behind the scenes to make a game what it is; aren't acknowledged... But John Carmack... Give me a break... He might be good, but without the drones he'd not release DoomIII by 2010! :p :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssqqq Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Geoff Crammond doesn't make Doom 3, read. "..as if he [Carmack] create the game singlehandedly..."I know there are bedroom coders still, another one that springs to mind is Jeff Minter. Hey, I knew he didn't write it, was just highlighting a bedroom coder :) Please don't hurt me :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.KICK Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 ,May 6 2003, 22:26] Anne Rice scary? np way, her vampire tales are like fairy talesbtw, no fps will be more scarier that Undying :woot: :woot: avp2 was quite scary in some points :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrizah Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 I don't know... Doom III might have a lot of the frighten the crap out of you because an unexpected enemy popped up out of a shadow... tactics in it. :p But Any game can do that... HL did that to me every once in a while when the head crabs jumped out. Speaking of HL... I can't wait until HL2 comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn00pY Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Tax dollars at work :) Heh - dont think anyone else noticed/got this ;) nice :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest whybkuul Posted May 8, 2003 Share Posted May 8, 2003 I believe Saint Dark is foreign so don't give him a hard time about his english imo. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted May 8, 2003 Share Posted May 8, 2003 Heh - dont think anyone else noticed/got this ;) nice :D I don't think anyone got it either, lol whybkuul -- I thought he wasn't from USA or UK, but I was just teasing anyways ;) It's all in good fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnCoKiLLa Posted May 8, 2003 Share Posted May 8, 2003 Hell yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topher1078 Posted May 8, 2003 Share Posted May 8, 2003 Yah! Funny how the hundreds of people working behind the scenes to make a game what it is; aren't acknowledged... But John Carmack... Give me a break... He might be good, but without the drones he'd not release DoomIII by 2010! :p :happy: Acknowledging just one person is very common in the game industry - just think of Miyamoto - do you EVER hear about those he works with? Not really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Core Posted May 8, 2003 Share Posted May 8, 2003 Yah! Funny how the hundreds of people working behind the scenes to make a game what it is; aren't acknowledged... But John Carmack... Give me a break... He might be good, but without the drones he'd not release DoomIII by 2010! :p :happy: Acknowledging just one person is very common in the game industry - just think of Miyamoto - do you EVER hear about those he works with? Not really... Yah, I know.. Just doesn't make it right though :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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