Deus Ex Designer Quits

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  possibly, but unfounded. wait, explain to me how the unreal engine fits into this. : [crow]
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    ever tried to make a custom addon or a total conversion for Unreal? It's not fun. Basically, you have ... : the archvile
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      Judging from your past posts about Unreal, Id bet you didnt even spend 5 minutes on it before giving up. : ZeBFFd00d
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        no, I played it right through. However, the mouselag, low-polycount models, and general sluggishness al... : the archvile
        • Uh huh, whatever. : ZeBFFd00d
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  funny how you manage to squeeze 1) & or 2) into EVERY goddamn thread. You are really a closeted Romero ... : S.I.W.
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    The last Romero game I totally enjoyed was Quake. The last Epic game I totally enjoyed was Epic Pinball... : the archvile
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      It's possible (I suppose) that Romero still IS a genius to some degree.. but the current state of game d : __declspec
      • so, does this make me a genius? GAME IDEA --------- amazing graphics that look like a movie sideki... : alien
      • sorry i think romero is a lost cause, hey c'mon, u talking about time restraints? how long did it tak... : freddie13

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• No kidding. I was gettin ~30 to ~40 fps on my Celeron 450 with the out of the box installation (no patc... : Vantage

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  let's get our facts straight. It's true that Bob White has decided to leave the game business to pursue ... : Warren Spector
  • it sounded like he was not happy at all making games though for some reason : ease one

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• I hear you. I'm a web developer with a software company, and my job is fantastic. I can wear what I want... : x-eyd|mary
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  I'm 17, and I've heard SO MUCH about all of this, but I still want to work in the games industry. I spe... : wunderbred
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    Oh, to be 17 again.. and I'm not even a whole lot older than you, at 24. Enjoy it while you can! Any : __declspec
    • same here... except for the time where I get sucked into the shack. that's not fun, that's just fight... : freshview
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  Hellllloooooo Bioware employee! (Oanet. Edmonton. RPG.) I absolutely agree with you 100%. I love pl... : johnny rotten
  • "530... good gravy! That's Edmonton!" : the archvile
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  PS Register you jerk! We need some Bioware people here... : johnny rotten
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    and you'll get them here by calling them jerks? george broussard isn't registered either dude so stfu : Lara Croft
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      I should have have put the smiley in but I assumed he would have felt the love from the msg. PS. Eat... : johnny rotten
      • eat yourself. and remove a few bones if you can't; that's what marilyn manson did :/ : Lara Croft
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  I think the biggest problem with working in the industry is the "fans." No matter what you do, there are... : Scumbag
  • Uhm, change your online nick to something unrecognizable. : johnny rotten
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    I do agree with you somewhat. (I was a beta tester for Klingon Honor Guard, oh god the flame wars) Howev... : baron calamity
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      "However I think most developers do get the flack they deserve" So you're saying that most developers a... : Lara Croft
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        I agree to a point, I may think a games concepts or ideas are shitty, and the game sucks, and my opinion... : Grandmoff
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          the only problem with lots of originality is that it usually doesn't sell. Red Alert 2 was amazingly pop... : Lara Croft
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            Your right, and it's depressing. That's probobly why my ps2 has got WAY MORE playtime than my PC. I see... : Grandmoff
            • me too but i doubt it :/..Consoles are pretty much going to rule, looking at what even Microsoft is doin... : Lara Croft
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        "So you're saying that most developers aren't good." No I said that most developers get the flack the... : baron calamity
        • *Grandmoff golf claps* : Grandmoff
        • "Just because its hard doesn't mean you shouldn't do it right" I mean it's hard to do it right. Only a : Lara Croft
  • agreed. I am developing an online game and the fan group I have is very..um..attacking. Whenever I sugge... : Lara Croft
• well... there are a few of us chomping at the bit to get in, so any sort of vacuum that is created w... : [crow]
• Damn... As weird as it may seems, I would love to work 12+ hour days if it was game design. I got wood... : Freon

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  yep...i remember 2-3 years ago the PC industry was kicking it, or maybe it was just that i liked the gam... : hohoh0
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    maybe it's because we're getting old ;) There are still gamers out there... (i think) : dodob
    • getting old sucks :) But i see all the youngish gamers out there and they arent into pc stuff either...a... : hohoh0
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  It's called Counterstrike. : Freon
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    I agree and it's doing nothing to revive the industry. : Cless
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      yeah C-S is killing the industry! :D ... just like it was killing every half-life mod... then every f... : dodob
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        That wasn't what I meant, I never said it's harming anything. You said a killer app is needed. Counter S... : Cless
        • hence killing it. or maybe not kill but stifling it. haha. j/k man. deliberately putting words in you... : dodob
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  you need a huge doom to revive the industry? isn't that like, an oxymoron? :) : dodob
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    something huge, as in the popularity of ID software's "Doom". : ) better? : Grandmoff
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      And its a bit ironic that the next Doom game will be one of the type of games that made this guy quit. : ZeBFFd00d
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        if they're smart, they'll incorporate some fun puzzles into it. Half-Life had a total lack of keys or a... : the archvile
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          no jump puzzles please. : dodob
          • only for secrets. : the archvile
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  Or maybe when the hype of all these "Next Gen" consoles wears off, people will be more excited about PC ... : Grandmoff
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    not once they find out they need to fork out [b]$699[/b] for a video card. : dodob
    • * S H A C KT A G G E D * ah well spent too much time on UBB today... : dodob
• Your right. Doom got MOST of my friends hooked - it seriously was the pioneer, I had friends on t : abrasion

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• well you know the rules, blame everything on Maarten : TERATOGEN

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• get off crack dude!!! : TERATOGEN

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• Yeah I see it too. Guess we know how the shugshack is going to handle its ads ;) : baron calamity
• i think you're seeing things dude, get off crack cold turkey and sent whatever you've left to me. : TERATOGEN

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• this seriously made me laugh out loud ... very loud. : uberp00

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  does that mean the only solution is subscription-based, or at least key-authenticated products for every... : dodob
  • definitely didn't work for idsoftware :D : dodob
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    I think a lot of games WILL go to subscription-based revenue. It works for Everquest. They're making BIG... : V0lk
    • Oh God Jesus I hope not. : wunderbred
    • then I'll stick with my consoles ;) : Joseph

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  you will wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life : strider_
  • ah yes... but what about the pr0n. Self-improvement is masturbation. : dodob

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• hey how come you're allowed to double post : dodob

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  who's witchboy? : dodob
  • Harvey Smith... He's had like 10 interviews linked here on the shack in the past few weeks, including on... : Freon
• Last I heard he was project director, not lead designer. : Starscream

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• WHAT YOU SAY!! : snackula

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• You may be on to something :D : MeenMunky

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  damn you : dodob
  • Sorry, man. I had like an hour. I wondered where everyone was. : kingdok