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Devine on Q3Test

by Maarten Goldstein, Oct 14, 1999 2:16pm PDT
Related Topics – Quake 3 Arena, Q3Test

There are some quotes from an upcoming interview from Games Business with id's Graeme Devine up on FGNOnline, where Graeme describes how they are using user feedback from Q3test for improvement of the full version of Quake III Arena.

He said, "Most of the criticisms are to do with either gun or weapon balance but we havenÂ’t really made too many changes because the maps we have out there aren't really a good indication of the full retail product. One is very open and spacey and meant to just test modem play. The other shifts lots of polygons."

He added, "We have listened to their concerns on network play, for example. We've addressed their issues and we're trying to balance a hell of a lot more; trying to give players the gameplay that they want. We try and listen to the new consumers and the old faithful consumers as well."




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  • Okay. Hold up a minute. We were asked why we weren\'t talking about Q3, so I thought I would put up a few opinions.

    Not anything to argue about, but I said \"some\" of the cartoon colors. i.e. Purple. I did not say cartoony. I love the game, kudos to Carmack et. al. I\'m just not much into purple and yellow. It\'s just what I like. #53 has a good point though, in that \"arcade\" is a much better description than \"cartoon\". However, like #52 says, the levels I\'ve seen sure as hell ain\'t \"dark and gothic\".

    Footsteps make for less fun in one-on-one DM. Play Q1 against one player. Then play Q2. I think Q1 played better in THAT regard because there are generally more frags, and you get that adrenaline charge from being surprised more often. Again, just my opinion.

    And if anybody says, \"Opinions are like assholes.....\", I\'m taking my ball and going home.








  • Starsky: Maybe you can explain this to me, cause I\'m sure as hell lost. What are footsteps bad? In real life, if I come running up behind a guy and start busting caps in his ass, he\'s gonna hear me. Not that I\'d know about this since I\'m a non-violent American...*cough*...anyway...So why should footsteps be taken out of a game? The other guys gonna hear ya the min you take a shot anyway, so what so wrong with hearing him come running? Just doesn\'t seem to be that big a deal really.


    And you think Q3 is cartoony? My god, it\'s still the most dark dank gothic game out there, and you bitch that it\'s cartoony? How much darker of a game do you need? If Q3 is too bright for you, I\'ve got the feeling that the only way a game would be dark enough for you is if Satam himself came and stabbed yer ass while you were playing it. Heh, then if he was bright red you\'d probably complain that he was too cartoony too. lol.





  • Pink Floyd is in the studio as we speak, remastering live tapes from \'81 and \'82 in order to release a Live version of The Wall for Christmas. <big freakin\' grin>

    id Software has never let me down, and I don\'t think they will start now. Whatever compromises they want to make are probably close to the best possible. I bought Wolfenstein when it came out, did you?

    John Romero and Stevie Case are actually quite nice people. If you want someone to give shit to, make it Todd Porter. He is a complete asshole and most of the reason ION is in trouble. I hope Daikatana doesn\'t suck. I hope for John\'s sake, Killcreek does.

    Hey sCary, thanks. I thought I was the only one who had a problem with Alex St. John.

    sorry to waste anybody\'s time, I just felt like typing something.




  • \"I think Quake II looks really cool. I\'m excited about all the new games coming up. SiN is one of the ones I\'ve been the most impressed with. I\'d say Quake II and SiN are the ones I\'m definitely looking forward to.\"

    This should have been a warning right there.

    And to this day KC continues to defend Sin. What impressed her the most? Retarded AI? Bad levels? Lack of any story? Huge install? Abysmal load times? More bugs than a NY bathroom stall?

    If she uses Sin as am inspiration for level design in DK, that game is gonna be so fucked it won\'t even be funny.

    Wait, it will be funny....