DOOM 3 Expansion Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein, Mar 02, 2005 3:10am PST

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By: the archvile x Show Full Post

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IGNPC: Speaking of weapons, there's that grabber tool which has something in common with a weapon from a certain other game.

Matt Hooper: Oh definitely, yeah.

IGNPC: How do respond to the people who say that it sounds like you guys borrowed the idea?

Matt Hooper: Oh, that's fine. It has a different genesis, but we don't mind--I mean, the bottom line is, is it fun? And that's all we ever care about. But we actually had it as a [development] tool...

HL2 fanbois, there is your answer. It has always BEEN the answer. Now enough of the "They stole the Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator from HL2!" posts.

Mar 02, 2005 7:51am PST

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- This is old news... I think what they are complaining about is that they would never had made it availabl... : SilverSnake
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  btw, grabber looks much better than the gravity gun : matthaeus
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    Now we just need some graboids to grab-ass. : thaperfectdrug
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      The fact they had the grabber but didn't put it in is amazing. How could you not include it after messing... : ihya
      
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      To be fair, I seem to remember that even Valve was unsure whether they'd include the gravity gun in HL2 f... : thaperfectdrug
      
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      Not as though you could deviate and break the game too far in the corridor-room-corridor levels of Doom t... : ihya
      
      What fun would it have been in a corridor crawl anyway? They would at least have to tweak it so you coul... : Bali
      
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      a gravity gun in doom 3 wouldnt fit too well with the theme.. its a space horror shooter, not a physics f... : ballystix
      
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      Unless they integrated it into the story in some kick-ass way. Kinda like the Power Loader in Aliens... ... : Power-Glide
      
      Well I'll tell you bub, Nerve software seems to think a 'gravity gun' will fit into a doom game just fine... : ihya
      
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      I actually disliked the gravity gun and it felt like a gimmick throughout the game. I'll feel the same w... : dilutedq
      
      same here. It slows down the game. Especially in Ravenholm, where you have to save ammo. Ravenholm was so... : matthaeus
      
      oversight it was not. Yeah, right, such innovation.... Grabber/gravity gun is just a gimmick. Fun fo... : Kiai

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Gaming has hit an all time low (rather the internet has) when people argue over "steeling shit" from games.

Fuck... all games should be burned for stealing pixels from Pong.

Lamers!

Mar 02, 2005 10:34am PST

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Gaming has hit an all time low (rather the internet has) when people argue over "steeling shit" from game... : TheNarcis
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  But still not as lame as the people that troll these threads. : capt tripps
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    You just made absolutely no sense. : TheNarcis
    - Faulty sarcasm detection algorithm. My humble apologies. : capt tripps
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  it just shows that HL2 fanboys have problems with competitive products. I don't remember id fanboys flami... : matthaeus
  - lol actually quake 3 and unreal tournament had quite a flamewar going on between them not to say im ta : cam3lt0sis

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*still very much looking forward to this :)

Mar 02, 2005 11:43am PST

*still very much looking forward to this :) : virus

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Here comes the flamebait!

Mar 02, 2005 6:02am PST

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  We need a handy form: Doom Whining [ ] Doom sucked, I played it for ten minutes then fed the cds t... : thaperfectdrug
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    Lol, but of course you would have to have the equivalent opposite: Doom Humping [ ] Doom3 threads a : SpiderMonkey
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      Dang my amphallang, how could I forget the monster cabinets! "Next on Monster Cabinets...Jesse James a... : thaperfectdrug
      
      I loled. I hate that show. : rorshack
      
      Lmao : SpiderMonkey

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Matt Hooper works for id Software? I can envision the script for the doom expansion cutscenes now.

"This was no boat accident. It was a shark demon!"

Mar 02, 2005 6:34am PST

Matt Hooper works for id Software? I can envision the script for the doom expansion cutscenes now. "Th... : thaperfectdrug

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