Updated HD Rage Footage

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• I'm pretty sure I lost a few years worth of life expectancy just thinking of the possibilities.. : pillzer
• By the way, the character design remind me of Don Lawrence's work (well-known comic artists - Storm). Eve... : deadlycookie
• that would rock indeed. : deathofrats
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  crysis already has done that with their geometry. Id tech5 really has nothing on crysis's engine. : gyokuro
  • I never read any such thing about Crysis, care to share your knowledge? : pillzer
  • I never read any such thing about Crysis, care to share your knowledge? : pillzer

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  *sigh* Can't we have a single post about a game where someone doesn't mention Duke? It really isn't funny... : jbury
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    Maybe he's serious...? I thought the exact same thing. : David Craddock
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      ZING kinda takes the seriousness out of it : RikiTiki2
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        ZING doesn't detract from it being a good point. : disposition
        • One really should not ZING one's own comment though. Bad form. : tigeN
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  So what are the chances that Rage will actually be out before DNF? : hadokennn
  • chances are good : jonin
• That's what I was just thinking. Poor 3d realms, they are going to look at this and be like, welp, here w... : flasher 907
• OOPS POW SURPRISE : vigilante
• different strokes for different folks.... I LOL'd : stee1hed
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  They actually didn't switch engines all that much. : dilutedq
  • well at least 4 right? q2 to unreal and unreal to probably a newer version of unreal, and then from th... : ease one

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  I played the demo and it didn't have guns or NPCs--was that part in the full game? : Chris Remo
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    Yeah but this looks like Motorstorm with the whole racing through desert canyons and stuff, maybe that�... : dangerdoggie
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      Cause no one did the racing through canyons bit before. : Lethal01
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        Yeah, George Lucas called, he wants his SWEP1 Pod Racer game back. : jimvolk
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          I liked that game - mindless fun : alnya
          • I LOVED that game. : Rich McNinch
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          Disqualified for the lack of 4 wheeled vehicles. : dangerdoggie
          • Sprint called, they want their 4 wheel racer game back. : jake
• It's almost natural and expectable and that they would add vehicles. It's not that motorstorm is the only... : deadlycookie
• id faked their trailer like Sony did? : dawurz
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  That game is more over rated than Halo. The graphics aren't even that nice. : red2lucas
  • I agree. It's not ugly, but definately nothing remarkable. : deadhorse

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  Yes and no. On one hand I find very cool and awesome that they are trying something new for them, and sti... : pillzer
  • Picture this: you make a game that is a bit dark (Doom 3). Even if it fits the atmosphere, people complai... : zehh
  • but, its just good to see them going in a new direction. i love id, but honestly there has been a huge l... : -hero-
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  I don't recall ever hearing about this...what was "The Darkness" going to be? The Google does nothing! : speon
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    It appears it'd never been made public before today. It was going to be a survival horror game set on an ... : pillzer
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      Oh wow...after seeing the video(s) for Rage, I'm quite excited about that title...but man, this concept f... : speon
      • The concept for The Darkness sounded a lot like Alan Wake, really. Just darker, probably. : zehh
    • The funny thing is...we know more about the plot for id software's canceled game then we do about Rage. : flasher 907

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• Great read, thx for the link. : Lagiv
• excellent interview, thanks for posting : brewsterdog
• Nice, thanks! : sharkII
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  wow, Doom 4 is confirmed. Interesting. : oatmela
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    True, but not currently under development. : Hatta
    • So this statement means nothing then? : dlr(2)
• Wow, I"m SO glad they didn't continue with their game idea "The Darkness".. haha, they want to do someth... : moneyshot

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  Carmack said that by the time Rage ships, it will be "idling" on 'state of the future art' video cards, m... : mn3m0n1c
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    This means todays video cards should be able to run it good, doesn't it? : matthaeus
    • I was thinking the same. The 8800 would run the game well methinks. Imagine two years from now when ca... : deadlycookie

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• what? like quake3 wasn't a deathmatch game? : moshman
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  I kno rite, like there was gonna be a Dragon in Quake and shit right? : celerity
  • Is that sarcasm? Because, they had the dragon all modeled in the QTest's data file. : krenzo
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  doom3 and quake3 looked exactly as shown initially. which games are you referring to?? : eggnoodles
  • Doom3 looked significantly better than the original macworld footage. Quake 3 lost the fully organic curv... : jet-poop
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    no, there were a lot of scenes from Doom 3 that never made it to the final game....same with Q3 (remember... : jimvolk
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      Jesus, I remember that. I complained so much online about it, I probably burst a vein. Thankfully I'm ... : zehh
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        I complained so much when they announced they were removing the grapple from CTF. I still think it was t... : rastafar1an
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          agreed. SO yeah, my point is just hat EVERY Id game has debuted with a fantastic video, and then had some... : jimvolk
          • You mean.. like EVERY other game released by EVERY company? Good point there : Pneum0
• When I saw the first D3 footage with all the flames and the creature roaring at the end I jizzed my pants... : Fred Garvin

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• Very nice interview. Thanks for posting it. : freshyk

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• Yeah, the tech is unbelievable. Huge. : lookitzpancakes

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  It's an artistic choice. : Chris Remo
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    I find it funny that Carmack openly admits that iD is known for the dark games and the bland color palett... : Madwacker
    • brightness != saturation : zehh
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  well since you cant see all the colors let me describe them. Its a bunch of brown, with brown highlights,... : gyokuro
  • Sounds like Quake. : rock elf
  • Your forgot dust. Lots and lots of dust. : Torgo
  • haha you're joking right? that's id software for ya. : flasher 907

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• I think it's actually just a mask. He's not really furry if it's just his face anyway. : Dynotaku

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• Ya the shadow on the ground at about 5 seconds in looks like it's about the size of a small bird. : flasher 907
• It IS the size of a small bird. You can see the size relative to the hand of the guy that snatches it out... : formkatze

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• Just wow! That's a lot more clear than the teaser video, looks awesome! : Lagiv
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  fuckin slow ass HD streams... : dedgecko
  • They are not fuckin slow ass... They are fucking incredible slow ass streams! Seriously, i began st... : Turin Turambar
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  You can actually download the HD versions from the site, even though a popup shows up, the right click st... : rastafar1an
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    That is fucking genius! : Hatta
    • I don't get it. Explain! : valael
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    http://media.pc.ign.com/media/926/926419/vids_1.html yea, works here, great success ! :) : WesleyTack
    • Nevermind, I figured it out. Doesn't seem to work all the time, but thanks to No Script, I can set it to... : valael
    • Thanks for the heads up, you two! : freshyk
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    Or get it from the GameSpy mirror page. It's the same shit, I don't even know why the hell they bother ha : zehh
    • jesus ign is lame : OrkO
  • Genius. : The-Shadow-TS
  • lol that's great haha : moneyshot
• The part 2 just crapped on me twice. :( It download fine until around 75% at which point it suddenly sto... : pillzer

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• With id (and many other AAA+ developers) half the people want A and half the people want B. Whichever way... : zehh
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  People have high hopes for id games, naturally. And anything a super secret project breaks cover the ... : oatmela
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    Anti_dentite is right. But in retrospect, I'm pretty much the same against HL2. I never really saw anyt... : mobab
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      Serious? Did you see the HL2 demos when they first announced it? That 600mb video from e3 when they fir... : moneyshot
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        it's been so long ago, I don't remember what they demo'd. All I can remember when from when I played it ... : mobab
        • I shut myself out from the Doom 3 hype, and was pleasantly surprised. I watched the E3 HL2 videos, and w... : the archvile
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          Totally agree here. It was good but not the Holy Grail of PC gaming that people make it out to be. : Pettytheft
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            moneyshot is talking about the pre-release hl2 videos though, not the final game... When those e3 videos ... : MikkleThePickle
            • Yes exactly. I couldn't believe the physics and how good they looked. Unfortunately it took a long time... : moneyshot
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    http://www.gamespot.com/news/6176188.html Gamespot has some information about the story. : matthaeus
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      The game will feature a single-player campaign that will clock in around 20 hours, but will allow individ : the archvile
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        20 hours of singleplayer? What did they promise for doom 3? 10 hours? So if I finished d3 in 6 hours... : dedgecko
        • doom3 was about 20 : yedrin
        • How in the hell did you finish Doom 3 in 6 hours? It took me at least 15. That was one of the big compl... : Disco Cat
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  Maybe I don't have an eye for it, but it doesn't seem that huge a step forward at all with UE3 around. S... : Tawler
  • They said they're basically choosing to cut their visual quality by a third so that they can go with a 60... : jet-poop
  • You are missing something - the artistic freedom with no performance hit is unbelievable. This is another... : Shodai80

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• I'm sure it is, hard to imagine id throwing a pre-rendered shot in there. : Chris Remo
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  First of all I love the trailer, I think the models and texture work is a step up from most out there but... : Buckyfg1
  • I lol'd, you're so right about the GIANT SCREWS. : zehh
  • That's the first thing i thought when i saw that shot. They need to chill on that stuff. : kingdepork
  • Think of the screwdrivers they have to use, OY! : .sticks.
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    Because they look good when you normal map them :P : aeg1x
    • heh, in this engine yes, but not so in Doom 3. they weren't even round : Buckyfg1
• This screen ( http://www.pcgames.de/screenshots/original/2007/08/rage12.jpg ) screams what and who id sof... : flasher 907
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  Needs more shots of the dude with the wolf head! : sharkII
  • as someone else said IT WAS A FURRY! : Hatta

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• awesome, this is what i was looking for. : festivalman
• Great! Big thanks for those links. : pillzer

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• hehe yeah i forgot to publish it on one location for a few mins. i'm sure you'll get over it. : Steve Gibson

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  theres no point in having HD stuff if its not direct feed, the quality is always gonna be ass. : Arcipello1
  • Still conveys tons more than if they'd got a miniDV capture of the screen. : jake2000
  • that's just not true : OrkO

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• I don't think anyone is pretending it's not a cam. The shack takes plenty of footage with a HD camera wh... : moneyshot
• you think Id / Activision is going to release this to the intertubes in four hours? : the archvile
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  oh wow, you must have gotten an eye transplant from a hawk! : OrkO
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    You can see blitzes flashing in the start plus that you can hear that the sound is reverbing through the ... : Function Pointer
    • no shit Sherlock : OrkO

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• Yeah I got the same feeling. I look good, don't get me wrong, but it just has that feeling of "been ther... : FatBaby
• I guess this is a kind of q1 -> q2 transition rather than doom -> q1 or q3 -> doom3 transition : needlez
• That's crazy. What they showed looks incredible and is way beyond what I was expecting. The lighting on... : jake
• Some plastic looking characters, but far less so than Doom3's vacuum formed levels/monsters/broom cupboar... : Beady
• looked like a very upgraded quake engine to me : moshman
• The extensive use of bump maps and reflecting surfaces makes parts of Rage look like a enmormous improved... : matthaeus
• What looks 'stiff' about it thought? The models look amazing, the texture detail is some of the best I've... : Anti_dentite
• Between 37 -47 seconds in, yes it looks like doom3/quake2 on steroids. But that's exactly the section of ... : flasher 907
• meh looks like updated wolfenstein 3d engine to me, maybe a little bit of commander keen textures too. : not work safe

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• Fly, not bee, sorry. There goes my entire argument! I blame the Cuervo in my veins. : zipperface
• I think that was the really big impressive moment with doom 3 was seeing the pink demon's new version com... : dedgecko

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• I was never any good at Q3, even though everyone I knew played it, just didn't like the feel. I switched ... : rhuntley12
• Nah, I was pretty awesome at Quake 2. In fact I don't think I have ever been as good in a MP setting sinc... : Toth21
• Or we were in on Quake/Quakeworld at the ground floor and found Quake 2 and 3 vastly inferior as a gamepl... : Toraz Chryx

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• you mean a PC gamers life come true : grandmasterlee

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• ^^^ : romulan

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• Correction, that video has only video from the press conference, the keynote video will be available late... : Lagiv
• cheers : flasher 907