I love Carmack to gibs, but that won't stop me saying this is a tired, vanilla IP being leveraged for a low-risk probe into new revenue streams.

I'm sorry for this project they didn't revisit the original Quake. Carmack's a graphics mastermind, and an inspiration in other ways, too. But he's never had the least idea what the shop's best efforts were.

For an idea how cool this might have been, look up the recent Q1 mod for the D3 engine: now, THAT would have been something to look forward to...