Rumour: Doom 4 Development Suspended Following Rage Disappointment

Gerard · 21 Oct 2011 at 14:42

http://kotaku.com/5851953/doom-4-indefinitely-postponed-following-rages-disappointing-launch

If true a very weird position for id, they were independant up untill a couple of years back, now they have to answer to people above them. :eek:

wnb · 21 Oct 2011 at 14:53

Wow Doom is huge hard to believe that rumour.

Aedus · 21 Oct 2011 at 14:53

Good, maybe they'll sort their **** before another horrendous launch.

SuperTronNarwhal · 21 Oct 2011 at 14:54

ID is now Doom'd

Semiskimmed · 21 Oct 2011 at 14:54

BaDBoY_uK · 21 Oct 2011 at 14:55

SuperTronNarwhal said:
ID is now Doom'd

ROFLCAKES

Tolmekian · 21 Oct 2011 at 14:59

Aedus said:
Good, maybe they'll sort their **** before another horrendous launch.

I loved Rage and found they were pretty quick on the ball with fixing any problems PC gamers had.

Fair enough, some of the issues shouldn't have been there but doesn't nearly every single game released have teething issues?

I wouldn't call it a horrendous launch at all.

Overslop · 21 Oct 2011 at 15:02

SuperTronNarwhal said:
ID is now Doom'd

When it comes to Doom, ID still hit it.

*gets coat*

orderoftheflame · 21 Oct 2011 at 15:08

Over people QQing a bit at new engine teething problems?

I sincerely hope not.

Evilsod · 21 Oct 2011 at 15:34

I find this very hard to believe. If they were going to postpone development it would be for the pc version given that I don't recall hearing about any engine issues with either console version.

And given that the engine issues are being fixed I honestly don't get why they would make such a decision.

Sleepery · 21 Oct 2011 at 15:35

Aw, missed opportunity for a winning thread title!

You should have gone with "Rage rage dooms Doom!"

Edrof · 21 Oct 2011 at 15:42

Sleepery said:
Aw, missed opportunity for a winning thread title!

You should have gone with "Rage rage dooms Doom!"

I like this man's thinking!

Turambar · 21 Oct 2011 at 15:59

Didn't Rage sell rather well? I'm pretty sure most of the reviews were positive too.

I'd hate to think forum nerd rage could affect game development since it's usually just a very vocal minority.

arc@css · 21 Oct 2011 at 16:04

I hope this is not true, 'tis a game I really am looking forward to. Give me a game like Quake or Doom with loads of levels and puzzles, half decent graphics, and I'd be quite content.

http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/id-tech-5-project/1210376p1.html

d_brennen · 21 Oct 2011 at 16:06

RAGE isn't nearly as bad as some would make out. Roll on D4 and Q5 I say

KNiVES · 21 Oct 2011 at 16:08

Yeah unfortunately I found Rage to be very static and dull. I was very disappointed by it. It doesn't give me high hopes - I don't want the same people that were involved with Rage to produce Doom 4!

Duff-Man · 21 Oct 2011 at 16:10

While there are a lot of issues, failings and missed opportunities with Rage, I always felt that the pure-combat sections were very enjoyable (albeit far too easy even on Nightmare). I was really looking forward to seeing the engine in action with a more purebred shooter like Doom 4 - I hope it doesn't get canned!

Overslop · 21 Oct 2011 at 16:10

Sleepery said:
Aw, missed opportunity for a winning thread title!

You should have gone with "Rage rage dooms Doom!"

That title would be made of win.

Rroff · 21 Oct 2011 at 16:13

I have a couple of people at id on facebook and neither will confirm it as being true, so I think this is just rumour madeup by someone with an AMD GPU

Rroff · 21 Oct 2011 at 16:20

KNiVES said:
Yeah unfortunately I found Rage to be very static and dull. I was very disappointed by it. It doesn't give me high hopes - I don't want the same people that were involved with Rage to produce Doom 4!

The content teams are completely different the only shared development was in the engine design.