John Romero and his studio are working on a new FPS with a brand-new IP
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Cool. I like seeing the legends work on new things. Not a FPS fan, but I'm looking forward to seeing what John and his team come up with.
I remember he said he wanted to start on a new FPS back when Doom 2016 was first shown at Quakecon. Over 6 years ago. Wonder what he's been thinking about since.
Yes I'm aware he made Sigil between then and now.
Now that I think about it, he announced an fps back then
Yes I'm aware he made Sigil between then and now.
Now that I think about it, he announced an fps back then
I'm not an FPS fan, but I absolutely love the first Doom. Played it back in the day and still play it a lot, the game is just wonderful. You bet I'll keep an eye on this. Also, Romero is amazing, I'm a big fan of this guy.
Is this just like the two times he went to kickstarter for an FPS and was chased off for lack of detail, and never came back?
What about the time he tried to sell Oldschool RPG on kickstarter, was chased off for lack of detail, and never came back?
I'd love him to actually deliver, though.
What about the time he tried to sell Oldschool RPG on kickstarter, was chased off for lack of detail, and never came back?
I'd love him to actually deliver, though.
wasn't this a marketing foible that Romero couldn't manage to veto or something like that? maybe i'm thinking of something else
I feel like Sigil shows he still has some solid chops in level design so I'm def curious to see more stuff from him
He did a talk here in the uk last week, someone asked him a question about it and he said it's coming out soon. I'm pretty sure he said it would have 30+ levels . Had a quick talk with him, he was a nice guy
The romero way lately is abandoning projects.
That's cool! Where was this? Is that Brenda Romero? Why is she shoeless :)He did a talk here in the uk last week, someone asked him a question about it and he said it's coming out soon. I'm pretty sure he said it would have 30+ levels . Had a quick talk with him, he was a nice guy
I'm really curious who this "major publisher" is. Romero hasn't really worked with one in a while, and whether it's an Asian or Western publisher will probably pretty heavily impact my expectations of the game (with a Western publisher more willing to have the game be single player and not just free to play multiplayer). I wonder if this is Private Division - it seems like exactly the type of project they'd greenlight and developer they'd work with.
John Romero presents…
MOOD
Travel to heaven where you, a bad hombre dukes it out against the angels through 32 levels.
12 different enemy types including:
Softy
CyberAngel
Spidergoddessmind
Weapons:
Holy water
Bible
Poseidon's Trident
Big Falling Gong 9k
MOOD
Travel to heaven where you, a bad hombre dukes it out against the angels through 32 levels.
12 different enemy types including:
Softy
CyberAngel
Spidergoddessmind
Weapons:
Holy water
Bible
Poseidon's Trident
Big Falling Gong 9k
He wasn't the driving force behind the "make you his bitch" slogan, that was his biz guy. I'm sure he could have put a stop to it, he should have. I've always liked Romero though. Sigil is good, this new FPS will hopefully be classic Romero.
He did a talk here in the uk last week, someone asked him a question about it and he said it's coming out soon. I'm pretty sure he said it would have 30+ levels . Had a quick talk with him, he was a nice guy
Awesome sauce. I've talked to him a little via email a while back and got the same vibe. Just a very chill dude nowadays.
Indeed that honor belongs to Mike Wilson
Lol then they will get sued because a lot of people already paid for a expansion that have yet to come out (it was scheduled to release february 2022 and not a single word from then)
Galway developed boomer shooter is a-go! Shame that idTech isn't licensable anymore, or we would have come full circle.
My best guess would be one of the publishers under the Embracer group. They've been putting out content from every A and AA developer in Europe, it seems.
Why not? He's one of the most legendary game designers in gaming. Even with everything that's happened, he still made DOOM.
Presumably it's more up to Paradox Interactive regarding how long the game will be supported.
The game came and went without much success, so it's not a big shock if they've stopped working on it, imo.
Yeah, I'd say he's "still got it" when it comes to level design, too.
I never got around to playing SIGIL (Ooh! Right, I need to do that, lol...) but his two replacement levels for Doom episode 1 that he released the couple years before SIGIL (I think?) were excellent in my opinion.
re: Empire of Sin. This sounds like his project, and Empire of Sin was very much his wife's project, from what I understand.
Romero is like one of those silent film stars who could never quite make the transition to talkies. Thankfully the videogame industry has reached a point where old school FPS design is viable again.
Still though, I find it weird how one of the main brains behind Wolf/Doom/Quake basically went on to do nothing for decades. I guess Diakatana must have ruined everything.
Either that or developing random mobile games is low-key the secret to being a happy game developer.
I'm kinda bummed that it's a UE5 game. As great as Sigil was, I'd love to see him take the GZDOOM engine and do something really cool and new with it. I've really been enjoying Hedon Bloodrite, Project Warlock, and Blade of Agony, and those are three games (well, two games and one standalone mod) that make great use of GZDOOM.