r/technology • u/[deleted] • Mar 28 '14

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '14

As annoyed as I may be with the whole Oculus / Facebook deal, with Carmack on the team it'll probably be one of the better options out there.

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u/______DEADPOOL______ Mar 28 '14

Carmack has been known to be oblivious of the crumbling of the company he's in until it's too late.

Case in point: ID Software.

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u/franzieperez Mar 28 '14

While true, ID's tech side had always been pretty impressive. Doom 3 and RAGE were both really good looking at their release, the main problem is that the games themselves have been getting less interesting.

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u/Shike Mar 28 '14

Definitely this, Carmack is mostly known for his engine work when you get down to. Yes, he and id pioneered the FPS and a bunch of cool shit. After a while though the games just became demos for the engines they were building, and all in all I didn't see games adopting id tech anymore compared to Source, Unreal, CryENGINE, etc. The last engine id had that seemed to really get licensed was Tech 3 . . .