Doom IV announced -- XoB still makes terrible thread titles

Xenogears of Bore

http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=52560

id Software today announced that it has begun production on Doom 4, and is now in the process of expanding its internal team of developers to work on the shooter sequel.


"Doom is part of the id Software DNA and demands the greatest talent and brightest minds in the industry to bring the next installment of our flagship franchise to Earth," said id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead in a press release.

"It's critical for id Software to have the best creative minds in-house to develop games that meet the standards synonymous with our titles."

The company is currently accepting applications to fill job openings covering roles such as producer, lead designer, and lead animator, among others.

Though no further details on the game were released, the studio will likely make use of its new id Tech 5 engine for the project.

Ahahahaha. If you wanted news on The Darkness sequel I'm afraid you came to the wrong place. This is about a different type of darkness.

Rumored first screenshot.

http://i30.tinypic.com/i6z20w.jpg

Xagarath

As someone who actually enjoyed Doom 3, this is good news.

Triple B

:^:

I think this is good news upon good news. As much shit as D3 has received since coming out, there's no way id has turned a deaf ear to it all. I fully expect Doom 4 to be free of any complaint-worthy issues, and to be the best game ever made.

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Ziggymon

I wonder if they will take the same approach as Doom 3 with the slower pace and more horror aspects. Or will they look at the older gameplay mechanics?

darleysam

Thought this was going to be about the sequel to The Darkness, which I believe I read was being made. Either way, I'm interested to see if id learned from the Doom 3 mistakes (MONSTER CLOSET++)

tyrannus

will this have dogs that shoot zombie bees at out their mouths?

Drez

I hope it's like Doom 2.

Basil

No, but it will have zombie dogs that shoot at bees with their mouths.

Darmak

Xagarath wrote: »

As someone who actually enjoyed Doom 3, this is good news.

Same.

casper_27d

Rentilius wrote: »

will this have dogs that shoot zombie bees at out their mouths?

we can only hope.

UnbreakableVow

Man...the only Doom game I've played was the original game on XBLA, which I thought was godawful. I always wanted to play Doom 3, just never got around to it.

urahonky

This is kinda good news. Except that I fucking hate you XoB.

I hope it's not all the stupid scares that's popular in Doom3, you know where the fucking imps come out of the stairs and the "inconspicuous" closet door. Too predictable.

Basil

I'd be cool with it if I could shoot the monster closets first.

You know, just blast a shotgun round into every door and cupboard I see and listen for pained screams and howls of inhuman terror and confusion.

(Man, these games stopped being scary the day I realized that the player character is the baddest monster of them all.)

Dehumanized

Maybe the id tech 5 engine allows them to let you use a gun AND a flashlight at the same time.

Cantido

urahonky

Dehumanized wrote: »

Maybe the id tech 5 engine allows them to let you use a gun AND a flashlight at the same time.

Don't speak such blasphemy!

Triple B

Cantido wrote: »

Darkness is spreading!

casper_27d

This could be just me but I want a weapon I can impale or decapitate things with (besides the chainsaw).

Kuribo's Shoe

I am, as always, going to be the devil's advocate here.

Do we really need another Doom?

Xenogears of Bore

Darkness is the heart's true essence!

Put a cork in it Zane!

Fireflash

Hopefully they'll get rid of some of those awful monster designs, like those rocket skeleton things that look like they were thought up by some 8 years old kid.

casper_27d

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

I am, as always, going to be the devil's advocate here.

Do we really need another Doom?

yes, yes we do. It is a legacy game, kinda like GTA, it just keeps getting better.

The_Scarab

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

I am, as always, going to be the devil's advocate here.

Do we really need another Doom?

Yes what the hell is wrong with you.

Triple B

Fireflash wrote: »

Hopefully they'll get rid of some of those awful monster designs, like those rocket skeleton things that look like they were thought up by some 8 years old kid.

Basil

The_Scarab wrote: »

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

I am, as always, going to be the devil's advocate here.

Do we really need another Doom?

Yes what the hell is wrong with you.

It's almost like asking whether we need another Turok.

:winky:

Kuribo's Shoe

The_Scarab wrote: »

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

I am, as always, going to be the devil's advocate here.

Do we really need another Doom?

Yes what the hell is wrong with you.

Fair enough. I never really got into Doom but it strikes me as the sort of series that hasn't really changed much over the years.

Monoxide

I think this is the first thread I've seen where the trolling started in the OP

way to raise the bar

The_Scarab

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

The_Scarab wrote: »

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

I am, as always, going to be the devil's advocate here.

Do we really need another Doom?

Yes what the hell is wrong with you.

Fair enough. I never really got into Doom but it strikes me as the sort of series that hasn't really changed much over the years.

Its a rock PC gaming was built on. Doom 3 was great, it was just overhyped. It was a mid 80% game and thats decent.

Plus at the time it was bleeding edge graphically.

If Doom 4 is on id tech 5, which i guarantee it will be, then that engine already has 2 games in the pipeline. Which is also good, id make great game engines but just dont have the support.

Xenogears of Bore

Monoxide wrote: »

I think this is the first thread I've seen where the trolling started in the OP

way to raise the bar

I've done it before.

Hell I love Doom 3 but there's no getting around the fact that it is dark as shit.

Daedalus

So, what's going on with that other id game? Rage, I think it was called?

schmads

My hope is that they will have learned from the Doom 3 criticism and will create a game more like the in-between of Doom 2 and 3. Doom 2 was great, but I have a feeling that it would feel contrived and phoney without the nostalgia backing it up. Doom 3 also felt contrived, but went for a horror rather than "big area, lots of monsters, kill then and don't die." So, maybe a mix, without so many monster closets! /ramble

So, is it wrong that I kind hope that Doom 4 and DNF will come out at about the same time, and both be magical, allowing me to relive some of my happiest grade/highschool gaming years?

MistaCreepy

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Man...the only Doom game I've played was the original game on XBLA, which I thought was godawful. I always wanted to play Doom 3, just never got around to it.

Wow. Really?

You didnt play doom until XBLA?!

Monsty

I am a HUGE Doom fan. I just need it to be a little more classic. Running 100 miles an hour and devastating thousands of demons is what I crave.

I still play 1 and 2 fairly often these days. I actually have friends I can trick into deathmatching with me. Not a good proposition for them.

Brolo

Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »

I am, as always, going to be the devil's advocate here.

Do we really need another Doom?

I want a game that isn't trying to do horror the way doom 3 did, instead it's more like Doom 2's bone crunching atmosphere - doesn't have to have a plot or cutscenes or even great AI, I just want lots of monsters and a double barreled shotgun, and the run and gun style gameplay that made the first two games so much fun.

Masamune42

DOOM and DOOM 2 are two of the games that got me into gaming in the first place. I feel amazingly old hearing that people are seeing them for the first time on XBLA.

*sigh* I'll probably end up upgrading my PC and buying this, just like I did for DOOM 3.

Zuldane

yay for monsters popping up behind hidden doors

BrandXSavior

I really liked Doom 3 (still play it every now and then on my 360 and PC). I never really had a problem with the "monster closets" or flashlight issues since I thought it added a lot to the atmosphere and horror elements of the game. I'm stoked as hell at the prospect of id making another Doom.

Idx86

BrandXSavior wrote: »

I really liked Doom 3 (still play it every now and then on my 360 and PC). I never really had a problem with the "monster closets" or flashlight issues since I thought it added a lot to the atmosphere and horror elements of the game. I'm stoked as hell at the prospect of id making another Doom.

Couldn't have said it better myself. I really enjoyed Doom 3 for what it was.

How did that expansion end up, by the way? I had a $5 copy in my hands when it was being clearanced out Circuit City but didn't take the plunge.

TelMarine

I'm just glad we will see more than one id game every four years. Also this will be pretty interesting, since we now have 3 internal teams working on 3 separate games (RAGE, QuakeArenaNext [i.e. not Quake Live same team though], Doom4 now). All id games have a distinct feel to them movement/physics wise, which any id fan can safely say no other game can successfully duplicate. So to play them will be interesting because we may see the differences in between the 3 teams on how the game feels.

Dixon

Monoxide wrote: »

I think this is the first thread I've seen where the trolling started in the OP

way to raise the bar

Yeah...I must of pressed the refresh button like 5 times before I realised it was a joke...I'm an idiot. The OP is evil to. On another note I look forward to this game, I picked up doom 3 day 1 with a friend and he brought his system to my house and all we did was play that, it was sweet. I enjoyed the game

Also for the guy a few posts up, the expansion was okay, I didn't enjoy as much as the orignal but t'was fun. Added the double barreled shotgun for nostalgia's sake and acutally it rocked ass. It would of been well worth the 5 bucks.

Monger

"Doom is part of the id Software DNA and demands the greatest talent and brightest minds in the industry to bring the next installment of our flagship franchise to Earth," said id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead in a press release.

I'm sorry. This made me giggle. For I am a dickface.


I don't know... I'll withhold judgment till there's some more information. All a Doom game needs to do is let you shoot hordes of shit with excessive fucking weapons. They can't possibly mess that up twice.