Re:Carmack out of ideas? (Score 1)

I don't see anything wrong with the word "incremental". Progress is incremental - new technology is usually based on the existing technology. And as far as breakthroughs in 3d graphics engine, there is nobody as innovative as John Carmack. Most game developers do it for the money, while Carmack simply does what he loves and it shows.

The real question is - content. Id Software's games have never had much of a storyline, it's always been pretty much adrenaline with a good ambient feel. Which isn't bad for single player and awesome for multiplayer. However, times are changing and most of us, even the hardcore FPS fans, want more than just deathmatch.

In this light, id Software had to do something dramatic about their next game anyway - either a dramatically improved multiplayer, or, well, a dramatically improved singleplayer. John's decision to focus on singleplayer aspect is strategically correct, especially considering the strong MOD community that takes care of exciting multiplayer anyway. Remember CTF, Team Fortress, etc, etc...

So what improvements do you expect?

molot