Poor 3drealms...

LaserApaLaserApa Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1638Members
edited April 2003 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">something i read in the DNF forum</div> <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
Back when Prey was canceled, I imagined for myself that a part of the reason they gave up the project (in addition to technical problems) is that Half-Life had just come out. There they were, having aimed for the sky and talked for years about bringing story and real charachters into the shooter genre, and then HL came, and they realized that they just did not have the better game. So they decided to start afresh.

Is there a smell of fear 3dRealms officies today? All this work to make the "next" game, and now Valve has made this game again, and will release it just before them.
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Made me smile...

<a href='http://forums.3drealms.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=011775' target='_blank'>The link</a>
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  • MerkabaMerkaba Digital Harmony Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 22Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    Well, if they can make it as fun as Duke Nukem 3D was, then I don't think they have anything to fear.
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  • SkinnYSkinnY Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7500Members
    that quote made me smile as well, tough i like 3Drealms... they seem nice <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • LaserApaLaserApa Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1638Members
    edited April 2003
    sure.. im not saying DNF gonna suck only because it might have outdated graphics whenever it feels like its ready, but i imagine he is right about 3drealms feeling like HL2 might steal their thunder once more.

    Time will tell.


    Edit:
    They did finish Max Payne though, (and i liked that one pretty much despite lack of multiplayer an all) and im sure they will have great sucsess with Max Payne 2.
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  • XaniethXanieth Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7280Members
    DNF will suck hard. Look at the graphics. The damn brass shells are rectangles!
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  • SkinnYSkinnY Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7500Members
    well... that 4 (?) years delay DNF has kinnda makes me not-happy, i mean i played alot DN and when i heard of DNF i were like "Weeeeee" ..... now i'm more "grrr gimme my game.." so i'll buy HL2 and then i'll see if DNF comes or what ever it does...
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  • TenSixTenSix Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7932Members
    There was a HUGE article awhile ago somewhere explaining why they cancelled Prey. It was simply because they had no clue where they were going with the project, they were adding stuff that wasn't needed, such as the ability to pick up a shard of broken glass and use it after you break a window. They had all these cool little things, but it fell apart because it was so disorganized and they lost track of what it was supposed to be.
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  • AphalAphal Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8709Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Xanieth+Apr 24 2003, 01:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Xanieth @ Apr 24 2003, 01:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> DNF will suck hard. Look at the graphics. The damn brass shells are rectangles! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Those shots are like... years and years old...
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  • MeltedSnowmanMeltedSnowman Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7779Members
    I remember reading about Prey a long time ago and never hearing about it after that. Shame they cancelled it, I would've liked to have played that.
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  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    DNF is the new Diakatana, minus Romero's antics.

    Point and laugh time, folks.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    actually, Daikatana was the new DNF, but it eventually came out, so were back to DNF again. :P

    Also remember Max Payne took like 6 years to develop, and I think most people will think it came out much more than just "okay".
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  • TurtleTurtle Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1540Members
    And HL2 has currently taken 5 years to develop... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    I'll wait until I see it before I bad mouth it.
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  • PanzerOxPanzerOx Join Date: 2003-04-22 Member: 15754Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Turtle+Apr 25 2003, 01:36 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Turtle @ Apr 25 2003, 01:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> And HL2 has currently taken 5 years to develop... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    I'll wait until I see it before I bad mouth it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ACCCTUALY...

    they finished the concept of HL2 in late 2002, and I think production started after that. (not really sure, it's 3AM here and I need sl33p.)
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  • ScinetScinet Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12489Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--DOOManiac+Apr 24 2003, 10:15 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Apr 24 2003, 10:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> actually, Daikatana was the new DNF, but it eventually came out, so were back to DNF again. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Also remember Max Payne took like 6 years to develop, and I think most people will think it came out much more than just "okay". <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    One has to remember that Max Payne is not really a 3dRealms game. They did pay the production expenses but it wasn't developed in-house. It was created by Remedy. So, unfortunately the fact that Payne did eventually go gold does not guarantee that 3dRealms will ever be able to release DNF.
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  • LaserApaLaserApa Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1638Members
    good point
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