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You know, I wanted (briefly) to find a way to argue this... being somewhat pro-corporation myself... but damned if you're not right. Even on my side of the industry, the folks that you knew and could trust are still good people, but working for some of the 'bigs' - they definitely are changed by the company they keep, rather than the other way around. It's the truth, as much as it kinda stings. And makes you look at one's own path...
Doom 2016 was Doom. Doom Eternal was a very good combat wheel/counter game. DLC1 was a slightly annoying but still very good counter game. DLC2 was a twitch-targeted "perfect this exact sequence for streaming glory!" annoyance. First time since I was 12 that I finally said "fuck it" and fired up cheats to finish - because I was getting SO annoyed at the game and just wanted to finish the damned story.
I was doing fine in the game, but when I realized that I wasn't having ANY fun anymore (just doing it to slog through), and everything I was reading was from twitch streamers (it seemed) cackling that they'd shaved another 2 seconds off a run via changing a precise sequence of actions... well, when I was 16 or 20 I did stuff like that. Now I just want to have fun, and it was forcing me to play in a way that wasn't fun. So I fired up the cheat and had an enjoyable time just finishing it. I regret nothing.
To me, a Doom game without John Carmack isn't a Doom game. It's just another shooter game made by some people. They clearly lost the gold old "It' done when it's done" way of doing things even if John himself said it was a bad way of making games. I didn't play Ethernal but just seeing videos of it makes me not want to play the game.
I posted this in the PC Gaming sub thread....
Yeah Bethesda's response was lackluster, however I can see not attempting to give a rebuttal.
Hilarious Bethesda called Mick account one-sided and unjust account when Marty did the same fucking thing on reddit and having rabid Doom fans going after Mick.
Yup. Post proof or pound sand.
And it needs to be done with the Doom Eternal soundtrack playing in the background. It would fit this situation very well.
It's more about saving face and protecting the club. Marty is the insider, Mick is an outsider. Corporations never like to admit fault or wrongdoing, even if it is patently obvious.
PR team didn't. I'm certain if legal gets involved they'll read all of it and talk to execs at id. Not that it matters. I don't think id has a leg to stand on either. I just hope that Mick has a sufficient legal defense fund, because winning this sort of thing for them is all about exhausting their opponent, clearly not about whether they have the truth on their side. Though, I imagine there's likely some legal team willing to work for something this high profile pro bono for a percentage of whatever comes after.
His rep is too good for that. Everyone that has worked with him and had him do similar for their projects (you know, lay out time tables, be extremely reasonable, know the development cycle and help meet goals, wrote entire scores) knows what sort of person he is.
also love how Bethesda is complains about how these kind of post made people angry and gave developers death threat, but completely negating that it was their own guy Marty that started it with dumping his vommit on reddit.