Interview Warren Spector Q&A at CVG

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: Deus Ex; Ion Storm; Warren Spector

<a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/">Computer and Video Games</a> has snagged an <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php(que)id=84950">interview</a> with <b>Warren Spector</b> which covers some of his options as well as <A href="http://www.deusex2.com/">Deus Ex 2</a> and <i>Thief 3</i>. Here's a bit of the frosting:
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<blockquote><b>What currently most excites you about the computer gaming scene?
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Spector:</b> Sad to say, there isn't much that excites me about the computer gaming scene these days. Seems like most of the innovation is happening in the console space right now. Computer game developers and publishers seem content to rehash old ideas and hope strong licenses will keep players interested and coming back for more. <u>Battlefield 1942</u> is a nice change of pace. And I do see hope for the future in the stuff the Deus Ex 2 and Thief 3 teams are doing, of course! Beyond that, you have to start by looking at <u>Doom 3</u>. Even if it ends up being nothing more than a graphically over-the-top version of the game id's been making forever (and I'm not saying that's going to be the case - I really have no idea how the game will play), it looks SO impressive graphically, maybe it'll push other developers to greater creative heights. And any year that offers the prospect of new games from Valve promises to be a good one for computer gaming. Come on, Valve - I wanna play <u>Half Life 2</u>!</blockquote>
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Notice the only games he mentions are <i>First Person Shooters</i>? Anyone still think <a href="http://www.deusex.com/">Deus Ex</a> is something other than one?
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He's right about PC gaming though. Though, I'm not really sure that console games do much envelope pushing either.
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[Constipated Craprunner]

You honestly think that the majority of CNV readers can even spell hardcore RPG, let alone play them?
If I was talking to the American Cancer Assosiation, or (as is closer to this situation) to an assembly at the Special Olympics I would not talk about Kafka's Metamorphisis.
Unless you ask Zig, of course.

 

[triCritical]

What gets me about Warren Spectre, is to him games are FPS's. And I have been saying that the last great improvement to FPS games was with HalfLife and before that with Doom. Thief showed that you can do something other then shoot in an FPS, and SS2 introduced the pseudo RPG. And as far as actually have the ability to play a role in the First person, its amazing that he doesn't even mention Morrowind. I honestly think that what he is doing is trying to change the anemic FPS genre by adding something more then the same recipe that has dulled FPS players for the last 10 years.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

Well, as far as I'm concerned, Doom is still the king. It's not because it's first or anything, but it's because other FPS games have come and gone.. And Doom still lives happily on my harddrive.

 

[Markman]

Well, as far as I'm concerned, Doom is still the king. It's not because it's first or anything, but it's because other FPS games have come and gone.. And Doom still lives happily on my harddrive.

Serious Sam is better.

And still it amazes me how can they keep on making same old boring game.
Since Half-life there was Red Faction, SoF2, Jedi Outcast, Elite Force, etc, thinking they added something new actually made the same old thing.
Puzzles??Who the hell need puzzles in a shooter?Annoying.
Stealth missions?I have yet to play a game with stealth well done in a shooter.Again annoying.
Not fun=not good=stop doing it.
I stopped playing Deus ex in first mission cause of this stealth approach.
1.I sneak behind the guy, shot him in the head,he turns around and shoots at me.If I shoot a guy in the back of his head, I expect that he goes down.
2.I take the crossbow, again sneak behind him and BOOM, again no use, same thing happens.
3.Sniper, can't even aim.
4.Hand-to-hand combat, can't even stun him.
Honestly, that game of the year can kiss my ass.