walsufnir said:
20happyballs said:
walsufnir said:
20happyballs said:
walsufnir said:
20happyballs said:
John Carmack is "tapped out". Honestly, he talks so big but doesn't deliver anymore. IMO this guy is now irrelevant. |
He is what? Please go and get to know about what he is currently working on before you post crap like this.
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Yes the oculus rift looks pretty awesome but he's not the creator. Seriously, within the last 10 years he hasnt contributed anything special. He's been surpassed by many in graphics engineering.
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Then tell me one person who actually has contributed something special? Carmack is an awesome coder in general, 3d especially. There is no way to deny that. Perhaps he made wrong decisions with Rage but still code is always mostly his own and especially good made (I read about a code analysis about Quake(?) where the author explicitely says how nice and well organized the whole code is).
Any dev-team out there would be happy to have a genius like him as a partner.
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See, the thing is that I can't really tell you anyone who has contributed more in recent years. That's not to say that there aren't people. Its just that it really takes a lot to get recognized. Obviously there are genious people working at places such as Crytek, Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, etc... The games they make look amazing and that's because they have really talented people in those studios. People who I dare say are more advanced in 3D coding. John Carmack, although smart, is not at the forefront of graphics technology anymore. Other people are more worthy of the attention.
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Well, I think you don't have the right to judge this because 1) you would have to know the techniques used in engines *and* you would have to be able to understand them and 2) ID releases games not *that* often. Rage is now an "old" game, we don't know how a new id-tech-engine would've been.
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i don't need to understand graphics to be able to tell what looks good and what doesn't. i have eyes and a perfectly competent brain. I think that gives me the right to judge. When Rage came out, it wasn't even impressive. I had it for my gaming pc and not only was it less than stellar visually, but it was riddled with performance issues and other technical problems. I believe that Uncharted 2 and even GOW3 were out before that game. Its widely accepted that those games look better.
