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walsufnir on 13 December 2013
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20happyballs said:
walsufnir said:

 

I see the point you want to make but you are looking at it with a way too simplified view. Engines and performance rely on so many variables that perhaps tests you did before don't play out well if all parts come together. This happens all the time in software development and especially in time-critical programs like games. But I guess if you want to argue about the Rage enginge being efficient you should try to contact him personally. Show him where his approach is inefficient and wait for the answer you probably won't ever understand. This is not meant offensive but truthfully. I know a lot of smart people in game development and never heard that anyone dared to say he is not among the smartest, especially only relying on the fact that Rage did not what is meant to do.


I actually have to retract my comment about the efficiency of designing a game using his engine. The engine, from what I remember watching long ago, was supposedly difficult for developers but that may not be the case. I may have mixed up ID tech 5 with another engine.

However, everything else I said still applies. His engine is not the best. I would say the Cryengine is loads more impressive, especially from a technical capability standpoint. Even till this day, the original Crysis engine still holds it's own against any other engine out there. The other games I mentioned earlier are also more impressive than the engine that powers Rage.

So to conclude my point, all I'm saying is that from looking at what Carmack has accomplished compared to the other coders out there within the last 10 years, he really hasn't shown us anything to prove that he's at the top. And so consequently, I don't think he deserves to be regarded as such. I am not saying that his accomplishments in the past weren't impressive and should be forgotten. I am just saying that right now other coders probably have more to contribute to the advancement of 3d technology.

 

I won't argue your opinion but I have to say I disagree. That he is now outperformed by whole teams is not surprising but I doubt any team wouldn't like to welcome him as a new teammate.