Think id's upcoming
Rage looks a lot like
Motorstorm? Well, the similarities are intentional. In an interview with
Shacknews, id's Todd Hollenshead and Tim Willits talks about incorporating elements of
Motorstorm into their genre-mixing FPS game. "There's obviously the first person shooting, then there are the driving games that are more arcadey. For me, I'm not a big
Ridge Racer fan. The driving isn't going to be like that, it's going to be more like
Motorstorm, more like
Burnout. I really want people, when they play the game, to say, 'You know, it wasn't what I expected from id, but I had a great time doing it.'"
We're intrigued by id's upcoming shooter -- if only because it's a huge departure for them. We're anxiously waiting for more.
[Thanks, Joe!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-19-2007 @ 9:17PM
twak said...
Hope it is a typo, but it is Hollenshead not Hellenshead.
The man deserves the respect of getting his name correct. He is a semi-genius.
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8-19-2007 @ 9:19PM
Jack said...
Whats the name of the song that plays in the teaser trailer. Its a pretty cool instrumental
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8-19-2007 @ 9:19PM
Lega-c said...
.copy cats that game is gonna b sick
first post FTW
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8-19-2007 @ 9:24PM
twak said...
Thanks for the quick fix with the misspelling.
To #3 you must mean 3rd post for the loss.
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8-19-2007 @ 10:41PM
Popfrogs said...
I hope Rage has the magic ingredient called "fun", which Doom III was missing. Quake4 was much better.
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8-20-2007 @ 3:48AM
Consolcwby said...
Todd's a pretty stand-up guy, so I'm not surprised he's admitted id 'borrowing' from Motorstorm. I wonder what else Rage is going to borrow from?... =D
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8-20-2007 @ 7:37AM
miglaugh said...
I don't understand how he can go from saying this:
"...we expect the data size is going to require multiple discs."
To saying this:
"Just to give you a very general idea, I think the uncompressed data on the WWDC demo was something like 30 gigs, and they actually compressed it into a few hundred megabytes."
Does that mean that the game will encompass several hundred gigabytes or something? Why would you even say you have compression technology that can compress 100:1 and still talk like you need more than a DVD? Does that mean that no matter what compression is used that blu-ray will still be "needed"??? uh oh!
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8-20-2007 @ 6:09PM
Real Gambler said...
I may be totally wrong, but I think Tim is a marketing type of guy. Would not know the difference between a gigabyte our a kilobyte. So I would definitively not put too much trust into this 100:1 compression ratio either.
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8-20-2007 @ 10:27PM
John said...
This is another example of id's brilliance. They say, "we want driving."
Instead of putting some basic driving crap in their, they look around and go, "What driving games FEEL fun?" They come up with Motorstorm and PGR3 and say, "That is our template."
And they're admitting it, which is good. Not only are they giving props to these fun franchises, they're saying, "we like so good what you did (okay, maybe their grammar was better) that we want those elements in our game, which is...
A FIRST-PERSON-SHOOTER!
I've only recently gotten into FPS', but if you put some Motorstorm driving in their with it?
I'm gonna feel like St. Peter already let me in the gate.
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8-21-2007 @ 4:56PM
Andy said...
I swear I was just thinking of a game that combined the awesomeness of Motorstorm and a FPS. I was actually gonna send the idea into Evolution Studios to incorparate passengers that could shoot for Motorstorm 2.
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8-28-2007 @ 11:46PM
Anthony PIttarelli said...
there are much worse games to be influenced by thats for sure!
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