Carmack considers Wolfenstein: ET Live

by zivs • 12 Aug 2008, 09:58 • Journals
Quoteid is considering developing a free-to-play, browser-based version of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory similar to Quake Live, if the later is a success.

So says tech mastermind John Carmack anyway, who told PC Zone in its latest issue that the whole free-to-play gaming idea is still "very much an experiment."

"If [Quake Live] is successful, we've tossed around the idea of taking the Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory game - which was actually always more popular than Q3A in the online space - and doing a similar treatment to it with the experience we've gained here," Carmack told PC Zone.

But Carmack says no effort will be spent on Wolfenstein: ET until "we know whether Quake Live was a brilliant idea or if it was dumb move."

Enemy Territory, in case you weren't around, was a free multiplayer spin-off of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which goes some way in explaining why it was more popular than Quake.

When asked if id would ever consider adopting the browser-based strategy for a modern game, Carmack gave a definite answer: "There's no way we could justify building a modern game for the PC exclusively," he said.

"Not to say that it's impossible, but it just wouldn't be a good bet. Even a big budget extravaganza like Crysis didn't do very well in the larger scheme of things.

"So if you want to develop something on the PC right now," Carmack continued, "it had better either be cross platform like what we're doing with Rage or it'd have to be something like Spore or The Sims 3, that really caters to the type of game that more people are playing on the PC."

Read the full interview in PC Zone issue 198, out this Thursday, August 14.


(c) CVG

So, let's make Quake Live! teh success!
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pumu 12 Aug 2008, 11:01
wtf isnt et free already?
so whats the sense
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im a tree 12 Aug 2008, 11:03
maybe upgrading the engine? rereleasing it ad-supported? adding new maps/gameplay features?

who knows!

ql engine is pretty nice :(
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im a tree 12 Aug 2008, 11:02
In summary: We probably won't see ET: Live.



QL does have a nicer engine though, although thats pretty much the only redeeming quality of the game.
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fredd 12 Aug 2008, 11:21
meez do you have a ql beta key to give? :P
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darthmob 12 Aug 2008, 11:04
it is already free so there is no need to treat it like quakelive. plus it would be vanilla and I guess a lot of people would not like that.
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Jin 12 Aug 2008, 11:10
What? Do it with rtcw, not et
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Superboyy 12 Aug 2008, 11:34
an interesting thought. improved performance, fixed hitboxes, include all the etpro commands and add a few more. it might be a playable game after all.
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vaGgi 12 Aug 2008, 11:45
Quotebrowser-based version of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory


wtf?
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cryptz 12 Aug 2008, 11:48
like quake live
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vaGgi 12 Aug 2008, 12:07
but how the hell should that work/look like?
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cryptz 12 Aug 2008, 12:13
like quake live works. you download a browserplugin and you are ready to go.
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im a tree 12 Aug 2008, 12:27
quake live actually feels a lot smoother than quake3/et, it's hard to explain but the engine feels nicer
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collamity 12 Aug 2008, 15:58
yer.....nah stfu u idiot i woiuld own u @ q3,,,ql.....chess
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im a tree 12 Aug 2008, 16:27
Fusen should make it so users you have ignored dont get a "x replied to your comment" instant message ¬.¬
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fusen 12 Aug 2008, 16:29
surely it should be you who doesn't get the PM :x
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im a tree 12 Aug 2008, 23:24
i think thats what i meant, i just worded it terribly :(
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topher 12 Aug 2008, 12:03
Crossfire needs to run another competition and give away some Quake Live beta keys. I can just re-use my youtoob vid from the QW contest.
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im a tree 12 Aug 2008, 12:28
the difference is, i dont think crossfire have any ql invites :P
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kuraigu 12 Aug 2008, 12:07
image: 1751
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zivs 12 Aug 2008, 12:29
This one actually made me lol irl .. :XD
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