Another "John Romero is about to make..." thread

[UnknDoomer]

First it was a book, now it's a game.

"John Romero, co-creator of Doom and Quake, has announced that he and his studio Romero Games are working on a new first-person shooter (new IP) and are expanding their staff. According to the report, an agreement has already been reached with a certain large publisher, and the team is interested in attracting completely different specialists. Especially if they have experience with Unreal Engine 5. You can read more about this on the company's website. Romero himself assures that his project is "the new dawn of Romero Games."".

 

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On April 29, 2016, John Romero cancelled Blackroom's Kickstarter campaign, which stopped at over $131,000, pausing it to develop a Blackroom demo and planning to show that and reopen the campaign in the future.

In an interview on November 23, 2019, Romero claimed he was still working on Blackroom. As of September 2020, there has been no new public release on development.

 

Blackroom redevelopment? Daikatana 2? Something else? Make your bet right here.

 

 

Edited July 19, 2022 by UnknDoomer

[DSC]

Nice. Wonder if any star-mappers of the community will accept the jobs...

[Gregor]

"The new dawn of Romero Games"...

 

Daikatana 2.

[nolongeramnion]

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Edited October 25, 2023 by amnion

[Solmyr]

Daikatana 2: Masterzilla's Revengeance.

 

Edited July 19, 2022 by Solmyr

[Mr Masker]

Yeah they're making this new IP called, like, "Doom" or something. I dunno if it'll get past the first entry, but I'm interested to see where it goes.

[Mr. Freeze]

I've heard this ever since Blackroom defrauded everyone was cancelled. Don't believe the hype until you get a release date. 

[TheFocus]

oh man, i'm very hyped.

1. it's Romero

2. it's on a high-tech new engine

3. i'm assuming this will be pretty big budget

i can't wait to see what this is.

[Redneckerz]

I want this, but i also wanted Blackroom and that never went anywhere.

 

So as much i love John, this needs a reveal and a steady stream of information.

[Somniac]

Interested in what he does. I'm sure we'd all love to see John continue to crank out Doom levels every now and then, but he does have to look forward also. I remember Daikatana kind of floppped, or was misunderstood in its day at least. I never played it myself.

[Suess]

2 hours ago, UnknDoomer said:

First it was a book, now it's a game.

"John Romero, co-creator of Doom and Quake, has announced that he and his studio Romero Games are working on a new first-person shooter (new IP) and are expanding their staff. According to the report, an agreement has already been reached with a certain large publisher, and the team is interested in attracting completely different specialists. Especially if they have experience with Unreal Engine 5. You can read more about this on the company's website. Romero himself assures that his project is "the new dawn of Romero Games."".

 

 

Blackroom redevelopment? Daikatana 2? Something else? Make your bet right here.

 

 

Daikatana 2 baybee

[Kizoky]

What happened to that game he was teasing years ago?

[xScavengerWolfx]

I figure he would make Sigil 2 before tossing out a new IP and i doubt it will be another Daikatana game. But they, anything is possible i guess. 

[Ludi]

I love John, but I'm VERY skeptical considering

 

1) He hasn't made a new stand-alone game in 2 decades

 

2) His last game was Daikatana

 

Rather than a new IP, I'd love to see a remake of Daikatana that smooths over all the rough spots. Remaking a bad game is infinitely more interesting than remaking a lauded classic, in my opinion.

[kwc]

15 minutes ago, Sr_Ludicolo said:

1) He hasn't made a new stand-alone game in 2 decades

 

2) His last game was Daikatana

 

Sure he has, just two years ago Empire of Sin dropped, 3 years prior, Gunman Taco Truck.

In fact, he's worked on nearly 20 games since releasing Daikatana. Check it out.

Edited July 19, 2022 by kwc

[Thelokk]

Sigh... can we just have Sigil 2, pretty please?

 

He sure has made a lot of games since Daikatana, whether they are actually *good* games... I don't know. Empire of Sin was pretty trash to be honest, haven't played the rest. 

Edited July 19, 2022 by Thelokk

[deleted-account]

...Wasn't he working on a new Doom II megawad recently?  What's the current state of that project now with this new IP in the works?  Not to mention, didn't his previous FPS with Adrian Carmack fall-out a few years ago?

[Noiser]

1 hour ago, Sr_Ludicolo said:

I love John, but I'm VERY skeptical considering

 

1) He hasn't made a new stand-alone game in 2 decades

 

2) His last game was Daikatana

[Caffeine Freak]

37 minutes ago, Robo_Cola said:

...Wasn't he working on a new Doom II megawad recently?  What's the current state of that project now with this new IP in the works?  Not to mention, didn't his previous FPS with Adrian Carmack fall-out a few years ago?

 

I'd assume he's likely finished 'SIGIL 2' at this point, and is in the polish-up phase. But who knows. AFAIK, the Doom WADs are largely solo projects of Romero's, so it's not as though 'SIGIL 2' being unreleased precludes him from prepping for the next company-wide project. 

[out_of_service]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[YoshizinGordin]

^

[Ludi]

2 hours ago, kwc said:

 

Sure he has, just two years ago Empire of Sin dropped, 3 years prior, Gunman Taco Truck.

In fact, he's worked on nearly 20 games since releasing Daikatana. Check it out.

 

Is that true? My bad, then. 

 

Still want a Daikatana remake tho B)

[Artman2004]

This will probably either end up going nowhere or end up as the next "failed comeback" story.

 

Just because a big name is attached to it, doesn't guarantee it being good.

 

(No offense to Romero.)

Edited July 19, 2022 by Artman2004

[Goat-Avenger]

If the engine was going to free/open source, I'd be interested.  That doesn't seem likely with Unreal Engine 5 though..

 

You could probably get a crack team of experienced hackers and just squish the bullet physics engine with the Doom 3 engine, make some changes as needed, and still produce something pretty impressive, and mod-worthy... 

 

It'd be nice if Zenimax would have GPLed RAGE's engine...

 

Intelectual Property, bleh..

[NoahRules]

i heard a rumor that this new game is gonna be about a space marine fighting demons on mars, but that sounds ridiculous

[nolongeramnion]

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Edited October 25, 2023 by amnion

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[Rudolph]

Why call it a "new dawn", though? Empire of Sin did not do well?

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

24 minutes ago, Rudolph said:

Why call it a "new dawn", though? Empire of Sin did not do well?

 

 

I feel like I don't need to do any research to say with decent enough confidence that it didn't sell amazingly well either.

Edited July 19, 2022 by TheMagicMushroomMan

[satan]

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