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"Gears of War and the Doom 3 engine"

If you've never seen footage from Gears of War before and you mix gameplay from both games, you'd probably think they were the same game. I was watching a movie from Gamespot that mixed trailers from Quake 4, Gears of War and other games, and had trouble telling which was Quake 4 and which was GoW. I had to lock on to the character designs to see. Not bad for a 2-3 year old id engine, don't you think? I suppose the only thing GoW will have over the tweaked Doom 3 engine (Quake 4), is that it can do uber massive areas, whereas Quake 4 can only do massive areas. I was also thinking while watching GoW that all its technology seemed to be in making things look detailed on a texture level only. But hell, it still kind of looks the same as the 2 year old Doom 3 game.

If you watch the

"Microsoft E3 2005 Xbox 360 Demo Showcase
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found at...

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/gearsofwar/media.html

...you'll see what I mean? (Hopefully. It's always good to have someone on your side).

Maybe somewhere you can download it at better quality for free?

Hedfix wrote:
> I was replying to what Bonus had written.

I see.

Bonus wrote:
> That's because id are the masters at BSPs which are amazing for
> indoor arenas, but useless for wide open spaces.

Yup, which makes me curious as to why developers try to shoehorn outdoor areas into an engine that simply can't cut it.

I was replying to what Bonus had written.

Hedfix wrote:
> I preffered the outdoor areas in RTCW to the indoor ones.

That didn't use the Doom3 engine though.

I preffered the outdoor areas in RTCW to the indoor ones.

Pandaemonium wrote:
> it struggles immensly with
> lighted outdoor areas.

That's because id are the masters at BSPs which are amazing for indoor arenas, but useless for wide open spaces.

monkey_man wrote:
>Bring back the Shamblers, says I!

The 'Shamblers universe' was ace, I admit. Better than the second universe id created.

I've never been less excited by a Quake game than from the demos I've seen. Why is everything so....rigid? Those walking robots look crap. Bring back the Shamblers, says I!

WickedWare wrote:
> Oh, my mistake. But I still stick with both games looking similar,
> and one being old-ish.

Quake 4 looks like it's going to suck IMHO. While the Doom3 engine is untouchable for rendering indoor areas, it struggles immensly with lighted outdoor areas.