John Carmack may have released quite a big cat from quite a big bag at QuakeCon. He made comments in regards to a version of Quake Arena making its way to the DS during his keynote. He also said that, should it happen, he'd want a different control scheme than you may initially expect.Unlike the touch-screen input of Metroid Prime Hunters, Carmack voiced his opinion that a d-pad, restricted movement control scheme like that of Doom would be better-suited to the title. Personally, if this were even to happen, we'd prefer the touch-screen controls, as they more closely resemble the mouse and keyboard. Of course, Carmack's intent to put the game on the DS isn't anything new, but it's certainly a bit more plausible now, if we may say so.
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8-06-2007 @ 12:42PM
ConstyXIV said...
Official, portable Quake 3 confirmed?
...fuck. There goes next semester :)
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8-06-2007 @ 5:45PM
Duscrom said...
Holy carp, Non-arthritis enducing control scheme for the sequal to the best multi-player FPS ever made? Thank you John Carmack for being intellegent and not listening to what fanboys are told to like!
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8-06-2007 @ 6:40PM
strider_mt2k said...
Oh yes.
I am so there.
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8-06-2007 @ 6:53PM
Adv2k1 said...
have control pad as option, but if you used DS lite and took regular breaks touch controls were amazing.
No touch controls=no sell
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8-06-2007 @ 9:57PM
Jake \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ said...
this would be so fucking awesome to have. i already have Quake DS on my flashcart, but a multiplayer-oriented, commercial game would be the bloody icing on the dual screen cake. BRING IT!
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8-06-2007 @ 11:08PM
eubep said...
They need to keep cheaters out since unlike MPH, they don't have a single player mission to fall back on.
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8-07-2007 @ 8:41AM
Solid Snake said...
..Quake Arena DS..?
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..I think i just creamed myself O___O
..brb.
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