Doom 4 Title & Continuity Uncertain
Since Doom III was essentially a "re-imagining" of the original Doom storyline, says id Software designer Tim Willits, there are some creative decisions to be made when titling the series' fourth entry:
In a chat with id Software designer Tim Willits during QuakeCon this week, Big Download has learned that Doom IV, the recently announced next game in id's flagship first person shooter series, won't actually be titled Doom IV after all. Willits revealed to us that the fourth Doom game will still have the name Doom in the title but that it will have some kind of subtitle instead of a number. Naturally that subtitle has yet to be announced.
Moreover, the storyline of the game has yet to be revealed entirely - will it pick up where Doom II left off, or restart the series' narrative anew? One thing we do know is that Doom 4 will not continue the story of Doom III:
Why did they decide to make this move? Part of the reason is that the fourth Doom game will not be a continuation of the storyline for Doom III, according to Willits. Doom III was basically a "reimagining" of the first Doom game's storyline (a la the revamped Battlestar Galactica). So willl the fourth Doom game be a continuation of, say, Doom II's Earth invasion? Willits wasn't giving up any story ideas yet.
Big Download will be releasing more of their QuakeCon 2008 interview with Willits in the near future, so maybe we'll get a few more tidbits soon.
QuakeCon 2008: Doom IV won't actually be called Doom IV [Big Download]
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 1 August 2008
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