Life After Doom - Video Games' Visionaries

[Darth_Payn]

I hope you're going to continue the list of game auteurs next week, because you left off Warren Spector, the man to thank for Deus Ex by leading the section of game designers at Ion Storm who knew what they were doing.
Then again, looking through his wikipedia page, I found Spector did not work on DOOM, QUAKE, or anything at id. I just thought nothing about Ion Storm should leave out Spector. So if you are doing more game auteurs, they don't have to be former DOOM team members.

 

[Joe Fajita]

You can party in a black suit, you can party in a white suit, but a grey suit? Good for meeting the girlfriend's parents, maybe.

Ha! Shows what this guy knows about fashion!

 

[RyQ_TMC]

*Puts on flamesuit*

Similar to how the Japanese Dark Souls is the best WRPG, the American Anachronox is the best JRPG ever made.

Anachronox is essentially a JRPG? Hmmm, colour me interested. I'll have to try it.

It's for $1.49 at GOG for the next 21 hours. Good time to try it out, I guess.

OT: I think the best combination is if you have an auteur kept in check by a committee. If you give too much creative control to one person and leave them unchecked, the resulting product is often a bit of a mess (Peter Molyneux and, to an extent, Tim Schafer both exhibit this problem). They keep adding to the project to fulfill their grand vision, and then suddenly all hell breaks loose because they've burnt through all the resources. Whatever's ready gets a bit of a dusting and has to be rushed to the shelves.

 

[drivetheory]

American McGee's Alice, one of the most memorable games I've played from that era. If you haven't experienced this game you are missing out. Be use to vote for it on GOG, http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/american_mcgees_alice