Janizdreg Posted April 1, 2010 As you may know, id Software has decided not to release any new official Doom 4 information until QuakeCon 2010. Unfortunately for them and perhaps to the joy of info-hungry Doom fans all over the globe, an early alpha version of Doom 4 has leaked to the hands of a couple of naughty Doom-loving individuals. The anonymous duo of naughtiness has decided not to spread the leaked version further to avoid legal measures from id, but have released a bunch of information, a screenshot and a map view of E1M3. A quote from the naughties:Apparently id is going to make Doom 4 a faithful HD remake of the first Doom, similar to what Serious Sam HD did to the original Serious Sam game. As you might’ve guessed, the alpha is in a very barebones state and uses tons of placeholder resources from Doom and Doom 3. Three levels are in a playable state: E1M1, E1M3 and E2M2. The status bar face, Imp and Demon graphics have been renewed as well as a bunch of textures, but apart from that it’s just a bunch of placeholders or recycled stuff being used until the actual HD resources are finished. So there you have it: Doom 4 is actually going to be exactly what classic Doom fans have been craving for for years. Let the tears of joy be shed! 0 Share this post Link to post
sgtcrispy Posted April 2, 2010 esselfortium said:But does it have texture-mapping? And better physics? 0 Share this post Link to post
Dco16 Posted April 2, 2010 The shotgun looks like some cheap plastic piece of crap they got at Toys R Us. 0 Share this post Link to post
Janizdreg Posted April 2, 2010 fyrestorm said:Worst april fools ever. Oh no, did id's bad HD spriting skills really hurt your feelings that badly. :-( 0 Share this post Link to post
doom2day Posted April 2, 2010 For some reason, the face on the status bar has a striking resemblance to our favourite fascist authoritarian. 0 Share this post Link to post
DuckReconMajor Posted April 2, 2010 if you pm me a copy i wont tell anyone ;-) 0 Share this post Link to post
caboose1408 Posted April 2, 2010 This better not be the real Doom 4. One of the modders could easily make this. 0 Share this post Link to post
DuckReconMajor Posted April 2, 2010 caboose1408 said:One of the modders could easily make this. That didn't stop Doom 2. 0 Share this post Link to post
ASDFASDF Posted April 2, 2010 DuckReconMajor said:That didn't stop Doom 2. You realize that Doom 2 was released prior to ultimate doom right? It was a huge jump from the shareware version with much more complex levels. No modder could have done that much to the game. See also this is OBVIOUSLY an April fool's joke. They wouldn't redo an original Doom game and call it Doom 4 and just look at the pictures... 0 Share this post Link to post
Janizdreg Posted April 2, 2010 Pure Adrenallen said:They wouldn't redo an original Doom game and call it Doom 4 and just look at the pictures... Although it should be noted that Doom 4 is just a working title. Quoting Hollenshead: "Seriously, some days we call it Doom 4. Sometimes we call it Doom. Sometimes we call it the new Doom. We haven't settled on a final title yet." Check out the source right here. EDIT: Oh yeah, and I almost forgot about this one. Hollenshead has also stated that Doom 4 is "not a sequel to Doom 3, but it's not a reboot either. Doom 3 was sort of a reboot. It's a little bit different than those." Source. So it's not a sequel and it's not a reboot. What's left? A remake/update of course! 0 Share this post Link to post
Texas Libra Posted April 2, 2010 I honestly thought the Tolwyn cover story was the joke this year. Then again, Action Doom 2 was an April Fool's joke one year, then look what happened... 0 Share this post Link to post
ASDFASDF Posted April 2, 2010 See also that the new Doom game will take place on earth and Doom 1 was not. 0 Share this post Link to post
VinceDSS Posted April 2, 2010 it's almost believable, good job to whoever pulled that trick :) 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted April 2, 2010 Pure Adrenallen said:You realize that Doom 2 was released prior to ultimate doom right? You realize that Ultimate Doom is doom with a 4th episode right? 0 Share this post Link to post
Zeroth Posted April 2, 2010 that pinky demon model.. what is that from? it looks sweet. I want it :-) 0 Share this post Link to post
CleanShanchez Posted April 2, 2010 Ah Alphas, always good for a laugh. Speaking of laughs, what the hell happened to the DoomFace? Looks like they tried using the same face art for Doom 3 and then decided, "Fuck it. It's an alpha. Let's just use MS paint for the hair." 0 Share this post Link to post
Csonicgo Posted April 2, 2010 Pure Adrenallen said:See also this is OBVIOUSLY an April fool's joke. They wouldn't redo an original Sonic game and call it Sonic 4 ftfy 0 Share this post Link to post
ASDFASDF Posted April 2, 2010 Csonicgo said:ftfy This is id not Sega lol. Also I used Ultimate Doom as an example because modders didn't really take hold until Ultimate Doom. 0 Share this post Link to post
Csonicgo Posted April 2, 2010 Pure Adrenallen said:This is id not Sega lol. Also I used Ultimate Doom as an example because modders didn't really take hold until Ultimate Doom. Eh, I dunno. I think Doom2 laid the way for modding because it was the first doom actually sold in stores. There were still that percentage that really hated buying games in the mail. 0 Share this post Link to post
Janizdreg Posted April 2, 2010 Yes, it was a prank alright. Since some of you were curious about the stuff I used in the images, here's a basic summary:The pinky demon "HD sprite" is actually a fan-made maquette. I dunno who made it though. The full status bar face artwork can be found here. The screenshot was taken with Risen3D utilizing its high-resolution texture packs. The map view image is a shot of the Classic Doom 3 E1M3. 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted April 2, 2010 Pure Adrenallen said: Also I used Ultimate Doom as an example because modders didn't really take hold until Ultimate Doom. Not really. Many WADs were made for DOOM during 1994. Once DOOM II came out, most people switched to it for modding, arguably because it offers more monsters and items. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ahcruna Posted April 2, 2010 oh nuts I sprayed water all over my screen! those shots are breath taking! truly big leap in game graphics! 0 Share this post Link to post
Graf Zahl Posted April 2, 2010 Pure Adrenallen said:This is id not Sega lol. Also I used Ultimate Doom as an example because modders didn't really take hold until Ultimate Doom. You obviously haven't been there 16 years ago... 0 Share this post Link to post
ASDFASDF Posted April 2, 2010 Graf Zahl said:You obviously haven't been there 16 years ago... Er, not sure what that means since it is horrible grammar. Anyway, the whole thing was that somebody said a modder could have done what was done in Doom II. By the time Doom II was released no modder had done something as drastic as adding guns/monsters/complex levels yet. That was my point and I don't know why you guys are making such a damn deal of it. 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted April 3, 2010 We're making "such a damn deal of it" because you don't know when you're wrong. For example, here's an older version of an unusual weapon & monster combo, another replacement monster and a couple of fairly complex levels that are all older than Doom 2. 0 Share this post Link to post