John Romero— the guy behind influential shooters such asDoomandQuake— may be busy with his strategy gameEmpire of Sin, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have plans to potentially go back to his roots. The founder of Romero Games has stated that they currently have a design for a first-person shooter in the stylings ofDoomandQuake.
During arecent Reddit AMA with Romero on r/pcgaming(viaGameRevolution), user CoreAffinity asked, “How do you feel about the newDoomseries, and would you ever create a new FPS in the likeness ofQuake?” In response to the first question, Romero says, “I really like the newDoom(2016) and from what I can see of Eternal, it’s going to be a winner as well.” I mean, what fool doesn’t likeDoom(2016), am I right?
His response to the second question is a bit vague but is still exciting for fans of 90s style shooters. “And yes,” Romero confirms, “I do have a design for an FPS in the style ofDoom/Quake.” There isn’t much else to gather from his response. Also, when asked when the shooter would release by Reddit user pawelpiotr4444, Romero simply responded, “It’s done when it’s done,” ending with a winky face emoji.
Obviously, it won’t specifically be aDoomorQuakegame, as both franchises are still under the id Software banner. It could beBlackroom, a first-person shooter Romero and Adrian Carmack kickstarted back in 2016. However, Romero confirmed in the AMA that there is no new information about the game right now.
It can also be concluded that it will not be aDaikatanaremake as someone asked about that during the AMA session. Because of how “reviled"Daikatanawas when it released,Romero believesfinding a publisher would be rather difficult. “Even though it’s been 20 years, the stigma hasn’t gone away,” says Romero of 2000 release. “There are many people who love the game and ask me about this, but there’s no publisher that would pay for a sequel or remake (that I know of). I guess we will just have to wait and see.
The last time Romero entered the shooting space was withSigil, a free megawad that requires a registered copy of the originalDoom. It takes place after E4M8 and beforeDoom 2. It is free, but special boxed editions of the megawad were purchasable.
