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IGN: Last question. There's co-op offline and online for Xbox, but not for the PC. I doubt it could be a technical concern, so what's the reasoning for that?

Todd: That's a good question. The Xbox version, because it's in contemporaneous development with the PC. When it was started, basically was conceived as a console implementation of what we're trying to do on the PC, as opposed to a port where they take whatever we do on the PC and "boom" slap it on the Xbox. The Xbox version was designed from the ground up to support co-operative play over System Link and Xbox Live. There [were] some changes, concessions, considerations that had to be made from a lot of different standpoints in terms of stuff as mundane as how narrow the hallways are to the ability of the AI of the enemies to focus on one versus two players -- because it's no fun to play the co-op guy that the world seems to ignore -- to how the narrative of single-player story is told.

On the PC version, it was always conceived of as a purely single-player experience. The whole, "you're alone in your room and all the lights are turned out." It's an experience where we want you to be afraid to get up and turn the lights off because you're alone. Whereas, because the console market is different, because people like to play together. Now, we won't have the ability to do split-screen, but the console consumer is more, "Hey, we love co-op" and it's all supported within the Xbox with Xbox Live and System Link. It made a lot more sense for us when we were designing [the game] to include that feature, [which] was never considered to be a critical feature for the PC [version], given that our goal from the start with the PC version was to make it the best single-player game that id had ever made.

given that our goal from the start with the PC version was to make it the best single-player game that id had ever made.

Vympel wrote:I don't really mind. I prefer single-player to multiplayer, 100% of the time.

SPOOFE wrote: I applaud your decision, iD. Let these whiny little bitches spit and sputter about their precious lil' "co-op"

Spyder wrote:

SPOOFE wrote: I applaud your decision, iD. Let these whiny little bitches spit and sputter about their precious lil' "co-op"

Yes, go iD! Ignore your fans!

Uraniun235 wrote:I just love how PC players are really getting fucked now thanks to the highly similar architecture of the Xbox.

Stofsk wrote:There are occasions where playing a multiplayer game is fun and 'social' but on average I prefer singleplayer games. No fuckheads, no bullshit lag or dropouts, no l33t3 speak or whatever the fuck it's called etc.

Thirdfain wrote:Am I the only one who thinks that there is a serious place in the gaming world for pure single-player games? I'm too young to have hit the whole Doom fragfest thing, but as far as my own experience goes, the real joy behind the original game was the single player.

If id wants to make a truly badass single-player experience, why not let em? Hell, it might even live up to the hype.

constantine wrote:Doesn't really bother me. I had planned on renting DOOM anyways so I already planned on playing it on the X-Box.

As a side note: it pleases my sadistic side to finally see PC players suffer. No offense but until recently, all I've had to play was consoles and now you know how I've felt for the past couple years seeing all you PC players get all the games.

Alyeska wrote:

constantine wrote:Doesn't really bother me. I had planned on renting DOOM anyways so I already planned on playing it on the X-Box.

As a side note: it pleases my sadistic side to finally see PC players suffer. No offense but until recently, all I've had to play was consoles and now you know how I've felt for the past couple years seeing all you PC players get all the games.

You can fucking kiss my ass. The PC gets the good FPS titles (or at least it used to) because its the superior platform.