John Romero announces Severity

[jpd2009RV]

i just finished the book Masters of Doom a couple days ago.. i was absolutely amazed! i had to find videos of john carmack and romero. ive played doom and quake all my life. it's really cool to see that he still has his epic mane!

[4pred]

@jpd2009RV

Im reading it at the moment, good read.

[Anton1987RU]

John Awesome!

[MadokaCatty]

John ROCK !

[ukloi123]

What a shame, that he's no more with id Software. =/ He's one of the best developers ever.

[Khorzho]

He looks a little like Tom Araya from Slayer

[ZygoInferior]

you know what, for anyone whos seen the film crow. He really looks like the bad bossman in it, the guy with the asian sister. Am i wrong?

[asdf7326]

THE lazy eye... i cant stop following it with my mouse cursor

[SilkyMuggs]

So what ever happened to this "SeVerity"?

[MatukaHAHA]

@SilkyMuggs Got canceled.

[SilkyMuggs]

@MatukaHAHA Yes but WHY?

[MatukaHAHA]

@SilkyMuggs No publishers were interested in the game so they couldn't get the funding for the game.

[SilkyMuggs]

@MatukaHAHA That makes perfect sense, thanks.

[MatukaHAHA]

@Cuenca20 He's talking about 4on4s (Team matches) and 1on1s/Duels (Solo matches).

[yzbi]

He's not CROSS eyed... he is BOSS eyed.

[Cuenca20]

Yes he's crosseyed, that's why he don't need wallhack... he sees everything

[88Cortex]

@Cuenca20 Hahahahah, that totally got me ROFL :)!

[newyorkment]

John Romero VS. George Romero FIGHT!!!

[johny260]

whatevers happened since, he did make doom.

[ThePlaidFace]

I knew he was responsible for Daikatana. Didn't know he was cross eyed too.

[jorge201021]

does somebody know why did he put homself on Doom 2?

[TheViolenceMan]

a nerd trying to act all rockstar and shit. what a prick

[BMF123321]

remember this guy is the founder of firstperson shooters.

[hanrinch]

is this guy still alive?

[DejectedPanda]

Still douschy after all these years. 

[slaxxxer]

Fuck me, who gave Tom Araya hair straighteners for Christmas?

[MaxRideWizardLord]

John Romero so fucking badass, he much better thay GAY retarded fatso gayben newell, who ruin TF2 >:(

[roxasfruit]

to win the game you must kill him, john romero

[Arod006enforcer]

the game was cancelled to my knowledge ...

[bluballzzz]

@Arod006enforcer good when was the last time this fag made a good game?

[Arod006enforcer]

@bluballzzz shit who knows man XD

[topdinero]

@bluballzzz he is making facebook games now...

[dale2314]

Which eye do I focus on?

[bobjimjones]

Is he cross eyed?

[Arod006enforcer]

Is he cross eyed?

[Makrillol]

To win the game you must kill me, John Romero!

[Fr33man1988]

Is he cross eyed?

[robs1496]

when did romero go from awesome single player games to really crappy multiplayer games?

[metabog]

Never came out, did it?

Dammit, Romero.

[starsiegeplayer]

@metabog No it got cancelled. It's a pity.

[smartarse001]

PRAY THAT NO-ONE LETS ROMERO LICENCE A GAME ENGINE AGAIN!

[pnroyal]

..... for a minute I thought he said Dave Mustaine and I was all like.... suck on that shit, Lars!

[richardmaudsley77]

I made john romero my bitch.

He's sucking it down.

[TadRaunch]

John Travolta's nerdy brother?

[spites1]

he has a wonk eye xD

[LivingdeadMetal]

To win the game you must kill me, JOHN!

[Enysvar]

If I ever got one wish, it would be that Romero got back into id and helped design doom 4.

[MaxRideWizardLord]

John Romero is just like Stiven Seagal copy :3

[ANXIETY93]

i must kill john romero to win the game....i will be seeing you soon john.

[pcorf]

John, if I kill you. I will win the game.

[Kingofeurope]

To win the game you must kill John Romero :D

[qwenbv]

@Kingofeurope teehee.

[d3tach3d]

Fuck the CPL.

[Oziblade]

he listens to the same music that I do :)

[vigilhammer]

@Oziblade and what music is thaat?

[The91210user]

God, I hope he didn't take laps around LA in a Ferrari, before posting this video.

Stay as programmer, plz..

[stuartp2006]

Lazy eye much?

[Chubzdoomer]

@stuartp2006 You're going to have a black eye soon if you don't shut that mouth of yours, buddy.

[KevinBusomjack]

I saw John Romero working at the local Starbucks down in Denver Colorado recently. He made me a Venti Cafe Americano. Unfortunately it had a foot long grey hair in it.

[EendjeKwak]

Oremor nhoj ,em llik tsum uoy emag eht niw ot!

[Ajeel06]

is he broke? does he need some spare change

CAN YA SPARE THIS MAN SOME CHANGE

[rvillal57]

is that a lazy eye he has??

[hardgayramen4ever]

when's daikatana2 out?

[mayhemtv]

Severity? Is it out? Can someone tell me more about this project plz?

[alex9044]

It was put on hold. Then Romero eventually said it's canceled, thought other team members said that Romero is out of the loop and game is still in the stealth development mode. Well, typical drama around things that John touches. :)

[TAz69x]

Time magazine Daikatana: "Everything [John Romero] touches turns to gibs and gold."

...everything Romero touches managerial-style in ANY manner turns into a piece of shit, or collapses into oblivion or "why the fuck is this man stuck with cousin It's 80s hair" or "daaamn Romero's cocky for a guy who's been knocked the fuck down a humble peg or three since his overcocky Doom/post-Quake days."

John/Adrian Carmack explain a lot of the history (particularly at id) well, and Romero's fucked behavior

[angryvideogameshad]

it was cool if romero creat a new game...i dont know why everybody hate daikatana i know for some reason its for (john romero he about to make you his bitch and you suck it down) but it was a cool game we dont care about what he say but if more people buy daikatana in the time i think he do some new game today so think about it

[Wtfgames]

No it was not a cool game it fucking sucked i did indeed buy it when i came out and hated it

[Airjet2582]

What is he Native American?

[Northisbest]

John Romero is awesome. I email him and he email back to me. I have great afmire of him for good respect. ROMERO + DOOM 2 RULE !!!!

[NinjaRunningWild]

Yeah, he is a pretty easy guy to talk to.

[angryvideogameshad]

you are so lucky how do you email him i want email him and email back to me plz say to me how

[Northisbest]

Long time ago. When he was working with Daikatana :)

[angryvideogameshad]

ok but what he say in the message plz tell me

[angryvideogameshad]

hey me to i want a email from him

[BlobgiDude]

Is that Alice in Chains in the backround? awesome

[coolwater1]

anyone know about his new project? i know he created sliipgate studios but have not heard anything about his new ip.

[p1ll0x]

heavy metal

[Gamerboyxboxandps3]

cross eyed faggot

carmack takes a shit on romero

[NinjaRunningWild]

Carmack is more technically proficient at programming, but Romero was way more creative. It was the combination that made id what it was.

[alice1cmd]

epic fail

[Evildood89]

lol wazup with severity right now?

[sathomaso]

What's the name of the intro theme?

Apparently ALICE IN CHAINS ... but can anyone please tell me the exact song-name?

Please click on the Reply button right next to my post, so I will be notified when you answer.

[thekab9]

This is Judas Priest.

Demonizer from the album Angel of Retribution.

[sathomaso]

Awesome, thx for the info! :)

[hteman]

judas priest demonizer

[jonhead57]

Eyes of the tiger ;)

[DOOMER23JK]

wtf is up with hes eyes lol?

[ReverendSyn]

My goodness, your eyes sure are green.

[14yearoldxboxfan]

lol adam sandler with long hair

[caffeine1]

lol. never thought of that before, but you're right! ha ha haha ha hah ahah haha!!!!

[DeahOiram]

john romero is the coolest person in the world.

[DangerStepp]

John Romero is the year 1993 personified.

[KevinBusomjack]

I agree, John Romero is like the year 1993 since the year 1993 has passed and we'll never see it again.

[Bulbasaurdude]

omg! its that guy...! from doom 2...!

[CampBreezyBeach]

The unanswered question remains, will John Romero make me his bitch?

Not very likely.

[DeahOiram]

pff... i doubt that.

[tyetheczar]

Maybe he'll if not make us his bitch, at least like him again with his Slipgate MMO.

[CampBreezyBeach]

Derek Smart will make ALL of us his bitch...

[zeonthedevilking]

do u not think john is cross eyed abit ??/

[Dofte]

yeah i also noticed this xD

[Firmar94]

He maybe has problems with eyes but he is pretty damn amazing person :)

[KommisarKowl]

DAIKATANA 2, FINALLY!

[zhawmedia]

what is the soundtrack?

cual es el nombre de la musica que suena al principio del video? =(

[allrain]

Don't know about the intro stuff. But what Romero is listening to is "Sludge Factory" form the awesome Alice in Chains. They are in Doom as well so.. ;)

[redking15ca]

does he have a lazy eye? he doesnt seam to be looking at the camera....

whatever happened to the sin episodes?

[AsthmaSucks]

slighlty yer

[Monodox313]

Anybody who disses John "Deathmatch" Romero isn't a true gamer, so what if his latest games are not the greatest, he's been involved in the greatest (Commander Keen series, Wolfenstein 3D series, DOOM series, Quake)

Seems like it's the cool thing to do lately, just rip on the guy. Just respect him for the past!

[skysilcox]

Plus he's taken alot of chances even if they have ended up bad in more current times. id didn't after he left. They stayed with the tried and true. I'm not putting id down BTW. Ion Storm? Deus Ex and Anachronox came out of that group. Both great games.

Once you get a mega-block buster you're kind of expected to ride that same success or your looked at skeptically.

My point?

He's done great work. He has an ego. He's made some mistakes. He's still done and doing some great stuff for the industry

[CampBreezyBeach]

I have goofed on Romero a LOT on Youtube, (especially in regards to the Bitch ad which I actually like in a gallows humour sort of way,) but I cannot take away the creations that we got from the man.

Carmack and Romero both had massive egos. One wanted to be king of coding and the other wanted to be king of gamers. Ultimately Carmack hit a wall, (being cutting edge is fleeting, just ask Nintendo and Atari,) and so did John.

Respect and defend his past but his present, not so much.

[CampBreezyBeach]

John Romero was to gaming what the Dogtown boys were to skateboarding. (Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, Jay Adams, Shogo et all.) They kicked EVERYONE else's ass for a few years but ultimately the times past them by and they were beaten at their own game. It doesn't take away their importance but it doesn't give them their relevance in the skate world back either.

[CampBreezyBeach]

Part 2:

What Romero needs to do is what Tony Hawk and Tony Alva are going and that's a gaming equivilant of the 'Old Skool Sk8 Park Tour.' John could assemble the pro gaming and writing legends of the 90's and tour the country in deathmatch weekends with fans and gamers. (Like a gaming answer to the KISS Konventions.) Rock icons like KISS, Pink Floyd and the likes don't record much anymore but they tour playing the classic hits. Why not gamers too?

[Brytebuss]

"Despite the Cyberathlete Professional League ceasing operations on 13 March 2008, Tom Mustaine, the director of Escalation Studios, has said that Escalation Studios will continue to work on Severity, although it is not their main focus at this time."

[CyborgNinja7]

OH man... he likes Alice in Chains. And I wanted to hate this guy.

[Killterrier]

john "epic fail" romero

[Tstar2]

John "doom" "quake" "wolfenstein" Romero

[faceheadman]

oremor nhoj , em llik stum uoy emag eht niw ot

[SamuraiNegro407]

After Daikatana it's hard to believe he even has any job at all.

[33deagle]

Doom2 d5m1 and dweller2 map11 1v1. Thats where its at. If you dont know what im talking about then you havnt experienced hardcore gaming.

[kingatrock]

lol going to that cpl website says cpl has shutdown, all events in 2008 canceled. Sound familiar John? Back to obscurity for you!

[1983redeyes1983]

We heard all this before, with Crapitana, sorry, Daikatana.

Romero is the biggest empty vessel in the scene.

[debelez]

What is the name of the song in the begining in the video

[BraCBraDPiTT93]

John Romero for The Best XD that funny cool!

[redkef]

I can't believe he cut his hair. That shit was fucking beast.

[ScarletSnake]

OMG He looks like something from a horror movie

[ubuntu704feistyfawn]

severity dont be revoliution. he uses old quake 2 engine. but i guess it will be amazing gameplay like doom.

[EvilSandwich]

I know John Romero has it in him to make Severity a crazy success. I mean this is one of the main guys responsible for Doom. And Doom was so awesome, that 14 years later, I'm STILL playing it. But please, for the love of GOD, don't he better not screw this one up. The man's a genius, but oftentimes he can let that fact get to his head.

Stay cool about this John and, who knows, you just might get that Daikatana monkey off your back.

[Merjia]

That is actuly a very good idea! I cant wait to play it.

[ewupawly]

FUCK that I have nothing to be happy about John. I want you to put out something that has the effect on me as DOOM did back in the day. That game changed my life

[bonrocker]

Just remember: if youve ever played an fps, its thanks to this man.

[Blade3327]

How exactly did DOOM change your life? It's a little unnerving...

[rebirthangel]

A simple answer to a simple question. He's basicly saying that Doom was a really fucking awsome game. Doom was awsome, and the Quake series just wasn't the same without John Romero. I think he was the one who suggested a medievil setting for the original Quake.

[Blade3327]

Wow. 4 months to answer a simple comment. Coolio!

[rebirthangel]

Actually, I stumbled upon it recently, or two days ago to be precise. Besides, you never know if they have those Email notices.

[Arppis]

I think he left because they didn't make it medievil enough. I think Quake might have been better singleplayer if it was made his way. But it was revolutionary multiplayer game as it is. But I would have loved to see the medievil version still.

[pjwireless]

He is the one that made suggestions for every game out at the time from ID Carmack fired him eventually as no work was getting done. Romero has allot of haters out there but if you ever meet him in person he is a really awesome person.

[TeknoMaX]

totally true... You can perfectly see how Romero's and McGee's departures affected ID: goodbye to those incredible ambientations and designs... ID was NOT the same after they left.

Btw, it wasn't John Carmack who fired him...

And if it was for him it would be all technical improvements and engine show-off. Thanks God he has other people around...

[drrude]

There wi

[retread01]

I know he messed up with Daikatana but if you try things you sometimes mess up. He still co-created Doom and that is a work of genius so the man has done it and done it well.

[TheDopefish]

Well, I don't think the game is actually going to be developed by John Romero...

[rebirthangel]

Your right. He's working on an MMO at the moment.

[johnnyteres]

Man I hope nobody brings up Daikatana... OOPS!

[RaptormanMT]

I have the same problem as ol' John. Stuck clinging to my glory years.