Yeka ukuthi 'kunzima kanjani ukuhluleka' ukuphonswa ngaphezulu.
UJohn Romero ungomunye wabantu abanethonya kakhulu abaye basebenza embonini yokudlala. Ngisho ukuthi unesijeziso , isiyaluyalu sesibili , isigwebo esiphezulu, isigwebo sokugcina, isigwebo 64, lo mfana angenzani?
Ngo-March 1997, uJohn Romero wanquma ukuthi uzokwenza umdlalo. Umdlalo uzoba amazinga angu-24 ngezikhathi ezingu-4, ube nezikhali ezingu-25, nezilo ezingu-64. Nginesiqiniseko ukuthi iqembu e-Ion Storm lalalela ngokuthula, libuza ukuthi yiliphi i-punchline, yini uJohn Romero ayifunayo nangenye i-FPS endala? NjengoDavid Blaine, kumelwe ukuba wayebukele emehlweni, waxhuma futhi wamemeza, "Sizokwenza ezinyangeni ezingu-7."
UJohn Romero, onethalente elikhulu, wabuza ngokushesha ukuthi "Yini engenzeka kulo mdlalo, ukuthi ngisho noJohn Romero akakwazanga ukuwuqeda?" futhi wenza ngokushesha konke angakwenza ukuze azenzele ukuhluleka. Wayesebenza nabasebenzi abangenalwazi, esiteshini esisha esisha, futhi ngemuva kokuvakashela u-E3 futhi ebonisa uDaikatana, wanquma ukushintshela ku-Q uake II injini ngenxa yokuphawula ukuthi umdlalo wabo, usebenzisa i-Quake injini, ubheke usuku. Kulindeleke, abazange benze umkhawulo wokugcina kaKhisimusi ka-1997.
Lo mdlalo ugibele cishe ekuthandeni kukaRomero futhi omagazini abaningana bathi: "Kumele kube yiyona imbangela yegolide okwenza konke okwenziwa uRomero." Ngakho-ke uyenzani uma umdlalo uqinisekisiwe ukuthengisa ngoba nje uhilelekile kuwo? Uvumela ukukhangisa komdlalo ukuqala ukuhlambalaza ikhasimende lakho ngenkathi ungabonisi lutho ngomkhiqizo wakho. Khona-ke uqasha intombi yakho, engenayo isipiliyoni sokwenza ikhodi ukuze ibe umklami wezinga, uthenge yonke indawo yezinto ezibiza kakhulu, futhi wenze ithimba lakho lokuthuthuka libe lihlanya kangangokuthi lihambe futhi libe yinkampani yabo.
Ekupheleni kuka -97, leli qembu lathola ikhodi yomthombo we-Quake II. UJohn Romero, engadingi imithetho eminayo, wayehole iqembu ukuba liguqule ikhodi ye-Quake yangempela kangangokuthi ukubhalwa kabusha okuphelele kwakudingekile esikhundleni sechweba elisheshayo abacabanga ngalo. Ukubhalwa kabusha kubhaliwe kugcwaliswe ngaphezu konyaka kamuva ngoJanuwari 1999, ukulahlekelwa usuku lokuqala lokukhishwa ngonyaka.
Idemo yabadlali abaningi yenza ngo-March '99, akubonanga lutho oluthembisiwe futhi lwahluleka ukumangalisa. Inhlekelele enkulu kunazozonke zokuthuthukiswa kuzokwenzeka njengoba iqembu lihlenga i-Demo yabo e-E3 kuze kube yilapho liye lafika khona kuma-FPS angu-10-12, lingenaso isikhathi sokulilungisa, laboniswa futhi i-Eidos Interactive, imali ye-Ion Storm nomshicileli we- umdlalo, wanquma ukuthatha. Ion Storm yaba yiningi lakwa-Eidos, futhi abasunguli bekampani baphoqelelwa ngaphandle. Ngandlela-thile kusathatha isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka ukukhulula lo mdlalo, kanti umfana kwakungalungile njengoba ubungacabanga.
U-Romero wayesetshenzisile isikhathi esiningi sokuzibophezela ukukhulula noma yini efana neyomdlalo njengemidlalo yakhe yangaphambili. UDaikatana wayengumbhoshongo okhululekile nge-killer of bugs, okuyi-AI umngane wakho, owayenendlela yokuthola inkatho esithombeni seqhwa. Injini ye-Quake II eqenjini elahlekile ngonyaka ekudluliseni umdlalo ukuthi yayingasebenzi, ixhaswe yi-id Tech 3 ne-Unreal izinjini, futhi njengoba ukukhangisa bekuhlambalaza izithameli zakhe, okuwukuthi wonke umuntu, akekho owakhathalela ngokwanele ukuwuthenga kufanelekile.
Akukho i-Ion Storm noma uJohn Romero owake waphola kusukela ekushayweni bazinikela noDaikatana. Ion Storm yayizobe ihamba iminyaka embalwa futhi ibuye ikhulume kakhulu noDeus Ex ngonyaka ka-2000. Kodwa-ke, isithunzi se-Eidos Interactive sibafake phezu kwabo, futhi njengama-studios amaningi amancane abashicileli abakhulu, babelungele kakhulu njengegama labo, eliye laphazamiseka kabi ngenxa yokukhohlisa kukaDaikatana. UJohn Romero akakwazanga ukushaya elinye ngemuva kokulimala kwakhe ngesikhathi ehlaselwa ngesihluku, iminyaka eminingi. Nakuba ehlala embonini, ikakhulukazi uyadlala emidlalweni yeselula futhi ngokuyinhloko isuka ekukhanyeni komphakathi.