I don't give a fuck about it. 

instead, I hope they come up with something original and exciting for a change. Come on, revisiting the Quake world can only be a disappointment for hardcore fans like us. Look at what they have done with Doom! 

Release Rage and it's SDK god damn it... looks like there might be some fun enemies and weaponry in that thing, and damn I want a fucking current gen FPS that is also fun to map for (or even has tools to begin with) :p 

id has long ceased to be a company where another Quake could be done well. Don't get excited, it'll just be a cash grab that will rape your memory of a good game. 

Interesting new tech, with an alibi game around it. 

I think Rage looks pretty cool tbh, albeit not entirely original. It is at least original IP for iD. And will (I assume) have an SDK. Unlike Deus Ex 3 :(

And I dunno. I like the idea of a more modern update of the Quake universe. I know, gameplay wise it won't be Quake (that'd be more painkiller than any iD game you're ever going to see), too much publisher control and market awareness to release something like that. But a scripted, storied version of Q1 with pretty graphics. I'd still take that over yet more modern/near future/WW2 warfare or yet-another-dystopia (and I like post apocalyptic dystopia).

Just remember. It won't be Quake. But it might be something good. 

but I'd like to see them take Quake in a more Call-of-Cthulhu direction. 

Why would you want that? There's already 4 call of duties, another one on the way (looking forward to that, actually), and then there's battlefield and socom, which are both duty-esque. What would duty-ifying quake bring? Quickscoping shamblers? That kind of sounds fun but i think you get my point. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu 

Call of Cthulhu: Modern Warfare... 

 

It will be violent. And cool. I predict that it will remain authentic. The fighting will be old-school. God I want something like STALKER but with better voice-acting and more scope. And cooler combat (passes out....)****/* (hic) 

I SAID COME IN. DON'T STAND THERE.

but quake5 is so far into the future, it's not even worth worrying about right now.
and rage looks like it'll be pretty cool at least. 

Rage will be at least cool and/or somehow nifty. The vids online at least show that some of the weapons don't suck, and imo the enemies were pretty cool. 

Soap, bring down that chopper!
Soap, get the c4!
Soap, hold still while I open the door for you!
Soap, grasp the unfathomable reaches of your futility in the wake of what lies between the feeble mind and ever dying stars!
Soap, escort the VIP!

That aside, I am moderately interested in Rage, the weapon selection looks rather satisfying (mind-control bolts + self-gibbing and turrets). 

+1 internets for Scarecrow :)

While I certainly hold no hope that Quake 5 would play like the Quake we all know and love, I am certainly interested to see the environments and general aesthetic re-imagined with modern technology. I think something like ziggurat vertigo in a state of the art engine with some crazy local gravity physics would be an awesome level.

Shamblers with actual fur! ;)

Rage is actually looking better and better with each level playthrough they release. The Wellspring level playthrough was the one that got me really excited for it in particular, the movement and weapons have that signature id feel to them, meaty and with real weight.

Has anyone seen or heard anything about the editor for Rage? Is it the same deal as in doom 3 where the editor is within the game itself? What about working with megatextures? 

Has anyone seen or heard anything about the editor for Rage? Is it the same deal as in doom 3 where the editor is within the game itself? What about working with megatextures?

i recall seeing a video of this in action.
essentially it's the same as d3-- the engine is the editor.
megatexture was i think basically just painted on in the editor, so like you'd look at the terrain, pick your brush and go.
also, you could import bitmaps to paint a repeating pattern or something? 

It will be violent. And cool. I predict that it will remain authentic. The fighting will be old-school. God I want something like STALKER but with better voice-acting and more scope. And cooler combat (passes out....)****/* (hic)

If their remake of Quake 1 contains any human voices I will personally throttle everybody at ID. 

Is Brandon James still working at id? If so, there's still hope for a properly Quake Q5.

What would duty-ifying quake bring? Quickscoping shamblers?

I have a hunch that Doom 4 will be more or less this. 

Is Brandon James still working at id? If so, there's still hope for a properly Quake Q5.

nope , afaik he's at splash damage or human head whatever 

That question came 11 years too late. 

I'm buying way more this year than usual:
Portal 2
Terraria
Skyrim
Torchlight 2
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Duke Nukem Forever (ok, so it's not awesome, but whatever)
Alice
Rage
Minecraft (bought alpha last year, but out of beta this year)
Bioshock Infinity (also 11.11.11?)

Normally it seems I only have one or two titles to look forward to and also end up buying a bunch of stuff that I kind of sorta wanted in the end of year sales, but there's a lot I'm buying at full price this year.

They also aren't all pc games, but it seems like the definitive version of all games will be pc at least. 

Indeed.

I'd be happy with them trying to revisit Quake in some form. Sure it wouldn't be as good as a true remake of Quake, but I liked Doom3 and I liked Quake2 and aside from the ultra-linearity I thought the latter was a pretty good Q2 remake. 

A Quake 1 reboot would be amazing even if it wasn't as good as the original game. I'm sure we'd all love to see what today's id could make of Quake's Lovecraftian world with their current tech. Just thinking about how it could look gives me a boner and makes me want to do some mapping.

I just hope to God that whatever they do, it doesn't become too heavily inspired by modern shooters with all their pseudo-realistic bullshit (slow movement, 2 weapon limit... story) 

"and ultra scripted tunnel levels with rigid objectives" to list of things I hope id do not do with any potential Quake reboot. Hopefully Rage is going to demonstrate id's skill in nonlinearity (fingers crossed) and Doom 4 is going to show off their ability to take the gameplay back to the old skool (I heard they wanted to make it less of a horror and more of a shooter, but that was ages ago and I'm sure they probably changed their mind a hundred times since then.)