Zomwe 'zimakhala zovuta kwambiri kuti zisalephere' kugwedezeka.
John Romero ndi mmodzi wa anthu otchuka kwambiri omwe agwirapo ntchito mu masewera a masewera. Ndikutanthauza kuti muli ndi chilango , chilango chachiwiri , chiwonongeko chachikulu, chiwonongeko chomaliza, chilango 64, kodi munthu uyu sangachite chiyani?
Mu March 1997, John Romero adaganiza kuti apange masewera. Masewerawo adzakhala masitepe 24 mu nthawi 4, ali ndi zida 25, ndi maola 64. Ndikukhulupirira kuti timu ya Ion Storm tinkamvetsera mwakachetechete, ndikudzifunsa kuti punchline inali chiyani, John Romero ankafuna chiyani ndi FPS ina yakale? Monga David Blaine, ayenera kuti anawayang'anitsitsa, adatsamira ndi kunong'oneza, "Titha kuchita izi miyezi isanu ndi iwiri."
John Romero, yemwe ali ndi luso lalikulu, nthawi yomweyo adadzifunsa yekha "Kodi chingachitike ndi chiyani masewerawa, kuti ngakhale John Romero sakanatha kumaliza?" ndipo nthawi yomweyo anachita chirichonse chimene iye akanakhoza kuchita kuti adzipange yekha kulephera. Ankagwira ntchito ndi anthu osadziŵa zambiri, pa studio yatsopano, ndipo atatha kuyendera E3 ndikuwonetsa Daikatana, adaganiza zosinthana ndi injini ya Q uake II chifukwa cha ndemanga kuti masewera awo, pogwiritsa ntchito Quake injini, amawoneka ngati. Mwadzidzidzi, iwo sanapange nyengo yomaliza ya Khrisimasi 1997.
Masewerawo adakwera kwambiri pamatchuka a Romero ndi magazini angapo akuti: "Ziyenera kukhala golide chifukwa zonse zomwe Romero amapanga." Ndiye mumatani pamene masewerawa ali otsimikizika kuti agulitse chifukwa chakuti mukuchita nawo? Mumalola malonda ku masewerawa kuti azikhala pakati pozembera wanu kasitomala popanda kusonyeza kanthu za mankhwala anu. Ndiye mumagula bwenzi lanu, lomwe liribe chidziwitso chokhala ndi zolemba, kugula gulu lonse la zinthu zamtengo wapatali, ndikupanga gulu lanu lachitukuko kwambiri kuti apite ndi kupanga gulu lawo.
Chakumapeto kwa '97, gululo linalandira code ya Quake II. John Romero, osasowa malamulo amodzi owopsya, adatsogolera timu kusintha chida choyambirira cha injini ya Quake kwambiri kotero kuti kulembanso kwathunthu kunkafunika mmalo mwawindo lofulumira limene iwo ankaganiza. Kulemba kwina kunatsirizidwa patapita chaka chimodzi mu Januwale 1999, popeza adaphonya tsiku loyambirira lomasulidwa chaka.
Chiwonetsero cha ochita masewera chinapanga mu March '99, sichidawonetsere chilichonse chomwe chinalonjezedwa ndipo sichidawoneka bwino. Chiwonongeko chachikulu kwambiri cha chitukuko chonse chikachitika pamene gulu lidasinthira mawonedwe awo E3 mpaka kufika pang'onopang'ono mpaka 10-12 FPS, popanda nthawi yokonza izo, izo zinawonetsedwa ndi Eidos Interactive, ndalama za Ion Storm ndi wofalitsa wa masewera, adasankha kutenga. Ion Storm inakhala yaikulu ya Eidos, ndipo oyambitsa kampaniyo anakakamizidwa kunja. Mwanjira ina idatenga chaka kuti amasulire masewerawo, ndipo mnyamata anali oipa kwambiri ngati momwe mungaganizire.
Romero adataya nthawi yochuluka kuti adziwombole kuti amasulire chirichonse chokha monga zatsopano monga masewera ake oyambirira. Daikatana anali wothamanga kwambiri ndi nkhanza za nkhuku, omwe ndi adiresi ya AI, amene anali ndi njira yopezera mwana wamphongo m'nkhalango yamkuntho. Injini ya Quake II yomwe gulu lomwe linawonongeka pachaka popereka masewerawa silinatheke, lololedwa ndi id Tech 3 ndi injini za Unreal, ndipo popeza malonda anali atanyoza kwa omvera ake, omwe ali onse, palibe amene ankasamala kuti agule ubwino.
Palibe Ion Storm kapena John Romero amene adachirapo kuchokera pachimake adadzipereka okha ndi Daikatana. Ion Storm idzakhalapo kwa zaka zingapo ndipo adatulutsanso Deus Ex m'chaka cha 2000. Komabe, mthunzi wa Eidos Interactive unapachikidwa pa iwo, ndipo monga makalasi ang'onoang'ono omwe anali ndi ofalitsa ambiri, anali oyenera kwambiri monga dzina lawo, lomwe linasokonezeka kwambiri ndi dama la Daikatana. John Romero sanathe kugonjetsa wina pambuyo pa kuvulala kwake komwe adakhalapo kwa zaka zambiri adadzipereka yekha. Ngakhale kuti wakhala akugwira ntchito, amagwiritsa ntchito masewera achidwi ndipo nthawi zambiri amatha kuwonekera.