It seems that for every iteration of the Doom/Quake series, Carmack and company have managed to set the bar for the industry, both graphically and in Netplay. Yet, after being out now for half a year, it is being surpassed in both. Its online game didn’t make even the tiniest ripple in the Internet pond. Ironically, these two items have always set precedent for Id, and Carmack has even been on record in the past as stating, “Who cares about single-player, it’s all about the multiplayer.” It used to be all about selling the engine, and now even that seems fated to despair as the Unreal 3 engine is winning awards and accolades for its ease of use, and is dominating the press as far as who’s using it for their next-gen titles. No one talks about Id’s Doom 3 engine, and in years past, it’s been the engine to have.