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FPS: First Person Shooter

For a short period of time, Quake II was the first person shootergame that everyone played...

For a short period of time, Quake II was the first person shooter
game that everyone played until Unreal came out

Full Transcript

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For a short period of time,
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Quake II was the
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first person shooter game that everyone played
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until Unreal came out.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
99
Timestamp in Movie
02:37:42
Uploaded
Mar 14, 2025
Genres
documentary, action
Production
CreatorVC

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Movie Summary

A documentary about first-person shooter video games.
So, back in the day, a gentleman named James Schmalz - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:13
So, back in the day, a gentleman named James Schmalz
James was a very talented artist and programmer - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
James was a very talented artist and programmer
Early versions of Unreal were kind of terrain based. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
Early versions of Unreal were kind of terrain based.
James wanted to make a game where you were mech in a cave - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
James wanted to make a game where you were mech in a cave
Eventually, that started transitioning into Tim Sweeney's involvement - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
Eventually, that started transitioning into Tim Sweeney'...
We talk about FPS as a genre that has, for decades, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:15
We talk about FPS as a genre that has, for decades,
You know, at Epic, we had a little bit better of a balance, I'd like to believe, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
You know, at Epic, we had a little bit better of a balance, ...
Tim Sweeney and the programmers came up with an ability to make water - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
Tim Sweeney and the programmers came up with an ability to m...
Mark Rein, the very, very savvy businessman that worked with Tim Sweeney, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:22
Mark Rein, the very, very savvy businessman that worked with...
Unreal seemed to be that point in time when it was more about - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:17
Unreal seemed to be that point in time when it was more abou...
You start off in a prison ship, and then that level ends - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:17
You start off in a prison ship, and then that level ends
We didn't really have cutscenes. We basically had the premise: - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:11
We didn't really have cutscenes. We basically had the p...
All these different aliens and creatures and spaceships and environments are there. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
All these different aliens and creatures and spaceships and ...
We'd let the player just kind of find the story as they went through. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
We'd let the player just kind of find the story as they...
Id's games were always at 11, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
Id's games were always at 11,
You know, you have to kind of have those ebbs and those flows of those moments, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:23
You know, you have to kind of have those ebbs and those flow...
It just seemed to have, like, this dynamic - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
It just seemed to have, like, this dynamic
That seemed to work in tandem with what you were playing. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
That seemed to work in tandem with what you were playing.
Like, it wasn't just like, 'Okay, now I'm playing this level, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
Like, it wasn't just like, 'Okay, now I'm pla...
It was like, 'No, this is like a completely new soundscape.' - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:24
It was like, 'No, this is like a completely new soundsc...