[modeless]

id's game design is generally good; they know how to really nail gameplay. The problems in id games come from the generic cliché stories and settings. Rage looks like yet another predominantly brown post-apocalyptic lone-silent-protagonist-versus-hideously-ugly-screaming-mutant-monsters game.

What licensees can bring to id's engine are interesting stories in novel settings. For example, I'm hoping someone at Activision realizes that this open-world car-combat + first-person shooter engine is the perfect vehicle for a reboot of the Interstate '76 franchise.

[charlesdm]

They have stated that they wont licence out this engine. Since they got acquired, it'll only be used for Zenimax games.

[modeless]

Dang, hadn't heard that. Well, at least the next Bethesda RPG will have a decent engine to build on...

[daeken]

I think that's the main reason Zenimax wanted them. They can use id as their internal engines team and get incredible tech for their other companies. Personally, I love that idea, being an old-school Bethsoft fan; they've always had incredible designers, but their engine tech has always been either a poor in-house engine, or a hacked apart version of an existing engine (e.g. NI, now Gamebryo).

I can't wait to see TES5, running on an id engine.

[jamesbkel]

For example, I'm hoping someone at Activision realizes that this open-world car-combat + first-person shooter engine is the perfect vehicle for a reboot of the Interstate '76 franchise

That would great to see, especially if paired with a reboot of the games fantastic original soundtrack.

[yesimahuman]

I disagree as someone who doesn't care much for story lines. I make my own feeling from games and doom, despite having a shallow story, had a pretty powerful pull into it's world.

I don't like cutscenes and I don't like lots of dialog, but that's just me.