Thread:ElectricFire 169/@comment-4501923-20170330204124/@comment-25867149-20170413195917

John Romero and John Carmack, founders of id Software and creators of the Doom series, split over creative differences (Romero's bloated ego and Carmack's stubborn freewheeler attitude split the two over the inclusion of a melee element into Quake 2). Carmack stayed with id and produced Quake 2 which was received quite well despite being thematically different. Romero meanwhile produced Daikatana with a new team. The game was overhyped and constant delays and Romero's own ego problems combined with having to port the game over to the Quake 2 engine caused it to crash and burn horribly.