Success can be its own burdern.
id had struck a home run and became the champions of PC gaming. With nothing to pay for and everything to lose: it was time for their next game to step up to the plate. And in spite of all the pressure - the still came out swinging. Quake eclipsed the competiton and was the final nail in the coffin for the so-called "Doom Clones". No longer such game mere imitators, but instead an entirely new genre. The First Person Shooter was born.