id Software is working on a brand-new PC first-person shooter entitled The Fall. Players are cast in the role of Sgt. J. J. Divine -- a battle-hardened US Marine sent on a certain-death mission to jump from a 10 store building without a parachute, and say hi to Mrs. Phillips on the second floor as he swooshes by her window seconds before he hits the ground. Even though Sgt. J. J. Divine has his doubts about the plan, he agrees to do it because he knows that if he jumps off a 10 store building he will most certainly save the world and everything in it from a vile and technologically advanced alien race that is only truly afraid of people who jump off 10 store buildings for no apparent reason. The single-player mode lasts for about 10 adrenaline-filled seconds of pure digital interactive entertainment, and you also get a very cool railgun which you never get to use. Still, id Software is claiming that the end scene will be well worth the trouble of finishing the SP mode, as it will feature surprised alien commanders that mumble in their alien language something about how this f--ing planet makes no sense and leave afterwards in their mothership (that looks like a giant pink popcorn).  
 
According to the latest reports, there is no bona fide multiplayer mode planned, but you can still play coop with your buddies. You can all plunge to your deaths together and try to chat for the 10 seconds of flight. id is also planning an expansion pack -- players will get a chance to jump from a 15 store building, thus prolonging the single-player action for another 5 seconds...  
 
What, you don't believe me?! Fuck you! I'm telling you, id Software is dead serious about The Fall.

id Software is working on a brand-new PC first-person shooter entitled The Fall. Players are cast in the role of Sgt. J. J. Divine -- a battle-hardened US Marine sent on a certain-death mission to jump from a 10 store building without a parachute, and say hi to Mrs. Phillips on the second floor as he swooshes by her window seconds before he hits the ground. Even though Sgt. J. J. Divine has his doubts about the plan, he agrees to do it because he knows that if he jumps off a 10 store building he will most certainly save the world and everything in it from a vile and technologically advanced alien race that is only truly afraid of people who jump off 10 store buildings for no apparent reason. The single-player mode lasts for about 10 adrenaline-filled seconds of pure digital interactive entertainment, and you also get a very cool railgun which you never get to use. Still, id Software is claiming that the end scene will be well worth the trouble of finishing the SP mode, as it will feature surprised alien commanders that mumble in their alien language something about how this f--ing planet makes no sense and leave afterwards in their mothership (that looks like a giant pink popcorn).  
 
According to the latest reports, there is no bona fide multiplayer mode planned, but you can still play coop with your buddies. You can all plunge to your deaths together and try to chat for the 10 seconds of flight. id is also planning an expansion pack -- players will get a chance to jump from a 15 store building, thus prolonging the single-player action for another 5 seconds...  
 
What, you don't believe me?! Fuck you! I'm telling you, id Software is dead serious about The Fall.

- ALL objects in the game world are affected by the physics
- Movement speed of HL will be retained
- Drivable vehicles in both single and multiplayer
- Engine technology scales based on your system specs
- Known locations: City17 in east Europe, a harbor, a jail, the suburbs, a dried up ocean, an icebreaker (large ship)
- Multiplayer is important and multiple game modes will be supported
- Coming out before Christmas 2003 is 'certain' (read: Sep 30th)  
 
- The editor is called 'Hammer' and will be included, sounds like a complete development environment for maps, mods etc.
 
- TF2 will be using the HL2 engine, once they decided to use the HL2 engine they stopped giving information as they didn't want to blow anything relating to it. TF2 will 'arrive soon'.