I was pleased to see very linear level design. By the home stretch, you should have all weapons (and ideally many of them upgraded once or twice) at your disposal to take on heavy resistence. It’s not a detrement, you try a new weapon for a few enemies and then usually swap over to your weapon of choice – achievement addicts will need to complete a single level only using each weapon, which is difficult both from an ammo and a tactical standpoint. The developers decided to dole out weapons slowly, building from the basic phaser pistol to the dark matter gun about 70 percent through, with ocassional upgrades to specific weapons that insure you use them sparingly. You won’t notice much diversity in the enemies, but standing still is dangerous in Quake 4 so it’s important to learn each enemy’s strategy and how to overcome.Ī vast collection of weapons is at your disposal, each one having amusing twists on the basic armaments all FPS titles from the 90s seemed to boast, along with a few welcome additions like series staple the nail gun. After the introduction of regenerative health I always groan at classic health plus armor mechanics that I feel creates unnecessary backtracking and item hunting, but Quake 4 manages to keep it balanced. Back in 2005, however, the need to run, get in the enemy’s face and strafe the room was an interesting hybrid between FPS conventions of the past and future. If you are used to modern day shooters, the Strogg army will pose little threat to you, especially if you’re aggressive. Quake 4 opens back with Kane as humans begin to invade, and attempt to irradicate, the Strogg home world Stroggos – one of many lazy naming conventions you’ll notice as you go. It is for this reason that Quake 4 marks an interesting place in the id universe given its continuation of Kane’s story from Quake II and drastic visual similarity to Doom 3.įor those not familiar, an alien race known as the Strogg have been attacking the human race for years and in Quake II Kane’s team, Rhino Squad, finally managed to kill their leader Makron. Continuing that similar trend, Quake III was an arena-only shooter that took the online PC gaming community by storm whereas the plot-heavy game belonged to none other than the revamped demonic classic Doom 3. I don’t want to discredit the plot completely, but there are striking similarities to the Quake series and Doom series in every way. As the series progressed in Quake II marine Matthew Kane was introduced as a strong protagonist to help fight off the alien race known as the Strogg. Unlike games before it, the engine didn’t ignore things like height and depth when calculating shots or movement, Quake understood the 3D plane. Developer id, of the Wolfenstein and Doom series and bascially responsible for the first person shooter (FPS) genre, finally created a true 3D FPS with the original Quake. The Quake series is quite an interesting one, especially when you consider its legacy and creation. Watch For: Copies on PC that have the bonus DVD of content and copies on 360 that have a bonus DVD containing the same content as well as Quake 2. It would also be wonderful to have Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor back to once again handle the soundtrack.Value: $4.99 (360) $4.44 (PC) $10.19 (Mac) ( ) Whether it's the blood-soaked eldritch halls of the original game, or the sci-fi body horror of its sequels, Quake has always left a lasting impression in terms of setting that's just begging to be explored with current-gen technology. However, a new Quake game is certainly long overdue. In fairness, there was a 12-year gap between Doom 3 and Doom (2016), so it's certainly not as if id Software's flagship series has been routinely pumping out releases until very recently. If it wasn't for multiplayer projects like Quake Live or Quake Champions, we'd have gone 16 years without a game in the series. The last official single-player Quake title was Quake 4, released all the way back in 2005, if you can believe that. This could signify that a remaster of the original game will be making its way to PC and current-gen consoles.īut with QuakeCon 2021 happening from August 19 - August 22, there's every chance that this Quake ESRB listing won't remain a mystery for very long. That said, the description for the game on the ESRB listing is reminiscent of the setting for the very first Quake, released in 1996. As we only have the ESRB listing to go off for now, the existence of a future Quake project should be taken with a pinch of salt. It's currently unclear if this Quake project will be a brand new entry in the series or not, or if it will amount to anything at all.
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