quake 4
So Raven have released this behemoth title. Just the name Quake demanded attention for some years ago. Quake 3 was a tough MP game but somehow it feels like Unreal, Halflife and Counter Strike have placed Quake behind. Doom 3 was well, not that intriguing and not what one would have hoped for.
To begin with Quake 4 is more or less Doom 3 engine with different action. The game starts with a nice intro movie and then sets of in a furious tempo. The game is just after the end of Quake 2. Good choice, but for me Quake is still the best game setting of all 4 games. (Yes I miss running around in castles with a real super nailgun!!)). This game is not the lone ranger anymore but rather you are in a war. Cool, yes it really is. The game is good and gripping in the way an action game should be. Just alittle more! One more fight, one more mission. Quake 4 is now in episodes so you get a few missions and tasks to do.Well it is a way to speed the action on. Personally I think that the missions and tasks are a bit fussy at times and if you are going to deal with tasks etc you would like a map or something but well, its the feel at least.
Guns guns, yes guns lovely guns or at least guns.. The guns have nice names, look nice perform nice but they are not super nailgun, the shocking arcaich lightning gun and it is definately not the BFG. They are ok, but being spoiled with F.E.A.R when it comes to nice weaponry I feel that even though the upgrades are ok, it is too much Unreal 2 tyle and nah, give me good weapons and let me use them. The standard weapons are pretty good and useful throughout the game. Well not the pistol perhaps but well.
New in this is that you can dcharge the bigger enemies in Tanks and a walker. Pretty cool but not overly exciting actually. I think that it dds a little extra but it is not the Unreal Tournament 2004 vehicles, nor Battlefield 2 style. It is still too much FPS with different (worse) controls.
All in
all, Quake IV is a good solid action game. A few problems with freezing and QTD has plagued the overall feel. Hopefully the mod community will get going heftily and add bots. I haven't tried the MP part yet but it looks like good ol Quake 3. This is a game that is easy to right down because I have so many fixed ideas about how Quake should be. Raven has made a good and fun game that is grippiong and not overly short.
http://www.quake4game.com/
-Wolfgir- |