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Manufacturer: Activision Part number: 32973
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- In the mid-21st century, a barbaric alien race called the Strogg launched a massive invasion on Earth. While the invasion was originally believed to be an attempt to strip the planet of its natural resources, humans soon discovered the Strogg are only after one thing: the human remains of those they kill. Through a horrific process, the limbs and flesh ... Read more
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Gamespot editors' review
Quake 4 Special DVD Edition (PC) price range: $78.50
- Reviewed by: Jeff Gerstmann
- Reviewed on: 10/18/2005
- Released on: 10/18/2005
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Quake 4 stinks I'm sorry to say
by Camping Pro on October 19, 2005
Pros: The "Q" on the front of the box looks cool
Cons: Physics - Game Play - Enviorment - Sound - system requierments - etc.
Summary: This is "D00M 3 part 2" and nothing more. I bought it today, and it goes in the trash after this post. The physics here are not noteworthy. Half Life ...
Summary: This is "D00M 3 part 2" and nothing more. I bought it today, and it goes in the trash after this post. The physics here are not noteworthy. Half Life 2 set a new standerd in physics which id software missed. The enviroment is almost exactly the same as d00m 3...restrictive, dark, and well...the same. Sound effects are annoying. Too much squad interaction takes away from the "adventornous" of game. Game-play, like with D00M 3, is poor and crappy. The movment of your player is slow and akward. And how many "monsters popping out of the dark" do we need? I mean come on...
Basically, your looking at running down D00M like corridors shooting at an endless steam of "monsters popping out" and that's pretty much it. This is not the adventorous Quake 1 we all know and love. This has nothing to do with Quake 1. No Castles or knights or IMAGINATION. These n00bs at id software are in it for the money, and they are using the Quake name to push there product. This will ruin the Quake name, or what's left of it.
-System Requirment issue-
I have 1 GB of ram and a 256 DDR card and the new intel duel stage processer...my system is very high speed and it STILL was losing frame-rate!!!! You must be kidding me! Or mabey the program just isn't up to snuff and I THOUGHT I was losing frame-rate.
As I wrote in a reply on this thread, I bought "Half Life 2" last year and couldn't put it down. I locked myself in my house for 3 days, and didn't eat a lot and I played HL2 constantly. Why? Because HL2 dislayed a physics engine like none ever seen. The graphics were amazing. The game play was smooth and stunning. The enviorments were breathtaking...and the game was interesting. there were puzzles you had to figure out like how to get from here to there. There were also fun vehicles in the game. And sometimes you could sneak up or sneak past a combine soldier, or find a different path to get to a certain point. The game was not just "shoot em up"...it made you think. And when you woke up in the morning, you could not wait to start playing. That is the way a game should be.
The n00bs at id software completley miss the point. Mabey they should fire the creators of D00M 3 and Quake 4, and bring in some folks from "Valve"...people with REAL imagination. But if they do, they better not call it "Quake 5"...the Quake name is now ruined.
Out of 10 points I give this one point just because it has a cool looking "Q" and a nice shade of green on the front of the box. But that "Q" is the only thing this game has in common with the original Quake. Sad.
Camping Pro3 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
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well cry about it then...
by napsterlover2375 on October 28, 2005
Pros: doom 3 engine, good multi-player
Cons: level designs seem dated
Summary: This is supposed to be a review of the game, not how it runs on your computer. Your system is not that high end if you can't run the ...
Summary: This is supposed to be a review of the game, not how it runs on your computer. Your system is not that high end if you can't run the game properly or there is a problem with your hardware or your settings.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Starts hard with constant action, then gets harder, then almost impossible to win.
by fossilsharkteeth on May 14, 2007
Pros: Challenging, Filled to the max with action. Great graphics. Some mental puzzles. Always something to do. Almost unbeatable on the pc version.
Cons: Almost unbeatable on the pc version. You have to die many times before you fiqure out why you are dying, then die many times before you can stop dying.
Summary: It is great. I love it. If it got harder I could not play it. I spent a lot of time trying to get past the first 10 seconds of ...
Summary: It is great. I love it. If it got harder I could not play it. I spent a lot of time trying to get past the first 10 seconds of a door locked behind me.New scenes and new action for months for the part time gamer.
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Big let down
by 21kev on March 14, 2007
Pros: Good graphics
Cons: confusing levels
Summary: This is one of the biggest let downs in all of gaming history. As an old quakeworld solider (been playing quake1 since it came out) I was really looking forward ...
Summary: This is one of the biggest let downs in all of gaming history. As an old quakeworld solider (been playing quake1 since it came out) I was really looking forward to Quake 4. To say it was a let down is an under statement. When will IDSoftware realize that the "find the key" gaming system is gone - FOREVER. Now really, Quake4 uses the same style of game play that doom used, but only worse. One of the first quest is to back track to get a medic. How about that medic finding his own way? Backtracking is getting old, really old. At least in Doom 1, you just had to find a key, then get from one side of the map to the other side. In quake 4, you have to back track through VERY confusing levels, so expect to stay lost of hours on end. The backtracking and the confusing levels killed what ever good game play Quake4 had in it.
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All the trouble for such a big let down
by chrmoody on January 29, 2006
Pros: Solid Graphics, Just another version of Doom 3
Cons: Problems with installing, that took forever
Summary: I have a Dell XPS 600 with 4 gigs of memory and 3.4 ghz Intel Pentinum 4 processor
The graphics were awesome once playin. But it was the PRE ...Summary: I have a Dell XPS 600 with 4 gigs of memory and 3.4 ghz Intel Pentinum 4 processor
The graphics were awesome once playin. But it was the PRE installing that made me angry. Freakin had errors during installation.
Said Error 1305: Pacakge3.pk4
Was ridiculous, and after returning due to the cd being bad, and started playing; I was let down due to the game being boring as heck. What a big let down. I would of got my fun if I purchased Sims 2 i think -
Only play it when you are really, really bored.
by scalnecus on January 2, 2006
Pros: Graphics are ok, copied from doom3 engine, so nothing new
Cons: The rest, see below
Summary: Graphics: 8 (Doom3-engine)
Reality-feeling: 3 (this is a joke?)
Playability: 2 (too dark)
Story-line: 1 (what story-line?)
AI: 2 (jumping behind a box doesn't mean AI)
Replay-value: 1 (should ...Summary: Graphics: 8 (Doom3-engine)
Reality-feeling: 3 (this is a joke?)
Playability: 2 (too dark)
Story-line: 1 (what story-line?)
AI: 2 (jumping behind a box doesn't mean AI)
Replay-value: 1 (should be a zero)
Sound: 7 (ok)
In-game-characters: 3
Total: 3/10
See also my comment on Camping Pro's review.
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Fun to play with great graphics and audio
by Steve Horning on December 30, 2005
Pros: More variety than prevoius versions. Weapon upgrades are handy.
Cons: I haven't finished it yet so I don't have any yet.
Summary: Nice to see the Quake series continuing.
Summary: Nice to see the Quake series continuing.
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by hottrockin on November 10, 2005
Pros: None, unless you liked Doom 3 but then you'll still be disappointed
Cons: All. The game itself. Make your own engine!
Summary: This game sucks!!!!!!!! Painkiller is WAY more fun!!!!!!!!
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ps: it's not my box, it runs great.. my review was in regards to the game, game play & funSummary: This game sucks!!!!!!!! Painkiller is WAY more fun!!!!!!!!
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ps: it's not my box, it runs great.. my review was in regards to the game, game play & fun factor. -
Good game but nowhere near great
by halo9595 on November 3, 2005
Pros: Singleplayer game is very addictive
Cons: Multiplayer doesn't live up to the Quake name
Summary: Up unti now I have bought just about any game with the ID logo on it becuase I still remember how groundbreaking and fun Doom and the previous Quakes were. ...
Summary: Up unti now I have bought just about any game with the ID logo on it becuase I still remember how groundbreaking and fun Doom and the previous Quakes were. Don't get me wrong, this game deffinitely has its moments. The single player is fun and deffinitely not too easy. But what ever happened to the groundbreaking multiplayer that ID was known for? Doom 3's multiplayer was horrible and the multiplayer in Quake 4, while still fun is basically exactly the same as the multiplayer in Quake 3 ( some of the Quake 3 levels are even repackaged in this game ). Buy it if you prefer single player fps to multiplayer.
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Great Game.. Fun levels
by piman314 on October 28, 2005
Pros: Out door levels... great graphics/ sound and vehicle. Has about 3 levels that can be played over and over for fun
Cons: more outdoor levels would be nice
Summary: I got the game on Monday and finished it on Thursday. It was a blast.. Having a squad made the first few levels easy, but as the game progressed it ...
Summary: I got the game on Monday and finished it on Thursday. It was a blast.. Having a squad made the first few levels easy, but as the game progressed it got more challenging in the later levels you squad members became mortals (they gained the ability to die) making the game harder because you had to keep them alive.
There are several outdoor levels that include tanks and Mechs.. Shooting from a flat bed truck and a monorail.. Man I could play those levels for ever.
The multiplayer is quake 3 but it is much improved. Having grenades bounce off jump-pads and go through teleporters is great .
With 2 gigs of ram , an Intel 550 and NVIDIA 6600 I can get between 25 and 60 FPS making the game very playable.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Activision
- Part number: 32973
- Description: In the mid-21st century, a barbaric alien race called the Strogg launched a massive invasion on Earth. While the invasion was originally believed to be an attempt to strip the planet of its natural resources, humans soon discovered the Strogg are only after one thing: the human remains of those they kill. Through a horrific process, the limbs and flesh of the fallen are fused with metal and machinery to create the monstrosities that are the alien Strogg. The Strogg battled the human race for years on earth, but as resources became depleted, earth mounted a counter-assault on the Strogg homeworld. The first assault force was launched from the fleet and encountered massive resistance - most of the drop-ships were destroyed by the Strogg homeworld's massive defense weapon known as "The Big Gun". One surviving Marine broke through and was able to destroy The Big Gun and ultimately defeat the Strogg leader, the Makron. However, the war did not end there. You are Matthew Kane, a member of the elite Rhino Squad and part of the next massive invasion that spans across the entire Stroggos planet. Equipped with hi-tech weapons and vehicles, and teamed with a top Marine squadron, you soon realize this war is far from over. In fact, your worst nightmare is soon realized when you discover to defeat the Strogg, you must become one of them.
Product Basic Spec
- Platform PC
- ESRB rating Mature - Intense Violence,Blood and Gore,Strong Language
- Genre Action
- Elements Action - first person shooter
- Context Science-fiction
- Number of players 1 Player
- Connectivity Online,System Link
- Difficulty Medium
- Learning curve From 0 to 15 Minutes
- DirectX version v9.0c
- Operating system Windows 2000/XP
- Offline modes Competitive,Team Oriented,Cooperative
- Online modes Competitive,Team Oriented,Cooperative
Minimum
- CDROM 8x
- RAM 512 MB
Game
- Developer Raven Software
- ESRB Mature
- ESRB descriptors Intense Violence,Blood and Gore,Strong Language
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