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xTrEmEoVrClOcKr

10-18-05, 04:57 PM

I wanted to see some hard evidence, that Quake4 is even worth buying in terms of gameplay. Has anybody played it yet? ID made a terrible mistake, by not releasing a demo beforehand, they could have had a lot more customers if the demo had been released a week before the hard copys release, does ID deserve my $50? You tell me.

discobiscuits

10-18-05, 05:04 PM

for the record ID has never (to my knowledge) released a demo beforehand.

i'm gonna pick it up later today or tomorrow morning... i'll tell u how i like it :D

xTrEmEoVrClOcKr

10-18-05, 05:46 PM

According to the people on IRC (#2k4tdm / #2k4ctf) all the competitive players (the kind of people that I hang out with) saying they were instantly good at the game / is just like Q3. I'll wait for more comments.

ninthebin

10-18-05, 05:52 PM

Id afaik only provide Raven with lots of support in working with the engine - I doubt they can call shots on whether or not Raven should make a demo or not, I doubt even Raven can, whatever publisher will decide on such things.

am I buying this? yes - one of the must have games of 2005 so you can't not buy it :) - certainly looks good considering the Quake2 style SP with Quake3 MP, from the videos I have seen so far whilst it looks like any other run of the mill FPS I dont see any particular reason not to like it.

Also high skilled players are usually good at any game, regardless of whether it resembles a previous or not - whilst there are those that get by on just extreme knowledge of maps / layouts / routines for a particular game, true high skilled players only need to bring themselves ;)

Nick59007

10-18-05, 07:21 PM

ok people i picked it up 2day and have been playing it for the last 2 hours.......

here is my opinion of it.........

first off it is a great game at least the single player is.......actually solid is a better word.......it hasnt done anything really revolutionary but its very fun

graphics= 10

doom 3 engine is awesome i think most of us would agree doom 3 looks great

gameplay = 8.5

so far the game is very fun...fast paced, weapons are good, i like the physics, i also like that other people are there fighting along side u....u dont control the marines but they are there 2 help u........

sound = 9
the sound is very well done....the music is ok not the greatest score ever but it is acceptable

multiplayer = ?

the reviews i read basically say the single player is very good and the multiplayer is same ol same ol.......i have not played it yet...if u like quake 3 multiplayer then u will love quake 4 multiplayer is what i have read......

over all...........so far the game is fun, runs nice ( 3.4 p4 , 6800 GT, 1gig ram, 1024x768 high detail) and has a story that is going well........ i would recommend 2 any FPS fan.......if multiplayer is ur biggest concern i would wait around untill u find out more. if u are looking for a great single player look no further ( except i guess u should buy fear as well , lol)

i hope this helps u guys out..........
any questions just ask

Kurant

10-18-05, 07:37 PM

GT2000

10-18-05, 07:54 PM

Just picked it up on the way home from work, last copy of the dvd available..mainly want to check out the multi-play :)

I sometimes got into Q3 MP, although I wasn't all that great, I liked the fast-paced action.

xTrEmEoVrClOcKr

10-18-05, 08:23 PM

Omg man ... I need $50 bucks and fast ;).

Nick59007

10-18-05, 09:04 PM

One word...

Crap.

Gameplay is marginal, it's fast, smooth, just like any other quake game. But it's quake 3 with more graphics. Sorry to say, I was hoping for somthing with a bit more substance. This isn't it.

Fear however, is bad ass. =)
well i think its a tad simplistic 2 just say the game is crap......its single player is strong very solid and fun........the multiplayer is awesome if u love quake 3 (according 2 what i read) but if u are looking for something inovative this isnt it..........like i said above if u are looking for a new solid FPS get quake 4....fear is good 2 but i didnt like the physics but thats just me.....

JennyB

10-18-05, 10:01 PM

Superb game!!! 10/10

I was in two minds whether to buy this game, but the storeman highly recommended it. and thank god he did, this knocks socks off even my favourite games, which was Half life 2 and Counterstrike.

Graphics: 9/10
I don't think anyone can disagree here, though they're not "real-life" realistic, the graphics are awesome and must be "best" graphics around.

Sound: 9/10
Again, I can't think of any game where the sound is better. They have obviously employed hollywood actors which really helps in game emersion. Effects are all there and fit the atmosphere perfect, music aint bad neither.

Gameplay: 10/10
This game is really great value for money, two games for the price of one. Singleplayer is great, nice to have an arcade style game at last. Unlike HL2 there's no slowing down to figure out puzzles or how to travel from A-B, etc, instead its rather edge of the seat stuff, you have alot of fun!!! :) Though I've only played a few games of multiplayer quake4, I can tell you now that its a revolution waiting to happen!. The game me a big adrenaline rush and is like a drug since now I've stopped playing single player even though I don't really want to :p

Runs on very high quality smoothly.

madhatR

10-18-05, 10:50 PM

only prob is no widescreen support .. highest res is 1600x1200 with a widescren aspect ratio 16:9 .. that is gay

u can do the doom 3 cfg file hack .. but i cant tell if im really running 1920x1200

ubergeek_aP

10-18-05, 11:53 PM

I really want a demo, its so hard to decide if I should pick this up because Im not hearing alot of "buzz" about the game like I thought there would be..and I hear a even amount of good and bad reveiws.

Celeron_Phreak

10-19-05, 02:53 AM

I played it for 8 hours straight today non-stop and finished it. Yes, I will be playing it again, after I finish FEAR though, which just finished installing. :)

The gameplay is oh so good, and no, it doesn't feel like Doom 3 like everyone expected. It almost feels like playing Quake 2 again, which might be due to the audio and the surroundings, but the outside world looks great on the Doom 3 engine. This game has the BEST surround sound in it that I've ever heard of my Z-680s.

If you ever played the original Quake and Quake 2, you'll find some surroundings and situations similar to both, even though Quake 1 wasn't really part of this, Quake 4 does have a few moments that felt like Quake 1 to me. It's very disturbing when you get about half way into the game, as much gore as there is, but it's bearable.

It's not exactly scary, it's more of an adrenalin rush. I had one or two times that I "jumped" (if you can even call it that), but they definately wern't scary.

Vehicals are a plus in this to, but they arn't anything to compare against Call of Duty or UT2004's.

aldamon

10-19-05, 09:05 AM

This game has the BEST surround sound in it that I've ever heard of my Z-680s.

The X-Fi OpenAL mode in Q4 is amazing with headphones (3D CMSS) and the Z-680s. Wonderful.

obsolete

10-19-05, 09:18 AM

Celeron, is it real dark? I'm getting annoyed with all the dark games. Please say it's not that bad.........but don't lie.

I'd like to do a scale here from 1-10. Doom 3 being a 10 in darkness (horrible) & F.E.A.R. being maybe 7 or so (not to bad). Where would you rank Q4?

Nick59007

10-19-05, 09:20 AM

it looks like we are giving it better reviews then the websites (like game spot)

i dont know why every single game must be inovative 2 get a good review......a good solid game like this should get a high 8 low 9

a revolutionary game like half life or something should get a high 9- or a 10..........giving quake for a flat 8 is a mistake IMO........

im happy 2 see u guys are enjoying it..........

Captain Newbie

10-19-05, 09:58 AM

The game industry does need to innovate its way out of this corner they're in. Valve is taking steps in the right direction; I have not *yet* played Q4 so I will not comment on id. But something new would sure be nice.

Nick59007

10-19-05, 11:45 AM

ohh for sure im not saying dont innovate but every single game that comes out cannot be a huge innovation....most reviews knock games unless they do something revolutionary..........in the case of quake 4 i think i should have recieved a slightly better score like an 8.8 maybe 9 flat.......

Jimbob7

10-19-05, 02:26 PM

Quake 4 to me is just Quake 2 with better graphics. Sure Quake 2 was good in its day, but the days of running through levels with one shot function per gun, no melee and no nade option gets boring fast, no matter how good the graphics are. If your a fan of Doom 3 then you shall like Quake 4, its pretty much the same in my opinion.

I don't want to start a fear vs quake 4 thread, but spend your money on fear, its by far the better game. (please don't comment on this, it is just my opinion).

Scott

Screw all that.

I just got much futher into the game. The first 30min - 60mins so are doom like, but after that it gets so much better. This is how doom should have been. Its a good game Quake4. I wish i had 2 gigs of ram to run ultra high, if i run that i can hear the hdd clicking so much :(.

Celeron_Phreak

10-19-05, 03:04 PM

I think today's society has been pretty spoiled by melee and all the other options you get in the FPS games, but that's not a bad thing! I just find it nice to have a new game that brings back old game play in a sweet new package.

It's not nearly as dark as Doom 3 and it's a bit lighter than FEAR. I'd have it say it's more like a 5, mostly due to the outdoor environment and all the metal with decent lighting.

Blackmage

10-19-05, 03:22 PM

all these Q4 owners and no screenshot's come on guys i wanna see it. post pics with max settings :D

Captain Newbie

10-19-05, 03:31 PM

all these Q4 owners and no screenshot's come on guys i wanna see it. post pics with max settings :D
Actually, some screenies would help to convince me to spend the $50.

koss20100

10-19-05, 03:39 PM

obsolete

10-19-05, 03:42 PM

Nick59007

10-19-05, 05:01 PM

i will say that although i really do like the game the outdoor vehicle parts are lame.........they arent that long so its no biggie

Blackmage

10-19-05, 05:17 PM

i will say that although i really do like the game the outdoor vehicle parts are lame.........they arent that long so its no biggie

Screens let me see how lame they are :rolleyes:

xTrEmEoVrClOcKr

10-19-05, 05:23 PM

I wanna see some screenshots as well, althought ive seen them everywhere.

PottaCoola

10-19-05, 05:53 PM

Are the graphics the same as doom3 or better? all the screen shots look like doom3, i know there using the same engine just wanted to know.

mdameron

10-19-05, 06:20 PM

PC gamer gave it a 70ish they said

- D3 engine sux outdoors
- Single player lasts only 10hours and thats if u die a here and there
- Multiplayer is repetitive
- Pretty much an old game with new graphics

hmm.... well there ya go im not gonna be buying it thats for sure.

Dude CSS has no single player, the multi can only be described as repetitive, and is an old game with new graphics and engine. Yet the most commonly played game?!? Don't not play this game because of what a review site said about it...
Hell they should have given every Valve game a 0.0 then (except HL2)...

Almost all FPS's fit into at least 2 of the categories you mentioned, and they don't all suck.

Jimbob7

10-19-05, 06:47 PM

I'll post some maxed out screenshots if you like, although no AA will be on because when I enable it, all the textures become really low quality, its rather anoying.

I agree the outdoor bits are slightly odd, its as if they started them and then never added the finishing touches.

I'd say the graphics are better than that of Doom3, they don't look so ''plastic'' like (as my mate would say). It also seems to run slighty better than Doom3 considering how high the graphics have been set, then again I havent played Doom3 for some time it could just be me.

Scott.

veryhumid

10-19-05, 11:46 PM

PC gamer gave it a 70ish they said

- D3 engine sux outdoors
- Single player lasts only 10hours and thats if u die a here and there
- Multiplayer is repetitive
- Pretty much an old game with new graphics

hmm.... well there ya go im not gonna be buying it thats for sure.

yup just got my copy of pcg. 70%. I was suprised. but that is still "good." I'm still going to give it a shot.

obsolete

10-20-05, 12:10 AM

Well after playin this for a bit online, the MP part of it needs work. The maps are pretty small for as many people that are on. You would think they would make those bigger but guess not. Still fun, fast pace action.........

One map I was playing was so small & had a lot of people = horrible lag......

Can't wait for some mods or something though.

Nathan0490

10-20-05, 12:51 AM

Looks nearly identical to Doom 3 to me in many ways.

fuzzba11

10-20-05, 03:33 AM

Oh you guys want high quality screenshots? FOR SURE!!!

Let me just say that the single player is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than Q2, it's better than Doom 3, and multiplayer is very akin to Quake 3. The game sometimes feels a lot like Quake 2, but then it will feel like Half Life 2 or Unreal 2 at parts. The levels have the chunky and angular Q2 feel, but it feels like HL2 because in the marine bases there are plenty of people around who look at you, react to you, etc. The vehicles remind me of Unreal for some reason I can't put my finger on. The explosions rival Call of Duty 2...this game pretty much has everything you want.

I'm a little peeved that they don't have native 1920x1200 support for my Dell, but I can live with 1600x1200@HQ (no AA in screenies).

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Celeron_Phreak

10-20-05, 03:37 AM

Lookin good fuzzba11!

Am I the only one who thought it seemed like Starship Troopers at the begining? Down to the anti-space craft charges thrown into space. lol

Beginner

10-20-05, 04:02 AM

Well I picked this one up anyway at lunch. I've read so many people say it's like Q3 MP so I'd get it just for that reason cause Q3 MP owns IMO.

Story lines get boring, I like fast paced, kill or be killed games. Just tell me I'm a crazy psycho & give me a gun & thats about all the story line I need. :D

I mean, really, how many FPS can you make that are different? They are all the same to some degree or another.........

obsolete will you be playing q4 on your xp-m machine? let me know how it plays. i have an xp-m maching at 2.58 ghz. v/c is a 5950u modded at 490/925. i might be able to borrow a bfg 6600gt oc.

fuzzba11

10-20-05, 04:10 AM

Lookin good fuzzba11!

Am I the only one who thought it seemed like Starship Troopers at the begining? Down to the anti-space craft charges thrown into space. lol
Haha I definitely got that when I saw the huge fleet and the plasma balls hurtling up at them. The very first shot of the game is so cinematic, it's like Kubrick.

obsolete

10-20-05, 08:07 AM

Yes sir, using the PC in my sig. Runs really well.........But the net code (especially for the smaller maps) is kina bad. Regardless of any PC it will lag on certain smaller maps if there is a bunch of people.

I have not tried SP as of yet, not sure if you meant MP or SP or both.......But I'm sure the SP part of it will run like a dream since net code is not involved.

Fr3@k3r

10-20-05, 10:14 AM

Graphics - 9/10
Gameplay - 8/10
Sound - 8/10
Multiplayer - 10/10.. THINK Quake 3 revamped with dx9 and the new engine, and some few tweaks...

fuzzba11

10-20-05, 03:12 PM

Graphics - 9/10
Gameplay - 8/10
Sound - 8/10
Multiplayer - 10/10.. THINK Quake 3 revamped with dx9 and the new engine, and some few tweaks...
Slower rockets and greater railgun delay make baby Jesus cry; but there are way cooler weapon models. I'm waiting for Rocket Arena 4...

Blackmage

10-20-05, 04:02 PM

so what would the people rate this game. so far from what i seen it's looking for about a 8/10

obsolete

10-20-05, 04:21 PM

ALL HAIL RA4! :drool:

Really wish they would have done DM different.......More like RA would have been a dream. :cry:

Janus67

10-21-05, 03:45 PM

phatty2x4

10-21-05, 05:35 PM

I take it that you never played Q3A, since it is the exact same thing with different graphics.

I don't see what's so wrong with this. I played Q3 more than any other Quake game(Q2 comes in at a close 2nd) and I LOVE the fact that I can play on the Q3 maps. I'm tired of all this "NEW" crap.
It's not revolutionary, it's not flashy, it's just plain fun. And that's all I ask for.
The only thing i wish they would have done, was keep some of the old sound effects. That was one of my favorite things about q2 and q3, was the familier sound effects. Other than that, BAAAAADAAAAAAASS.

I give the game 9/10.

Celeron_Phreak

10-21-05, 06:19 PM

I'm with phatty2x4, I was hoping it'd be this fun as it is! I'm finding it harder and harder to find enjoyable games now a days. I seem to get bored of them easilly. I haven't felt like I wanted to play a game for 8 hours straight, like I did Quake 4, in a long long time.

Enigma422

10-21-05, 10:18 PM

Well the last game that had me sitting for more than 5 hours straight when I first installed it was HL2. Q4 did that to me too. Overall I really like the SP champain, but haven't tried multiplayer yet. While I wouldn't say its better than HL2, the amount of action in SP is enough to keep you interested.

9mmCensor

10-21-05, 10:19 PM

I like it. Lots of blood and action. I <3 Railgun!

phatty2x4

10-22-05, 04:18 AM

I like it. Lots of blood and action. I <3 Railgun!

YES! It's soooo much better. The delay isn't 10 mins anymore, :P

xTrEmEoVrClOcKr

10-22-05, 09:05 AM

I'll probably get it today, I almost got enough money.

Janus67

10-22-05, 09:17 AM

I don't see what's so wrong with this. I played Q3 more than any other Quake game(Q2 comes in at a close 2nd) and I LOVE the fact that I can play on the Q3 maps. I'm tired of all this "NEW" crap.
It's not revolutionary, it's not flashy, it's just plain fun. And that's all I ask for.
The only thing i wish they would have done, was keep some of the old sound effects. That was one of my favorite things about q2 and q3, was the familier sound effects. Other than that, BAAAAADAAAAAAASS.

I give the game 9/10.
im just saying that I wish they would have at least added a different game mode or changed something past Q3A.

elitebear4

10-22-05, 10:01 AM

im towards the end of the game and i have to say that the graphics are great, but not much better than doom 3. the outdoor scenes definitely look unpolished though. as for the gameplay of the singleplayer itself, im getting kind of sick of it, although i did enjoy it for the first half of the game

Fr3@k3r

10-22-05, 10:24 AM

hehe i just past the Towers Boss, the huge ass flying dude, talk about letting it all go.. took 300 rounds of the nail gun to finish him off... right now im about to hit the bottom of the nexus... all i got to say is the graphics are awesome and so is gameplay coming out of the halfway done mark.

SPOILER* i suggest saving all 25 rounds of your purple thingy.. for the life of me i cant remember the name of the last gun

elitebear4

10-22-05, 10:48 AM

i thought that he was A LOT easier to beat than the boss prior

PottaCoola

10-22-05, 12:11 PM

Ok just got the game played it for 6 hours, when i first tryed the game it would run in the highest settings it will only run in high which i dont get at all, it just quits to desktop when i try loadin a game and annoyed me i cant even get suround sound on, it says cuz my scard dont support opengl but i should still get it, its a 7.1 sound card in the motherborad. the graphics are the same as doom3 but the faces are a lil better was hoping it would look a lot better, but 4 hours play shows i still think its good. im on the mech mission and then the game jsut cut out again :( so im loadin fear to see what thats like.

>HyperlogiK<

10-24-05, 08:25 AM

From what I have seen, single player only so far (our new router hasn't arrived yet) the game blows. Gameplay is a mix of Quake 2 and Doom 3, I liked Quake 2 but that was 6 odd years ago, and the worst thing about Doom 3 was the gameplay. The story quality is like that of erm... an action movie starring 'The Rock'. Basically, I'm very dissapointed, it's the same kind of feeling that I got when watching Terminator 3 or any of the Matrix sequels. Also the graphics engine seem very badly optimised, the outdoor scenes look no better than those in SOF2 or Call of Duty (which were based on much older ID engine technology). The indoor scenes look no better than Doom 3, but while Doom 3 ran at 'high' 1024x768 4x AA on my system this only manages 'medium' 1024x768 2x AA. Basically this is a huge dissapointment, and suggests that ID (I know Raven developed it, but this is ID's vision, and Raven seem to have been following a strict design brief) have lost the plot, maybe they didn't learn from Halflife and Thief 2 like everybody else did.

Jacobman

10-24-05, 09:42 AM

I got it and started on friday and finished yesterday, sunday. It was awesome but now i must get FEAR before i replay it again on a harder setting. It is worth getting for sure! 10/10

Captain Newbie

10-24-05, 10:02 AM

Graphics: 9/10 Visually impressive D3 engine, although lacking outdoors.
Gameplay SP: 4.5/10 - Same old, same old. Single player gameplay is repetitive, the plot is unimpressive, the AI is unimpressive at best, and a lack of skirmish bots will discourage new players.
Gameplay MP: 9/10 - Same fun multiplayer, which is pretty tough to screw up. We need maps :cool:
Sounds: 9/10 - Freaky. :)

Overall (not an average, just general impressions): 6/10. Not innovative. In my opinion, Quake 4 fails to be the innovative title that Q3A was. Raven didn't add anything to the game.

Jacobman

10-24-05, 10:11 AM

I agree, all the outdoor environments sucked in my opinion. But it made up for it in the indoor stuff.

>HyperlogiK<

10-24-05, 04:54 PM

i agree that the indoor stuff was good, but it was all too much like that of doom 3, and so we had seen it all before.

fuzzba11

10-24-05, 04:57 PM

It's very much a sequel; it seems like they remade many of the Quake and Doom 3 goodies, in some sort of Quake 2 based formula.

After playing FEAR, it's clear how much further they could have taken the Quake series. Even multiplayer seems like a remake, instead of adding game styles onto the Quake 3 flavor, they leave it up to the modding community. This is all well and good, because Quakers are used to having to wait awhile for the core gameplay to be heavily improved upon. Orange Smoothie and Rocket Arena took a few months to come out after Quake 3 was released...but I want them now!! IMO multiplayer feels a bit chunky, and the weapons still need adjusting.

9mmCensor

10-24-05, 04:57 PM

Quake 4 fails to be the innovative title that Q3A was.
Quake 3 was innovative? How so? Fancier graphics, same run and gun.

The Quake series seems to be about evolution, opposed to revolution. As in it tries with each installment to be better at what it already is surpassing its predicesor, rather than revolutionary, by changing it radically to try to make it better.

xTrEmEoVrClOcKr

10-24-05, 04:59 PM

I Just played it, not impressed. The sp feels too much like D3 for my liking. The MP = bad maps w/ HORRIBLE flow and the movement is no where near Q3 (Q3 = best movement in the Quake series) I'll wait til UT2007, which probably wont be too impressive either ;).

Captain Newbie

10-24-05, 05:00 PM

I call Quake 3 innovative because, in my opinion, it defined what an excellent multiplayer shooter should be. It did it better than anything else at the time and is still a fantastic game.

The problem is, Q4 didn't do anything genre-defining like Q3 did, and I've come to expect genre-defining titles from Raven. I would rather have revolution than evolution :cool:, but that's just the sort of person I am, I suppose.

Celeron_Phreak

10-25-05, 12:48 AM

I'd have to agree with Captain Newbie on Quake 4. It isn't innovative. However....

Quake 4 is all about bring back the best hardcore action in single player gaming, and revitalizing an already existing multiplayer in hopes that the multiplayer part will be popular again. If you are a die hard action gamer, look no further than Quake 4 this year.

>HyperlogiK<

10-25-05, 04:12 AM

Is there still much of a market for dumb hardcore action though?

ProperMethodz

10-25-05, 05:45 AM

ninthebin

10-25-05, 06:06 AM

Is there still much of a market for dumb hardcore action though?

im pretty sure despite e-skeptics and piracy it will stand to make a hell of alot of money, the day people stop buying dumb hardcore action is the day they will stop developing it.

on quakeIV, having just finished FEAR before starting it - the AI / firefights feel quite tame, but in all its still quite fun just to plod through blasting things, the mp is nice and fast paced so im looking forward to trying to get into it and seeing whether it sticks on the competitive side of town - otherwise back to WoW :)

roid

10-25-05, 11:38 AM

It was an ok game.Think quake 2 elements on the doom3 engine with Star Trek elite forces gameplay, lots of scripted sequences ,very short,very linear,and not much replayability in it.

All these new games seem too much like your in a movie rather than playing a game.To me this really kills replayability.

I hated how your fellow marines are all telling you to hurry and asking what took you so long in a game that has only a few hours of gameplay.

Still better than fear IMO.

The graphics were awsome,weapons were fun the story was great.
I liked how the marines would upgrade certain weapons for you.
I loved the vehicles.

d94

10-25-05, 12:03 PM

got the game a few days ago, prolly 5hrs into it and i AM LOVIN IT! hardcore action and fun w/good graphics. currently running 1024x768 2x AA...havent tried anything else
1280x1024 w/2xaa isnt smooth.

what settings do ppl run who have x800pro/xl cards?

when i finish this, i got fear ready to go ^^

crimedog

10-25-05, 01:21 PM

i think it's pretty alright, nothing special though

if anyone else is looking to use widescreen make an .cfg named autoexec in the q4base folder with the following contents (mine is 1680x1050 just change if you have different):

seta com_allowconsole "1"
seta r_customheight "1050"
seta r_customwidth "1680"
seta r_mode "-1"
seta r_aspectratio "2"
seta g_fov "110"
seta r_finish "1"
seta cm_backfacecull "1"
seta image_usecache "1"
seta image_usecachemegs "256"
seta image_usecachemink "3072"

(yes some of these are for extra stuff but it's the one i found via google and it works for me)

obsolete

10-25-05, 04:43 PM

Still have not tried out single player. :-/

Working on F.E.A.R. still & I don't have a ton of time outside of work to just sit around & play games.

Anyways, 1024x768 with shadows off, no AF or AA, everything else maxed. Figured you don't need a ton of eye candy (or shadows) for multiplayer which is all I have played for Q4. Plays pretty good, but they need new maps. Feels way "too" much like Q3A DM. It's still fun though if there is not a ton of people, otherwise it just becomes a spammers ball.

All these new games seem too much like your in a movie rather than playing a game.To me this really kills replayability.

Agreed.

Zerolus

10-26-05, 01:10 PM

I've had the game for a week now. Haven't had a chance to play the single player but the multiplayer is great. Tourney mode is really great and makes 1v1s go alot faster than in quake 3. The multiplayer seems to be a blend of quake2 and quake3 elements.

EvilCloudStrife

10-26-05, 01:19 PM

Comments: This game bites. Not fun, already sold it.

EternalX

10-27-05, 12:22 AM

not sure to buy this or not

cornbread

10-27-05, 01:18 AM

Bargin Bin at best for me, after playing a little at a friends. I would say it was better than PC Gamers review, but not much. Sure it was "pretty", but it needs to do more than that for me, needs to offer more which it didn't.

For example, Unreal Tournament was a great game in its day, UT2003 came out and a lot of people were disappointed with it (including myself), it was more of the same with better graphics, so with UT2004 Epic made some nice tweaks and made the gameplay better plus they introduced several new gametypes like Onslaught with vehicles. Onslaught was a major selling point for UT2004, it added that extra twist that other games were missing.

Vertical_Zer0

10-27-05, 07:51 AM

Has anyone gotten the game running on an ATi 9600/pro/XT? I'm curious as to why it's not listed in the system requirements... yet stuff like the x300 is...

xTrEmEoVrClOcKr

10-27-05, 08:09 AM

I uninstalled it, still playing UT2004 w/ a dead community. But, there isn't any competition left, all the pros moved to Q4 due to, thats where all the money is.

ProperMethodz

10-27-05, 12:48 PM

I personally love it. It's the first of the Quake series I've played. I've never played a game which required so much skill and sensory concentration. Thumbs up...

On another note...

No. Piracy is a crime, and we don't support that here. I would suggest you read the rules of this forum before posting such again.

-- Oni :mad:
Oni... You should read before you edit.

There was no piracy listed on the link I submitted. On such a prestigious site too. I'd figure your mods here would know the difference between hacking, cracking, cheaters and piracy.

lol... you should be ashamed of yourself.

You seriously need to read before you edit someones post. Where in this (No. - Oni :sn:) thread, do you see any mention of piracy? Do you see any access to source which would damage the engine of Q4? Do you see a CD key posted?

Where do you see piracy on there anywhere?

You have basically just lowered my credibility on this site because of your lack in patience/knowledge to read what you were editing out.

I deserve an apology.

cornbread

10-27-05, 01:16 PM

Where do you see piracy on there anywhere?

I'm no mod so I have no say-so in the matter but maybe "piracy" wasn't mentioned but the word "hacked" was mentioned several times.

Here is a quote from one of the post.....

Quote:
Originally Posted by oxochico
this does what?.

It's a bunch of code that allows a person to have complete access to the engine outside of the game

so think -> cheats, hacks, other things... ~

ProperMethodz

10-27-05, 01:53 PM

I'm no mod so I have no say-so in the matter but maybe "piracy" wasn't mentioned but the word "hacked" was mentioned several times.

Here is a quote from one of the post.....
It's a reference to what it's capable of. If you read further you'll see what his intentions are. He's not a cheater, nor is he promoting piracy. He has a jump on the SDK when it's released.

Intentions:
http://7hmgaming.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2699

Educational!

cornbread

10-27-05, 02:07 PM

It's a reference to what it's capable of. If you read further you'll see what his intentions are. He's not a cheater, nor is he promoting piracy. He has a jump on the SDK when it's released.

Intentions:
http://7hmgaming.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2699

Educational!

Actually I did read it all :).

Oni

10-27-05, 02:32 PM

I recieved your PM, but I'll make a final note here as well.

You may not consider that a breach of the rules, but I do. I have a duty to uphold the rules of this forum, and the link you posted (and then re-posted) was in breach of them. My decision will not be swayed, no matter how little you now think of myself, or how much I 'lower your credibility of this site' by removing material that could land the forum in legal trouble.

Consider this matter closed. Consider this a final warning. Want to continue the argument? You can have a 3-day vacation from your posting priveldges to do so the next time you want to bring it up, ok?

-- Oni :sn:

obsolete

10-28-05, 09:58 AM

Anyone have any news on if there is going to be mods for this & when? Q4RA possibly, & when? I think if done right, Q4RA could be a huge hit..........Q3RA was sooooooo addicting.

Captain Newbie

10-28-05, 10:51 AM

There was no piracy listed on the link I submitted. On such a prestigious site too. I'd figure your mods here would know the difference between hacking, cracking, cheaters and piracy.
Irrelevant. :mad: :temper:

Reverse engineering is a violation of the Quake 4 End User Liscense Agreement. He's the guy with the green stars; you'd best do as he says.

Back on thread...

It is nice to wade through with your finger on Mouse1, but it gets old, even with the occasional plot scenes.

crimedog

10-28-05, 12:07 PM

It is nice to wade through with your finger on Mouse1, but it gets old, even with the occasional plot scenes.

heh, i like mindless killing (maybe more than most) but the thing that gets me about Q4 is that every level you're just trying to get out of there... but there's always 2-3 obstacles along the way that you have to go fix on your own while someone watches the post. ie "hey we gotta get out of here! but XxX is stopping us you have to find XxX and figure out some way to activate/deactivate it!" then you make your way back only to find out there's another obstacle... rinse repeat

Xymurgy

10-30-05, 01:03 AM

I figure I'll post my comments, since I'm nearly done with the single-player game.

I had really high hopes of the game after playing it for 20 minutes. It seemed a combination of Doom3 & Call of Duty: squad-based sci-fi shooter. With all the chaos that was going on, I thought this game was a real gem, and really stood out among the genre.

However, that was only the first 20 minutes. After that, it pretty much reverted to a Doom3 clone. I was expecting large indoor areas, corridors, and large-scale fights (I thought that's what it was marketed as).

I was pretty disappointed with the gun selection for a while (hyperblaster & nailgun seemed identical [I miss the nailgun from Q1]). But after the upgrades, I'm very pleased with them (I do wish the nailgun was better - 3 shot clip [which isn't bad] but it takes 3 seconds after the last shot before you can reload [really annoying]).

The single player doesn't really stand out from Doom 3, which I hope it would. Although it was nice to play a game where I wasn't terrified the whole way through. I'm sure the multiplayer will have a lot of play from me, as new maps & mods keep coming out (I remember from the Q2 days that the Quake community was very active).

Whereas the single-player of Doom3 was worth the price of the game, Q4 will need to shine in multi- to get my money's worth.

wandl

11-02-05, 05:40 PM

whoever isn't happy with this game sell it to me for what its worth (not much by some of you) hehehe...

[SaS]hornet

11-02-05, 07:35 PM

i wasnt sure if i should buy this game, but it was up 'second hand' in my local games store, so i bought it. i hated doom 3, and when i started quake 4 up i thought it was gonna be just another copy of doom3. how wrong was i!!!!!! its a great game, not great like half life 2 or bf2, but great fun to play. the graphics are sweet(even thought i dont really like that engine.....) and level design is good also. i think the doom3 engine can only produce stunning indoor corridor type levels, cos the outside bits rnt that clever.....

my rating

graphics. 9
gameplay. 8
sound. 9

runs very well at 1152x864. 'high' settings' and 2xAA on system in sig.

postaldudeleo

11-02-05, 09:29 PM

I love this game. Quake 2 rocked and this is a good return. Not playing online though. Hate the jumping bs people so like to do in anything quake. Does everyone really have to jump everywhere instead of walking? Makes rocket the best weapon and any percise aim gun worthless.

Chris_F

11-02-05, 09:33 PM

The game is perty fun. A lot better than Doom 3 and the graphics are a tad better as well. The first thing I noticed, though, is that I can't play with ultra textures like I could in Doom 3. One gig of ram wasn't enough. :(

Celeron_Phreak

11-03-05, 01:33 AM

I'm just now seeing that I'm REALLLLY happy I bought the collector's edition of the game. I've been playing the Quake 2 mission packs for three days now, just taking my time through missions and such, just like I used to! It really brings back memories playing Quake 2 at night again and just run and gun through levels. I've played Quake 2 about 5 or 6 times through already, but I was never able to get my hands on the mission packs, so this is pretty exciting for big Quake fan such as myself.