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As many of you already know, There was a thread awhile back called Doom THE THREAD. So myself, being more a fan of Quake rather than Doom, decided to make this thread. I would love to see your opinion on the Quake series!

Q1-Which Quake game is your favorite?
Q2-Do you prefer the Q1 story or the Strogg storylines?
Q3-Whats your favorite creature(of ANY quake games)?
Q4-Whats your favorite Quake Weapon?
Q5-Are you looking forward to Quake 5(like me)?
Q6-What features/gameplay items would you like to see in Q5?
Q7-Would you consider yourself a hardcore Quake fan?

Thanks, I just wanted to make a thread for my Favorite FPS series to date.

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A1: Well Quake 2 and it mission packs kept me entertained for 3 years with NO OTHER GAMES. Quake Wars is fun, but not close to as immersive as Quake 2/4. Quake 4 was also fun, but its drastic game play changes from Quake 2 were amazing yet disappointing to a huge Q2 fan.

A2: Strogg FTW, simple yet compelling a Quake movie or game would own.

A3: Probably the Harvester, that things bad***.

A4: BFG 10K, obvs.

A5: Please have Strogg and more Q2 style gameplay. Also this may be weird but sandbox style play with more vehicles and non-linearity would be a nice road to explore.

A6: Of course!

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Q1-Which Quake game is your favorite?
Quake... what can I say? it started it all off...
Second fave is quake 3...
Q2-Do you prefer the Q1 story or the Strogg storylines?
... No answer.
Q3-Whats your favorite creature(of ANY quake games)?
... any...
Q4-Whats your favorite Quake Weapon?
The pistol...
Q5-Are you looking forward to Quake 5(like me)?
... No! Quake was ruined by Quake 4, Quake is fastpaced shooting action, if they dont make it fast paced then I`m not gonna buy.
Q5-What features/gameplay items would you like to see in Q5?
Fast paced = Fast selling out
Q6-Would you consider yourself a hardcore Quake fan?
No. Quake 4 ruined it all...


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I love quake 1 and 2. 2 more-so than 1. Quake 3 was pretty good. I thought Q4's multiplayer took the best of Q2&3.


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Posted: 9th Sep 2008 20:07 Edited at: 9th Sep 2008 20:08
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Q1-I don't like Quake itself that much, though I like Elite Force which runs on Quake 3's engine.
Q2-It had a story?
Q3-They all look the same to me.
Q4-Railgun? Something nice and powerful.
Q5-Not really, don't have anything meaty enough to handle it.
Q6-A "press here if your computer is a bit weedy" button.
Q7-Nope.

Why are there two fifth questions?

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Quote: "Why are there two fifth questions?"

Haha my bad...fixed

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Q1 - The first, by a significant margin. Although I enjoyed the most recent release, but it didn't feel terribly innovative.

Q2 - Quake 1 had a story?

Q3 - That thing that was on the back of the original Quake CD-case (the one that folded out), it was large, gray, and I think could shoot lightning Shamblers is what they are called I believe.

Q4 - Double Barreled Shotgun. Applies to Doom 2 as well.

Q5 - Not as much as most other games, and it will probably continue with the Strogg storyline, which isn't my preference.

Q6 - Weapons in the center of the screen and a ridiculous number of monsters to fight off with a ridiculous amount of health and ammo

Q7 - No. Doom still wins.

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I fell in love with the Quake universe from the beginning ! And I still might go back and pull out my old mod for Q1 and work on it. Johnny C worked like a dog on this engine and drove him dam near psycho getting it perfect. So yes I indeed have no personal beef and have a deep love and respect for all the characters in all the games. Q4 may have been a bit dry and worn down like a snot rag but they were only caring for the X box crowd. Can someone tell me if any of the Quakes run under VISTA? And who's up for an old fashion frag with Q1 or Q2
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A1-Which Quake game is your favorite?
Singleplayer: Q2
Multiplayer: Q3
A2-Do you prefer the Q1 story or the Strogg storylines?
The strogg storyline
A3-Whats your favorite creature(of ANY quake games)?
Thats a tough one.. Probably the giant monster in Q1 (Shambler I think) that shot electricity at you.
A4-Whats your favorite Quake Weapon?
Railgun
A5-Are you looking forward to Quake 5(like me)?
Yes. I havent heard anything about it, but I hope its nothing like Q4 which was a real dissapointment.
A6-What features/gameplay items would you like to see in Q5?
I want to see some nice crisp level design like in Q1 and Q2, a strong storyline with a ton of weapons (some classics, a few new ones would be nice) and a robust competitive multiplayer mode.
A7-Would you consider yourself a hardcore Quake fan?
Yes, definitely.
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Anyone looking forward to Quake Live coming out soon?

Who touched my gun?
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A1. Quake 4. I don't see what everyones problem is with it. It was still really fun and had good graphics. It also had a decent MP mode.

A2.Strogg. Quake one was wierd.

A3.Makron from Quake 4

A4.I am a shotgun person.

A5.Yes. I don't think there has been and news about it though. I think Id is working on Rage and Doom 4 right now.

A6.Lots of Shooting and gore. .

A7.Yeah.
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Quote: "A1. Quake 4. I don't see what everyones problem is with it. It was still really fun and had good graphics. It also had a decent MP mode."

I belive it didnt stick to its old home contents, which is Fast paced, and I mean fast paced as in War$ow fast paced...
Meh, thats just my penny though.


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1) Quake III: Arena. Still love it and it's coming out on LIVE arcade soon.
4) I know I'll be branded a noob, but it has to be the rocket launcher.
5) Oh yeah, forgot about that. Well, yes. As long as this is true deathmatch-style quake, not that territories crap.
6) More rocket launchers!
7) No, but Q3 is awesome



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Quote: "A1. Quake 4. I don't see what everyones problem is with it. It was still really fun and had good graphics. It also had a decent MP mode."


Quake 4 was terrible IMO. I hate (with a vengeance) the Doom 3 engine (id tech 4 is what they're calling it now i think) and how it made everything shiny and plasticky. Also the game felt very slow compared to the older ones, it was like playing an elephant as opposed to every other quake game where you can bounce around like a rabbit. The multiplayer mode I admit was half decent, but nobody played it because Q3mp was just so much better. Q4 style definitely should not be revisited.
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Quake 4 owns, the hate for it is really unjustified in my eyes. Sure they made it less nooby, more scary and realistic, your problem with this is??? Just because its a Quake shouldn't mean its has to be a Halo clone with people jumping around 10 feet in the air shooting off rockets like its the 4th of July.

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Quote: "Quake 4 is the captian of the fail boat.
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Corrected for you slayer222.


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Quote: "Just because its a Quake shouldn't mean its has to be a Halo clone"

....quake was first....


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Yeah, but I don't know if Q3 was... The one that brought this silly multi-player fad on us.

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I do know, Q3 came out 2 years before Halo.
Quake is one of the most original of the FPS's. Because it was one of the first. I know there were more before it, but Quake defined FPS's. Halo redefined

Quote: "The one that brought this silly multi-player fad on us."

I never really liked the Quake single player anyway. I liked the Arena idea.


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Everytime someone tries to changed something everybody hates it. They made it somewhat more realistic. Added a few things like vehicles and such. Also what is better then blowing up a 10 zillion pound sewage eating monster. They also added a lot of new enemies in Q4. But everyone is entitled to their opinion I guess.
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Quote: "Quake 4 owns, the hate for it is really unjustified in my eyes. Sure they made it less nooby, more scary and realistic, your problem with this is??? Just because its a Quake shouldn't mean its has to be a Halo clone with people jumping around 10 feet in the air shooting off rockets like its the 4th of July."


What the eff are you on about, seriously? Jumping around 10 feet in the air IS QUAKE. Scary and realistic is not. Quake 3 was the most skill intensive Quake of the series, and Q4 just doesnt measure up against it, so I fail to see how its 'less nooby'. Q3 came out two years before the first Halo.
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I don't get it why you are all bashing Quake 4 when Quake 2 is pretty much excactly the same except for a few minor gameplay difference. In Quake 2 you don't jump 10 feet in the air. It has pretty much the same story and everything. Also I don't think you can even compare Quake 3:Arena to any of the other Quake games because it has nothing to do with anything.It seems really, really random. Since when could you play as John Carmack in Quake 2 and 4 or any of the other id people like you can in Q3. All the characters in it are wierd like surfer guys and even the original Doom guy. Even the levels don't really make any sense in the Quake world. Q3 is totally separate from any other Quake game IMO and really shouldn't really be compared.
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Quake 2, is one of those games which will never happen again as most FPS games now are losing that feeling. Like Halo, first one was just right then they failed on 2 and 3. Quake is similar except they failed on Q4. Quake 4 was good yeah, but then when you become a strogg I lost all interest, I was hoping just to run about and kill the strogg, not to become one.(Before people go you spolied it for me! Watch the trailer again, it says you become one.) And I agree with Vorg1, Quake 3: Arena was developed on a Mulitplayer basis, quake 4 however was not, though having a multiplayer option, Quake 4 seemed more tilted towards the story.

P.s. I know when you're a strogg you have to kill strogg, but the whole concept was rubbish. But I guess I could be the only one.


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@Vorg: play some more Quake 2-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkOhN0BKTy0&feature=related

@Deathead: I agree. It sounded like a kick ass feature, but when I actually played it, I was let down hard.
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Quote: "@Vorg: play some more Quake 2-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkOhN0BKTy0&feature=related"

I'm fairly confident the developers wanted that too
regardless of how fake Q2 is, the point he was making is that it was MORE realistic than the others.

And I agree that Q2 and Q4 had a similar feel. When I first played Q4 that was one of the first things I thought.


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Quote: "though I like Elite Force"
Hehe that game is sick.(Meaning good)
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Quote: "What the eff are you on about, seriously? Jumping around 10 feet in the air IS QUAKE. Scary and realistic is not. Quake 3 was the most skill intensive Quake of the series, and Q4 just doesnt measure up against it, so I fail to see how its 'less nooby'. Q3 came out two years before the first Halo."
Ha, then I hate Quake. No nooby game is worth my attention as I'll just return it to the store for whatever refund I can get. Q1 is Doom and my eyes, and I don't like Doom. Q3 is well I don't know what its trying to be. Some people call it the best Quake, I call them crazy, as its not even a Quake except in name. Quake Wars is decent because they at least have Strogg and good gameplay. After you became a Strogg in Q4 it was yah, kinda lame. But I think it was the levels that got me down. The first 5 or so are so awesome, teamwork, owning Strogg, some scary parts.

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@Slayer222: I must say, you honestly haven't played Quake 3.


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I OWN it, and played it for 3 months. It was pretty boring, I pretty much ended up getting into an offline match, commanding my teammates to camp in a corner and test various weapons them, BFG rapid fire was my fave.

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Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament are very much the same game in my eyes.
The weapons and maps may be different, but the games have a very similar feel.


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I think UT3 is better, better weaponry (alternate fire modes), vehicles, and UT3 sports very cool graphics and features such as the fake death, hoverboard and bloody weapons. But it is a very new game.

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C'mon, legts get back on topic about the questions. I like EVERY quake game they made ALOT. They didnt fail with any of them.

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If Nine Inch Nails didn't make the soundtrack, it's not Quake.
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O ya I forgot about that Trent Reznor made the Quake music. Go Quake. I also think I read somewhere that Rob Zombie did the Quake 2 theme.
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Quote: "I think UT3 is better,"

maybe. But I think it was obviously made by a Q3 fan.

Quote: "Q5-Are you looking forward to Quake 5(like me)?"

did you make that Question 5 on purpose?

I think the only problem with "Quake 5" is that "5" is a rather large number... I hope they do something like they did before, make a different name... like, "Quake 2009" or "Quake: Unleashed" or something.

I'll be honest, I was super excited for Doom3/Quake4, but now, I think they're just way too gorey. so I'm not very excited for Q5. i may try it. But excess of gore just doesn't appeal to me all that much anymore.


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I think the best usage for the modified Quake 3 TA was American McGee's "ALICE". A perfect one of a kind game that can be played over and over again and not be boring. Too bad you can't make new missions for it. Ok..Ok RTCW wasn't so bad either. Too bad Marianna Blavatsky had to be turned into a zombie, She had some nice tattoos.
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i was gona post "wanna see a REALLY big number?" and type in a billion random numbers, but getting banned is not something im looking forward to.

if you call me an idiot/retard again, ill stick my finger in your mouth, and i have a really dirty finger, you don't want it in there!
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I think Quake 4 was decent but I don't really get the urge to play it through again (though I'm getting a major urge to go play Quake 3).

And the comparison between Quake 3 and UT3 is silly. UT3 came out less than a year ago, Quake 3 came out in 1999.

The main problem I had with Doom 3 was that, besides dropping the gameplay that Doom had mastered, the "awesome" graphics didn't seem that great to me. Sure, they looked nice, but they felt un-realistic, Half Life 2 felt like a real world, Doom 3 felt artificial.

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Quote: "And the comparison between Quake 3 and UT3 is silly. UT3 came out less than a year ago, Quake 3 came out in 1999. "

I never said anything about UT3. I'll tell you what, Unreal Tournament has been around longer than a year. Ironically enough, the first Unreal Tournament came out 10 days before quake3. Which is interesting to me, because the two games feel SO much alike, I always thought one was based off the other.


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@JoelJ: I think he was talking to Slayer222.


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Yeah he was, and Airslide I did state the age difference

Still some people claim Q3 is one of the best games out there which to me is madness. Not cause of graphics, but just cause of features and gameplay.

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