Why is Quake 4 worse than Quake 3?

I was going to pick up Quake 4, but many people have told me that the multiplayer isn't as good as Quake 3. Why is this?

quake 4 is more single player focused whereas 3 was multiplayer

quake 4 is more single player focused whereas 3 was multiplayer

iwilson1296

I was going to pick up Quake 4, but many people have told me that the multiplayer isn't as good as Quake 3. Why is this?

CaptainAhab13

Too bad the game is nowhere to be found.Koraboros

Well Quake Live is free and you can get get Quake 3 and 4 off Steam.

Quake 4 was the sequel to Quake 2. Quake 3 was made to combat the Quake 2 multiplayer players Unreal stole.

The multiplayer in Quake 4 was basically a port of Quake 3, People had seen it all before.

Quake 4 wasn't made for multiplayer. It's a great single-player game though.

If you want multiplayer, your best option is to sign up to Quake Live instead.

[QUOTE="Koraboros"]Too bad the game is nowhere to be found.the_mitch28

Well Quake Live is free and you can get get Quake 3 and 4 off Steam.

Quake 4 isn't on Steam.

I've been trying to get hold of Quake 4 for the last month or two. I'm really surprised it's not available as a budget title :(

I thought the multiplayer was pretty decent in the Q4 demo. I know it's still popular with a lot of competitive players too, so it must have done something right.

I love Quake Live as it is, but it would be great to have an option to play on something closer to the Q4 graphics engine. I'm sure that would attract more gamers with high-end systems.

I've been trying to get hold of Quake 4 for the last month or two. I'm really surprised it's not available as a budget title :(

I thought the multiplayer was pretty decent in the Q4 demo. I know it's still popular with a lot of competitive players too, so it must have done something right.

I love Quake Live as it is, but it would be great to have an option to play on something closer to the Q4 graphics engine. I'm sure that would attract more gamers with high-end systems.

jimmyjammer69

So, is this game still popular at ALL? I log onto Quake Live and see only a handful of people. Please tell me this game ain't dead. :(

...heck, I log onto Unreal 2K4 and see thousands online.

So, is this game still popular at ALL? I log onto Quake Live and see only a handful of people. Please tell me this game ain't dead. :(

...heck, I log onto Unreal 2K4 and see thousands online.

CaptainAhab13

TBH I've got a bit of an issue with UT physics (plus I was one of the suckers who bought the near identical UT2k3 :x), so I never got UT2k4 and can't really compare.

Plus, Q4 has an eerie similarity to the Doom 3 story/feel, just different graphic set.PARANOiA300

Because you move slowl as hell and no one plays it online.

Quake 3 players would agree 100% with what i said.

/revive dead thread pointlessly

I tried the multiplayer... feels richer and more "full" than Quake Live (which is still boomin! BOOYA!), but at the same time it feels much heavier as well. Slower, it seems like. Still, not bad at all, and there are still people playing.

[QUOTE="iwilson1296"]

quake 4 is more single player focused whereas 3 was multiplayer

Evz0rz

agreed. The singleplayer was crazy fun, and honestly the multiplayer was sufficiant. I think people tend to romanticize Quake 3's multiplayer for some reason

When you look back on the series, though, there is only one game that doesnt really belong and that is Quake III