Wow! I really like Quake 4...it's a great FPS

Just passed it today, finally.

But man, I really dig it! I don't know why, but the concept of the Strogg is pretty intense stuff. This is Hollywood stuff, really mysterious, cool yet disgusting, and freaky as hell. I thought Quake 4 was a lot scarier than Doom 3 or even FEAR. Now that I think about it, Doom 3 and FEAR used a lot of cheap gimmicks to scare you, but Quake 4 had genuine freaky moments that really gave me some chills, especially that one part when...well, to those who played it would know what I'm talking about. I think it's the best FPS that made aliens scary. (NOTE: I didn't say it was the best FPS, but it did scary aliens really well.)

It wasn't perfect of course. It started out dull but then became intense and awesome. Also, the vehicle parts had great concepts, but wasn't as fun as I wanted it to be. And of course, the AI is stupid. But the scripted moments were pretty spectacular.

Basically, I like Quake 4 so much I'd love to see a Quake movie done right! I think if it's helmed by a good film crew and a great director, like David Fincher or James Cameron, it would be a awesome sci-fi/horror film.

i played q4 its great game with decent graphics.

i was happy that my p4 2.4ghz geforce 7600gt could handle it, making it playable.

After I finished the first level of Quake 4, it made me feel like "I'd come home".MaDaStar

Yep, I felt the same. The cutscenes were great. I really liked the references to the "lone" Q2 marine in the opening cutscene. The guys at Raven did an amazing job with the Doom 3 engine. I really liked the game.

The only thing that I DIDNT like was the absence of the BFG. I mean, its a Quake game!!!! THERE HAS TO BEA BFG gun somewhere... Im not saying that the Dark Matter gun wasnt good, but the BFG is the BFG

Yeah, mrbojangles is right. It's about as A to B as you can get this side of 2000, but it does what it sets out to do extremely well. It's a no-nonsense run n gun killfest.

The way the Strogg use human corpses in their power production, and the way large and horrible organs seem to grow out of the very walls gives the game a great feeling. My only regret is that I played almost the whole game with the machinegun with mounted torch. The game is really quite fantastic when you just let the environmental lighting take over.

I wouldn't call it great, personally - but it definitely does what it sets out to do about as well as it can possibly be done. And at the price it costs these days, everyone who enjoys FPS games should check it out.

its a good game , but i didnt finished it i dont know why,i just didnt want to play it anymore, i lost the interest in it,dont know why there is something missing in the game that forces you to keep playing it

its a good game , but i didnt finished it i dont know why,i just didnt want to play it anymore, i lost the interest in it,dont know why there is something missing in the game that forces you to keep playing it

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I agree. I did finish it, but the game just started getting harder and harder to push through. It's more than just the poor and repetitive AI, it is something else. I felt the same way about Doom 3, but to a lesser extent. Doom 3 somehow kept me a little more intrigued.

I guess this opens up a topic I'd like to touch on, comparing Doom 3 to Quake 4. As I said, Quake 4 is about a 7.5 for me. I would rate Doom 3 something like an 8. Both games are pretty similar, but I feel Doom 3 has some key advantages over Quake 4.

First, the weapons felt like they had their own niches. That's not to say I particularly liked Doom 3's weapons. Most of them had piss-poor sounds (the coughing pistol, the hammer-banging-on-metal shotgun, the staplegun-like machine gun, the drumbeat chaingun), and they weren't especially satisfying to use. But at least they all had a direction, a use for different types of enemies. Quake 4's weapons weren't like this. They felt more reliable and satisfying overall, but rarely did I feel like I would need weapon X instead of weapon Y to kill this next bad guy, and I'd have to switch to weapon Z once that other guy over there came after me...

Second, the enemies were generally rather different in the way they dealt with you in D3. This worked in tandem with the way the weapons worked better for different enemies and situations, so that each enemy had a weapon or two that would work better than the others against it. In Quake 4, too many of the enemies felt like basically the same thing, with different weapons and different amounts of health. Too many enemies could be dealt with by the assault rifle, for example, about as effectively as the other weapons, unless you were facing one of the bigger baddies with more health. This meant there was little need to switch up your tactics for each encounter, which perpetuated the monotony.

To me, those were the two biggest problems that made Quake 4 harder to push through for me. I had written out a few paragraphs about the smaller things that made Doom 3 easier to go through, then I clicked preview and realized I've gone on long enough... :P

my favorite game is quake 4 but doom 3 and f.e.a.r. are more scary.strogg medical facilities are so good and you have a good scary look quake 4 is by me the best game on the world.this nexis is so hard but you have a lot of weapons.I rate it 8.0

I didnt find Quake 4 scary at all, but it's one hell of a game. tramp

Ummm....lol, with your signature is that supposed to be that reviewer guy (the Asian one) on GS? Im being serious, it just looks a bit like him ha. Or just reminds me of him. He's a good critic!!