Despite its flaws, one of the best first person shooters of the year.

User Rating: 9.1 | Quake 4 PC
By RFNeo | Review Date:
Gameplay: True, the Doom 3 engine is not perfect and you will either hate it or love it. The AI is not that great, specially compared to games like F.E.A.R. Still, Quake 4 offers what any FPS should: lots of action and lots of fun. The voice acting is great and I love all the “in betweens” from one level to the next. It gives you a chance to stroll through base camp and chat with the different members of your squad as well as the other squads. Weapons are great and the only flaw I find, it’s the fact that because the AI is not that great, you will find the gameplay kind of repetitive specially towards the third part of the game.

Graphics: Here is where the game really excels. Even the people that do not like the Doom 3 engine admit it has the best graphics yet. True, you will need a powerful PC to play it at its full glory; but if you do have that PC as I have, you are in for a treat. The level design in Quake 4 is simply amazing. The detail is incredible and the interactivity of all your surroundings play an important part on the game experience. Where games like F.E.A.R. fail with their repetitive and dull levels, Quake 4 succeeds. The lightning system is unbelievable. Technologically, this game is a work of art. No other game engine comes close to the visuals the Doom 3 engine has to offer.

Sound: Well, the sound effects in Quake 4 and the soundtrack are good but nothing great. It’s not something you will remember the game by, but still they are not bad at all. We could say they are average.

Value: Well, it will all depend on what kind of gamer you are. If you are only going to play this game single player, then perhaps this will not be the best value you will find. The campaign is as long as the ones on games like Half Life 2 or F.E.A.R. You can finish the game more or less in 12 hours. Of course, if you are going to play this game multiplayer, then you will be back to play it for months, if not years to come. Multiplayer is not for everybody though. It’s old school pure Quake 3. Not for the CS:Source, BF2 or Call of Duty fans.

Tilt: I am glad Quake is back with a vengeance. I just hope there will be more Quake games to come and more sci-fi first person shooters with the same quality of this one.

Have fun playing this game and remember. Don’t even bother to buy this game if you hate the Doom 3 engine.

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