Another good shooter from the Doom 3 engine.

User Rating: 8.5 | Quake 4 PC
By Brutalus7 | Review Date:
Quake 4 was another shooter that had me excited in the past 2-3 years. It takes no time at all to see how much Quake 4 looks like Doom 3, thanks to the same engine being used, but Quake 4 has a little more pollish overall, to the gameplay and graphics. It does a good job of advancing the story from Quake II, and has a lot of fun moments, but there is nothing new or earth-shaking about how it tells the story, except for (maybe) the stroggification. It doesn't add much to gameplay, so that's why it's not that big of a deal.
Your squad-mates seem to help more than usual in a FPS, but they aren't with you often. The story and action is very linear, but that didn't bother me a whole lot, the story moves quickly, so it's ok. The vehicle sequences were nice, but could have been longer, or had more of a point to them. It was a little on the short side as well, but enjoyable to replay, and multiplayer is fun, so it's ok.

I guess overall, it would have been nice for it to be longer, but other than that, I can't ask for much more. The story needed to be told, and that limits freedom. A great shooter in the Quake series, but just a little more would have made it an awesome, timeless hit.

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