Very amusing game............
User Rating: 8.4 | Quake III Arena PC
It's a bit of a daunting task to sit down and review an id game. No other games have quite the fanatical following nor the sharp polarisation of views. id themselves, despite being quite a normal software developer internally, are so revered to this day that they remain the last of the famous rock star developers. EuroGamer's editor, Gestalt, last week took an initial look at Quake III Arena with the wider viewpoint of how the game fits into the global scheme of things. I'd like to try sum up Quake III Arena in the same way, but also take a look at how the game shapes up for those folks, like me, that treat FPS games as a way of life rather than 'just another game'. Traditionally I kick off reviews with a bit of background, but I'm sure that everyone is familiar with id's past legendary works, so far so I'll cut to the chase - Quake III Arena is a strange hybrid of supremely polished first-person shooter evolution and a burning desire to have it appeal to the broader gamer. It's a bit odd, but I mean that in a good way... 
