Quake III arena is one of the most engaging FPS games to date IMO. Not because it has an enthralling single player, but it's online multiplayer is the most brutal, basic, and skillful thing you will ever play. It takes the old multiplayer of Quake II and gives it a few twists and turns, plus an enormous amount of content that Id software includes, as well as content available for download by users who make their own. The Quake III Arena community is quite interactive. Not the menus, but the levels are so small, and so complete, that it feels like your sort of in the world of Quake III. After you lose or win this match, you have to proceed to another area/ map. Speaking of maps, there are an infinite number of maps for Quake III. Most are quite well designed though. Very few maps actually suck. The weapons have changed around a tad bit. Subtracting a few, and adding others. No more nail gun, no more chain gun, no more hyper blaster, no more hand grenades, no more pistol :(. But you did get a plasma gun! Plus all the others are still here, even the rail gun and BFG10K! Isn't that great? The graphics have updated a good deal. Not too much since Quake II only came out half a year or so before Quake III, but good enough. The blood effects are astounding I might add! A huge amount of server modifications are available. There are servers of every type. Straight up Quake III Arena servers, modified servers, of servers made for a specific type of Quake III Arena, such as CPMA mode which is meant for players who want to 1v1 in Quake III. The Quake III gameplay is fast, furious, brutal, and basic, but still takes time to get good with. As basic as it is, some players no how to use the weapons in the game to get the instant kill needs. YOu need to take time and learn how to counter that. PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE.
Quake 3 is a AWESOME multiplayer game,and it sets a standard for what multiplayer online games should be like. Although it came out in 1999,hundreds of people still play it today,which is saying alot,cause normally,af... Read Full Review
id software were once regarded as the top developers of FPS games on the PC. They are responsible for some of the biggest names in FPS such as Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake. Quake III: Arena took a different route to the p... Read Full Review
