damn! if you download all the updates, mods, etc. you will have such a big game that you wouldn't know wich map is this.
the great amout of maps, mods, models, codes, etc. is amazing. Single player is somehow easy in nightmare, but its multi-player is realy wide. My quake III folder now is "heavier" than the one of quake 4 full version (2.5 gigabytes). and i don't have all the mods, maps, models, etc that you can download. There are great ctf maps and great clan arena maps and great rocket arena maps, etc. it's really amazing. if you had all the updates created by any guy your game would probably "weigh" more than 8 gigabytes (maby 10). If you want to know how this game really is please get the full version and dowload mods, maps, etc from qzone, frag, quakeworld, etc. webpages. I WROTE THIS AGAIN BECAUSE I FORGOT TO PUT THAT you have to play a lot of time to understand the game and know the commands you need to config. you have a great liberty in changing the config. of your game, thats cool too. there are millions of command with with you can even tell your life and armour and were you are to your teammates with just clicking the button that you chose!!! You will like some mods and you will dislike others, but this game has EVERYTHING YOU EXPECT FROM A MULTI-PLAYER DEATHMATCH GAME AND EVEN MORE...
If you play in MULTIPLAYER CAPTURE THE FLAG mode, you will be able to enjoy a great amount of mixed emotions, tension, fun, anger, joy, etc. you'll need to organize your teams to captures the enemy flag , defend your flag, and score carrying the stolen flag to yor flag. In my opinion, CTF is the best mode in the game.