
It ticks all the right boxes: decent, chatty buddy AI, a semblance of a storyline, 'thrilling' on-rails sections, a fine selection of (upgradeable) weapons, an interesting plot twist, some 'intense action', mech combat, tank combat and all wrapped up in the most powerful graphics engine the world has ever seen. In summary, Quake 4 is a textbook example of 'how to make a highly competent first-person shooter using someone else's new engine'. But so much so that most of the veteran shooters among us will be rueing Raven's overly formulaic approach to something that we were all hoping would amaze us. Because everything about Quake 4 is in its right place. Whichever opening salvo you prefer, the general message appears to be one of 'don't be surprised'. Best dust off the Alienware mouse and stick it to The Strogg one more time, eh?

Far from being thrown into disarray, the Carmack, Willits and co regroup and build the new, more powerful Doom III game engine and commission long-term cohorts Raven to churn out a game that picks up where Quake II left off. That's definitely the case with Quake 4, with Valve's great foe, id, undeterred by being too busy working on other stuff to get around to making another game in the Quake series. Old franchises never die, they just return in time to show off new gaming technology. Best take that one out as well then, eh?Īlternatively, the opening paragraph could have just as easily have gone like this: Far from being thrown into disarray, the cybernetic warriors regroup and rebuild a new, more powerful Makron. That's definitely the case with Quake 4, with Earth's great foe, The Strogg, undeterred by the loss of their leader, the Makron. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Alien menaces never die, they just return in time to show off new gaming technology. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.

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