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Quake 4 Demo

by Steve Gibson, Nov 23, 2005 9:00pm PST
Related Topics – Quake 4, Activision, Demo

A Quake4 demo has been released over on FileShack. Word from Activision is that they plan on making another release next week that will include a working multiplayer component.





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  • I like Raven (Heretic, SOF, JK2, etc.), but honestly, after playing this demo I just can't imagine actually buying this game.

    The level design was really bland - almost everything was on one level, you can play through both levels without ever even using the jump key (I'm not asking for jumping puzzles or anything, but it was just so flat). I'm sure there are better levels in the full game (there would have to be) but this is what they chose to show us :/

    Of the four weapons (pistol, assault rifle, nailgun, shotgun), only one had an alt-fire (zoom on the rifle) and there's no melee attack for any of them - boo urns.

    The NPC interaction was uninteresting too, they either jabber at you for a few seconds (blah, blah, go here) or follow you from point A to B (I don't recall hearing any chatter from the AI when they follow you, but maybe they were lagging too far behind and I couldn't hear them).

    I want to say something positive, but really - after playing through the demo, I just went straight for the uninstall :(