Updated Quake 4 Demo Released

by Maarten Goldstein, Nov 29, 2005 10:46am PST

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By: notext x Show Full Post

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The link for fileshack Washington D.C is bad, at least on mecury side.

Nov 29, 2005 2:27pm PST

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The link for fileshack Washington D.C is bad, at least on mecury side. : notext
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- I really enoyed this demo. Creatures are more badass than in Doom 3. Here's one more mirror site,... : playwhat

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I really enjoyed Quake 4. Just wait for a good Coop mod. It will be cool to run with some buddies (as medics and technicans) through the levels :-).

Nov 30, 2005 12:21pm PST

I really enjoyed Quake 4. Just wait for a good Coop mod. It will be cool to run with some buddies (as med... : matthaeus

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I really enjoyed Quake 4. Just wait for a good Coop mod. It will be cool to run with some buddies (as medics and technicans) through the levels :-).

Nov 30, 2005 12:17pm PST

I really enjoyed Quake 4. Just wait for a good Coop mod. It will be cool to run with some buddies (as med... : matthaeus

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a big shout-out to patd, id Software guy and shacker who decided to hop on the official demo tourney server and... get creamed in the finals by someone other than me!

Nov 29, 2005 4:41pm PST

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a big shout-out to patd, id Software guy and shacker who decided to hop on the official demo tourney serv... : Postal
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- yes that fellow was quite good :) : patd

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the single player seemed weak, and the quake series never really had a solid story like doom did, not sure why they decided to do a single player, instead of continuing in Q3's steps and stay straight MP.

Been playing Q4 since it came out and am very disappointed, dont buy, the MP has hardly any support, and it takes a mega machine to run it if there are more than 8 people on a server. Maybe mods will help if they come out.

Nov 29, 2005 12:31pm PST

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the single player seemed weak, and the quake series never really had a solid story like doom did, not sur... : datim
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  Doom had a solid story? I wasn't aware it even HAD a story. Q4 Sp was a hell of a lot of fun. Nothing ... : x-eyd|mary
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    Wow if you cant recite the doom story off the top of your head, are you a real gamer? Scientist open up ... : datim
    - That's not a story. It's an excuse. : x-eyd|mary
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    Ever since Quake 2 got the BFG and Quake 3 got the plasma gun, I consider both Doom and Quake to exist in... : johnsto
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      When they made Quake 1 they literally came up with the story on the day it went gold, after it was made. ... : arsonide
      
      I don't know about Q2, but the excuse for Q1 was that it was originally Daikatana with an axe. : the archvile

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q3 arena was a full game definitely worth buying and it was MP only

q4 has all that q3 had and more (base MP + team arena) AND it has a great SP portion, it's a definite must buy in my book

Nov 29, 2005 10:57am PST

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q3 arena was a full game definitely worth buying and it was MP only q4 has all that q3 had and more (b... : derean
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  except that the multi in q4 sucks and runs horribly unless you have a monster system 8| : belal
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    Runs peachy-keen on a athlon 2000+ with a geforce 4. Single-player, less so, but still bearable. : Disco Cat
    - peachy my ass... no way you getting good framerates with that rig. I have a AMD64 3000+ and had a Rad ... : mc-fine
  - Strange before the patch it ran sluggish, but now it runs ultra smooth, did you update your nvidia driver... : Rageaholic
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  with less MP maps. Sure, some of the Q3 maps were a bit pedestrian or even lame, but it had over 8 solid... : the archvile
  - hmm .. i have been feeling like both q3 and q4 have pretty much the same number of stock maps that i enjo... : Mansmells

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Quake 4 was a really fun game for me for some reason. I always enjoyed the squad based combat that was going on in the game and the upgraded weapons that you got throughout the game also kept me going more and more.

The part that I hated was the walker sequence.

Nov 29, 2005 12:07pm PST

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Quake 4 was a really fun game for me for some reason. I always enjoyed the squad based combat that was g... : stgdz
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- I finished q4 in 2 days.... Doom 3 was very fun also, but q4 is what doom 3 should have been. : Rageaholic

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By: limabone-jlp x Show Full Post

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I came into Q4 having no/poor expectations...usually you are pleasantly surprised when you think a game is gonna suck. This was not one of those times.
id has fallen far imo...maybe they have lost touch with the average gamer...or perhaps I am not the average gamer anymore. (When I played Doom 1 demo when it came out I was in university I think..now Im married with 2 kids)...I guess Im just a crotchety old man now who hates everything (except HL2 which rocks)

Nov 29, 2005 4:17pm PST

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Needs more servers for mp. It sucks that there are like 5 servers with a lowest ping of 120. Besides, i'm to cheap to get the full version just yet.

Nov 29, 2005 5:04pm PST

Needs more servers for mp. It sucks that there are like 5 servers with a lowest ping of 120. Besides, i'm... : killeron18

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What's up with the "it takes a 42873$ machine to run the game" comments? The Quake series has always been about upgrading. Or we haven't been playing the same game these last 9 years?

Nov 29, 2005 1:56pm PST

What's up with the "it takes a 42873$ machine to run the game" comments? The Quake series has always been... : pillzer

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i don't like the de-rezing of dead bodies

Nov 29, 2005 1:25pm PST

i don't like the de-rezing of dead bodies : e v i l

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gonna have to check this out tonight

Nov 29, 2005 10:52am PST

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  same here. I owe it a try after loving q2 and q3 was alright. : Concrete
  - If the fucker looks alright on my 9800 pro I'll buy it... I'm not optomistic after Doom 3 however... : ihya

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What part of this demo is "UPDATED"? Or does that refer to the fact that the in-game browser is not broke?

Nov 29, 2005 12:06pm PST

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What part of this demo is "UPDATED"? Or does that refer to the fact that the in-game browser is not brok... : Ra5putin
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  correct, multiplayer demo not broke : p4ck3tloss
  - the old one was broken? MP worked fine for me. : pyide

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Terrific. <loads up Jake2>

Nov 29, 2005 11:58am PST

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Terrific. <loads up Jake2> : johnsto
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- lol : dopefish

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Well at least there will be more people playing those 2 mp maps now.

Nov 29, 2005 11:28am PST

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Well at least there will be more people playing those 2 mp maps now. : IgnoramusSA
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- as if there weren't enough overpopulated DM servers now .. : hatelull

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By: nomaad x Show Full Post

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Played a bit on an id server with 200+ ping.

It was alright but failed to excite me :/

Felt like Quake3, only ran worse.

Nov 29, 2005 12:00pm PST

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Played a bit on an id server with 200+ ping. It was alright but failed to excite me :/ Felt like Qu... : nomaad
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- 200 ping gee, wonder why.. : IgnoramusSA

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By: hawke x Show Full Post

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Hmm. I must be jaded.

I installed the Q4 demo (first one) and played through the two levels. And then quickly uninstalled it as not being interested.

There was way too much shooting. I had to just hold down my button and hose those monsters. The nailgun just made it so I had to hose for not quite as long.

I don't dig on corridor shooters. It's been so long since I played one, I forgot what they were like. But, the first level of the demo is in hallways. The second is in trenches (hallways without a roof). That's all I reemember from D3 as well. I guess these 'old school' FPS's really are old school.

Give me FarCry or BF2 anyday.

But, the engine etc seemed just fine. Didn't blow me away, but it definitely seemed capable.

Nov 29, 2005 11:36am PST

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Hmm. I must be jaded. I installed the Q4 demo (first one) and played through the two levels. And th... : hawke
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  ....too much shooting in a first person shooter....?...?!...?!?. ... w...?!? t... f.? : K1Bond007
  - Yeah, I figured... : hawke

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I dunno. I finished the sp last night. Some of the level design/artistry is really quite amazing, but for me it pretty much felt un-alive. Interaction is pretty minimal (after HL2). I really enjoyed certain combat sequences, but when the game ended I pretty much was ready for it to end.

Nov 29, 2005 11:38am PST

I dunno. I finished the sp last night. Some of the level design/artistry is really quite amazing, but f... : ezanga

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yeah q4 is cool, sp and mp. quality quality design and production, makes it fun even though the gameplay doesn't contain much innovation.

Nov 29, 2005 11:15am PST

yeah q4 is cool, sp and mp. quality quality design and production, makes it fun even though the gameplay... : dael

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Should I uninstall the old demo, before installing this one?

Nov 29, 2005 11:03am PST

Should I uninstall the old demo, before installing this one? : CRasterImage

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Take 2 and......Action.

Nov 29, 2005 11:02am PST

Take 2 and......Action. : Cygnus X-1

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