Quake4 first impressions

sledgy · Oct 2005

I'm a huge fan of the Quake series, Quake3 being my favorite. Quake2 I dig, but they really went in a slow direction, gameplay-wise. The physics so far (multiplayer) seem to be identical to Quake3 so that makes me a happy camper. I thought the RL was a little weak in the feedback dept. and the reload anim looks a little weird because it's so quick. The nay-nay launcher is very Q1-ish, but not nearly as quick. I don't really like the design of the shotgun but it has excellent feedback.
I'm really impressed at the scalability of the engine (again). It's totally playable on a 9600 mobile with low settings and looks outstanding on a 9800Pro. This one makes me want to get a 512MB card.

The menu is still classically easy to navigate and quick. I'm looking forward to PPM support.

Dukester · Oct 2005

my impression so far is that if amazon doesnt ship mine today I'm gonna go postal!

I nv you sledgy

Sean McBride · Oct 2005

My impression so far is i'm not preordering from any company ever again. =p 3 games in a row i've preordered havn't come in untill a few days after release... I'm installing now. =p I just bought it from EBGames.

Dukester · Oct 2005

this is my first time, I'll let you know how it goes

sledgy · Oct 2005

I never pre-order. Most retail places have their business together enough to order a few extra copies on top of the preorders and if I don't get it the day of release, oh well I get it 2 days later.

Keg · Oct 2005

most games are 2 days later in canada for some stupid reason. sure movies and cd's we can get out the same day across north america, just not games. slight pet peeve. I generally pre-order for games I know i'll get good use out of. quake 4 interests me, but not to the level of spending cash for it. i'll wait for a demo to check it out. quake wars I am probably going to pre-order.

Joshua Stubbles · Oct 2005

If it's a lot slower than Quake2, that's unfortuneate. I don't care if it's slower than Q3 though. I don't get enjoyment from those super twitch shooters. As long as it carries the same pace of Doom3 or quicker, that'd be great by me.

JKMakowka · Oct 2005

Not buying it until the Linux port comes out (made that mistake with Doom3 already). But they promised it to be ready soon (tm)

Dukester · Oct 2005

Items not yet shipped:
Delivery estimate: October 19, 2005 1 of: Quake 4: Special Edition [CD]

if it hasn't shipped by 7:30 PM on the 18th how in the hell can the estimated delivery be the 19th.

I ordered it on the 2nd. Paid for next day air. I really feel like if I don't have it tomorrow they can keep it >:(

AstroZombie · Oct 2005

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I never pre-order. Most retail places have their business together enough to order a few extra copies on top of the preorders and if I don't get it the day of release, oh well I get it 2 days later.

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But then you miss out on the extra shit like the XXXL T-shirt that came with Quake 4!!!

Rwolf · Oct 2005

pssh Q4 dosen't come out till this thursday in canada...

Sean McBride · Oct 2005

Vassago: Are you refering to multiplayer or single player? It speeds up later in the game. Thats about all i can say as to not ruin anything for anyone.

As far as quake 4 goes... wow... I can honestly say i'm so happy with the way they took it. I can't think of a more prfect way for them to go. Instant classic in my eyes.

I'm having so much fun.

Jeff Parrott · Oct 2005

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like the XXXL T-shirt that came with Quake 4!!!

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I would pay to see a pic of you wearing a XXXL T-shirt Astro.

BIOS · Oct 2005

come back on thursday....you can paypal me the money.

KDR_11k · Oct 2005

Is it out in Europe? The place I usually check for new releases didn't have it and doesn't list it under recent releases.

ScoobyDoofus · Oct 2005

EDIT: Now that I've gotten it to run for awhile without crashing (although even after updating all my drivers, its still kinda crashy), it seems pretty fun!

I get a BSOD after 1-5 minutes.

didnt happen with Doom 3, or any other game really.

Sean McBride · Oct 2005

Just beat it. @_@ Wow... there are some very very cool parts in that game. It gets really hard near the end if your playing on the next to the hardest skill level. Great game! Raven did a great job.

scoob, did you check your sound/video drivers? Usualy when its takes a while like that its usualy the sound drivers. *shrug* Good luck.

hawken · Oct 2005

anyone have the foggiest when this comes out in the UK?

MoP · Oct 2005

hawken, yeah, 21st... 2 days' time.

RazorBladder · Oct 2005

xcept there are places sellin it now

but i begrudge payin £40-45 for it, so i've ordered it off net.

cochtl · Oct 2005

Multiplayer: The weapons dont feel very powerful. The sounds are awful in my opinion, especially when compared to quake 3. The game although fast, just didnt have the frenetic feeling that q3 has. I am really hoping that there are a ton of mods and ppm's made for this game though. I do like the fact that jump pads affect grenades and will make them jump as well. I won 2 matches lobbing grenades up pads and seeing them explode in front of other player's faces.

The single player game is pretty interesting so far. I really like how the engine was used so that there are areas that are wide open and are not just long corridors of tech stuff.

vahl · Oct 2005

bleh why europe always has stuff later than anywhere else in the world (maybe except japan for american/european products?) ??? even australians got it before us...

bleh...gotta wait until friday to get it

cochtl : I noticed the same problem with doom3 regarding weapon sounds...they sound like toys...

Can't wait to get my hands on it and convert my doom3 models to quake4...hate to see them sitting like this on my HD

(let's hope this will be done before monday

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AstroZombie · Oct 2005

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like the XXXL T-shirt that came with Quake 4!!!

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I would pay to see a pic of you wearing a XXXL T-shirt Astro.

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How much? BIOS here in the office pre-ordered it so he should be getting the t-shirt

hawken · Oct 2005

Anyone remember the quake3 american football shirt?

Sean McBride · Oct 2005

Hehehe, the personalized jersey? I kind of thought it lookedl ike a hockey jersey. I remember them though.

mrrogers · Oct 2005

My Observations:

Bummed that the Strogg dissipate when they die ala the doom demons. Seems like Raven didn't even TRY to come up with a different way to fade them out.

I HATE the machinegun sound, especially in multiplayer when EVERYONE is using it at the same time...makes me wince.

Levels look amazing, seemingly higher texture detail then Doom. I don't care much for the vehicle based levels. Turret on top of a rail gameplay or the anti-grav tank bit. Alot of the stretches of road are wastes...especially with such powerful weapons. I just don't feel threatened in the tank. They feel like time filler levels.

Monster behavior is pretty simple thus far. I typically kill enemies before I can even see how they react. I mean, should I make it a point to NOT kill guys just to see how they react to things?

Raven has doen an excellent job (re)creating the quake universe, from the tech to the uniforms on the USS Hannibal...great stuff. I wanted to just run around the ship and talk to all the marines on board. There are only 4 types of guys though, Asian, White, Black, and mixed...so I will spen a couple minutes listening to dialogue from Black guy B, turn a corner at a corridor and talk to the same black guy only now he is black guy C. At this point, I've not seen a single female...hmm, I hear them in voiceovers coming from Ops transmissions but that is it.

more to come

BIOS · Oct 2005

here's the photo of astrozombie you requested.....

BIOS · Oct 2005

maybe with this source photo we can have someone make an astro zombie model for Q4?

Dukester · Oct 2005

TATOOZ

KDR_11k · Oct 2005

He looks like a midget in that thing.

MoP · Oct 2005

What do you mean, "looks like a midget"?!

I think I'll buy Q4 next week, got too much stuff to do this week to waste any time playing games.

AstroZombie · Oct 2005

well, I am actually only 5'4" tall ...

bearkub · Oct 2005

Well, considering I had to take the first copy of Q4 I had back because one of the discs was bad, my INITIAL impressions could be better. =]

I got a quick exchange and should be installing it tonight. I hope.

Dukester · Oct 2005

Kub did you get CD's or the DVD?
I have heard of people having problems with the cd's.

Mine is sitting on my front porch while I'm languishing at work. Hopefully it will still be on my porch when I get home

adam · Oct 2005

This is my first Doom3-tech game and its pretty cool so far. I am getting about 30-40 frames-per-second on a 9800 with video settings at medium.

Cool game.

sledgy · Oct 2005

I agree about the dissipating bodies. With this engine they could have something cool like parasites jump out of the body through their orifices and gobble up the body, then gobble each other up until only one is left which shrivels up and dies. The multiplayer is just like olden times

Isis' Minion · Oct 2005

Multiplayer seems ok...probably gonna pick it up after my exams

cholden · Oct 2005

Picked this up today. At first I thought it looked terrible, then I got my doom3 optimizations in and it's looking better. I need to wait for nightfall here so I can enjoy it. During the day it's just too bright to play this kinda game, same with Doom3. Also picked up FEAR today. Once I play through them more I'll have more to say I'm sure. :P

adam · Oct 2005

Orange & Green for CTF? What the hell

RazorBladder · Oct 2005

Cholden, what doom3 optimizations would those be?
I've ordered Quake4 yesterday so if all goes well it should be at my door in the mornin. Can't wait, everyone I've spoken to seem to rave about it bein the better game of quake4/doom3, and I think I was one of the few that loved doom3..
More once I get ahold of it tomorrow *fingers crossed*.

PaK · Oct 2005

...i think its the lens barrel distortion.

-R

moose · Oct 2005

i could not get the cd version to install at work to save my f'in life. I tried everything the help and support docs said, and it just would *not* fucking install pak11.

got it to work first shot at home, i almost returned the game the instant it didnt work on the 8th try.

Its pretty fun, i dont hate it, i dont love it, but i like it.

cholden · Oct 2005

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Cholden, what doom3 optimizations would those be?

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http://db.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/file/doom_3_opt.txt

scroll down where it talks about making an autoexec.cfg file specific to your card size. Made a huge impact for me.

Jeff Parrott · Oct 2005

I was hoping for something like this:

MoP · Oct 2005

lol jeffro!

AstroZombie · Oct 2005

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I was hoping for something like this:

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me too

MoP · Oct 2005

Some sort of dread Quake priest?

Justin Meisse · Oct 2005

AstrobZombie is loooooong

Rhinokey · Oct 2005

and no that is not a trick with camera perspectiove, his legs really are are only 1/4 of his body length, looks hilarious when he jump ropes

StrangeFate · Oct 2005

Started playing Q4 today (SP only). Like the gameplay a lot so far, don't like the graphics.
The textures and some skins look like their artists didn't take the time to experiment with the new texhnology to find out what looks good. They just made good old JK2 quality textures and slapped a meh normalmap and a bland spec map on them.
Worst use of next gen tech i've seen in a while.

sumguy · Oct 2005

character models look silly
gameplay is molasses
feedback on weapons is poor

Quake 4 MP = suck, play Quake III instead.
Quake 4 SP = stupid, play F.E.A.R. instead.

Quake4 first impressions

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