Quake 4 for Linux ROXS YOUR TOES OFF!

[elfs]

Yes, I got Quake 4. The binaries are available on-line and Omaha kindly granted me her Mac OSX DVD of the game that she got as a review copy, so let me tell you right now that Quake 4 is the game that ID should have put up against Half Life 2, because Quake 4 totally rocks. The graphics are smoother than the ID Doom 3 Linux port, the storyline richer (hey, it's a frakkin' Return to Stroggos, for Set's sake!) and the engine seems to be stronger. On my AMD 2000 with an Nvidia card that's at least two generations old, it still works incredibly well. The monsters are nasty, the visuals gross in a "war is Hell" way, and the sound effects scary in a "kick ass and take names, Marine!" way.

Excellent. I have hours of playtime to kill.

Comments

Q4, D3, and F.E.A.R.

[ewhac.livejournal.com]

Apparently the current zeitgeist in first-person shooters is, "Scare the fsck out of the player." While I'm sure that's entertaining for some, I don't especially care for it, especially when the scares are as contrived as they are in Doom 3. "Oh, there's a power failure; all the lights are out. Heh. Oh, and you can't wield a weapon and a flashlight at the same time, and there seems to be no duct tape on Mars."

Conversely, while I've never been a big fan of RPGs, I'm growing to like Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Parts of their UI are clunky (inventory management being a prime offender), but the game has a relaxed pace I find appealing. And the graphics are quite stunning.

Schwab

Re: Q4, D3, and F.E.A.R.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Well, it's hard not to be startled in Quake, but unlike the "horror" mode of Doom 3, Quake 4 is much more a stand-up fight and, you know what you're in for. I liked Doom 3 (I especially liked Doom 3 Classic), but Quake 4 is more my speed. Although the very first mission, "Go back the way you came and get the medic," had me saying, "You have got to be kidding me." But it's true to storyline.

[wendor.livejournal.com]

I've got Quake 4 sitting here unopened because I'm still working my way through a backlog of games (Silent Hill 3 and 4, Doom 3, and Myst 5 are at the top of the stack - Tron 2.0 is still at the bottom, I can't believe I never got around to installing it). Sigh, just not enough hours in the day.

On the basis of your comments I may go ahead and skip forward to Quake 4 rather than waiting.