Quake 4

This is a classic! Honestly it's just as i remembered. Not many things like movies or video games age well. But this is one of those that did!. I cannot recommend this enough to people who played it years ago and want to give it a second try. Or people who are fans of the doom franchise. I am almost done with this game, and i want to give it a second go already XD! :D... If you have never played this game, i don't know if you'll like it. Specially with newer titles like doom 2016 or doom eternal. You might feel like this game is outdated or it's too slow. Or whatever other complaints you might have. But if you want to give it a go then go for it. ! :D Hopefully you'll like it. Honestly this only thing bad about this game, has to be the darkness. But I've always thought that, I'm just nitpicking by now xD. Great game!!!! Love it!!

Just like Doom 3, it's criminally underrated by boomers with fried attention spans. It's less mindless action and a little slower-paced horror and story-focused, but still an incredibly fun time all the same. You get to feel like you're in a military(because you are) and you often get to fight with other space marines, something even Doom 3 was missing. It's a horror, drama, and action-filled military sci-fi campaign worth playing.

Quake 4 is a mixed bag, while trying to follow on from Quake 2 it makes a lot of changes that I hated at the time, and reimagines almost everything from the previous game - the vehicle sections were tedious and at times very frustrating, but the game did perk up once the (gruesome) plot twist is revealed! Not my favourite game by any means but it is one that I will play again one day for nostalgic reasons!

The guns are really fun to use, and the story is...there, but the whole game is basically the same thing, with a couple vehicle missions and some neat bosses to spice it up. But if you're just looking for a fun shootbang (Not a quick one though) then get in!

So I've only played the game now for the first time. I skipped it back in 2007 because of the lame demo. And yes - despite knowing the 'twist' mid-game. Just in case I am going to say for everybody who really doesn't know anything about it yet - the short version without spoilers is this: The game is allright. The controls and the sounddesign feel like Doom 3 but it has way more action. If you can live with the storytelling of being with other AI marines telling you to pick up the pace or escort someone then this game is for you. The second half is where it really picks up and feels MUCH closer to Quake 2. And don't worry - escort mission character can't die or get stuck. It's just story advancement. The music is more cinematic but rather bland and doesn't always fit. The sound effects sound very close to Doom 3 as in having a lot of high pitch metallic sounds and lacking the powerful bass. On the other hand it looks really good for a game of the time and the second half mostly makes up for the first half as it brings back the Quake 2 feeling. !!! Spoilers from here on out !!! What the hell, Raven Software? I know where you're coming from making the player feel slow and more tactical without the stroggification but it doesn't really work for me. The first half feels like a generic military shooter on an alie planet. That's it. This is supposed to be a Q2 sequel. The player didn't have any bio ahancements there either and could still run as fast. The first part just feels like a different game to me. Also I hate that advancing the level is done by constant "come here!", "pick up the pace" or "move it marine!" intercom messages. It feels more hurried and doesn't give so much incentive to explore but just keep on rushing. Technically it's a good game, though. As mentioned above - the second half mostly makes up for the slow first one.