Quake III Arena

Back in the 90s popular music had Blur vs Oasis and FPS games had Quake3 Arena vs Unreal Tournament. Honestly my brother prefered UT, but I just feel Q3A is better, though I accept that both are very good, high intensity, battle arena shooter games. Now, while UT had the greater content, I always prefered the level design in Q3A and for me, the Plasma file is still the best version I have been blessed to play. I prefer the Q3A Plasma rifle even more than the one in Doom Eternal and that is saying something! For comparison, I play UT a few times per year, but I still play Q3A every month and I will continue to do so for many years to come because the game play loop is so delightful. Highly recommended. Enjoy!

What can I say? It's Quake 3. It had to pick up all the baggage accumulated by its two superb and well-loved predecessors, and that with a pure and undiluted focus on the intense fast-action multiplayer aspects for which Id had become known. I don't know anyone who thinks that Quake 3 failed to live up to or perhaps exceed the tremendous hype and expectations preceding its release. There are probably people who think that, but I don't know them. If you haven't played Q3A and you have even a modicum of interest in multiplayer entertainment, stop reading and make this purchase. As others have pointed out, the current price ($14.99 regular price at the present time) is not reasonable for a digital copy of a decades-old classic. No biggie, wait for a sale. Though either way, if you play it as much as some of us have, you'll be paying pennies per hour of entertainment.

Having played Q3A on and off for some 20+yrs I can say that the game is both simplistic but also incredibly hard to master and Thats from someone that used to play at top tier levels (32nd core - CTF clanbase gold cup Div 1 Winners) Gameplay wise Its perfect , Smooth to Play at 125 fps (for a slight edge) intuitive weapon Switching , Customisable FOV , FPS limit , BrightBits .. Ive played so many Games over the years (since Pong) but nothing comes close to the rush u get from this game especially at competition level .. ID Softwares Multiplayer Master Piece

Although the game does not come with precompiled binaries for Linux, you can download ioQuake3 binaries through the package repository that you use. Pretty fun arena shooter!

Runs perfect, plays just like it did back in the day. Frantic arena shooter action at it's finest. You owe it to yourself to own this one. Vastly superior to the steam version because it will actually run on Windows 7,8, 8.1, and probably 10. You can also run it in any resolution with a fix I found on the GOG forums here: https://www.gog.com/forum/quake_series/quake_3_arena_hd_resolution_texture_pack_small_fixes_links_inside Buy it if you love fast paced, old school arena shooter action. A little pricey at $20 dollars maybe, but remember you can copy this game as you please & give it to all your friends if you'd like.