I will be the first to admit that I never played this game back when it first came out. In fact, until I saw it GOG, it was never on my radar. Now, having just finished the game <10 minutes ago, I regret not having experienced it sooner. I loved the world (well, worlds) and the characters, as well as the epic scope of the story. Don't be like me, play this game now. The worst part of this game is that it ends.
I will preface this by saying this: I didn't grow up playing quake, Unreal Tournament (though I did play the console version) or Doom. I was a console gamer until about two years ago, so I can't really make comparisons to those games. What I can say though, is that I'm a 20-year old guy who has been jumping and giggling at this game pretty much constantly for the past few days. It's manic, ridiculous, and the most fun I've had playing a video game in a while. I can't comment on the multiplayer aspect as I haven't tried it yet, but the single-player is awesome. A definite buy, at least from where I'm standing.
