NOTE: I'm playing Quake as released by GOG.com using GLQuake. I've also ripped the CD audio as provided by GOG to play the game as originally intended. ----------------------------------------------------------- This is my very first time sitting down to play Quake with the included OSTs (including the expansion packs! - mind you getting the OST working does take a little tinkering). Before I played didn't quite understand what others meant by an oppressive atmosphere - just even taking into consideration the first two episodes, I can feel that seeping through the tightly crafted gameplay, awesome art design, and memorable ambient music. Playing those first two episodes I felt afraid to move ahead, but pushed on anyways, because if you keep moving, you have better chances at surviving! It takes a little to get used to, but when it all clicks, it works very well. The level design: Somehow labyrinthine yet incredibly easy to find out how to get where you need to go to. Masterful stuff - wish level design like this was more common in games, as it makes the game infinitely more fun to play through. This is definitely still a game you'll want to check out today - even if you've never played it before now. The OST definitely does well to bring you into it too. The unfortunate part with this on the GOG base game is that it doesn't work "out of the box" due to problems with the copyright and the fact that the music directly plays "ogg" files to make the original game's CD audio work. Luckily, GOG has included the original games (and the expansions!) disc images so that you can: (1) burn the game to a CD and let the music play that way or (2) rip the disc images into "ogg" as you like and place them into "music" folder respective to each game. While this requires a little extra work and know how, a quick visit to the forums can get you up to speed on what you need to do to play the game as it was originally intended. There are other ways to get music working as well.
