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Summary: Not up to Par
Review: All in All, I don't see what the big fuss was about. Don't get me wrong, Q3 is a great game, but i think Half-Life beats it hands down with TFC and CS. Q3 IS just a souped up version of Q2, and Quake can get really old after weeks of playing. :P And on a final note, I just couldn't get into Q3 as much as I did Q2 because the levels weren't as real. It was too "cartoonish".
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Summary: Ho...hum... Wake me up when you frag me.
Review: Between Quake 2 and Quake 3, better settle with Quake 2 or go pick up Unreal Tournament. This game is just too boring and slow. I think it has something to do with the OpenGL engine or maybe the designers at ID software just got tired of revising a tired old game. Maybe they shoudve changed the name of the game to something else. Action is slow. Weapons are just too boring to use. It has no alternate fire still. Sound is the same old monoaural type clunky thumping sound. Interface is still a pain. Just setting up a server requires you to open your .cfg files and .bat files and type lines and lines of code unlike Unreal Tournament where everything is there at a punch of a button. Maps require no strategy primarily because they all look alike. The CTF maps are bad. I mean really terrible. Bots are just too dumb to play with. This game will wear you down in 2 hours. Forget this game. Go pick up Unreal Tournament.
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Summary: The Defacto Death-Match game!
Review: I just recently got this with my new computer and I have to say it's the Alpha and Omega of DM games. Great graphics. The single-player could have been better, but the whole point of making this game was to concentrate on the multiplayer online game. Like tweaking the netcode and balancing out weapons. Everything is great. Recommended buy to any id or DM lover.
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Summary: A great game
Review: I only have one word for this game AWASOME if only i could give it more then 5 stars i would, I think it is one of the best games out there it gives you a virity of games to choose from Death match, Team Death match, Capture the flag, and Tournament you can also play all 4 types over the internet on heat or Mplayer. If you could only pick one game i would pick this one
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Summary: A great game
Review: I only have one word for this game AWASOME if only i could give it more then 5 stars i would, I think it is one of the best games out there it gives you a virity of games to choose from Death match, Team Death match, Capture the flag, and Tournament you can also play all 4 types over the internet on heat or Mplayer. If you could only pick one game i would pick this one
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Summary: buy this game or die! (literaly!) this is an amazing game!
Review: I'm just kidding about the die part! But just if you ever bump into me over a internet sever you will die! I have played, studied, and have been amazed by this masterpiece. I've had the most recent tests for Q3arena and the add-ons for it and they are top-notch quality and fun. If you have the right hardware and a good, compatible computer with a nice 3D card such as a TNT2 ultra or Gforce that support 32bit colors you will enjoy this game. I have seen the games that try to mach up to a game like this, such as UnrealTournament and they dont come close! I tell you that this game is unbelievable, and is far ahead of it's time! I not just talking about pretty looking effects, but I am also saying that there is incredible detail and realism such as 360 degree sphears and real-time reflections that actualy show the world around. If you didn't like Q2 (i cant see why you wouldn't) you will be more than pleased with this STATE-OF-THE-ART tech that is leaps and bounds ahead of it's time. OH! and by the way, this game is way better than Half Life. hope you enjoy! Mr.FRAG
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Summary: A Near-Flawless Deathmatch Experience
Review: I've always been an Unreal Tournament person, but lately I've been playing the Q3A demo a lot and decided to get the full version. The engine is the smoothest and most powerful I've ever experienced in an FPS. It is fast as Hell and accomodates an extraordinary degree of precision in regard to movement and aim, which is easily noticable if you use a mouse that takes advantage of unusually high-res environments (I use an Intellimouse Explorer). Unfortunately, the graphic designs for a lot of the levels using it are kind of boring aesthetically... lots of castles and gothic constructions, and those space levels with the jump pads. Then again, most of my favorite flashy, unconventional UT levels had bad framerates. I did find the weapons a bit of a problem, not so much because they are unoriginal as because they are unbalanced. It is rare that anyone uses anything other than rockets and railguns, which hurts gameplay a bit. The built in alternative modes of play are not great, but the mod community is fairly advanced. I still like UT more, but any true FPS fan should have a copy of this.
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Summary: I love Quake 3 arena.
Review: I've been playing quake 3 arena since it came out for the amiga and plan 9 OS in 1996 and it rocks!
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Summary: Instant Classic
Review: If this is /anything/ like the latest test, this is deffinately an instant classic. With the latest installment of the Quake series, Id decided to drop single-player mode altogether (even the single player mode in this is nothing more that multiplayer with bots) and completely focus on multiplayer, as it is light-years faster paced and much more fun. Although Half-Life is undoubtably the best single player first-person shooter, Quake 3: Arena is without doubt THE multiplayer FPS to buy.
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Summary: id, be ashamed.
Review: In 1996 a game was made - Quake. It blew the minds of all 3d-shooter fans (including me) with splendid graphics and addictive gameplay. In 1997 a game was made - Quake2. A brilliant sequel to Quake, it was better than its predecessor in all ways. In 1999 a game was made - Quake3. It had brilliant graphics and boring gameplay. In fact, it was a letdown. This is the brief history of the Quake series. Sad, but a fact - the third game turned out to be worse than the previous two. I very much looked forward to the day when this game would come out. I bought it. I installed it. I ran the quake3.exe file. And in front of my amazed eyes the following strange picture occured: A big marine with a big gun was rapidly decreasing the number of the filthy aliens in front of him. Why weren't the aliens responding to the fire, and most importantly what was all this about - no one cared to explain. Then, the marine ran out of ammo and the filthy aliens seemed to have awakened and started shooting at him. The marine ran towards them and disappeared. Where did he go? Did he die? No one cared to explain me. This is the deep and intriguing plot of Quake3:Arena. HalfLife should just suck. Then I pressed the words SINGLE PLAYER, pressed OK several times and started fighting a bot (Crash) who was so unreasonably stupid, that at first I couldn't believe i was playing on "Nightmare". It was a really cute picture - a slowly moving bot walking around with a shotgun and waiting to be killed - so VERY interesting... The levels are good. The architecture is good. The skins are good. Everything is good (except for the AI ant the storyline), but it could have been better. I liked the curves used in the game. The graphics are splendid, but Unreal Tournament looks and feels much better. I'm sorry to admit it, because I'm a big fan of Q1 and Q2, but the third part of the series is a complete letdown!
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