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Summary: Quake 3 Arena = No-Brainer FPS
Review: "The Ultimate Deathmatch Experience". This is the motto of the game. Sounds fun. But killing and being killed by either the rocket launcher and rail gun and in one shot 20 times a minute is not my definition of fun. It's just basically point and shoot and hit space to respawn. Only good side to the game are the incredible graphics. Nice eye candy but then you have to by yourself a 3D accelerator because it won't play without one. The sound is very shoddy, characters' moaning and grunting sounds are terrible. Don't bother trying to run this on a dial-up internet connection because the game will lag majorly. Single player game gets boring because the bots don't use any strategies whatsoever. If you're used to the class system of Team Fortress Classic or the team style play of Starseige: Tribes then Quake 3: Arena will be a major disappointment. The structure of the levels are weak in comparison to the previous mentioned titles and the weapons are taken directly from the Quake II. Save your money and buy Unreal: Tournament or the upcoming Team Fortress 2.
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Summary: Great game but is it the best?
Review: Being the avid frst person shooter fan I purchased both Quake 3 Arena and Unreal Tournament the moment they respectivly came out after playing both demos. Let me first say that I enjoyed the UT demo better than the quake one but I had high hope s that John Carmack the guys at id software would come out with the best product in the end as their products in the past have been much better than Epics. With that said, I bleive that Quake 3 Arena, although it is a great game, is not nearly as inovative as Unreal Tournament. Comparing two games made by different companies is sometimes unfair because different idea and tooughts went into their production; however, I feel that this case is a bit different. The Comparison: Graphics: I will start with graphics because they are usually the first thing to jump out and get the gamer's attention. Graphics will be broken into two categories level design and player skins Level Design: this category has to go to UT. Where the are about even the inginuity goes to UT. UT offers levels such as castles, space stations, wooden ships, etc., where as Quake 3 mainly limits the player to levels that resemble only castles. Player Skins: This is the category that Quake 3 really shines in. Unlike UT, who's player skins are mainy bland humans, Quake offers around thirty different skins which range from demons to bikers to eyeballs with legs. Sound: For the most part the enviromental sounds on both games but UT wins out for offering excellant voice-overs which the bots use when they taunt other player/bots during the match. Weapons: Both games offer an assortment of well balanced weapons; however UT offers more. Not only do they offer the usual machinegun and shotgun they also offer a flak gun and biogun. UT's weapons also have two fire modes. AI/Bots: The bots in the single player mode of Quake 3 are challenging. That's not to say that UT's are not but my experience has shown that the bots in Q3 are better. Online play: Niether game offers a better online interface, but if I had to pick the one that is better overall I would pick UT. This is because Q3 lags more often than UT. I am using a T1 so Q3 may perform better with a modem. Overall: UT is a better game overall. Does this mean Q3 is bad? Of course not. I like them both; however not everyone is lucky enough to own both. The main reason I would rate UT higher is ingenuity. UT offer several types of play straight deathmatch, Last man standing, capture the flag, team deatchmatch, assualt, and domination where as Q3 only offers deathmatch, team deathmatch, and cpture the flag. Remember that these are only my opinions and yours may be different. Which is a good thing so that we can get two great games and not just one.
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Summary: Better than UT, and it DOES have team play
Review: CTF is most certainly available as a play option in Quake 3, and since the Quake series is the most heavily modified series of games in computer game history, it won't be long until you see more teamplay mods. It strikes me as odd that people are comparing Quake 3 against Half-Life TFC, and Unreal Tournament - TFC is a MOD (Quake 3 hasn't had a chance to be modded yet) and Unreal Tournament is just Quake with different weapons models, less fun, and less background. In my opinion (after all, that's what these are) Q3 beats UT hands down. Better weapons models (stick with what works), better accuracy in bullet modeling, better environment and atmosphere, better player support, faster engine, faster network code, etc. And the argument about the bots - Q3's bots are as skilled as, if not more skilled than, UT's bots. I'll readily agree that it's pretty stupid for the Q3 bots to type insults, but it's a hell of a lot less aggravating than hearing the ever-witty "Loser!" and "You suck!" forty million times.
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Summary: quake 3 arena very gory, very sharp, and very fun.
Review: First of all, if you're expecting an outstanding single player experience, skip this game. I only used single player mode to learn the basics. Now that I've told you that, I can review the game. Quake III Arena is outstanding. The opening cinematic is great. The menu is organized. When you start playing, it may take a little bit to get used to the controls (especially if you're not that used to PC FPS's), but when you do, it's nice and slick. Now for the meat and potatoes of the game...online play. One thing I like from the beginning is the amount of servers. There's not millions and millions like Unreal Tournament, so it's easy to look through and find a server you want to play on, but there are plenty of servers. Then you start playing. Let me emphasize this: I have never played a more smooth online game. There is absolutely no lag if you have Cable/DSL or better, where as UT has plenty of it. As for the players playing, they play much harder than the people on UT, yet they trash talk much less and are very cool people. Every game mode is fun and worth playing. So if you want an outstanding, addicting online game, this is the next game you should get. Don't expect an amazing single-player experience though. If you want that, go elsewhere. But if you're ready to start shootin' with 20 other people, this is the game to get.
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Summary: Best of Show - Online Carnage
Review: First things first. Q3A is designed pretty much as an online only multiplayer experience. If you don't have a fast internet connection, you will only get frustrated trying to compete with your 400 ms ping vs. 60 ms pings of high bandwidth players. That asides, Q3A is an excellent multiplayer online game...if all you like is deathmatch, team deathmatch, and capture the flag. The game shipped with tons of nagging bugs, and a mainly unfinished menu system. The scoreboard is woefully inadequate, and the online server browser is laughable. But the gameplay is fast, viseral, and violent. You need some horsepower to truly enjoy Q3A. A PII-400, and a TNT2 or GeForce is pretty much a good machine. Anything less and you will be battling the framerate gods. The graphics are gorgeous, and the 3D character models are the best to date. You can play single player games against 'bots', which are computer controlled opponents. The bots are supposed to act like human players, but they do not...not by a long shot. They are either too easy, or have perfect aim. Perfect aim is not a replacement for good AI. Q3A has a lot of faults, and expect to download a bunch of point releases (aka. patches) to get the game complete. If you're a high bandwidth owner, and are looking for online carnage, nearly everything takes a backseat to Q3A.
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Summary: Another Quake classic
Review: Graphics....4/5
Gameplay...5/5!!
Loading times..yea Im grading that too...5/5...
ONLINE!!!...5/5... Overall
Quake III is a classic not to be messed with. The graphics engine for that time was superb. The graphics could have done better though. The whole new scenario to the game is off the chart. It's friken sweet. The online is great too. This is one of Quakes finest for the PC. Go out nd' try to find this classic.... Later...
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Summary: Another Quake classic
Review: Graphics....4/5
Gameplay...5/5!!
Loading times..yea Im grading that too...5/5...
ONLINE!!!...5/5... Overall
Quake III is a classic not to be messed with. The graphics engine for that time was superb. The graphics could have done better though. The whole new scenario to the game is off the chart. It's friken sweet. The online is great too. This is one of Quakes finest for the PC. Go out nd' try to find this classic.... Later...
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Summary: Good switch from Building Castles
Review: I was always repulsed by these shoot'em ups...particularly the graphics. Then I built a new computer and put a really good ATI video card in it. I downloaded this as a demo and the addiction began, bought two copies of the game, joined several communities and I have almost every possible update to the game...SplatArena, ViaArena, QuadArena, you name it, I've got mods, players, weapons add-ons...You get the picture...I now run around as a naked Hunter or Aeon Flux, such a hoot!!! Hoping Q4 comes out and SOON! But I still do my Age of Empires Conquerors expansion, I hardly play Age of Mythology...and thinking about UnReal2003...Frag-on...ez
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Summary: Good switch from Building Castles
Review: I was always repulsed by these shoot'em ups...particularly the graphics. Then I built a new computer and put a really good ATI video card in it. I downloaded this as a demo and the addiction began, bought two copies of the game, joined several communities and I have almost every possible update to the game...SplatArena, ViaArena, QuadArena, you name it, I've got mods, players, weapons add-ons...You get the picture...I now run around as a naked Hunter or Aeon Flux, such a hoot!!! Hoping Q4 comes out and SOON! But I still do my Age of Empires Conquerors expansion, I hardly play Age of Mythology...and thinking about UnReal2003...Frag-on...ez
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Summary: The only game I play
Review: I've played Halo, medal of honor, call of duty etc., Only Quake I can't get enough of.Have to be quick, moves fast, and I love killing those creatures of destruction. Too Bad id software won't make a Quake IV ( better grafics,unlimited use of the trasporter etc.) I guess the violent nature of the game was the reason for the final edition.
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