HEXUS.gaming :: The First 15 : Quake 4

[Nick]

The Quake series has to be one of the top three FPS franchises of all time, alongside Doom and Half Life. The original defined all that an FPS should be, spawning a slew of shooters that defined one of the most popular genres ever to hit the PC. So with a pedigree such as the Quake games have, Quake 4 is one of the most eagerly anticipated shooters this year. Here’s our first impressions…

And you'll have to go to HEXUS.gaming to find out what they are...

[Ferral]

Its far from brown !

Looks just like Doom 3 but better, not so plasticy looking characters and outdoor sections are well lit with the war going on over youre head.

Nothing new but its very addictive and just plain fun to play, you also have a gun mounted flashlight !

[Nick]

Yeah, it sure isn't brown.

Think Doom 3 but better lit... In fact, all those bits of machinery moving about in the scenery might as well have 'Courtesy of Doom 3' stickers on them... still a shame you can't do anything but look at them... even if it were something as stupid as the machine killing you if you leapt at it, but no, it's invisible barrier time on that one.

And not being able to shift debris and proprs around is a bit of a let down. There's all theses crates lying about, it'd be nice to ahve been able to pick them up and shift them around... ho hum...

[Nick]

For your info, I've updated the article with some juciy in-game screenshots.

[Bull Dog]

Hmm they still havn't fixed those crappy(IMO) quality textures. Well I guess I'll be picking it up in a few months when the price drops.

[Skinleech]

I'm looking forward to this. ID don't really onnovate on gameplay, but do create some impressive engines. I don't really care if they do nothing new gameplay wise though - I've always found their games to be fun, even Doom 3, which got slated a lot, and still does.

It had everything that it promised - demons, shadows, big guns and gore. Hopefully this will be the Quake equivalent of that. Sounds like it will be from what I've read.

[Grey M@a]

Skin if you were a fan of Quake 2 this is as close as you will get just with a D3 engine Bit easy even on the hardest setting but a great game. I aint even tried the Multiplayer side of it yet, taking the single player bit by bit.

[Taurus]

Have had problems with Quake 4 crashing in game, have up to date drivers for both graphics and sound.

Have also seen disk read errors when starting game

These issues have been raised by other as well on activison support page/forum

Have carried out activision PC test for quake 4 and passed on all areas

Any one else had problems/Fixes

System
Athlon 3200xp, Windows XP service pack 2 (plus latest updates), 1gb Corsair Ram pc3200, Gainwood 6800 Ultra GS (cool FX card with Standard Nvidia cooler fitted) clock freq 439mhz, memory 1.18, Audigy sound card, MB Asus A7n8X Deluxe

[Skinleech]

Skin if you were a fan of Quake 2 this is as close as you will get just with a D3 engine Bit easy even on the hardest setting but a great game. I aint even tried the Multiplayer side of it yet, taking the single player bit by bit.

Excellent. Just need to get my 6800 card before I start playing then - my 9800 pro can't cope at my tfts native res of 1280x1024.

Q4 needs to look pretty I reckon.