Night Dive Studio's Next Project Announcement @ QuakeCon '25 - Possible Quake 3/4 Remaster ?!

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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The Night Dive staff was on with Grubb playing the System Shock remaster and talked about their next project being at Quake Con.

Timestamped, hopefully works.


 
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QuakE fans getting fed constantly, I have to respect the dedication given the past few years. You think they might go all the way for a big Quake AAA title post Doom TDA.
 
Quake 3 Arena was very meh to me

Unreal at the time wiped it's face into the ground.
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Deus Ex please.

And you know what, Nightdive cleaning up Invisible War would be fucking amazing. They have experience modernizing gameplay. Improve the visuals, fix the bugs, remove the universal ammo system, add more recoil, get rid of the level segmenting and make them a bit bigger, maybe add in a few more vents and shit to offer more player choice for stealth, and already the game would be many times better than what we got.
 
Quake 3 remaster would be pointless
And a Q4 remaster would be screaming into the void.
Don't get me wrong, I liked Q3 back in the day. But there's clearly no demand for a Q3 rerelease, given the unfortunate fates of Quake Champions and Quake Live.

also, UT '99 was better

So where does that leave us? New Quake 1/Quake 2 expansion or Night Dive-produced sequel. Ehhh?
 
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No one lives forever screams for a remake (not just remaster), and NDS know that. I wonder if licensing issues are to blame, or if it's a game they are "too scared" to tackle 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
Quake 3 would be a waste of time.
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Give us Hexen/Heretic.

Quake 4 is a curiosity of its time like Doom 3 was and I'm down for it.
 
Quake 3 would be meh... But Quake 4, now that would be amazing. A proper DooM 3, could be nice too, but I dont think they would touch it having the BFG edition right there.

Now I do hope they update DooM 1+2 multiplayer: it frustrating close to amazing.
 
Quake 4 runs just fine, you can even get it on maxed settings at 60fps on the steam deck. Unless these are remakes, I really dont know what they are going to remaster considering at least Q4 has gamepad support too even on PC so....what exactly are they going to remaster? Same for DooM 3, I mean did you guys even play these games recently? Did you forget they run just fine on modern hardware and have 4K patches and it still keeps the game at 60fps.
 
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Quake 4 runs just fine, you can even get it on maxed settings at 60fps on the steam deck. Unless these are remakes, I really dont know what they are going to remaster considering at least Q4 has gamepad support too even on PC so....what exactly are they going to remaster? Same for DooM 3, I mean did you guys even play these games recently? Did you forget they run just fine on modern hardware and have 4K patches and it still keeps the game at 60fps.
No cheevos on Steam, so I will pay $30 not to care about them, but happy they exist.
 
Quake 4 runs just fine, you can even get it on maxed settings at 60fps on the steam deck. Unless these are remakes, I really dont know what they are going to remaster considering at least Q4 has gamepad support too even on PC so....what exactly are they going to remaster? Same for DooM 3, I mean did you guys even play these games recently? Did you forget they run just fine on modern hardware and have 4K patches and it still keeps the game at 60fps.
I had many issues with the PC version last time I tried in both visuals and performance. I'm sure you can eventually get it to work fine on a modern system, but a hassle-free version with enhancements would be still be nice.
 
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Remastering Quake 3 would be a terrible idea. Better graphics won't land them any new players, and the people still playing the original or QL have zero reason to switch.
 
And a Q4 remaster would be screaming into the void.
Don't get me wrong, I liked Q3 back in the day. But there's clearly no demand for a Q3 rerelease, given the unfortunate fates of Quake Champions and Quake Live.

also, UT '99 was better

So where does that leave us? New Quake 1/Quake 2 expansion or Night Dive-produced sequel. Ehhh?
Heretic/Hexen/Hexen 2/Heretic 2 getting a remaster would be excellent
 
Quake 4 met with middling reviews, it felt a bit archaic post Halo and CoD 2 etc.

But it was actually quite fun. It had good pacing, no bullshit... just a fun romp for a few evenings. If not a bit forgettable. Classic space FPS. They stopped making them like this.
 
I never got to play Quake 4 on a PC so I don't know what the performance was like.

I can however say that the Xbox 360 port of Quake 4 was jank trash with a shit frame rate from what I recall.
 
For as much as I loved Quake 3 - and Quake Live, for that matter - I'd be lying if I said I hadn't had my fill. If they remastered it, I'd jump in for a couple of bouts and then be done with it. I'm not sure it could hold my attention like it used to, and I doubt a remaster would bring back the MP scene.

Quake 4 is a solid little title, but frankly, it's still really sharp so I'm not actually sure what a remaster would do except ultra-wide support, soft shadows, and higher quality textures. Maybe that and a console release would be enough? I replayed it a few years back and was surprised that it held up as well as it did. id tech was just that far ahead that even older tech games are still really solid today. I ended up finishing it.

Personally, I'd love a DOOM 3 remaster, one that undoes the butchery of the BFG Edition. Clean up the texture work, put the flashlight mechanic back, fix the display ratio non-sense, re-tune the weapons and enemies, and add proper soft shadows; DOOM 3 as it was intended. But there's plenty of mods that do all that, so not sure it's worth Night Dive's time.

Curious, at least.
 
Give us Hexen/Heretic.
Yes, 1000%.
That is what needs be worked on with highest priority.
Heretic, Hexen, Hexen 2 and Heretic 2 incl. all mission packs (Shadow of the Serpent Riders, Death Kings of the Dark Citadel, Portal of Praevus).

Quake 4 is a curiosity of its time like Doom 3 was and I'm down for it.
Quake 4 would be welcome too, but it can wait.
 
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