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PC Gamer reviews Quake 4

great source

Well, that's the score that I got from the person who knows another person who already got the mag, sry I couldn't get exact details, I just had them briefly summarized.
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not sayng it isnt true mind you it just sounded funny.

hmm did anyone else in that thread confirm that the score was real?
 
this is just a rumor like I said that was started on FEARFANS.COM and then moved to gamefaqs.com and now it has arrived here. No truth whatsoever. The guy who posted this at FEARFANS.COM said the QUAKE4 review was in the same issue as the F.E.A.R. review which is not true.
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ayone here on GAF get this issue yet? Borys?
 
The review is legit. The magazine has Neverwinter Nights 2 on the cover.The review is by Chuck Osborn.

A sample...

"As much as it pains me to say it, there isn't a single fresh idea in Quake 4. Gameplay is a Frankenstein's monster of bits and pieces from earlier games stitched together into a serviceable lump that may satisfy lovers of pure shooting mayhem, but is all stuff we've seen many times before. Worse, the borrowed parts were moldy to begin with." "Graphics play heavily into Quake 4's multiplayer mode, which is essentially a "Best Of" Quake II and III's multiplayer gameplay (and maps). My favorite deathmatch map of all time, "The Longest Yard", has been made-over, courtesy of the Domo 3 engine, into "The Longest Day," while "The Edge" (from QII) is now "Over the Edge" and Q3's last map, "The Very End of You", has been reimagined as "Xaero Gravity"." "All told, there are five multiplayer modes: Deathmatch (9 maps), Team Deathmatch, Tourney (1v1ranked competitions on DM maps), CTF (5 maps), and Arena CTF. The style is pure Q3 - fast action, lots of power ups (Quad Damage, Haste) and the single-player's limp Blaster gets the boot in favor of the razor-bladed Gaunlet for humiliation kills."
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Final Verdict:

Highs - Loads of action; gruesome visuals; Q3DM17 with Doom 3 graphics

Lows - Uninspired gameplay; Stroggification plot twist goes nowhere; no multiplayer bots.

Bottom line - This old-school shooter suffers from a lack of 21st-century game design.
 
siege said:
The review is legit. The magazine has Neverwinter Nights 2 on the cover.The review is by Chuck Osborn.

A sample...




Final Verdict:

Highs - Loads of action; gruesome visuals; Q3DM17 with Doom 3 graphics

Lows - Uninspired gameplay; Stroggification plot twist goes nowhere; no multiplayer bots.

Bottom line - This old-school shooter suffers from a lack of 21st-century game design.
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ok thanx, don't lock this then :P
 
I am not suprised at this score.
this game looked absolutely atrocious from the screens I saw
 
well at least Quake 4 PC comes with Quake 2 (i think). download Action Quake 2 and play one of the greatest mods before CS came out
 
I'm half tempted thinking back to my CPMA days but I went pop and started playing Halo cause all my buddies did. I know, shame on me. Biggest hurdle is I'd need to upgrade, what are the specs, and I mean so it doesn't run like ass?
 
honestly, this type of game with a ridicolous plot, with monsters and creatures like alien and co are boring me.

this type of game [doom 3-gow-quake 4 and many other ] are all the same, with futuristic hallway,building, robot where you must shoot always without strategy or other.

I love perfect dark for n64, for me is the best fps ever created.
 
bitwise said:
ayone here on GAF get this issue yet? Borys?
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There's no PC Gamer in Poland, sorry.
There was in 1999-2001 but not after that.

I don't believe these news either. Someguy told some other guy that his friends' uncle found the newest PC Gamer in his neighbours' trashcan.

Yeah right.

Show me a scan of the score (not necessarily the whole page) then we'll be talkin'

EDIT: Ouch, this is legit. Well at least there's Q3DM17 redux :'(
 
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[/quote]The review is legit. The magazine has Neverwinter Nights 2 on the cover.[/quote]

The first Neverwinter Nights was developed by Bioware right? Is Neverwinter Nights 2 also being developed by them?
 
ToyMachine228 said:
The first Neverwinter Nights was developed by Bioware right? Is Neverwinter Nights 2 also being developed by them?
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No. nwn 2 is being developed by Obsidian(sp?), the guys that gave us KOTR2.
 
The review is legit. The magazine has Neverwinter Nights 2 on the cover.
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I dont get it

here is the cover, where is neverwinter nights 2?

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i still am not sold that this game has been reviewed in PC Gamer

Do you actually have the mag? why is everything so confusing

edit: ohh, must be a new issue? wtf confused.
 
Wario64 said:
well at least Quake 4 PC comes with Quake 2 (i think). download Action Quake 2 and play one of the greatest mods before CS came out
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Rocket Arena 2 was the ultimate mod for Q2 :)
 
siege said:
Bottom line - This old-school shooter suffers from a lack of 21st-century game design.
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Sounds like they not only copied Doom 3's look, but it's gameplay as well.
 
bogg said:
Never trust Raven to create an above average game.
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People should be aware of this... Raven became the masters of mediocrity long time ago and id is still living in the early 90s.

Check out the videos from the new website

http://www.quake4game.com/

The gameplay and the production values look ancient, specially in the vehicular combat one. I can't say that I am surprised.
 
I know people enjoyed SoF 2 multiplayer, but the single player was crap. Raven haven't made a good game in a long time....since Heretic 2.
 
PhatSaqs said:
And so it ends....
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Couldn't have put it better myself. Ater waiting almost half a decade for the disapointment that was Doom 3, I had worries about how Quake 4 would turn out. How did ID Software go from being one of the greatest pioneers in gaming, to one of the most boring/bland/repetitive?
 
I'm still buying it.

Looking back, I enjoyed DOOM 3 a hell of a lot more than Half-Life 2 or Far Cry, so maybe "ancient" gameplay is more my thing.

I'm pissed about the lack of multiplayer bots - this is inexcusable in ANY FPS today - but I'm looking forward to giving my PC something to chew on. Since I upgraded to a new rig, most of the big-name, cutting-edge game releases have been distinctly underwhelming.
 
DEO3 said:
Couldn't have put it better myself. Ater waiting almost half a decade for the disapointment that was Doom 3, I had worries about how Quake 4 would turn out. How did ID Software go from being one of the greatest pioneers in gaming, to one of the most boring/bland/repetitive?
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Evolving graphics and not gameplay.

It hurts me, because I used to be a huge Doom/Quake nut, but after Quake 3 and Doom 3 it was clear that id is nothing but an empty shell.
 
Funky Papa said:
Evolving graphics and not gameplay.

It hurts me, because I used to be a huge Doom/Quake nut, but after Quake 3 and Doom 3 it was clear that id is nothing but an empty shell.
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They're not doing games anymore are they ? They focus on engines and leave Raven or some other company do the job on the games I believe.
 
OMG, Raven is also working on the next gen Castle Wolfeinstein (my favourite FPS) for X360/PS3/PC as we speak. They'd better not mess it up.

I've NEVER loved Quake (OK, maybe Quake II), so no big loss for me.
 
HooDoo said:
They're not doing games anymore are they ? They focus on engines and leave Raven or some other company do the job on the games I believe.
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Doom III was internally developed (team of 22 or so).

I think they're working on an original engine/game for X360 right now.
 
DEO3 said:
Couldn't have put it better myself. Ater waiting almost half a decade for the disapointment that was Doom 3, I had worries about how Quake 4 would turn out. How did ID Software go from being one of the greatest pioneers in gaming, to one of the most boring/bland/repetitive?
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They forgot that they should have been making a game instead of a tech demo to show other devs how cool their tech was for sales purposes.
 
no multiplayer bots is pretty retarded :/

should have axed the single player campaign for that instead.
 
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