IGN have posted their review of Quake 4, giving it a score of 8.2. Again the review is focused on singleplayer, with the inevitable comparisons to Doom 3 and only making minor mention of the most important part of the game. Thankfully they have managed to include a heap of new screenshots.

Multiplayer was fun across the board, although having only nine maps to work with felt a little restricting. And unfortunately, only a few of them displayed that creative flair we've become used to from Quake. They also felt engineered for around 16 players. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, as I fondly recall playing Quake 2 on a LAN back in college with as few as two or three players.

As expected it seems the multiplayer content has more in common with the first two Quakes, leaving the community and possible expansion packs to pick up the slack.

I reaaally should get back into form on q3 for this.. so lazy :P

is it just me or does the aspect ratio of those screen shots seem wrong?

cant wait for this some fun single player! :)

Ignorant twits.

quake was the best multiplayer experience of the lot.

Q2 was s*** and Q3 was them realizing they f***ed up and making a mardigras anime version of quake with quake 2 influences. Gay and s***!

I agree with Obes. Quake was the best multiplayer game. CTF was the best. Not sure what I'll do with Quake 4. Might wait and see what the uptake is like and if there are any thriving multiplayer mods in a couple of months. Otherwise my cash will stay in my wallet.

the cash is staying in my wallet this time not getting fooled like i did with doom hhaha ... lackluster single player that i never finished and multiplayer with no one playing it

i heard obes takes it in the bum

it's good to know that this game will run natively in widescreen. I'm looking forward to the multiplayer...i guess i could just go play some quake3 instead :P nah I'm sure it will be cool.

it's good to know that this game will run natively in widescreen

Haven't id engines since Quake3 supported custom resolutions?

haha obes, so full of rage because you can't figure out how to use the railgun!

Its simple - it has a standard point and click interface!

q2 > all other quakes

Haven't id engines since Quake3 supported custom resolutions?

not sure, im just glad that its so blatently designed for it, that..hey, the review screenshots are in that aspect. ok maybe im reading into it. I'm happy.

omg q4 for the win, you are looking at the next fatal1ty right here!

omg q4 for the win, you are looking at the next fatal1ty right here!

Amen to that brother. :)


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