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Quake 4 Announced

Posted by michael on from the dust-off-the-railgun dept.

Warrior-GS writes: "This just in from QuakeCon in Texas: Id Software and Raven Software will be joing forces on Quake 4. Id and Nerve Software are also going to working on some unspecified game. Carmack is giving his talk right now. GameSpyDaily has all the details."

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  1. Re:Yay... more id Junk. by Jester998 · · Score: 0, Troll

    "the quake 3 mod scene is far superior to the half life mods"
    Really? Are you including Counter-Strike? Last I checked, CS players outnumbered the players of any other mod for Half-Life OR Quake by at least 5:1 (that number comes from a poll I saw somewhere... I forget where it was though.)
    Also, I play both CS and TFC and I've NEVER had a problem finding a lag-free server to play on that had a full room for either mod. Maybe you're just too picky with your filter settings. ;)
    As you say though, it *does* come down to personal preference. I guess some people just like the kind of mindless shooting associated with Quake and its mods, while more thoughtful, strategy-type people like HL and its mods.

  2. Re:Who DIDN'T see Q4 coming? by Fat+Casper · · Score: 1, Troll
    Well, we didn't have a presidential election the last time we were supposed to. We did have Quake 3.

    --
    I spent a year in Iraq looking for WMD and all I found was this lousy sig.
  3. Yay... more id Junk. by Jester998 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Oh boy! I can't wait to see all the useless benchmarks that this game will generate!
    Seriously, though... id Software makes great game ENGINES... they do NOT, however, make great games. I'm sorry, but I had to say it. I always hated Quake, from the first time I played it. Love Half-Life though. I STILL go through the single-player game sometimes because it's FUN! Quake has something lacking in gameplay, always has, and likely always will. Just my thoughts.
    */me gets into fire resistant clothing* Quake addicts, feel free to light up the flamethrowers now.


    - Jester

  4. This is a surprise? by nougatmachine · · Score: 2, Troll
    In other news:

    Israel and Palestine continue to have disagreements.
    Bill Gates has officially gone on record saying that open-source "promotes ulcers".
    The stock market had a disappointing week.
    Eric S. Raymond has published his newest essay, "The surprising connections between closed-source software and ingrown toenails".
    Richard Stallman has published the definitive list distinguishing between "free", "inexpensive", "costly-but compatible with free", and "immoral" software licenses.
    ...and finally, a heated argument took place at a college between two students debating the merits of vi and emacs.