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First Pictures of Quake IV

Posted by Zonk on from the on-wisconsin! dept.

Snaller writes "Yahoos GameDomain are looking ahead to 2005, and have the first pictures of Quake IV. For all those who have missed the Stroggs since Quake 2 - fear not, they are baaack! Quake IV will be made by Raven software using the Doom 3 engine."

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  1. Re:Plastic wrap by Mike+Hawk · · Score: 2, Funny

    It doesn't bug me. I've never been to space in the future so maybe they DO wrap everything in plastic wrap.

  2. Re:PC Gamer by vjmurphy · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Quake 4 will smash the perception that the Doom 3 engine is only good at indoor environments. There are many huge, open, outdoor levels."

    On the downside, all the outdoor levels take place in complete darkness, and you'll need to push around a spotlight to actually see anything.

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    Vincent J. Murphy
    Spandex Justice
  3. Whoa. by mshiltonj · · Score: 3, Funny

    That monsters in the first pic has a HUGE FRICKIN NIPPLE!

    see for youself. -- it's casting its own shadow.

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    Software Wars
  4. Re:PC Gamer by memfrob · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does a lot of this sound like re-hash to anyone else?

    With Doom 3 it was horror, with Quake 4 it's going to be war. Doom 3 was slow-paced, tense gameplay. Quake 4 is going to be over the top, all-out action.

    Gee, all-out action in an FPS? Who'da thunk it? Kind of an empty claim...

    Vehicles! They show a really cool outdoor shot of a bunch of Strogg (I think) fighter jets blasting everything.

    I should hope so. Battlefield has been out how long, now? Any FPS coming out today that doesn't support and include a variety of vehicles isn't worth its engine. There's only so much 'running around with Generic Machinegun 5' can do for entertainment.

    Squad-based gameplay. A lot of the time you will be fighting as part of a squad.

    Hopefully squad intelligence is better than Daikatana, or even AvP2. But still, I've seen it before.

    Quake 4 will smash the perception that the Doom 3 engine is only good at indoor environments. There are many huge, open, outdoor levels.

    ...with an amazing palette of 16 million shades of gray. Fight on Asteroid Generica, Planet Bland, and the outerspace surface of the S.S.Dismal!

    I can't wait. What new is this bringing to the table to warrant me spending $49.99? (or is it $59.99 now?)

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    The Wizard utters the word 'frobnoid!' and cackles gleefully
  5. Britney Spears by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Asking them to do something completely different is like asking Britney Spears to start making hardcore rock music.

    I'd like to ask Britney Spears to do something involving "hardcore", but rock music isn't the top of my list.