The Art and Design of Quake 4

Gamespy has a feature discussing the upcoming first person shooter Quake 4. More details about the title are revealed in an interview and screenshots provided by some of the folks at Raven. From the article: "I think we have a lot of diversity throughout the entire game. We have some dark areas, and we have outdoor areas that are brighter. I think how diverse everything is will really go a long way. We didn't really set out saying, 'This game is going to be dark, this game is going to be light' -- we set out to make a cohesive environment where you go through different extremes and you'll see a bunch of different stuff."

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I always thought

[TheKidWho]

Quake 2 was the best one single player wise.

Maybe this one will be as good?(although that's not saying much heh, better then doom 3 I hope though)

Re:I always thought

[FreakyLefty]

Quake 1 was a bit meh for single player - superb multiplay, but not great otherwise. Q2 seemed to go a bit the other way, pretty good single player, but that was about it.

Quake 3 on the other hand had a great multiplayer and the engine was taken to a whole new level for single player games. Even Wolfenstein, if you ignore the annoying zombie bits...

Cooperative mode needed!

[cmburns69]

Cooperative mode makes "single-player" games better!

I'm not a solitary gamer, and as such, never make time to play single player games. However, if I could have my wife (and/or our friends) play with me, it would make the game much more appealing!

I understand the difficulties in providing content that is achievable by both single and multiple players, but that's why I pay for games-- for innovation!

Am I the only one who thinks like this, or are there other people out there who have been disappointed by the lack of a coop mode in most games?

Re:Better bring new gameplay elemenets...

[ezzzD55J]

Bring more stylized movement into the game, more theatrics and less of the old "run and hop" movement.

I think it would become boring quickly, if it's just eye candy and doesn't add to the gameplay. Counter-strike isn't much to look at but has good gameplay, and that is the reason it's still popular.

Continuation of Quake2

[KrugalSausage]

The best thing about quake2 in my years of playing it definitely has to be the movement:

Strafe jumping

double jumping

sliding around on ice and up ramps

and just the sheer speed of it all --if you can master it.

I don't expect Q4 to have these fun aspects though because I just can't imagine models like this : http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/611/61 1006/440Building_B_Marines06_1115438005.jpg moving around so unrealistically like in q2.

Re:Continuation of Quake2

[yakumo.unr]

I actually think Q3's the fastest, I've seen 3500+ ups done with default physics ;op

quake has fastest weapons, and probably run speed.

q2's really quite sluggish once you get used to q1 or q3, but it really was superb fun for years.

i really didn't like q3 movement, speed, weapons, net code, anything till I really figured it out, and since i've found the previous games relatively unplayable.

Q3's movement is superior in accuracy and speed to q2 imo, the only thing it lacks (unless you play promode) is the double jumps. The rest it's better at, and it adds plasma jumps and plasma climbing to make up for that :)

Oh, just what we need, another FPS

[Control42]

Seriously, i wonder wyh these games enjoy such great success. I remember getting my first one, Alien Breed 3D, back on the Amiga. I played it for a couple of hours, then switched back to something more interesting. Over the years, I've had a couple of goes at about ten or so more modern ones, but apart from the graphics, nothing ever changes. No FPS has ever been able to fascinate me like i.e. Civ I-III or a good RPG.

Bah

[oGMo]

One thing to note about Raven is that they're very art-focused. They concept out everything -- maps, levels, weapons, monsters, and so on.

I wish someone would hire some architects to design the levels, not your run-of-the-mill artists. I don't think I'm the only one who thinks level design has been subpar for years now. Bring back levels that are well-designed by people who know how to make them and think broad architecture, not what this scene or that scene will look like.

We play these games, you know---interact with them, explore them---we don't just watch them.