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Quake 4 to Launch at Christmas

Posted by Zonk on from the demons-in-wrapping-paper dept.

An anonymous reader writes "bit-tech.net has the news that the eagerly awaited next installment to the Quake series, Quake 4, is on course to be released in time for Christmas. PCGamer grabbed the chance to have an exclusive play through of the upcoming title in the June issue of the magazine." Trailer also downloadable from 3D Gamers. (Scroll down for the non-reg links.)

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  1. Actuall launch? by Leroy_Brown242 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, following along with game industry standard, it'll actually be released some time in 2007?

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    1. Re:Actuall launch? by ZephyrXero · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Well someone's got to compete with Unreal Tournament 2007!

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  2. Yet Another First Person Shooter... by ZephyrXero · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Am I the only one failing to see what Quake 4 is going to offer that Doom 3 hasn't already? Same graphics? Yep. Same gameplay? Yep. Similar Multiplayer? Yep.... These guys should have just focused on making mods and expansions rather than trying to brand this as a seperate game. I figure after the onslaught of FPS we saw last year maybe they'd give us a break for a year or two... :P

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    1. Re:Yet Another First Person Shooter... by solowCX · · Score: 2, Informative

      Doom 3 was mostly confined to small spaces and corridors. If you watched the fucking trailer you would see a lot of the fight scenes take place outside. Bigger monsters, bigger areas.

    2. Re:Yet Another First Person Shooter... by Winterblink · · Score: 2, Interesting

      It's amazing more people don't realize the stagnancy of the first person shooter genre. Or maybe more people DO realize it, which begs the question: why do these sell like crazy?

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    3. Re:Yet Another First Person Shooter... by JFMulder · · Score: 2, Insightful

      You do realize that chess is several centuries old and still hasn't seen an expansion pack or a new version of it? So why people keep on playing chess? How about because it's a fun game? Same can be told about FPSes, 3rd person shooters, sports games, etc. These are not as deep as chess, obviously, but they're still fun.

  3. Re:what the hell is a "stonker"? by screwballicus · · Score: 2, Informative


    Could be. However, the word "stonker" is certainly attested as both a noun and a verb, in a few different somewhat related meanings. Discussion of it is to be found here.

  4. Light! by Chyeld · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quake 4 will inovate the FPS genre with the built-in addition of having enough light to actually see! No longer will you be forced to install a Duct-Tape mod to be able to use a flashlight!

    1. Re:Light! by hawkbug · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I agree the innvoation is gone - except in graphics. I mean, sure Quake was a great game and very addicting - and the graphics looked good for the time... But games like Doom 3 look amazing, and I think that for people just getting into these type of games, it's probably a very fun game to play, just like we had our fun back in the days of Quake.

  5. Unprofessional Teaser by DreadPiratePizz · · Score: 4, Informative

    The movie wasn't exactly worth the download. It's too short, doesn't show much in terms of real gameplay, has no titles, and abruptly ends. Dial up users may want to skip this one.

  6. Defintion by DamienMcKenna · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sto nk

    I guess you could say its the British equivelant to "da bomb".

    Comedy Relief had whole theme about it years ago, including a song by two British comedians. http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sto3.htm has even more.

    Damien

  7. It's Great for Some by robbway · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The comments on "yet another FPS" kind of echo my sentiments. However, not everyone is tired of FPS. Also, think of the consequences if all FPS ceased production. Everyone would start to want a FPS and badly. I say let them perfect the genre.

  8. Quake 3 Source by r_benchley · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hopefully this means that we'll be seing the release of the Quake 3 source code soon.

  9. Quake3 was right on by Iamthefallen · · Score: 3, Informative

    After they got through with all the patches and updates, Quake3 along with OSP came pretty close to being the perfect deathmatch FPS. It didn't make it easy on the newbies, it didn't have a ton of eye candy, it had its share of bugs and glitches. But when it came to measuring skill vs skill, few games compare.

    I was hoping that we'd see Quake4 integrate OSP and its competition oriented features, but it doesn't look like that'll happen.

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  10. Wood Rocket launcher? by MMaestro · · Score: 2, Funny
    Apparently in the future rocket launchers, "gravity guns" and experimental laser weapons will be ineffective against wooden walls, piles of rocks and souped up hummers. In addition, a mute lab assistant with no military training and armed with only a crowbar will magicly turn into a super puzzle solving hero who will save humanity from an interdimensional invading army after arming himself with pistols, SMGs, shotguns, machine guns, a laser rifle, rocket launchers, laser trip mines and alien weaponry. Oh and the government will send between a company or battalion of marines in order to kill him... and fail.

    I'd take aircraft grade aluminum walls if it meant getting a slightly more acceptable atmosphere. (Trained military marine or untrained lab assistant? Who's the more likely hero?)