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Quake 4 Visual Preview

Posted by Zonk on from the who-doesn't-like-pictures dept.

Andre Medeiros writes "CNet is featuring a visual preview of the upcoming entry in the Quake series." From the article: "Bodies everywhere - As you can see, Quake 4 stays true to a well-worn first-person shooter trope: no matter where you go, your expendable fellow Marines will litter the ground and silently warn that you're about to be ambushed by plasma-wielding aliens."

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  1. Crates in the Preview! by Aix · · Score: 4, Funny
    According to Crate Review System, this might be the best game ever! No one's even played the game yet and we've already seen crates!

    (Disclosure: this joke is already half-made in the article.)

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  2. Re:Escaping Reality. by Walt+Dismal · · Score: 4, Funny

    When does the Hot Coffee mod come out so I can see Stroggs having sex with dead headless Marines?

  3. It's Not All About Quake, You Know... by MiceHead · · Score: 4, Funny
    Frankly, I don't know what the big deal is -- id Software no longer has the monopoly on the first-person shooter. We're an indie studio that's about to announce development on a sequel to our 2004 shooter, and I'm here to tell you that you don't need a big budget, or, well... any budget... to create a triple-A game. Check this out:

    • Shot #1 - This is screenshot from our prototype running in realtime. That's a shot taken at 80x60 (4-bit color), but it can go as high as 100x80 with 32 colors on higher-end machines.
    • Shot #2 - This demonstrates the engine's realtime shadowing. Every single pixel has its own shadow, which is something no other platform can say. Further, it's done without pixel or vertex shaders, making it compatible with older systems. (However, they must support the Photoshop "emboss" plugin.)
    • Shot #3 - In 1998, lens flare was all the rage. 2005 is the year of the bloom. Or maybe it's a glow effect? I can't remember which one it was -- I'll check with our marketing department and get back to you on that.
    • Shot #4 - You're thinking, "Hey, that's nice, but I bet you can't do all three effects at once." Well, we can, and we did.
    All right, so I suppose it's tough for an indie studio to compete with Quake IV. But here's hoping that we can carve our a niche in the hearts of gamers everywhere. After all, you don't always need a cool million to write a game. Sometimes all you need is 96k.
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  4. Re:Doom3 done right by macdaddy357 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It will be pale in comparison to Duke Nukem Forever. You wait and see!

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