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Changing the Rules of a 15-Year-Old Game: Quake Live Update Causes Controversy
An anonymous reader writes: As id Software aims for a larger, more mainstream audience for its free-to-play shooter Quake Live (based on 1998's Quake III Arena) on Steam, big changes are afoot. A new update was pushed out last week which adds some new, more beginner-friendly features to the game. These include weapon loadouts, which grant players a weapon of their choice when they spawn, timer icons, which indicate when the all-important powerup items will spawn, and an automatic bunny-hop to gain extra speed. The changes have been met with hostility from longtime players who prefer the "purist" rules of old and the duel format. As the writer points out, however, if the update helps attract more elite players to the gamer, it could breathe new life into a very old game.
You're way too hard on them. That's not all they do before releasing the game.
They'd also slap the current year onto the title. How else would you know it's a new game? From looking at it? Please...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
This is basically the new player experience in Quake...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.