PC Gamer (US) review of Quake 4 in a word: OUCH!!!

[SFLUFAN]

No overrating here folks - here is a summary of what they had to say:

- Uninspiring, run-of-the-mill gameplay that you've played before and played better before

- Level design is fairly dull and uninspired

- Vehicle levels feel like they were made just for the sake of being made (ie, everyone else has vehicle levels so I guess we should have them too)

- Indoor graphics = fine, outdoor graphics = "embarrassingly bad"

- Boss fights haven't evolved since original Quake II (you pretty much know EXACTLY when one is about to happen)

- No bots in multiplayer

- Singleplayer campaign barely reaches 10 or so hours (and that's with getting lost, restarting due to being killed)

- Lots of action though

Their final score: 70%

 

[$kelet0r]

crap that sucks

 

[B.Calhoun]

I wasnt looking forward to it anyways.

 

[TIIMMYY]

I wasnt looking forward to it anyways.

Indeed.

 

[JellyWorld]

70% is pretty terrible coming from PC Gamer... I remember once they spent the whole review dissing the game and gave it a 69% score. 70% is three and a half stars, that's considered "pretty good" in most industries. But of course in the PC game industry 85% is average and below 75% is bad

 

[Absinthe]

Yeah, Quake 4 never really got me all that excited. I can pass this.

 

[Frank]

Hahaha... learn!

 

[satch919]

Wow, that's terrible. Too bad because I was looking forward to this one. The presentation at E3 was awesome.

Oh well. That's one less game that I have to buy. :|

 

[brink's]

Sounds a lot like Doom 3

 

[JellyWorld]

Well that settles the F.E.A.R vs Quake IV debate anyway.

 

[Icarusintel]

hmmm... i'm debating even whether i should use the bandwidth to d/l this

 

[Asknoone]

Dam, I was actually looking forward to this....:|

Oh well.

 

[Evo]

Dam, I was actually looking forward to this....:|

Same here, though i will wait for PC Gamer UK and the demo before making my opinion final

 

[JellyWorld]

Sounds a lot like Doom 3

Except the critics actually liked Doom 3

 

[Spectre01]

Maybe you people should wait for a couple more reviews before finalizing your decisions. Just because PC Gamer doesn't like it doesn't mean that it's, OMG t3h sux c0ck!

 

[ComradeBadger]

I had high hopes for this.. what did they say about the multiplayer?

 

[SFLUFAN]

Same Quake mp as you've been playing all these years except in Doom 3 graphics (minus the bots).

 

[Chris D]

Sounds a lot like Doom 3

QFT !!

 

[Ennui]

Ouch. Pwned.

 

[ríomhaire]

Why are PC game scores always high even when it's a bad game?

 

[Harryz]

Why are PC game scores always high even when it's a bad game?

Well, you can't expect everyone to have the same opinion.

OT - AlCa-pwned

 

[Murray]

I wasnt looking forward to it anyways.

Ditto.

 

[<RJMC>]

thats sucks

 

[DigiQ8]

lol pwned

 

[Lucid]

Wasn't looking forward to it at all anyways.

Never understood the buzz behind the Quake series.

Quake 2 was awsome though.

 

[kirovman]

Damn, I was looking forward to this (since last week).

I'm gonna see what PCGamer UK say too.

If it is a bad game, the bad thing is that it will sell well, just because of the brand name.

 

[Adabiviak]

Noooooo! Never say die! Quake 4 lives! Fu@k them! This game will own all! There will never be a better game ever! You wait!

-meh

 

[$kelet0r]

Wasn't looking forward to it at all anyways.

Never understood the buzz behind the Quake series.

Quake 2 was awsome though.

most people started fpsing on the quake series
doom may have started the genre going but quake was the real intro

 

[Ren.182]

Wasn't really looking forward to it anyway. I guess this made not buying it easier

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

oh bother , I usually like Raven games

 

[Jangle]

i was thinking about buying it for the multiplayer.. but not anymore

 

[Axyon]

It never looked good to begin with. From watching gameplay videos you could tell everything was quite archaic.

 

[Adabiviak]

...on a more serious note, you're not all seriously going to change your mind from that article? Even if I wasn't going to buy it upon release, I'd at least wait for actual gameplay videos and reviews from friends or other sources.

 

[StardogChampion]

I don't think PC Gamer US means too much, PC Gamer UK is where it's at :farmer:

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

I don't think PC Gamer US means too much, PC Gamer UK is where it's at :farmer:

You keep thinking that.....

 

[ailevation]

Is everybody hyped over Quake Wars? I get confused.

 

[jondy]

C'mon people, it didn't look fantastic from the get-go.

 

[Evo]

I don't think PC Gamer US means too much, PC Gamer UK is where it's at :farmer:

So, so true :smoking:

 

[kaf11]

this really didnt come as a suprise to me. give me aftermath.

 

[Prince of China]

Raven will probably mess up the Wolfenstein sequel.
I hate Raven.