Quake Live

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  1. StevieGe
    Jul 30, 2013
    9
    I would like to note that Raythenoob, is an avid quakeliver; read
    Jaegermeister's review for info (I am no way affiliated with either person).
    Quake is a legendary and boundary breaking fps series, to me it defines the term. Quake Live as the latest shooter from the innovative id software. Nothing beats the sensation of a race for the last frag in a Free-For-All, or winning control in a    I would like to note that Raythenoob, is an avid quakeliver; read
    Jaegermeister's review for info (I am no way affiliated with either person).
    Quake is a legendary and boundary breaking fps series, to me it defines the term. Quake Live as the latest shooter from the innovative id software. Nothing beats the sensation of a race for the last frag in a Free-For-All, or winning control in a duel within a matter of heart pounding seconds.
    QuakeLive is (for those that don't know) a browser launched version of the multiplayer old-school shooter Quake III, and is totally free. Try it out at www.quakelive.com For those that don't know you can install QLprism in order to run it in a .exe format. It is fun, fast and physically demanding; perhaps, in my opinion the best damn fps out there.
    A word of warning- the learning curve is insanely high, don't feel let down if you feel everyone went through this and I guarantee 6-8 months of pain, frustration with only the odd good game in between and you will strafe faster, move faster, hit harder and control the map better in every FPS.    … Expand
  2. XDavidX
    Nov 23, 2015
    10
    The game is just amazing. I love play this game. For me this game is amazing ! Nothing more to comment because this game is amazing ! I rate this 10/10
  3. OmnipotentGamer
    Aug 5, 2013
    10
    Great modern way to get your arena shooter fix, large online community, good maps, E-Sports support, constant updates, and ITS FREE are just more reasons to play. Loads of fun would recommend to anyone.
  4. nurman
    Jul 2, 2014
    10
    It took everything Quake 3, it's expansions and other versions had and combined it into one. Simplistic, high paced, adrenaline junkie's dream fps. Old, but still fresh.
  5. ThecriticGoD
    Mar 15, 2016
    10
    FPS don't get any better than this. This is what the genre is meant to be. Speed, strafe-jumps, different weapons, fast action, and not hiding next to a box for 10 hours waiting for your chance to one-shot someone.
  6. shwisha
    Sep 10, 2010
    10
    Quake is a legendary series and made by the software company that introduced us to First Person Shooters, ID Software. I was a fan of Quake 2, Quake 2 and Quake 3. What I love about QuakeLIVE is they took a very difficult game to get involved in, because of; patches, mods, maps, servers, configurations, and the other details you might need to look into before you started playing. NowQuake is a legendary series and made by the software company that introduced us to First Person Shooters, ID Software. I was a fan of Quake 2, Quake 2 and Quake 3. What I love about QuakeLIVE is they took a very difficult game to get involved in, because of; patches, mods, maps, servers, configurations, and the other details you might need to look into before you started playing. Now QuakeLIVE takes Quake 3, touches it up, makes it super simple to get playing, patches automatically and now even gives you the ability to have a membership that allows you to host private games. Since this game is free, there's no reason you shouldn't at least try it out; www.quakelive.com… Expand
  7. dahrkdaiz
    Sep 10, 2010
    10
    I first played Quake 3 Arena on the Dreamcast and I loved the fast paced nature and the physics of the Quake 3 engine. Later on, I got Q3A for the PC and loved the mods but was quickly turned off by the fact it was extremely hard to improve in the game due to the high competitiveness. QuakeLive changes all that. With the "tier" system, you can judge the average skill level of people foundI first played Quake 3 Arena on the Dreamcast and I loved the fast paced nature and the physics of the Quake 3 engine. Later on, I got Q3A for the PC and loved the mods but was quickly turned off by the fact it was extremely hard to improve in the game due to the high competitiveness. QuakeLive changes all that. With the "tier" system, you can judge the average skill level of people found in a game. You can often times prevent yourself from getting completely slaughtered by choosing a matched game. With the stat tracking, friends list, accomplishments, 40 arenas, 5 game modes and premium and pro subscriptions, this game promises to take weeks of your life away.… Expand
  8. Jaegermeister
    Sep 12, 2010
    10
    Reading the other reviews I can't help but comment on the one by Raythenoob. His rating it a 2 when he is third in all the world on the Leaderboards with 1824 hours of actual in-game time (2.6 whole months) is pure hypocrisy, clearly he has more time for this game than a full time job even, proving how good it must be! Reading the old forums I saw as he turned hateful after not being madeReading the other reviews I can't help but comment on the one by Raythenoob. His rating it a 2 when he is third in all the world on the Leaderboards with 1824 hours of actual in-game time (2.6 whole months) is pure hypocrisy, clearly he has more time for this game than a full time job even, proving how good it must be! Reading the old forums I saw as he turned hateful after not being made a forum moderator, power hungry narcissism venting its worst it seems he now puts time into trying to damage the games reputation instead.

    Quake Live is simply the best first person shooter in the world, and most addicting.
    I stopped playing Quake shortly after Quake 3 was released as I went to college but this brought me back with it's easy setup and skill levels to keep those with ridiculous amounts of game time on their hands out of my hobbyist severs.

    A new business model for FPS games should see real updates for the entire life of the game instead of just a couple of years before the games company move on to another game.
    If playing against hardened Quake players it can take a long time to adapt, but I find the easier levels are great fun for anyone that likes FPS games.
    The learning curve is large which is why it is such a competitive game, natural talent or hours of practice pay off more than other similar games, hence its advocates likening it to a sport more so than any other computer game. I probably spend more time watching streamed league games than actually playing as the coverage is genuinely entertaining and the players skill shines through to even those that do not know the game well. This has helped for form a thriving community both in game, on the games own web page and elsewhere on the web.

    If you enjoy the game it could be you I'm watching next!    … Expand
  9. Atheism
    Sep 10, 2010
    10
    The reasons people flocking to Quake Live is, I think are the following. If people are playing, they are also paying which keeps Quake Live and well!! The game just short of fantastic. There are many people playing Quake Live. I`m in high school and during lunch the library staff lets us play Quake Live on the school computers.
    I just cannot believe all the people who LOVE Quake Live.
    I    The reasons people flocking to Quake Live is, I think are the following. If people are playing, they are also paying which keeps Quake Live and well!! The game just short of fantastic. There are many people playing Quake Live. I`m in high school and during lunch the library staff lets us play Quake Live on the school computers.
    I just cannot believe all the people who LOVE Quake Live.
    I am also amazed at the value you get if you purchase a Premium or even a Pro membership!!
    I will say this much -- Kudos to all the peeps at Quake Live for making this into the #! First person shooter in the world!!    … Expand
  10. Kaprawiec
    Oct 13, 2014
    10
    Basically this is quake 3. I dont understand why this got new title, its still the same excellent game as it was all these years ago. Try it, its not as noob friendly as todays COD/Battlefield games, but this one is really rewarding. Shame we didnt got Quake 5 witch new graphics...but maybe it be as bad as rage, so...
  11. Xtruder
    Sep 10, 2010
    10
    I have been playing Quake Live since day one of beta!
    It is the best FPS I have ever played bar none. It is better than Quake,Quake2,Quake3 - in fact it blows Quake 3 out of the water!
    Everybody is friendly and very skilled. Punkbuster is just amazing for keeping cheaters at bay!
    I recommend this game to everybody!!
  12. Raythenoob
    Sep 10, 2010
    2
    My Review of QL (April 2009 - Sep 2010)

    1. Poor communication by the QL Developers. For the past 2 years, Syncerror and his team have provided very little feedback to it's community. The only real feedback can be seen on a 3rd party site (esreality.com). Sadly their official forum is neglected. 2. Strongarming tactics - in order to get people to pay for Pro Accounts when one cannot start    My Review of QL (April 2009 - Sep 2010)

    1. Poor communication by the QL Developers. For the past 2 years, Syncerror and his team have provided very little feedback to it's community. The only real feedback can be seen on a 3rd party site (esreality.com). Sadly their official forum is neglected.

    2. Strongarming tactics - in order to get people to pay for Pro Accounts when one cannot start his own private server in a location of their own choice (you must instead choose from an existing list). This is a big misnomer and many people fell for it (and are continuing to fall for it).
    http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/8606/anothersatisfiedcustome.jpg

    3. Teamsizes. People have been complaining since QL came out of beta about the teamsizes. This continues to be a major issue with the community. http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/4840/hahahasucker.jpg
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    4. Skillmatching. New players to the game can be pitted against veterans on day one of their ql experience. This ofcourse leads newbies to ragequit. For a game that promises people they can "easily play against others at your skill level", the system that is designed for that, barely delivers and some veterans (Like Incubus, close friend with the community manager) abuse the system which has led many people to quit playing the game. Luckily, an adverse affect of the new skill matching system (post-beta) has kept players like him from further exploiting these new players. He was never banned for his exploits but many people still remember.
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    5. Low Population of players in North America. Since QL came out of Beta and since the premium/pro membership news came out, people have quit playing. The following screenshot shows my experience about 2 weeks ago and something i had never previously encountered in the previous year. (no team games to be found early in the morning/9:04 a.m est). http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/549/ripql.jpg

    6. Large # of bugs remain. During the first couple hours after QL came out of beta, 306 people could be found viewing the tech forum to post issues related to the game they had just purchased. Compared to the overall population viewing the forum that day, this was a large % of the userbase. There continue to be issues relating to people being unable to play the game do to punkbuster errors, low fps issues, etc. The game doesn't appear to be ready for mass release yet with the diminished userbase since it's 1 year anniversary last march, the game was released.
    http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8967/306withtechissueslol.jpg

    7. Lack of Transparency. The Ql Developers promised in several interviews that exclusive content would not be implemented into the overall plan...
    http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/8771/liesallies.jpg
    http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/02/25/id-software-hopes-quake-live-lasts-at-least-a-decade/
    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:0lAfCD2CLxUJ:www.quakelive.com/forum/showthread.php%3Fp%3D65350+marty+
    http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/7696/liesa.jpg
    http://www.quakelive.com/forum/showthread.php?325-To-those-wanting-to-play-Q3-%28CPMA%29/page4

    ...This turned out to be false and furthermore the premium/pro services have further split this small gaming community into smaller groups, mirroring problems that plagued Quake 3 over the years.
    http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/8316/truthhurts.jpg

    With less people playing, more people are questioning the rationale behind upgrading to Premium/Pro memberships especially when finding evidence from QL's own personnel that those servers are empty. Even during peak hours, the U.S Eastern playerbase is in the low hundreds.. (Western U.S Playerbase is very small in comparison to East).
    http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/6909/fanboyliar.jpg

    ...which when comparing to other popular games of old, like wacraft3 is a large failure seeing that wc3 is 6-7 years old now and still embodies over 100,000 players on Lordaeron (U.S West) and Azeroth (U.S East) servers.

    Quake Live had a future at one point but the 8 points above have turned away a lot of potential players, fans and positive feedback from its community.    … Expand
  13. ESRolic
    Sep 10, 2010
    10
    Basically the remake of Quake 3 so don't expect too many new things from it. However, the little tweaks of Quake Live with the game system are great (though not perfect). The game play is generally the same with Quake 3, but with apparent playing style changes because of these tweaks. The changes are, mostly, positive. The good things, like the great fast tempo of Quake 3 and the emphasisBasically the remake of Quake 3 so don't expect too many new things from it. However, the little tweaks of Quake Live with the game system are great (though not perfect). The game play is generally the same with Quake 3, but with apparent playing style changes because of these tweaks. The changes are, mostly, positive. The good things, like the great fast tempo of Quake 3 and the emphasis on moving and thinking (besides of shooting, of course) are preserved. Faster rocket speed, weaker rail gun, new spawn system made the game more favorable to aggresive players and more balanced. New visual effects make the graphics of the game acceptable even nowadays (almost 11 years after the release of Quake 3), and new hitbeep and other little things make the game very pleasant for competitive play. The tier system (which needs more work) makes players of different level able to enjoy the game. More can be done to make this game even better, but now it is already a brilliant piece (and it is partially free as well) and will easily kill your spare time.… Expand
  14. s7e
    Feb 18, 2012
    6
    I would rate this game a 6 out of 10. Many features are missing. It's great as a free game but the playerbase is too small to keep my interest. Development is nearly at a standstill and the clan scene is pathetic. I went back to q3 and found more people playing there than in ql. Was fun while it lasted. Best of luck to those willing to ride it out.
  15. PHoNSC
    May 16, 2012
    1
    This game is very depressing. First off, it took me over 3 weeks to get the skill to beat Crash in single player mode. This prevented me from advancing to the multplayer realm where I could frag with my BFF's.

    I ended up uninstalling shortly after entering the multiplayer realm due to getting raped by |DEA|rdbok in a thunderstruck game. The kid was so superior to me that I realized I    This game is very depressing. First off, it took me over 3 weeks to get the skill to beat Crash in single player mode. This prevented me from advancing to the multplayer realm where I could frag with my BFF's.

    I ended up uninstalling shortly after entering the multiplayer realm due to getting raped by |DEA|rdbok in a thunderstruck game. The kid was so superior to me that I realized I had no shot in this game. Everyone on-line was super mean to me and thanks to this game, I have been clinically diagnosed with depression.

    After quitting QuakeLive I have become a sponsored pro in Tribes, although I do not get to play in matches.

    There is a light at the end of the QuakeLive tunnel....hopefully you can find it like I did.    … Expand
  16. lRedPosion
    Sep 18, 2014
    10
    An excellent game. I played it back in the days and now it's got even better with the Steam release. Quake is the pure example of how a real FPS should be. Simple without all the **** like skins, OP weapons regenerating health.. but this makes the game so good and addictive.
  17. Speed4Runs
    Dec 2, 2012
    6
    Quake Live is a very good game, because it is funny, free (although there are some premium subscriptions, but which DON'T GIVE YOU EXTRA WEAPONS, only maps) and well optimized.
    There are, however, some negative notes:
    - Premium and PRO subscriptions: cause of them, it isn't possible, for normal players who haven't paid to get it, to change some game options. Also, there are some ads if    Quake Live is a very good game, because it is funny, free (although there are some premium subscriptions, but which DON'T GIVE YOU EXTRA WEAPONS, only maps) and well optimized.
    There are, however, some negative notes:
    - Premium and PRO subscriptions: cause of them, it isn't possible, for normal players who haven't paid to get it, to change some game options. Also, there are some ads if you aren't premium or pro. I'd like to play the same maps as the premium players do, why couldn't I? If they put ads, then they get money anyway, even if you don't pay.
    - Not a completely open game: Quake Live is a browser game, which is playable thanks to an extension. The extension for the browser creates a folder and various subfolders on the AppDataLocalLow directory, which makes the game very modifiable (you can create cfgs, modify them, see installed maps etc.), but it's not as open as Quake III Arena or other free games based on it, because you can't play on your own maps, you can't make your own gametypes with scripts etc. I'm not sure if you can make your own mods, but, most probably, you can't.
    - Outdated graphics: I'm not a person who cares about graphics, because I mostly care about performance, which in Quake has always been excellent, but if I have to review something, I must include graphics on it: yes, they're reviewed, optimized, they've added bloom etc., but it's still very old and not good, because there aren't detailed shadows, etc. This is a 2009 game, not a 1999 one like q3a! id Software could have improved graphics a lot. Also, the bloom is very frustrating, although you can disable it.
    Overall, it's a very good game.    … Expand
  18. quakke
    Sep 18, 2014
    0
    Quake 1 in 1996 created true 3D deathmatch games and fun fact regarding this.. Many of todays fps games such as Half-Life and Call of Duty forexmaple, also use the Quake engine that Quake 1 introduced. Now enough about that. .
    From since 1996, Quake has been the most respected fps out there and has also been pretty much the most difficult one to learn. All todays call of battlefields    Quake 1 in 1996 created true 3D deathmatch games and fun fact regarding this.. Many of todays fps games such as Half-Life and Call of Duty forexmaple, also use the Quake engine that Quake 1 introduced. Now enough about that. .
    From since 1996, Quake has been the most respected fps out there and has also been pretty much the most difficult one to learn. All todays call of battlefields don't stand a chance in a fight with Quake. Why? Because Quake never hold your hand and that was always the thing, until now..

    2014 and Quake Live. Quake Live is basically call of live. This game ain't Quake anymore as it has all kinds of streamlining to make it less Quake and more like the todays console fps instead. This thing doesn't respect the history at all and instead it added weaponloadouts. That is something that's totally against the way Quake works. It has visible timers on items, universal ammo, faster movement speed with Gauntlet... This release changed the core game mechanics like many damage ratios of the weapons. Some weapons were made less powerful and some more powerful. Now this is something that you will never do to an legend. This game is not your generic call of battlefield, this is Quake for gosh sakes. Epic announcer was also replaced by someguy who tries so hard and yet doesn't even come close to sounding acceptable.

    Game is also very broken. My friend couldn't even connect to the game at all as it just gave him an error screen and i couldn't connect once at all either. Though luckily it resolved for me in matter of seconds, but not for my friend sadly.

    The game menu system is broken. You click on an object and nothing happens. I actually discovered this but it's a clear bug. To get the system to work, you have to click it again. So if i click "browse games", nothing happends. Now if i click it again after a split sec then it accepts it. Another thing is the options menu for controls. This game does not register my mouse scrollwheel for some reason. It has default next weapon as "scroll down" but i tried to change it and even add scroll up to "next weapon" and the game just ignored it.

    I don't recommend this awful garbagepile ever as now this thing is just closer to the modern console fps than it is to being a Quake game anymore. You remember, the important one that created 3D Deathmatch games in 1996? Next update will probably even introduce regenerating health and ironsight aiming. Yeah, just don't play this..    … Expand
  19. wbgs-gaming
    Dec 26, 2013
    0
    Quake Live is bad why cause it rips of us people that bought Quake 3. I paid $19.99 for Quake 3 to find out they have released a game that has Quake 3 graphics and Quake 3 characters for the price I paid for Quake 3, they should have just updated that. Not only do we need to download a bunch of stuff to play this, we need to take care of our browser and don't delete certain cookies andQuake Live is bad why cause it rips of us people that bought Quake 3. I paid $19.99 for Quake 3 to find out they have released a game that has Quake 3 graphics and Quake 3 characters for the price I paid for Quake 3, they should have just updated that. Not only do we need to download a bunch of stuff to play this, we need to take care of our browser and don't delete certain cookies and other things cause this game won't play if its corrupted. Furthermore, this seems like a get rich scheme just like BF4FREE all these games take features from the original game and make you pay. Quake 3 could have had these updates, but you know they want to make money WBGS will not approve ad filled loading screens and a subscription-based games that are clones of the original Quake 3 when they could have just updated Quake 3 stop ripping us gamers off.… Expand
  20. thefreeman140
    Apr 26, 2014
    10
    Amazing free-to-play online experience. You thought the original Quake was fast-paced? Well, in Quake Live, Id Software cranked up the speed a few notches, making for amazingly chaotic multiplayer matches. There are many different game modes to choose from, and plenty of maps that reference to older Quake games. Its also no long browser-based. Pretty recently, players are now able to download it.
  21. gui2310gBR
    Mar 20, 2015
    7
    about this game I like so that weapons do not take too much damage are the legal maps has some of unreal tournament 3 quake so that playing with servers and horrible
  22. PlushyKitten
    Aug 14, 2018
    10
    A flawless pure classic game that exhilarates the user in high energy game play and super fun experiences for hours of what seems to be endless fun. I've grown up playing Quake Live and other Quake releases on my dads computer and I will always love their games.
  23. NightElves
    Aug 2, 2022
    5
    A bit disappointed. I was looking forward for a singleplayer experience like we saw in Quake III Arena. But no. The only singleplayer part in this game is the Training Center which is ........hmm okay but not enough. Also it should be a free game then but it's not.
  24. FleshMetaldie66
    Jul 21, 2021
    10
    A breath of fresh air as compared to modern hero shooter, wall running, lootboxes and pay to win games. Its pure FPS experience.
  25. User_Userovitch
    Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Интересный, динамичный и скилозависимый шутер
  26. VeBestRethiewer
    Apr 11, 2022
    0
    Game is a piece of sh... because of all the pro "wannabes" who just installed the game but the game is too hard for them so they make their own servers, they cheat on those servers and when they are still too bad (I own them easily because I've been playing for my whole life so even their aimlocks, triggerbots and wallhacks won't help those losers) they will just mute/ban you from theGame is a piece of sh... because of all the pro "wannabes" who just installed the game but the game is too hard for them so they make their own servers, they cheat on those servers and when they are still too bad (I own them easily because I've been playing for my whole life so even their aimlocks, triggerbots and wallhacks won't help those losers) they will just mute/ban you from the server. No one from the staff cares about who plays this game and abuses people by banning/muting just because they got their asses wooped. If you are new on the other hand those who cheat will call you noob and will kick you for being new too. Its a game full of retarded drug-addicts since only people like that are so depserate that they will just keep on playing 1 old game because they cant even buy a new PC. This game is like a drug to them - only if they could really play it... I could understand then. But playing 1 game and still being so terrible at it that you need all those to win?: 1. Your own server 2. Wallhack 3. Aimhack 4. Triggerbot 5. Ban/mute anyone who knows you are a cheating trashbag and he still is able to defeat you.
    Another good multiplayer game ruined by those who play it (retarded cheating noobs and wannabes)    … Expand

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  1. PC Gamer
    88
    Quake Live may be a 10-year-old shooter, but it's still a rush. [Nov 2010, p.85]