- Publisher: Activision
- Release Date: Nov 18, 2005
- Also On: PC
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An above average shooter, worth looking into if you’re a fan of the genre.
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The game looks brilliant using a revved-up Doom 3 engine, although its coding creates some inconsistent framerate mayhem.
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It's not that Quake 4 is necessarily bad. It isn't. It's just so unoriginal, cliché, and average that it almost hurts.
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Globs of action, lots violence, and a story that's good enough to keep things moving. But it's obvious that it needed a little more time to cook, what with the annoying load times, a whacky auto save function, and a frame rate that isn't nearly as fast as the PC version of the game.
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At its heart it's the PC version, which didn't exactly set the world alight either, so coupled with its glaring shortfalls, Quake IV just doesn't cut it like it should.
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The true travesty in Quake 4 is the multiplayer functionality. Almost regressing, Quake 4 only supports 8 player multiplayer games, doesn’t support game browsing, and generally takes forever to get you into a ranked game match.
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Play MagazineThe game packs some decent chills and engaging action when it's working ,carry over some addictive, classic deathmatch play into the online arena. [Jan 2006, p.37]
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Official Xbox MagazineJust having the Quake name alone isn't good enough anymore. [Jan 2006, p.70]
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AceGamezThe action is as intense as it ever was and there are set pieces that are the staple of all the past Quake experiences. However, the feeling is marred by the lacklustre sound effects and graphics that try to emulate two styles but don't really hit the spot for either.
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If you have a respectable gaming level PC, the frame-rate hiccups and certain bland textures may make the PC version more desirable.
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360 Gamer Magazine UKWhen it looks and plays this good, dedicated genre buffs won't mind. [Issue #2]
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It's really a shame that a game like this suffers from the old bad port syndrome of stuttering graphics. The single player experience isn't too bad though but there's nothing here over the PC version that would make it a must buy for the 360.
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Unless you absolutely feel the need to play Quake on your 360, its technical issues hinder it from being worthy for most gamers.
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There's a good game in Quake 4, but it's buried under several layers of highly disappointing graphical performance issues.
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Quake 4 might not be broken, but it sure is boring, and if it is boring, then fix it. Id should save their tech demos for clients and think about how they can evolve their gameplay experience, not their rendering capabilities.
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But maybe words like "solid," "competent," and "fine" tell you why it's also hard to recommend Quake 4: It's exactly what you've come to expect from a modern first-person shooter, and nothing else.
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When played on a PC, where you can tweak both the settings and the hardware to get solid performance, Quake 4 works because of it. Without those options on the 360 you're stuck, unable to really get into it because just about the time you do, the framerate breaks. And with that, the moment is gone.
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There aren't a lot of nice things to say about the single-player experience, which fails to deliver on multiple fronts. Still, if you want to check out one of the best multiplayer experiences the Xbox 360 has to offer, look no further.
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That Quake 4 is merely a glossy, standard, by-the-numbers trudge through past glories is an irresponsible way to treat such a revered franchise; to then cock up the conversion to the 360 subsequently and then charge extra for the privilege is bordering on scandalous.
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An enjoyable, mindless, action game and generally plays well on the 360. But the performance issues are going to rob this one of a point. Especially when we know this console should be able to handle a game like this without breaking a sweat.
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Quake IV hasn't really evolved from it's predecessors that much which makes this game very predictable and linear.
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Assuming you just spent a mountain of money to own the newest of the new in video gaming, you'll probably want to leave this marine lost in space.
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"Call of Duty 2" and "Perfect Dark Zero" are far better games in almost every way. Even "King Kong" supplies a better FPS single-player experience.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 53 out of 105
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Mixed: 32 out of 105
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Negative: 20 out of 105
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