Quake 4 & False Dawn Video Review

Gaming Pastime reviews Quake 4 and the False Dawn mod for PC.
Developed by Raven Software and published by Activision, Quake 4 was released for PC in October, 2005. Quake 4 puts you back in the war against the Strogg and this time you take the fight to their home planet.
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[@Phobos_Anomaly]

I've always felt this game got totally overlooked.

[@xCobraCommanderx]

Phobos Anomaly agreed

[@Phobos_Anomaly]

@mechbgum no more uninspired than Doom 3, which was essentially a tech demo. This plays better than Doom 3 and yet no one remembers it compared to Doom 3.

[@MattleWolff]

@Phobos Anomaly doom 3 might've been not good as a doom game, but at least it tried to do something and managed that mildly decently, quake 4 has the blandest atmosphere and gameplay, it's slow as fuck, if it was still a good game even if not a good quake, I'd give credits for that, but it's not a good game, I won't say it's horrible... any game with a black hole gun has got something, but unfortunately that doesn't save the game in the slightest, perhaps you've enjoyed that back in the day as a 13 year old or something, but give it a try now. Ps: I hate doom 3 too, but it has merits, unlike quake 4.

[@MattleWolff]

@mechbgum you're cutting this game too much slack, I agree it's not total garbage, but apologizing mediocrity is why we get such games in the first place, quake 1 and 2 has amazing atmosphere and gameplay that holds up today, and I'm not saying this from nostalgia, I first played these games in 2017 and I had a blast, not with quake 4 though, I would give quake 4 a 4 out of 10.

[@Phobos_Anomaly]

@@MattleWolff Look, I agree with both of you. I don't think Quake 4 is a great game, and I've never felt it was. It was OK at best, and much better FPS games came out then, including FEAR and TimeSplitters: Future Perfect, both excellent games. But I've always compared Q4 with D3...they use the same engine with the same limitations, but Q4 managed to be faster (if still slow), and managed to have a more arcade-y feel than D3. Even if compared to the previous games, it was slow. I had much more fun with Q4 than D3. D3 was good for a first-playthrough horror game, but lost all its effect after that for me. In contrast, I can still go back and enjoy Q4. It's also because I've never cared for Quake multiplayer, personally, I always played it for the single player experience, and I felt id left out a huge part of their player base with Q3.

[@lm_dccxl4078]

This game. I remember that my old pc barely ran this at 640x480 at low. And then I got a half job and my mother helped me to buy a new one. I almost cried when I ran this game all in high at 1152x864 on my new core2duo and FX6800.

[@MrThankman360]

“Half job” ?? Is that like a “part time job”

[@raja7775]

nice story bro

[@OdinPerez]

I knew you were gonna give your thumbs up to Quake 4! Damn, what a game it is; been replaying it again over the last couple of months and man it deserves a lot more love than it usually gets.

[@bunkaaa8726]

I just couldn't understand the hate for this game, it was great. Probably too similar looking to Doom 3 but the gameplay was completely different. I loved it. Deep, moody, visceral. Lots of fun!

[@agustinhoj6347]

Bunka Fas it's understandable since it's not as fast as og quake

[@bunkaaa8726]

Sure, its not as fast, and the feel was different, but it was a GOOD game, shooting was solid and visceral, cannot deny that.

[@BFGFF42]

This game was awesome and Im still waiting for a sequel to this or remastered version of Quake 2 since childhood.

[@kickahaw]

it was an ID game ID = instant hate to alot of ppl

[@Fizzlepop72]

@@kickahaw Only instant hate to any games they make that aren't exactly like DOOM or Quake 1 and 2

[@NicolasREVA7X]

Raven Software, the most underrated game developer I've ever seen. They are amazing, so sad they are under Activision's Wings, i'd love to see a new Soldier of Fortune or Singularity 2 :/

[@Angsc09]

Let's shut down Activision together and free Raven Software, shall we?

[@NicolasREVA7X]

Have a plan in mind? People don't stop buying CoD D:

[@ashdoglsu]

RTCW

[@gast128]

Quake 4, Soldier of Fortune, Singularity and especially Wolfenstein 2009 belong to my favorite shooters. This company should breath again.

[@lpatryk2004]

@@gast128 don't forget bout hexen and heretic series

[@zesty2023]

Damn! Thanks for letting me know about False Dawn, had no idea it existed.

[@JohnDoe-pk8lc]

Stroggfication is still pretty creppy to this day.

[@RedTigerDragoon]

I love it because there's a guy ahead of you and you get to watch what happens to him before it happens to you and you think maybe the line will shut down or you'll be rescued but no.

[@CriminalMacabre]

dude in front of you screaming like a pig quake dude: UGH UH AH

[@AintPopular]

Seriously playing this as a kid was haunting

[@garden0fstone736]

Imagine coming back to earth with a 12 inch cock after being stroggified and you can’t talk about it

[@cloud3418]

@@CriminalMacabreAYOOOOOOOOOOO

[@badnewsbruner]

Hell yes, just the man I want to hear review Quake 4!! I love your channel dude! I'm so glad I found you!!

[@thegrimreaper7]

Your content is pure quality. I hope your channel grows enormously!

[@PedroElPolako]

I advice clicking Quake 2 speed option in Sikkmod. It's terrific.

[@gundamsdm]

Thx for the tip!

[@Greedyselfish97]

Very underrated game. Nowhere near as good as the previous titles but I really liked the story, the weapon variety, and the Stroggos setting. The infamous "stroggification" scene is one of the freakiest scenes in any non-horror game I've played.

[@thcsabinad]

For the last two months i’ve been watching your videos before i go to sleep and for some reason it gives me a really good night’ s sleep. Tnx man, love your stuff.

[@MrAdam802]

quake 4 is amazingly good and underrated.

[@ButterlesToast]

This game has an amazing story and gameplay is solid. I just wish the story would've continued with a sequel but who knows, it might be in the works.

[@fadhilahzaidan4946]

Same.

[@raja7775]

Same.

[@andrewstencel]

Awesome review! What I like the most about your reviews is how optimistic you often are towards each title, instead of just saying the same old complaints most people do

[@salokin3087]

Awesome! Been waiting for this since quake 2s review

[@seva809]

Definitely the best FPS review channel on YT. Don't even deal with it.

[@kowboykalebb]

It’s crazy I subbed to you like a month ago when you were at 9k and you’re already at 17k! That’s awesome dude you deserve it! Keep making the great content

[@contrabandresearch8409]

I originally hated Quake 4, but after some time I grew to like it. I just wish that after you get made into a Strogg, that you would have different powers and abilities than when you were a human.

[@SevenCompleted]

You can read their terminals and understand their speech too

[@theblobconsumes4859]

@@jotaro9755 Look at the enemies, some of them have pretty cool unique abilities.

[@gfy69]

Wow man absolutely nailed this review. This video should be on its Wiki just for the info needed to get it to run on modern PCs. Well done!

[@doommaker4000]

SP: 1, 2, 4 MP: 3, L, C, QW They seem to be evenly matched, considering Live is basically a remaster of 3.

[@vinniecorleone62]

Another well done profile! I love this game which I played on the 360, back when "Id" was king, still fun today.

[@xCobraCommanderx]

vinniecorleone62 id is still king to me. Heck RAGE 2 looks like a dream come true. I seriously can’t wait for RAGE 2. Mad Max balls to the wall fuckin’ awesomeness!!! I mean RAGE 2 is so bad ass it made Andrew W.K. sound alright....

[@vinniecorleone62]

I agree, "id" is one of my favorite devs, I loved the first "Rage" & certainly look forward to the 2nd one.

[@ShinNisse]

@@xCobraCommanderx Id isn't making Rage 2.

[@riekopo7638]

Please vote for it on the GOG Community Wishlist!

[@retrospectus]

it's already on gog. runs great

[@InAUGral]

It required a few tweaks on my Win10 PC before it worked properly. An issue to do with textures and screen resolution iirc. FYI I had the GOG version.

[@crumbsnatcher2910]

jalliboy because some people like to actually own their games

[@theblobconsumes4859]

@@jalliboy "then buy it on ebay or gog" ...Isn't that what they've been asking? GOG? Idiot.

[@jalliboy]

@@theblobconsumes4859 no you

[@garden0fstone736]

As a kid this game really nailed the feeling of all out war

[@YouSoSpice]

There is something exceptionally flaccid about Q4 gunplay and gameplay in general

[@xCobraCommanderx]

Quake 4 is the reason Xbox is even around still. It was the only release title for Xbox 360 that had any weight. Though Halo was why we all bought an Original Xbox we wouldn’t see a Halo game at launch with Xbox 360. It would be two years before Microsoft’s flagship Halo made its way to the Xbox 360 console. Quake 4 was the only decent title on the platform for two years. I’ve always felt this game was highly overlooked for it’s time. It over saturated the market by being the only viable title for Xbox 360. I remember entire displays and shelves were just stocked with nothing but Quake 4. Store owners had so many copies they refused to take more. And this was before places like “GameCrazy” made an entire business model from trade-ins. Still my favorite part about Quake 4 was the now traditional fast paced Arena mode. I say traditional now because I honestly feel Quake 4 Arena got a lot more right about “Quake” than Quake Champions. In hindsight I was very worn out from The Strogg. I think many felt the same. But I think a repeat model of Quake 4 is really what Quake needs right now. A completely new chapter in the War with The Strogg on this generation console. With an Arena true multiplayer mode. It would be great for Quake and for Quake fans. The Quake Champions scene is such a peculiar crowd. The game is great but I really feel being a PC only title has done terrible damage to it. Especially as we enter the cross-play age. Exclusives are hurtful for sales and now the gaming community. We need a Quake 5 on console and PC with cross-play Arena and Co-Op. It is just the time.

[@bilrts55]

I had no idea there was a new campaign mod for this game. Loved it back when it was released but never played it again, looks like it's about time I did though!

[@gast128]

I enjoyed Quake 4 being a good shooter. I was lass enthusiastic about the vehicle sections and the somewhat boring maps. It has resemblances with Doom 3 but that's not a bad thing.

[@ezassegai4793]

quake 4 is a good game!! I played through it multiple times on my crappy pc back then, barely had 30fps at 800x600 or somethinh

[@datamanmachine]

When i first played Q4 many years ago i was really bored! Couple of Months ago i played it after Q1 and Q2 and this time it clicked mutch more with me! Its an Oldschool Shooter at Heart!

[@guybkt]

Cheers for the review. Glad you liked False Dawn :)

[@dalehall7139]

I wish there were a video tutorial of how to install False Dawn and run it, got it all downloaded but am clueless when it comes to this

[@blastradius9136]

Quake 4's story is very similar to Aliens. The Stroggs are really cool looking and I love their backstory. I like how they are tortured human cyborgs that look like cybernetic freaks. Lots of cool body horror mixed with sci fi elements.

[@Morpheus-sh1bc]

If we're talking about level design strictly, Amid Evil is closer to Quake 1 than DUSK is. I repeat, level design strictly.

[@kvernesdotten]

13:22 - I always thought of Doom 3 as kind of a tech demo with a game attached, and Quake 4 as the actual game that is fun to play. I mean, it has its share of problems, but its fun enough that I go back for a casual playthrough every couple of years

[@ImWanderinIf]

The scripts that you make for these 0reviews are excellent, you put popular review sites to shame

[@chinaski6593]

Hi, i just bought the game and tried to play but all the textures were wrong, then i installed the Tweaker, but now the game crashes everytime i launch it... any advise??

[@AlexAlex-mx4jo]

Such a good game. I hope that they will do another one. You all know hat general said in the end to the Kayn

[@MillRunner]

Is it weird that I instantly recognized the old dude talking at the beginning as the sheriff from the first few episodes of Squidbillies?

[@Gamingpastime64]

He was in Austin Powers.

[@MillRunner]

@@Gamingpastime64 I really gotta watch Austin Powers. Never got around to.

[@PeterParker-yd3sb]

Very underrated game. The story was amazing. It could also be a great movie or a series, the strogg invasion, the technology etc. really great ideas. Too bad it went unnoticed :(

[@lonegunnernl]

what do you mean by "disable ai of AMD cards. must i close my card in taskmanager?

[@MrDavid50c]

Hello everybody . I have a problem there is no voice sound in the game just a bip whenever another npc wants to talk to me or I receive a radio message . Can someone help me.

[@WTFisTingispingis]

Holy shit, that general guy's Duke Phillips! I was wondering why his voice was so familiar!

[@tazerisbroken9758]

How do you use the quake 4 tweaker I can't get it working

[@SpokeInNoise]

I played this when I got my xbox360. Good times

[@igorbukovy4313]

Is there a safe way to get False dawn and Sikk mode?

[@marcolizzetti265]

I liked the game...it was fast, fun and creepy to the right degree. The vehicular sections were not that great, but I liked it. Masterpiece? Far from it; yet better than many claim.

[@ytgc-royalewarex5190]

Underrated Quake game...

[@pippo17173]

I remember people talking shit about this game. I don't know why as looking at the gameplay, it looks fine.

[@Morpheus-sh1bc]

There wont probably be another game like Quake 1. DUSK and Amid Evil come very close to the idea indeed, but they are just not Quake.

[@s31ACE1252]

I bought a new PC to play this game(thought multiplayer would be as good as Q3). Purchased a 7800GTX for it. Got let down on MP, but for SP I preferred Q4 over D3 as well. Q4's SP is good. Never liked how dark D3 was......BFG edition solves that problem along with the stingy ammo issues. Lots of people don't like Q4, but I have a soft spot for Raven due to Star Trek Voyager:Elite Force. The single player is good, but the multiplayer was awesome. It's Q3 movement with Star Trek weapons and alt fire. I played that for around 8 years. Community got very thin around 2008. MP on Q4 was "okay". The major issue with it was that the increase in character size screwed around with how the strafe jumping felt. Much like the same issue that plagued Elite Force 2's multiplayer. With both games, the MP didn't have the same longevity compared to that of the Q3 engine derived games.

[@retrovideogamejunkie]

I remember played the 360 version and thinking "this look like an original Xbox game show in the 360" mostly for the texture in the text in those loading screen ...

[@Ifalere]

Caan we get a area 51 review from the og xbox

[@daffasayrafirdaus1880]

Do you have any videos related to F.E.A.R review?

[@Gamingpastime64]

Like the sequels? Not yet.

[@daffasayrafirdaus1880]

@@Gamingpastime64 yep, i mean the sequels sorry. Anyway can you make a review of fear2? I know it maybe a bad game in your opinion but i have alot of fun in that game after playing Perseus mandate

[@Gamingpastime64]

I remember it being okay. But I played it once when it came out.

[@daffasayrafirdaus1880]

@@Gamingpastime64 did you also tried fear 3? What's your opinion about the game

[@Gamingpastime64]

Haven't played it yet. Looks cool. Everyone says it's awful so I'm leaning towards it's better than they say. But j really can't say until I play it.

[@rezganger]

I couldnt get past 1080 resolution and since i have a 1440 monitor...And ideas? Thanks.

[@BFGFF42]

Eddie Meltzer there’s a mod that allows it. Google it.

[@itzjustkris7964]

This is one of my favorite games ever I played it when I was really young and it scarred the shit out of me and for some reason I thought it was in the same world as halo coz I thought I saw warthogs in the game lol

[@skittybabylon]

For me, biggest shame is Ritual Entertainment's Quake 4: Awakening was cancelled. I saw concept art and models. They were gonna bring back the Q2 Tank!

[@AintPopular]

I want more dude. Do you recommend me any more satisfying shooting games

[@dez-m]

I see Quake 4 as the "Doom 3" of quake. A solid, but very off-path entry of the franchise.

[@Nick-bd5yp]

Thank you for including mods for modern systems!

[@ChickenFingers42]

Great video! I have a suggestion. Try telling the viewer the information, instead of just reading it to them. You read a bit fast and monotone at times, which made it a bit hard to follow. The quality of the video and content is very good, keep it up!

[@decathlete2000]

it was cain who killed the macron in quake 2?

[@fadhilahzaidan4946]

No.

[@shambleshef]

I love this game despite performance issues. Gonna try to see if the tweaker fixes my problems

[@igorbukovy4313]

Best game from the series!

[@marcelgermann8829]

great vid dude, keep it up ;)

[@bioshock6935]

This has a lot of doom 3 look to it shame it couldn't use the doom 3 game visuals as a remaster for it or a mod

[@johndalquen7668]

I loved this game and I played it on a bad p.c. I coulden't do the last boss because my rig kept crashing.

[@naryanr]

Quake 4 really was a fantastic game. So much more fun than Doom 3. I don't know why it was almost entirely ignored. Definitely worth going back to with the unlocked FPS mod. In my opinion, the only thing this game is lacking, is a mod to disable reloading entirely. Stopping to reload all 7 weapons before going through a door was such a drag...

[@Skarwind]

People just have more nostalgia for the first ones. If you look at Q2 gameplay and Q4, theres not much difference. You go from A to B but this time you get voice acting, named characters and more context about what you're doing. Q4 kinda just picked a bad time period when we were getting flooded with a shitton of fps games.

[@InTheMindOfDavid]

You can clearly tell Raven were going with a DOOM 3 kinda vibe. Personally I love DOOM 3. It’s the whole reason I even played Quake 4 when it released. It was the first Xbox 360 game I ever played. Unfortunately, I thought the 360’s memory storage worked the same as the Original Xbox.... so I was stuck in a loop of playing the first half of the game almost everyday....

[@MideonProductions]

Like always, great review! How about reviewing vr games?

[@Angsc09]

Finally, you do it.

[@Angsc09]

Also, this game is so forgettable. It just really an insult to the installment that didn't give a Chance for anyone to see it.

[@Deist]

The only thing I didn't like in the original Q4 was all the enemies felt very bullet spongy.

[@Deist]

Nice, looks like I'll have to give Q4 another shot. Thanks

[@matrix255]

Open console Type pm_speed 300 This will change your snail movespeed Enjoy

[@swedensy]

Just finished on hardest difficulty. What a expierence. This game make me for get to eat and shit and sleep. The ending was epic. Now im evil.. I want Quake 5 Doom on Earth.

[@MetalHorrorGamer]

Great game... great review... great video 👍

[@camrunner6633]

Like doom 3 the graphics were a huge step up at the time

[@BarTwoOne]

Darkness ? Maybe in vanilla Quake 4. When using SIKKMOD, it is all about proper configuration ( imgur image in the describtion - works both for Quake4 and Doom3 ). Slow first half of game ? Open console and execute "in_alwaysRun" SIKKMOD also changes the friction and acceleration values for crouch-sliding, making the game a little bit more like old Quake 4 PRO Tournaments scene . kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXjHYWVrfc-Sirc

[@Anthony5776]

Bethesda did Wonders with the Doom Reboot! I just only Wish they gave a lot of Heart to making Quake Great again instead of just turning it into a Free to play Multiplayer....Them new Player models from champions is just a massive tease for what they could do.

[@vdayucla]

Does anyone else think this 13-year-old game features *better* dynamic lighting and shadows than games we see today?

[@1300l]

Play the Arcane Dimensions mod for Quake 1. It's the best Quake Single player experience EVER!

[@Gamingpastime64]

Yes. We actually reviewed that. Twice.

[@jackkoffin1]

Man, I wish I had enjoyed Quake 4 as much as everyone else here. I played it on 360, and I was so excited to get it because I loved the premise and had fond memories of Quake 2. But I found it bland/ugly visually, both technically and in it's design aesthetic. The tougher enemies were overly frustrating to fight and the levels had become a slog by the end of the game. Story was pretty much what I expected, but none of the other elements came together in a satisfying way for me. Once I beat the game I never wanted to pick it up again. At this point, I'd love to see Id revisit the bizzare world of the original Quake , similar to whats been done with the awesome reboots of Doom and Wolfenstein.

[@jackkoffin1]

@Jotaro97 I agree about Quake 2. I thought it was cool as hell 20 years ago, but it is not especially good-looking now. But if you like Quake 4 on PC, that's fine. I just don't like it's design aesthetic at all. Personal taste.

[@AlphaZeroX96]

Is presentation the only reason why you think it isn't Quake?

[@GorcStew]

I bought and tried playing this but stopped partly cuz engine looks like trash...it look pretty great here though I'll have to try these mods thx :D

[@DigitallyDelirious]

I like this game. I do not think it deserves the hate a lot of people tend to give it Except the 360 version. The framerate in that version is trash

[@lordhumungus3157]

You could use fucking mechs and tanks, this game is amazing

[@ghost085]

The thing I didn't like about this game is that the enemies are too upgraded, some of them don't resemble their Quake 2 counterparts at all.

[@racionador]

Quake deserves a Reboot with the same quality as the 2016 Doom reboot.

[@kretschmannjonathan6237]

quake 4 look great

[@pauls4522]

I have always said in "recent years", even some of the most medicore and even lesser titles the 2000s are better than most of today's modern shooters. Q4 was simply released at a time when there was already an overwhelming number of good games being released that it felt bad in comparison. The slow movement speed of the first half of the game did not help at all.

[@Marc_Araujo]

My biggest disappointment with this game was that there was no BFG 10K.

[@luminosity01]

See i called it. They will review quake 4 :3

[@WaffleCore87]

This video makes me wanna play it... Few seconds later I remember I played it... and I was bored and.... this isnt Quake...

[@Purgious]

5:50 Not a clip, even if the games calls it that. Sorry, pet peeve of mine.

[@Gamingpastime64]

Displayed as such in-game. quake.wikia.com/wiki/Shotgun_(Q4)

[@ezecskornfan]

No better way to revive an old favorite than playing a great mod. This is why PC is leagues above console. What? Remasters? mods are new content man.

[@RacerC45]

I've heard a lot of people say that Quake 4 is the low point of the series.

[@GoodmansGhost]

Quake 4 basically has three great flaws that keeps me from loving it, the story and such was great, I liked the design of it and the shooting felt good, but then there are those flaws. You walk really slow, I know that's not so different from modern shooters but this is a quake game, a series where you run at the speed of sound in all the other games. The vehicles just feel wrong, for example, the tank can strafe… what? Also, it has a bit of call of duty syndrome in that you'll often be stopped from progressing by some character that talks to you while blocking a door or similar, something you can't skip.

[@GoodmansGhost]

@Jotaro97 Excuses for trash doesnt make it any less trash.

[@ashdoglsu]

I loved this game except the hovercraft

[@Kousaburo]

Tell you what, on 360 it looks like shit but the here with the mods it looks impeccable. I've always said this (and Prey) are the games Doom 3 should have been.

[@adam1984pl]

Quake 4 is much better than Doom 3,even they`re on the same engine.

[@OmegaEnvych]

Quake 4 seems to me, plotwise as love-child of RoboCop and Starship Troopers. And if that's not awesome, I don't know what is!

[@sallbanjoman1790]

16:16 What the hell :))

[@Gamingpastime64]

The grenade was too much for him, I guess. Lol.