Quake 4 PC Game Review

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Quake 4 is the fourth title in the series of Quake first-person shooter computer games. The game was developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. Raven Software collaborated with id Software, the creators and historical developers of preceding Quake games. In this case, id Software supervised the development of the game as well as providing the Doom 3 engine, now referred to as "id Tech 4" and released under the GNU General Public License on 22 November 2011, upon which it was built. Quake 4 went gold in early October 2005 and was released on 18 October 2005 for Microsoft Windows and later for Linux, Xbox 360 and Mac OS X. A special DVD Collectors Edition also exists, including promotional material and the game Quake II with its expansions, The Reckoning and Ground Zero. The Xbox 360 version of Quake 4 is based on the Special Collectors Edition, and therefore also includes Quake II. On 4 August 2011 the game was made available through Steam.
Plotwise, the game is a sequel to Quake II and takes place during the same war as Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. Quake II, Quake 4, or Enemy Territory: Quake Wars do not share story lines with Quake or Quake III Arena; their only relation is their names and logos. Compared to other titles in the Quake series, Quake 4 has an increased emphasis on the single-player portion of the game. A multiplayer mode is available, but it does not involve playable bots like Quake III Arena, without 3rd party modifications.

[@ZSTE]

Fun fact, when you get strogified, the strog text is now in english and you can understand what they say

[@zander2758]

When games had good atention to detail

[@mikaelhanninen3716]

You can actually read the Strogg language pretty easily if you concentrate a little bit. It's still English but with letters that have been changed or altered.

[@getsugar6411]

After he mentions the Stroggification I looked back at that on-rail cutscene and just noticed that as well. Somewhere it says "... implanted" and is just readable after the chip is implanted. Great detail!

[@TheT0nedude]

Amazing, even when you can't normally speak English? Truly amazing game when you start off not knowing English...

[@GojiraTX]

@@TheT0nedude no one likes a jackass

[@3PICAT]

Quake 4 should've been Quake 3. And Quake 3: Arena should've just been called Quake: Arena...

[@earthobserver1007]

Hardy Kenton I played quake 3 arena just so I could play as Doomguy.

[@earthobserver1007]

MforMovesets Tuns out doomguy was perfect because of his high armor capability. He could tank some serious damage and just keep killing. EDIT: I always thought of it as one day a portal randomly transported doomguy to a battle arena, and all he knew was he wasn't going down.

[@russianvideovlogguy]

Hardy Kenton tru

[@GraveUypo]

@@earthobserver1007 what? there was no such thing as character status in quake 3

[@earthobserver1007]

GraveUypo Some were faster than others, some were able to carry a higher maximum armor, some had more health than others, depended on which character you picked. Doom guy could stack massive amounts of armor, but wasn't the fastest character in the game. I think the fastest was that guy on a hoverboard thing that flew around all stupid fast.

[@Nick930]

the thumbnail you used was from Enemy Territoy: Quake Wars - not Quake 4

[@ilovequake833]

@WomenRightsLOL Why you have to be mean?

[@supremegoat24]

@@ilovequake833 how are they mean? they are literally just pointing out an obvious mistake.

[@valletas]

@@supremegoat24 he is probaly taking about a removed comment

[@GratingApes]

Oh but BONK

[@novayussof9232]

Hello guys, welcome back to direct comparison

[@Dja05]

I have no idea why this game was shit on when it was released, I personaly loved it...

[@Armageddon-yt3so]

same here.

[@kireta21]

People were intoxinated by new wave of shooters, so-called "realistic" ones, and Quake 4 got flak, among other things, for one-man-army gameplay, simple enemy AI, and lack of iron sights or headshots.

[@peppefrasca5179]

1)it's slow 2)it's boring 3)it's linear 4)it is not a fucking quake game

[@fleshkilla999]

its better than quake 3 in every sense.

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

Peppe Frasca Ew....

[@stu2729]

You know whats really horrible about this game? The german cut version, its not even funny its just a joke. I mean the whole operation scene got cut out, suddenly you are some alien halfbreed and you dont even know why :D

[@augustwest5356]

I'm always surprised when I hear about Germany's strict censorship laws. I don't know why the powers that be feel the need to screw people by neutering their games. all things considered, I'm fairly certain that all Germans are aware that violence exists...

[@stu2729]

Yeah thats true^^ I mean it got better in recent years but still was just absurd sometimes. Also, there is just really no point to it, i can simply download an uncut patch or order an uncut version with german language from austria.

[@CreativeUsernameHere-r1k]

They always suggest to buy games in austria... I'm not sure on the german language's differences between D and A...

[@danielgomez7236]

The germans are trying to censor anything that could be related the Nazi and some of the violence.

[@r.c.christian4633]

Playing with German translations is shit anyways, except when playing Gothic.

[@matman000000]

I love the look of these games from mid-2000s with high-contrast lighting. I've recently replayed FEAR and for a 10-year-old game, it looks fantastic. I'd even say that at times, it's visually more stunning than some of today's games, because the devs didn't just throw a bunch of particle effects and lens flares at the screen ("cough" Battlefield 4 "cough"), but used the possibilities of then advanced engines to build atmosphere and create unique images. Chaos Theory still looks better than Blacklist. Who gives a shit if it's not realistic, as long as it's beautiful.

[@matman000000]

TOCS It is sad, but it was inevitable. With production budgets constantly getting higher, it's getting harder for games to be profitable on a single platform. You can even see this on consoles. The last 2 generations had a lot of exclusive titles, but now, almost 3 years after the launch, you can count the numbers of mid-sized and big exclusives on XB1 and PS4 on the fingers of two hands.

[@DildoFagginsNL]

Yup. Back then you needed talented developers to create a beautiful game, nowadays every game looks "beautiful" but generic af... God rays and lens flares are nowadays what bloom was back in the day.. A cheap trick to make your actually shitty lightning/low detail textures look better. A game like FEAR 1 for example: the best AI till this date in a FPS.. Enemies push over cabinets, flank you, call for backup, fall back at moments... You really had to outsmart your foes, no waiting behind cover till they peak over cover and headshot them. No. #1 would surpress you, while the 2 others would flank you... From above, from the sides.. Whatever would give them the upper hand in a certain situation. Hell you could even hear them communicate about what to do. They dont make em anymore like that... True craftmanship.

[@wakingfromslumber9555]

ABreathOfReason that is very true . You will notice that most games today in whatever genre have very poor AI compared to the past . The AI is what takes the most significant development time and is generally the most complex thing to program . It is what makes the world full of life and engrossing . Despite games having better and more realistic graphics these days they still seem bland , lifeless and boring and think that’s down to the atrocious AI . partly due to the fact that the good developers have just had enough and left this toxic Industry , which just cares about making shareholders happy and not about making good games ....

[@kummakummakummakummakummac8606]

Mattchester - I haven't played Chaos Theory for years but I loved it. I think I'm going to go back and replay it. FEAR was so much fun too. The shooting was like a action movie with bullets flying through the air and everything exploding.

[@velkylev4217]

Yes yes . I love them . Prey , quake 4 , doom 3 , fear 1 ... I love the look and feel of those games

[@pixelgunner1018]

Your channel is so underrated I wish it was more recognized by other people

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

+Pixelgunner101 underrated isn't really the correct word to use, as pretty anyone who looks at his videos instantly thinks they're great 99.999% of the time. A better word to use is Obscure.

[@magic666z]

Pixelgunner101 you can always like and share it on facebook :)

[@2012Parag]

Pixelgunner101 yep this one and "the rageaholic" as well........

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

Parag Guglani Pretty much a LOT of people know who the Rageholic is.

[@2012Parag]

Zelousmarineinspace yeah maybe , but i think he should be getting a lot more views than he does in line with the awesome content he puts out.

[@gameragodzilla]

Oh God I fucking love Quake 4. One of the things that stuck out for me was the fact that Quake 4 has the best companions in any FPS I've played. The AI is quite good and I often rely on them to help me out in a fight, especially on higher difficulties, and the medics and technicians heal me WHEN I ASK FOR IT, which is a far cry from other games (like Bioshock Infinite) where the companion only heals me when they feel like it (I've died so many times in Infinite because Elizabeth wouldn't throw me a damn medkit when I needed it). Hell, they'll even come in and heal/patch up my armor on their own volition if I fall below a certain threshold, which is great. Funny enough, I actually enjoyed the vehicle sections. All right, the turret sections were a bit boring, but I actually found driving a tank and mech to be quite enjoyable. Not as good as FEAR 2's mech segment, but certainly fun nonetheless. I pretty much grew up with Raven and id, and it's damn good to know that other people feel the same way. As for why this game got mediocre reception, well, keep in mind that in 2005, modern FPS tropes were new and fresh, while old school shooters like this have been done many times. And due to suffering from a severe case of "grass is greener on the other side of the fence" people didn't realize the flaws of modern FPS until it was too late. I'm sure if you spread the word about Quake 4 nowadays, it'd hold up a lot better than a lot of modern FPS.

[@AwesomeFacePopeXIV]

***** I remember playing Quake 4, man it was fun back in the day.

[@marcosolano6612]

I feel you, this game is amazing, I still play it once in while and I even enjoy it more now that my PC runs this game smoothly, back in the day I struggled to run this game with my old PC. I love the companions as well because I love to get into the action, face to face combat and thanks to the medics I can recover without having to search for health in every corner. As far as I can remember, the game had a mediocre reception because of the multiplayer mode which sucked so much and even more if you compared it with Quake III Arena, people was expecting more the multiplayer experience than the campaign one, which critics at the time totally forgot, seemed they didn't even played it. People went straight to the multiplayer mode and got disappointed, which honestly is not fair, the game is a masterpiece.

[@WarlordRising]

Agreed. Your AI teammates seldom get in the way even in tight quarters. They also intelligently focus on enemies you're having an issue with. One of the better examples of friendly AI done right.

[@carpeomnia88]

I must be old because I never played 4 , I love 3

[@austrakaiser4793]

I played it on my Xbox 360 and it was quite a charm, definitely gives off Doom 3 vibes but in a good way. I'm kinda worried whether or not I should get it again on Steam since I have a Windows 10 Laptop, any modding that allows it to run would be great!

[@MrAdam802]

Quake 4 was AMAZING. loved this awesome single player game. great levels, environments, weapons, enemies, story. So cool. I want Quake 5

[@Arnuuld]

*IS amazing 😁

[@vgmaster9]

Atmosphere too.

[@corpusc]

"the Sonny to their Jim" ..... is what i was expecting in those opening sentences

[@mattr2238]

It's my favorite Quake. I played the shit out of it with my grandpa in his basement next all his ham radio equipment. Gotta love those old games where they really pushed the hardware available at the time of release, so they compensated with cramped level design. We got lost so much our first couple of playthroughs that it was almost harder keep track of your location than fighting the actual enemies.

[@robertbeckman2054]

I've always wanted a real sequel to Quake, with the Medieval settings and H.P. Lovecraft themes.. I understand why that didn't happen (Romero left), but the Strogg story arc that started with Quake 2 just felt like Quake wanting to become another Doom.

[@largevapor]

Since the Quake 2 enemies are similar to the Quake 1 ones, I always thought that the remmaints of the Shub Niggurath’s army got stroggified.

[@tobiasgerhardt7604]

@@largevapor i always interpreted the strogg as being the same enemies you fight in the slipgate facilities at the start of each quake episode.

[@SeekerLancer]

Yeah, as much as I love Quake 2 I always found the Strogg pretty boring. They're just edgier Borg from Star Trek. Quake 1's atmosphere and enemies may have just been the real life result of slapping disparate ideas together quickly and recklessly but it resulted in a legitimately creepy and mysterious game.

[@MasterSoto]

Me too, man. Wrath looks like it could be it. It's far more Quake than Quake 2 and 4, though as good as they were, they were just not sequels to Quake, but their own franchise.

[@CritStanley]

Honestly, I think the opposite. I too prefer Quake 1 (but still love strogg) but Quake 2 was what was trying to avoid being a doom clone. Afterall, Quake and Doom share the same backstory: a military science facility discovered interdimensional travel and end up connecting our realm to a sinister messed up one that is hell bent (in Doom's case, literally) on consuming ours. Quake 2 on the other hand threw all that away in favor of an alien war.

[@salokin3087]

With each video and pop culture reference, i'm getting more and more interested in your (hopefully) eventual Half Life 2 review.BTW, the 60FPS looks great!

[@Gggmanlives]

Salokin Sekwah Thanks brother.

[@lollmemmSm0keweed]

Salokin Sekwah fucking physics man!

[@vengeance2148]

I loved this game, the boss fights and enemies were challenging and the whole game was fun to play. Old memories ;D

[@ObsidianSoul1]

+Vengence ye i remember my dad coming home one day and gave me this game and at first i thought it was just a bad quake game but it was actually really fun :)

[@vengeance2148]

+MartydoomX I hope they bring quake back :c

[@pexiii6815]

+Vengeance there will be a new quake

[@vengeance2148]

yea I checked it out but no campaign :(

[@pexiii6815]

Vengeance noooooooooooooooooooooo im not buying it fuck id software

[@zesty2023]

Bravo! BRAVO! So happy to FINALLY see someone give this game a good review. I've played the absolute death out of this game as well as Quake 2, and I can't understand at all why people hate it so much.

[@titsbitchmcgee7502]

TheJayson8899 Oblivious enough to have a differing opinion. Also, I dont see why you need to make about 5 different snarky comments on a video that has been out for only a few hours. Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something?

[@zesty2023]

Game james Odd, I loved the levels.

[@Jordanehan]

ether

[@cacomeat7385]

Ian Knau it wasn't very similar to Quake 1 and 2's single player, so people AUTOMATICALLY hated it. Which is dumb as fuck because it's made by a different company altogether. Plus they are probably still pissing and moaning due to Doom 3 not being what they wanted. It's because of assholes like these that good games get very bad reps.

[@AndyAKratz]

I am one who disliked it a lot. I did in fact hate it and you are probably correct for it being because it wasn't a lot like Quake 2. I'll admit that Q3A wasn't what I wanted or expected it to be, but I loved Q3A and could play more of it right now! Yes, Doom 3 to me wasn't really a Doom game in my eyes, either, but I LOVED Doom 3! Why did I hate Quake 4 so much!? Several reasons besides just not being a carbon copy of Quake 2. It wasn't even entirely that, but it was sometimes like the game gave me the impression that I was going to experience something I was familiar with at times... WRONG!!! Where was my power shield from Quake 2? I was dying way to easily in spots making it frustrating and if the power shield from Quake 2 was somewhere to be found to give me some protection, that would have been bad-ass! Why wasn't the weapon I picked up the weapon I thought it was? The nail-gun in Quake used to be powerful, especially the super nail-gun; this one I had to empty clips into enemies before it seemed to do anything! Wait... THIS ISN'T A RAIL-GUN!!! It doesn't pass thru enemies, it's taking multiple shots to do any damage worth talking about.. where's my rail-gun!? **Later on rendezvous with military guy** "Here, let me upgrade your weapon so it can shoot multiple targets." **Guy flips a frikkin' switch on the gun my guy apparently couldn't find** "There you go!" WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F***!!!??? The rail-gun still was useless. This S*** persisted through the game and those military F***S would always be in my way hindering my movement making me even more angry. Since when can those fat heavy berzerkers jump in the air, pummel the ground AND do massive damage to you if you don't jump the F*** back!!!??? I finished the game and handed it to my friend while deleteing every copy! Yes, it made me very unhappy. Raven software should have stuck to making Shadow Caster 2, Hexen 3 or Heretic 2! NOT this and NOT Wolfenstein, either! P.S. RTCW WAS AWESOME!!!

[@theguiltypaytheprice.4899]

That screenshot is from Quake Wars: Enemy territory, not Quake 4.

[@bomric1788]

actually it's from Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

[@lezlezman1843]

Oh my God!! The scandal!!!!

[@elliotjohnson9415]

@@lezlezman1843 😂😂

[@Fraggr92]

Ah yes, the much underappreciated Quake 4. The game that everybody hated because A: It wasn't Quake 3 or Quake 1 and B: it continued the story of the Strogg wars from Quake 2, which people had apparently decided was stupid. Personally i loved both Quake 2 and 4 and i played the absolute heck out of them when i was younger. I absolutely loved the idea and the design of the Strogg as an enemy, especially from Quake 2. My only regret with these games was that i didn't have a good enough internet connection to play them online. Being able to play against other people instead of being stuck playing only the SP campagins would have made Q2 and Q4 even better.

[@Kevin5279]

My only issue with quake 4 was that it felt too much like doom 3 a lot of times. The gameplay was pretty good and reminiscent of Q2

[@earthobserver1007]

Karl The Fragr Quake 2 was scary. Once I realized these things I was fighting were once human, and had been forcibly butchered and turned into robotic slaves that could very well be in agony as they fought you, with their minds trapped screaming in silent agony.

[@jakublulek3261]

Funny thing is that I never liked Quake 1 when others loved it. Never really got into it. But Quake 2 is just amazing, and I played hundreds of hours of Quake 3 back in a day. Quake 4 is in my top shooters, even higher than Doom 3. It has good atmosphere and scares, and for me, Stroggs are more scary than demons of Doom 3, because you know, that they are basically your former comrades. I kinda see that on surface it looks like futuristic CoD, when it plays much more oldschool, so some folks dismissed it on that first impression but man, what a game. Vehicle parts are meh, I must admit, and I feel that highest difficulty levels are not challenging but unfair but that is only criticism I would ever have.

[@LordTactusMe]

The stroggification part blew my mind when I was 12 or something.

[@GatsuKS]

It was a great game, I enjoyed it.

[@LordValFromHell]

I'm hoping so much that after Bethesdas Release of Doom 1, 2 and 3 on the latest platforms recently, they will bring Quake too.

[@ChristianProtossDragoon]

Nooooo!!! Unless they remaster it. I won't accept it.

[@rcurl44]

@@ChristianProtossDragoon Looks like you both got your wish.

[@ChristianProtossDragoon]

@@rcurl44 Shit, really??? Ahahaha

[@CntrazZombie4]

Wanna know the REAL Black Sheep of the Quake franchise? "Enemy Territory: Quake Wars".

[@marjancc]

+ContraZombie4 Nope. Quake wars was part of Enemy Territory.

[@LightCrasher]

+ContraZombie4 It`s not a black sheep. I think it needs a proper sequel or reboot.

[@CntrazZombie4]

"Black Ship"?

[@peppefrasca5179]

This game sucks.

[@LightCrasher]

ContraZombie4 Thanks for corection, english is not my first langauge.

[@alemhukic294]

The newer ID software games (Doom 3 ,Wolfenstein 2009 and Quake 4) have one thing in common - their boss fights suck balls.

[@gameragodzilla]

Alem Hukic I actually enjoyed the boss fights of all three games. They ain't too bad once you learn their attack patterns and adapt to them. Hell, I can trounce most bosses in Doom 3 within a minute because of that.

[@MAZZEKAARTS]

Alem Hukic Wolfenstein 2009's boss battles stop me from playing through it ever again.

[@Gophilio4567]

Alem Hukic Quake 4 and Wolfenstein 2009 were not made by Id.

[@Kenshiro3rd]

Gordonkris That's right. They were both made by Raven...

[@FullForceGaming]

Alem Hukic Don't forget rage awful boss fights.

[@austrakaiser4793]

This guy sounds like he's reading an English essay

[@CMONCMON007]

I really enjoyed Quake 4 when it came out, and your review makes me feel like reinstalling it and jamming it once again. good job!

[@WTFisTingispingis]

That strogg surgery scene still gets me. One has to imagine how that must've been to see without it being spoiled.

[@shakes5847]

Wasn't spoiled for me. It was as fucked up as you think. I was a little bit more naive then and kept watching it and thinking "Oh he's gonna get saved...... um, that sucks but he'll get saved..... um, might be in the hospital for a while but any second now....... holy shit, this is happening!"

[@MrGible]

I watched it completely clueless when I was a little kid, playing through the game on the xb360 and I had nightmares over it

[@_.azar04._]

@@MrGible I feel u bro i watched my dad play it when i was like 6 or so, i was horrifed xD

[@meditalisoo7]

Well, saw it today for the first time. without being spoiled but after shit like Dead Space i don't get shocked that easily by stuff like this.

[@Bitterman97]

As a kid who grew up with Quake 2, I was just waiting for a fucking railgun instead of the right arm, hyperblaster to the left and a shoulder cannon the moment I saw kane strapped.

[@AcidGlow]

And the multiplayer review? XD

[@grencznermark2993]

graphics are still outstanding after all these years

[@tobiasgerhardt7604]

Just slap some higher res textures into it and its good as new.

[@SeekerLancer]

id Tech 4 was solid.

[@threecats8219]

It's a damn shame they don't make games like this anymore.

[@SARRIMAVEA]

Quake 4, one of the last great FPS

[@rekius328]

@Anonymous226 like you.

[@tibbs7620]

God bless the Strogg,and their weird bio-machinery

[@WaxTheDolphin]

If they do a new Quake game, the dark matter gun is a must. One of the coolest weapon concepts I have ever seen. I associate BFG more with the Doom games.

[@ambostralian]

I never understood the hate for this game. I absolutely loved it

[@helpihavenoskin8939]

This game was totally unfairly judged when it was released. I loved it and it looked amazing back when the Doom 3 engine was still king of the block. Great gameplay with frills getting in the way.

[@Screaming-In-Digital]

"Quake 4 is considered the black sheep of the franchise." Quake Champions : Hold my beer...

[@ChristianProtossDragoon]

Quake 4 is best Quake game..

[@starletscarlet]

@@ChristianProtossDragoon no, its shit

[@JJordanov945]

I loved Quake 4. I don't get why someone would hate it, I really wish there was a sequel to it.

[@vladimirvojtaml]

I loved and still love Quake 4 campaign and I still hope it somehow continues...

[@Trazynn]

Quake 5 is in the works. I tried getting back to Quake 4 but it doesn't seem to support newer videocards so now everything looks like Quake 2 again.

[@vladimirvojtaml]

BaileysBeads I played it year ago and it somehow ran but was very buggy. I had the disk from my cousin and it asked me multiple times for CD key in menu and crashed while playing multiple times. Let's hope Q5 returns with campaign and fast paced arena combat.

[@DevilsAdvocateofnazareth]

lol no chance

[@andrewhaxley9467]

Vladimir VojtaML the story was concluded in this game and the strogg were defeated in the end of the game including quake 2 so no! they wont continue it imao?

[@Spicypuff]

Vladimir VojtaML If the story is concluded then there is no reason to continue it. You don't want it to become like halo do you?

[@secondghost]

This game was terrible. I recently played through it again and really forgot how much I dislike it. Terrible story, terrible voice acting, boring rinse and repeat objectives. There is a mod for this game called False Dawn. It takes a couple hours to complete. Those 2 hours offer way way more of a better experience than the Q4 campaign.

[@ras9326]

The problem is the same as area51, 80% of the people that play the game are pure deepshit, the rest DO play the game, and listen to the story, same goes to enemy wars, the gameplay is fantastic, the inmatch leveling sistem feels right, but noooo we are too stupid to play a game, same happened to ra3 and C&C 4, FUCK

[@RodniDemental]

+rodrigo salvati Yeah, people like to pretend a new game is like an old game and impose ludicrous expectations all over the experience instead of letting it be self contained. We love to drag all of our preconceptions of a series into a newer game too instead of letting it be it's own experience. FUCK. /Rant. lol

[@PurpleColonel]

@@RodniDemental That's what a sequel is supposed to be, similar to the last one.

[@DBuilder]

I respectfully disagree that the game is too forgiving on easier difficulties. It is no less forgiving. It was still a challenge.

[@CAL1MBO]

@Demiclea On the hardest difficulty the Quake 4 marines get taken out very easily by certain enemies. Namely the Berserker which was a real pain in the ass. Halo CE legendary marines get wiped instantly.

[@SchockTherapy1]

2019 and I Still Play and Rock QUAKE 4 ❤😍🔥 , Absolutely Love It, Fucking Awesome Game.

[@andreasottohansen7338]

Just a heads up, it is pronounced "Storm-Air"

[@russianbotfarm3036]

I'd wish for an updated, Doom 2016 - style version of Quake 1. I guess the closest thing is Quake 1.5 Arcane Dimension.

[@CritStanley]

I really want the Dark Matter Gun to remain Quake's BFG. Like the BFG the DMG is beyond awesome to use, but it doesn't follow the same rules as the BFG and thus feels like a unique gun.

[@dragonhugger16]

I remember playing through the campaign at a summer camp where we were learning game design. That opening cinematic where you see the dead marines and the spacecraft wreckage floating in the void was one of the goriest things I'd even seen in a video game at that time, and I remember after playing only a few minutes, I was completely hooked. Everyone always wanted to do the multiplayer or play Battlefiled 2142 (or whatever year that one is set in), but I'd spend all my free time getting further in the campaign. It kicked me in the teeth over and over on the Normal difficulty since I hadn't played any other old school FPS games besides Half Life at the time, but it was so good I didn't want to stop. Finally finished it and I remember they gave us copies of Battlefield to take home with us at the end of camp, but I was begging for a copy of Quake 4. I really need to buy this on Steam when they have another sale.

[@sligacheese6470]

Get the physical copy and you will be a lot happier. Steam emulators suck.

[@Manamanamana36]

This game is AWFUL. The worst Quake game. I really don't like Doom series and love Quake but I enjoyed Doom 3 and absolutely hated Q4

[@peppefrasca5179]

The game that ruined the Quake series, it's slow, generic, ultra linear and boring, this game sucks.

[@MacNille]

The part when you get stroggified scared the shit out of me when I played it. It is still unnerving today.

[@vinniecorleone62]

Like yourself I'm a huge "id & Raven Software" fan, I always savor your game reviews of any of their iconic gems. I've seen pretty much everything on "Quake 4" & your profile on it is the best I've seen. Thanks for creating your review channel, you've quickly become my favorite game reviewer today, keep it up man.

[@MarkaNgamer]

Quake 4 tried to be action version of Doom 3 when it only needed to be a sequel to Quake II.

[@ChristianProtossDragoon]

@Charlie Vetsworth 😂

[@dotcomgamingd5564]

perfect description

[@margesimpson1337]

Totally agree, this was one of my favorites, I remember when it came out and it blew my friggin' mind.

[@nbleys5696]

In my opinion this game is Awesome and Highly under Appreciated 😎

[@goldstandardpersonalgrowth]

Quake 4 came out around the worst possible time.. there were a lot of novel, revolutionary things happening in FPS games at that time, and that was the standard..worst time for an old school fps to come out

[@irllcd13]

You mean shit like regenerating health and weapon limits? The things that ruined the FPS genre?

[@nitishkapur8193]

@@irllcd13 Also declaration of Call of Duty as the God of FPS which is the biggest mistake

[@draco2023b]

I wish this game worked on windows 10, i love this game

[@SDK2K9]

Man the framerate in the Xbox 360 port was bad. Bloody game lagged in several areas.

[@pancholopez8829]

To me, it was firing the guns that drop the framerate. Especially on the tram level. But I played worse, which is good since I built a toleration with framerate per second that are bad

[@AndAbel-AOD]

I can see the stutter from the footage in this video. Looks absolutely horrendous.

[@HonsHon]

Do people have weak stomachs nowadays or something? A little stutter in an otherwise smooth game is fine. I've heard people complaining about 120fps dropping to 90fps for a bit.

[@AndAbel-AOD]

No, stutter is not fine and neither are significant framerate drops. They significantly break immersion and remind you that you're only playing a shitty game. They make the experience feel disjointed and unpolished. These issues should have already become things of the past 10 years ago. Lazy half assed development these days and shills defending it as if we should be happy about it and thanking them for their constantly deteriorating quality standards. Releasing games broken, unfinished and unoptimized is NOT fine. Releasing games capped at 30fps on PC or consoles is NOT fine. Gaming is in need of another crash. Too many casuals being catered to who often don't have a clue. These issues should have only gotten better over time, not worse. The devs don't even seem to care anymore, they take their audience for granted and can be down right insulting with their practices. Alas, time is limited regardless. The whole Western system is going down in flames and the gaming industry will not be spared.

[@tomboye-mouto9684]

Fun fact, quake 4 is one of those xbox 360 games that will run better if you set the console to 480p

[@pschroeter1]

I wish Doom 3 had been more like Quake 4. In Q4 I hated the tank and walking armor levels and eventually just cheated past them.

[@Xandermorph]

Q4 is the "black sheep"? REALLY? I couldn't disagree more! I always viewed Q3: Arena as the true "black sheep" in the Quake series. Because it IS! I mean, DON'T get me wrong - it's a very well-made Multiplayer-FPS game and is a LOT of fun to play, but that's the problem - it's NOT an FPS game - it's a MULTIPLAYER-FPS game. ONLY. The closest thing it has to a single-player component is playing exclusively against the CPU bots. Not even the vaguest semblance of a narrative is present, nor is there any sense of "progression"; the WHOLE THING takes place purely on a match-by-match basis. Nor is there really consistently reminiscent of Quake as a series... it's JUST a Multiplayer-FPS game that happens to be called "Quake 3", when really the "Arena" part of its title is the only accurate part of it. Frankly, I thought they had some nerve charging full retail price for it, back when it came out. They were demanding we pay $50.00 for what other FPS titles usually included as a nifty afterthought to the parts of the game that took actual THINKING, and PLANNING and WRITING to make. Actually, in the book Masters of Doom by David Kushner (pick it up if you've never heard of it! It's an excellent novelization about all the guys that formed Id Software), it's made painfully clear that Quake 3: Arena's entire design plan was centered around John Carmack basically getting imaginatively lazy and laboring under the belief that gamers didn't WANT narrative structure or progression in games. Personally though, I also think he was trying to avoid having to bother with any of that stuff, since he was, at that point in time, head-honcho of Id Software. "Engine John" had become so overly focused on his graphics programming that if it didn't pertain directly to fully utilizing the engine's speed and rendering capabilities, it might as well be irrelevant. To him, narratives only slowed things down. But for fuck's sake, even Wolf 3D and the original Doom games still had fully-developed single-player campaigns and basic narratives! Okay, yeah, they may have only consisted of 2 or 3 sentences, but at LEAST they were THERE! At least the player had a vague idea of what the fuck was going on, where they were, who they were shooting at, and why, and it made sense. I honestly couldn't wrap my head around the hate surrounding Quake 4. I thought it was good! At least it was an ACTUAL continuation of the series, finally! It had Strogg to kill, the levels and art design and music were all themed after Quake 2, but also felt fresh and new enough to remain interesting throughout the whole game. Basically, it was a SEQUEL to Quake 2.

[@Gggmanlives]

+Xandermorph The "black sheep" is referred to as the worst member of the family. Most people agree Q1-3 are all great games where people generally say Q4 is the weakest. That's what I meant.

[@Thepnastyone]

+Xandermorph i enjoyed the ever living fuck out of quake 4, perfect dark zero and Prey I refused to touch call of duty 2 I hated it for the most part i did really like 4 because of how fresh it felt at the time but other than that its formula and control scheme is WAYYY over used and dead. awsome games like FEAR 1 were sadly dumbed down to corny trash like F3AR publishers decided that we want more Halo/COD in all of our games and less Quake/unreal/NOLF/perfect dark. Quake 4 is a proper sequel to Q2 not counting that it had the original Q3 multiplayer on top of an amazing campaign at launch glitch free something we don't see today in any game today.

[@peppermillers8361]

+Thepnastyone what's wrong with Prey?

[@Thepnastyone]

pepper Mill Nothing wrong with it, its an amazing game it was the best game that came out that year

[@peppermillers8361]

Thepnastyone oh, I read it like "I refused to play Perfect Dark Zero, Prey and CoD 2" my bad. but yeah, Prey is awesome.

[@ElekiSerket]

It's a great game and very fun to play through, doesn't deserve the hate. The black sheep should be Champions, if anything.

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

One of the greatest old school shooters that came out in 2004-5 You just don't see stuff like this anymore.

[@Ryan3d]

TheJayson8899 Considering how staled it's the genre in this moment you could consider kinda old school, back in the day the AAA industry allowed more diversity and originality. Nowdays something so different as Spec ops the line is considered a failure in sales by some greedy AAA publishers

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

Uliseh Yeah, We need more games like Doom 3, Quake 4, and Spec Ops The Line, in order for the videogame business to git gud again.

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

TheJayson8899 Compare it to pretty much any FPS game today, and tell me it isn't old-school

[@Viravax-144]

Back in 2005 2006 I had no idea that this game had that black sheep mentality amongst the fans. For me this was one of the consul sellers for me to get a Xbox 360 back then. Love quake 4, I also appreciated to that Id and raven included Quake 2, and a bunch of bonus features on a 2nd disc. This game was packed with content.

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

This is sort of what's happening with Doom 4: It seems like everyone hates it because it's not like Quake 1, when it's more like Quake 2. Doom 4 is sort of more like Doom 64 + D00M 3, yet people seem to hate it because it's ported to consoles. A shame really. Quake IV is still a fun game though

[@mariuszj3826]

Q4 is a legit good sequel to Q2, in certain aspects it expands on Q2 feel and with care. The multi-player in Quake 4 was worse than in Quake 2 but that's not saying much since I think Q2 and Q4 are the weakest in multi. Q1 and Q3 were the real multi-player giants.

[@GraveUypo]

were you talking about doom 2016 then? i don't remember people hating on it before launch. also your description of it was so off, lol

[@LuststrolchSGE]

I loved Quake 2 back in the days but Quake 4 was a big disappointment to me. I only call it Call of Quake because this is how the game plays for me. The movement speed is almost slow motion the gun play is generic and the whole thing just never feels like a Quake game. Also this game killed the franchise.

[@SplotchTheCatThing]

You know I didn't dislike this game. Most of the stuff it did might have been done better by other games but it wasn't by any means bad... I would have loved to see more user mods for it. That sort of thing could take the serviceable in-the-box mechanics and build on them until they really shine. Unfortunately I only ever saw one that managed to do that. I remember mythbusters found that holding onto a dozen weapons at once isn't so unrealistic if you're a generic FPS type of character. Seem to recall their test was Doom 3-themed.

[@ordersakamoto6549]

Game works well on my Linux computer and its native as well.

[@Dr.Strangelewd]

How about SW Republic Commando review?

[@Gggmanlives]

B-b-butts Butts C-c-coming soon!

[@Dr.Strangelewd]

Gggmanlives This makes me happy.

[@baw-buh-cue1848]

ANYONE KNOW WHAT WAS USED TO OBTAIN HIGH QUALITY GAMEPLAY? PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

[@Spicypuff]

The fact that you could change the color of the reticule was amazing for me. Still a fun game to this day.

[@Psyrgery]

completely agree with you there pal! Quake 4 is very very underrated

[@efilwv1635]

This game was so much fun.

[@noop9k]

The best SP Quake is Q1, best MP Quake is Q3A obviously, though Q2 MP mode was good as well. Q4 is neither. Quake fanbase did not want a cheesy military shooter story, they wanted classic lone-hero SP and high quality MP and got neither.

[@jonasking9587]

Your...squad mates...get in your way...while you are seeking cover...to reload. None of that is Quake even a little.

[@jothain]

Only... Pussies... Go.... To.... Reload... At... Cover. Just so you know what Quake is all about 😊

[@TheExplosiveGuy]

I've got quite a few warm fuzzy memories of this game. When I bought my xbox 360 back in 2005 (holy crap it's been 15 years already) I only had enough money left over for one game, and this is what I bought. I'm pissed that it's not backwards compatible on the One though. There are some shit games out there that were picked over Quake IV and it's bullshit...

[@DarkHalmut]

Quake 4's biggest issue is that it released around the time of Half Life 2, and it just doesn't compete there. Otherwise its fine.

[@Supcharged]

Am I the only one who doesn't like half life 2?

[@DarkHalmut]

Yes.

[@mad_scientist5597]

+Supcharged no, i think it's really overrated and that hl1 and quake 4 both stomp it.

[@Armageddon-yt3so]

I thought it was okay. granted I hadn't played it for years so I don't remember much of it.

[@cruelcumber5317]

I can't really enjoy Half Life 2 anymore because of the effects it had on games up to this day. It gave all these devs the idea that making people hold W during what's basically an unskippable cut scene is some great thing since it keeps player "control" (instead of doing it like in HL1, where you actually had control at all times after that opening sequence)

[@ratheonhudson3311]

Best overall review of Quake 4, and who can't forget that "obnoxious computer tech" Stross

[@v1sa9e]

Have you ever tryed Team Fortress 2? I bet you'd like it!

[@v1sa9e]

TheJayson8899 topkek

[@Gggmanlives]

Swagzilla I enjoyed it before all the unlockable weapons and stupid hats.

[@ViolentVista]

My only gripe is the reloading because.... well.... it's Quake but I don't care about that

[@MAZZEKAARTS]

I remember absolutely loving this game when I first got it and couldn't understand why it got such average reviews. On second and third playthroughs I found that the first half of the game is a bit of a chore to play through, such as the missions where you are still without the strogg suit and have to wait for your squad mates to have a chat to each other before continuing on with the action. If you could take out the vehicle missions, and make the first half of the game as fast and difficult as the second half, the game would be so much better. Although the multiplayer always felt really clunky compared to Quake 3.

[@marcellosilva9286]

This game's atmosphere is so fucking good.

[@x.kalibre]

Now that I've finally played and finished it, I can say I agree with you almost 100%. Quake 4 wasn't groundbreaking, but it was much, much more fun than what reviews from when it came out led me to believe. They did a very decent job, and killing stroggs was as awesome as ever ^^

[@blasterelforg7276]

Badass awesome game when it was released in 2005. I played it again recently after 15 years, graphics detail is a bit out of date but the suspense makes up for it.

[@ethanphilpot7643]

Great Review, I always thought that this game was way too unappreciated. Especially when that was a time where cinematic FPSs were on the rise. The fact that it got flogged during the same year CoD 2 came out has me a little suspicious though

[@gamesergeanthd]

Future Quake games should continue with Quake 2 and Quake 4 strogg themes IMO, leave demons and other dimension battles to Doom.

[@lulubeloo]

i thought the game was pretty damn good, i really enjoyed the story. It's probably the best of the Quake games.

[@NomadNomadCZ]

What? The game is from 2005 and the graphics are pretty good.

[@NomadNomadCZ]

1. Start the game 2. Turn all graphics options to max 3. See that the graphics are actually decent even now There you go And don't try to argue with me, I've finished the game 6 times and spent many hours with it.

[@NomadNomadCZ]

I've never seen the game in this state. Isn't that the lowest options? I remember when I played this game in 2008 and thought the graphics were excellent.

[@NomadNomadCZ]

I had a pirated copy and now I own a copy on steam.. really looks weird.

[@pascalleschuetz]

@@agbrenv The game never looked so shitty and i dont even understand where you got this idea. It looked like Doom 3 by the release, it came out years after that game.

[@ilovegarradors]

Its been 18 years and I'm still waiting for Quake 5. This game left us with a cliffhanger.

[@duskdev]

Honestly, IMO, Quake 4 feels less like Quake than Doom 3 feels like Doom.

[@GraveUypo]

quake is 100% inconsistent. no game feels like the others.

[@SidheKnight]

@@GraveUypo Indeed. The first game was a cobbled together mash-up of ideas. It supposedly started as something like medieval fantasy with a Thor-like protagonist, then it incorporated Lovecraftian elements, but some of the ideas got so crazy, and the time was running out, that they returned to what they knew best: Space Marines fighting demons. The result was the mishmash of gothic fantasy and sci-fi that we all know and love as the original Quake. Then Quake 2 was originally going to be a new space sci-fi shooter franchise, but they decided to slap the Quake name on it for marketing reasons. It had more fame and recognition. Quake 3 Arena is essentially a Multiplayer game with a "campaign" of disconnected arena bot-fights against the CPU tacked-on. The story of the game is summarized in the game manual. Basically, a super-powerful race of gods/aliens (can't remember which) decides to create an arena tournament to see which is the most powerful warrior in all the multiverse, just for their amusement. So.. pretty much the plot of League of Legends. And Quake 4 is the sequel to Quake 2. So logically it shares the same themes/storyline for the most part. The differences between the two games are due to the years that separate their respective releases. The design of Quake 4 was to some degree influenced by that of other popular shooters of its time (including Id's own Doom 3). That, combined with the desire to experiment with new gameplay elements and possibilities not technically available back in the '90s (vehicle sections, squadmates, cutscenes) resulted in a game that, while trying (and IMO succeeding) in continuing the story and setting of Quake 2, also incorporated some "trends" of at the time "modern" gaming that weren't entirely welcome by the old school fans. Stuff like realistic moving speed (up until Stroggification), vehicle sections, dialog and cutscenes that interrupted the "shoot shoot bang bang", a focus on a pseudo-realistic military, instead of the lone-wolf badass space marine one-man army. I guess that's why people think of Quake 4 as the "black sheep", even though it was a great game.

[@Error404----]

Raven Software are like the Yin to ID Software's Yang, the Sonny to their Jim...

[@ruekurei88]

Are you playing this with a controller? The reticule and aiming seem very stiff and rigid. If anything that controller and Quake's 'consolisation' just reminds me what eventually turned me off from the Quake series.

[@ruekurei88]

TheJayson8899 Maybe I should have phrased it better, and said, "This game is a turn off and I fear subsequent entries in the series will follow this example or this template instead of the faster paced older games" Which is basically toning down the speed and pace of the series so that it can be more palatable on consoles. Grow up in terms of what? Because I never said controllers are horrible and are a piece of shit or anything like that. I said the aim is stiff and rigid, which it is. And the controller reminds me of just how much they had to change Quake to make it more palatable to console owners and controllers.

[@Gggmanlives]

SaintAlia_of_the_Games The aiming is smooth, it's just that when I capture footage I try to keep my mouse steady so people can see what is going on, so I try to not move it erratically if that makes sense. I find a lot of other reviewers capture footage and forget that they're showing it off in their videos and half the time the mouse flies all around the screen.

[@ruekurei88]

Gggmanlives Okay then, thanks for that. You must have turned the sensitivity down some though, I don't think I've watched a mouse so steady before. That or the game was that slow that it was not an issue. I haven't played it in years and have mostly forgotten it until I saw your review.

[@ruekurei88]

***** If you think this plays 'fast', I'm just going to assume you've never played previous Quake games or just older fps games in general. OG Quake and older Serious Sam must blow your mind. Nice assuming I haven't played the game as well, but I suppose otherwise it would ruin your argument and then you'd have to deal with someone having an opinion dissimilar to your own and not liking something you like. That can be crushing to people on the internet I've noticed..

[@Gggmanlives]

SaintAlia_of_the_Games Yeah generally I like my mouse around the lower half of the sensitivity.

[@northwindkey]

I love all the quake games, this is no exception. I recommend it to anybody who liked quake 2.

[@Bubblesofbliss1904]

"Peter Sto-mar-e"

[@Azuris190]

Loved the E3 Trailer back than: "I hear the Voices when i sleep.". Sadly i had to get Quake 4 illegally here, because i don't wanted to get the censored german Version. But Thanks to the mighty Internet and VPN, i've got my legaly uncensored Version in Gog :P

[@tobiasgerhardt7604]

Had to go to similar lengths to get the Australian uncensored gore DLC for L4D2. Luckily games dont get censored as much anymore these days.

[@Azuris190]

@@tobiasgerhardt7604 Yep, i think a Generation has changed and those now in Positions had similiar experience with older or the same mediums.

[@Akens888]

Quake 4 was so good that when they released it on steam years later I bought it a second time.... how funny all these years later Doom 2016 and eternal get praised for much the same combat Quake 4 got trashed for.

[@georgep779]

Anyone owning a Quake 4 server? Pm me or answer.

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

This was the first game I bought for the 360 when I got the system on launch night. Good times.

[@miguelpereira9859]

Matt G Ewww contrpllers... (Not hating glad you had a good time)

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

No worries, I see your point, I just couldn't afford to get a decent gaming rig back in the day.

[@miguelpereira9859]

Matt G Yeah alright. But to be fair, the 360 and PS3 were VERY powerful when they came out

[@Trazynn]

Yeah, you had to pay about double for a pc if you wanted the same graphical quality.

[@greenbow7888]

Yep. Q4 was a good game. Still good looking in places. ... I tried replaying Quake 2, but every time I get stuck within possibly the first level. Can't find or get to a keycard, so I just gave up. ...... P.S. I think Unreal and Return to Na Pali were my favourites of that time. I would replay Unreal, but I think the controls are stuck with arrow keys, meaning hard to control.... (Anyway thumbs up, Gggmanlives.)

[@TTGLKami]

My favorite game ever.

[@daniel_najar]

Patiently waiting for Quake 5

[@filipbodnar2947]

I hope the so called quote: ,,...most of the fps nowadays are open world." Was ironic

[@Gggmanlives]

filip bodnar Battlefield, Far Cry, Borderlands, Arma, Dead Island, Dying Light, Crysis, should I go on?

[@filipbodnar2947]

Gggmanlives Yeah, you're right, but those weren't the first fps that came to my mind and crysis games are NOT open world and weren't, really. They weren't open world games in the sense of fc 3 and 4 or gta, the first one atleast was a good fops with big environements and bf is not an open world game xD

[@Gggmanlives]

filip bodnar Open map then, don't be pedantic. I'm talking about games with huge open maps as opposed to corridors with fixed enemy placements.

[@filipbodnar2947]

Gggmanlives Yeah, you're right I was bein' a bitch there sorry, bud. Still, good review.

[@Gggmanlives]

filip bodnar Nah it's all good I was being a bit of a twat as well. No worries.

[@name-zn2uu]

This game was good, you can also mod it for some cool visual and gameplay enhancements

[@sergiosrrubio]

Quake IV to me is the best of the series.Mainly by all the reasons you said. Old School shooting and bad-ass bosses and Weaponry in a time that the genre was on his last moments. Great Review as always.

[@Latchfpv]

Maybe one day I'll go back to it and give it a try. I remembered having a very strong reaction against it when it came out. I usually enjoy Raven's work, their games are some of my favourites, but something about this one.. how lifeless and limited the levels felt. It just didn't feel like a follow-up to Quake 2 for me at the time. Review's at least made me reconsider giving it a shot.

[@NikolaiKojevnikov]

You didn't say "I'm so glad you asked.." this time, what gives man? That's like your catchphrase.

[@Gggmanlives]

Nikolai Kojevnikov I'm doing it 50/50, some people like it, some people hate it.

[@NiiiTR0US1]

Gggmanlives yea bring that back its like your thing

[@googleboughtmee]

Nikolai Kojevnikov Thank god!

[@NikolaiKojevnikov]

Gggmanlives​ it adds character to your videos man, keep it up.

[@tomivalkonen1343]

Such forgotten classic. I'm 80℅ console peasant and 20% PC master race so it is sad XBox 360 version was worst port ever with fps dropping from 60 to 15 whole game through same as Return to Castle Wolfenstein on original XBox. Last time played years and years ago and it is such a pleasure to play it again on PC. 💟

[@KawaiiKittyKat79]

I wish they would make a Quake 5 game using the DooM 2016 engine, that would be awesome.

[@FyruHawk]

i have some amazing news for you

[@NomadNomadCZ]

Fyru Hawk no you don't, sadly

[@FyruHawk]

???

[@NomadNomadCZ]

Fyru Hawk "i have some amazing news for you" there is no Quake 5, so no

[@FyruHawk]

you ever heard of quake champions?

[@J40JesusIsLord]

I enjoyed this one! It's like D-day in space!