QUAKE 4: The Dark Age of Id Software

[@H3Vtux]

I don't care what anybody says. This game's single player was DOPE!

[@supertoaduno7379]

I love Quake 4, its very good sucsessor to Quake 2, i completed the game, and the singleplayer story is perfect!Im one of those old school guys who seen Quake 2 days and hell - Quake 3 was almost as popular as Counter Strike.I don't understand why Quake 4 is seen as black sheep, i don't understand what the fuck is with Doom 3, especially the monsters, Pinky - seriously?Looks like monster that dwells in my pants

[@INFILTR8US]

finished it in two sittings. loved it. still come back to it every couple of years

[@Dondlo46]

lol your comment is similar to angriest comment thread on youtube

[@kinghoodofmousekind2906]

I still love that game, ngl...I think Raven did a good job, same with Wolfenstein 2009 (both flawed but fun).

[@tyleradams6266]

Yes thank you!

[@j1shin]

For me Quake 4 was a cool game. I remember it to this day and I cannot say this for many games ...

[@BFGFF42]

Same.

[@jkdredd]

I actually liked quake 4 over doom 3. I know blasphemy, but IMO Doom 3’s gun play was garbage

[@billymanziel5666]

You must have a bad memory

[@jkdredd]

@@billymanziel5666 not likely, plus I played Doom 3 when Doom eternal came out and it reminded me of how bad the gun play was. Look it up on KZbin the shotgun mechanics are universally panned by a vast majority

[@j1shin]

@@billymanziel5666 ... and you didn't get the point 👌

[@arbiter1er]

The way I see it, Quake 4 is a way more action focused DooM 3 with Q2's art style. Still one of my favorites! The soundtrack is amazing too.

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

The stroggification scene is still one of the most brutal things I have ever seen in a video game. I would like to point out that they do a _little_ bit with the partial-Strogg in the narrative. After the process, you start to be able to read the Strogg language on display panels and understand the Strogg gurgles over the PA system. IDK why hive-mind Borg clones _need_ PA systems, but hey, it's there.

[@DarioToledo]

And also, during that scene they could make more moans for your character. He always screams the same way at every hurting part.

[@shakes5847]

That was totally fucked up at the time. I remember sitting through it and just thinking "They're gonna do a last minute rescue at any moment....... annnnnyyyy moment..... Oh god. Oh GOD!" Seriously did not see it coming and was shocking for the time. Great moment in gaming history.

[@VB-92]

The average human: Strogg That one guy: *S T R O U G G*

[@Canada407]

It's 2 ggs Strogg

[@VB-92]

@@Canada407 Thank you 407th Canada.

[@lQuadXl]

*I thought he said Stro-ge in the video* 😄

[@dertseha]

I liked Quake 4, mainly because it was made by Raven Software, from which I liked Heretic a lot. My most memorable scene from Quake 4 is the landing of the MCC Hannibal - for me that moment was awesome.

[@nukuwithq]

For people who don't know there is a fix for the low resolution textures (what you can see in this video), you just need to to do a google search and fiddle a little in the config file.

[@bro7plays197]

I had the same issue and then fixed it. Also be careful of the ambient lighting brightness.. it will make it look like garbonzo if too low.

[@REPVILE]

I really like Q4. Especially when things went to shit for your character. Wasn’t expecting that at all.

[@REPVILE]

@Lassi Kinnunen 81 Same here. I did go back recently and play through D3 and the addon campaigns again, I like them alot better than I did at the time.

[@telefrag.]

Quake 4 gameplay felt like Doom 3 done right at the time. For me that alone was enough to enjoy it.

[@oompalumpus699]

One trend I've noticed is a lot of people have been going back to older videogames. Whether it's Doom, Halo, or Call of Duty, people have been seemingly struck with a strong sense of nostalgia. And I think it says a lot about current videogames when most of the customer base misses the older ones.

[@benn1181]

When those games were new there was all sorts of nostalgia for early 90s games. It's just the way it is.

[@persezyra]

These "first gen next gen" games were amazing tbh. I go back to cod2,4, doom3, q4, ut2004, gow 1, hl2 all the time

[@CptMagnus]

Quake 4 had some cool characters, e.g. Strauss. And also some cool scripted sequences besides the already mentioned stroggofication, like the orbital drop. Especially the later levels also had some incredible atmosphere

[@MrAdam802]

Quake 4 is an awesome underrated game! Great enemies, weapons, environments, etc. Cool dark vibes and a true old school FPS by today's standards.

[@how1tzer12]

You didn't mentioned that after the Stroggification you can now use wall brains as a healing station, which are present even on earliest levels (before you become a Strogg) Also, nailgun is the best weapon in the game in term of DPS/ROF when fully modified, not to mention it's lock-on mode BTW, you can destroy Gladiator's railgun (as well as disable his shield with LG) and Light Tank's flame cannon so they can't use it against you. Sounds familiar, huh?

[@justingoretoy1628]

Quake IV is important because crouch sliding.

[@skah5651]

Crouch sliding and rump jumping. And try hit those spooky skeletons in a shadow, what an a multiplayer. Still fun though. Though revisiting, sometimes few players peeking on in q4 multiplayer. I guess no wonder i could not hit shit back in the days, it is dam hard for some reason, i guess need to adjust game properly for multiplayer.

[@pearljaime2]

Aye. Quake 4 starts after stroggifing IMO

[@patricksreels]

@@pearljaime2 absolutely, the movement speed and general feel improves a ton after you go robocop

[@SgtMjRomero]

And the black hole gun, and the lightning gun

[@AleK0451]

@@skah5651 quake 2 had ramp jumping but get ready for RUMP JUMPING in quake 4

[@lionocyborg6030]

The Strogg transformation scene reminds me of BJ being weakened and requiring power armour to even walk for the first half or so of Wolfenstein 2 due to the ending of New Order, until his attempted execution whereupon his still living head is saved after decapitation and grafted onto a super soldier body, which is weird as how despite not having played it yet I knew about Quake 4 and that scene first.

[@rickberny1424]

Id stated that doom:eternal the ancient gods part 2 is the end of the slayers saga, meaning they'll work on new adventures, maybe we'll see a new quake single player following on IDs great work that is doom eternal. A man can dream

[@mac2309zzz]

Superficially that sounds like a reasonable idea but in practice it's not. Doom and Quake were quite distinct games initially because they were created using unique technology. Those days are a very long way in the past so all we're left with is a differing art style. There's more mileage in playing Q1 using one of the updated engines or a mod like the fantastic Arcane Dimensions

[@ZZ-hb1ho]

ID software would ruin a quake reboot.

[@protostar5946]

Bruh, I literally just picked this game up on Christmas. One interesting thing I noticed right off the bat was that on the Xbox 360 (on mine, at least), it features a really choppy frame rate and you get to fight alongside Medics and Engineers. Kinda like Half-Life: Opposing Force. Other than that, I'm having a ton of fun with this. Cool review!

[@RodniDemental]

Fun fact, if you play those sections not in HD (360 version), the frame drops are nowhere near as egreduous. I remember people talking about the framedrops at the time and specifically thinking they were being highly exaggerated.. Until I replayed in HD a few years ago. Yeah they were telling the truth, the drops are waay more noticeable. XD (curiously there are other fairly random scenarios like this that I remember eg. people were saying tomb raider legend on PS3 had more preferable textures in 480p than 720p for some reason . I sometimes wonder how many other of these situations there were/are.)

[@Hamdad]

@@RodniDemental Egregious?

[@phoenixzappa7366]

It's actually a really good game. But it's nothing like Quake 1 so I guess the criticism is fair.

[@Canadian_Gamer]

Quake 4 on the 360 came with Quake 2 on a bonus disc, I have it!

[@jabba334]

I remember being blown away by the graphics at the time. I turned them up until it was a slideshow on my PC and in the opening you could count the hairs on the dead Marines head! The other thing was the brutality of the story. Your protagonist is torn apart and (almost) converted into a Strogg! It was a brilliant, unexpected twist. Is Quake 4 the best Quake? No, but it wasn't bad for a single player, story driven, FPS of the time.

[@classicshooters8902]

I don't agree on vehicle sections being a problem. They are just as action packed as any on-foot firefight. They were cool distractions that did not drag. Turrets sections however are a drag.

[@FPMedia_]

Maybe it's just me, but I thought the controls on those sections were clunky too.

[@ironcito1101]

I didn't like those parts either. The part where you operate the "mech suit" is OK... not great, not terrible, lol. But I found the hover tank difficult to maneuver and hard to aim, and in the part where someone else drives and you just operate the machinegun, it's very hard to aim while the vehicle is moving. The game could do without any of those parts.

[@jothain]

I pretty agree with ClassicShooters. They were pretty damn well paced, not too hard at all and it kinda felt that you were going somewhere on your mission, instead of traditional "I'll press button and enter another world" stuff. Plus they kinda ended when you began to get into it. In my books that's perfect pacing if you cut the scene when it begins to feel repetitive. For Diego C. that was in my opinion exactly well made. You had mech suit and it was changed to vehicles so it didn't feel exactly same. I didn't even have problems with those turret sections, though they could've been tad shorter sequences.

[@parallax8207]

I also had no problems with it, they are ok

[@Etronax]

For me this is the most memorable singleplayer fps ever. Doom 3 was such a disappointment for me that I thoroughly enjoyed every part of Quake 4. I even played through it like 4 times in a row, which I can't say I've yet to come even close to with any other game.

[@goldenwolfe5085]

I think the reason why doom 3 is sort of a technical demo for every game engine they would make. Raven was well known for using their technolgy in diffrent and intresting ways. The game that i so far adore that raven has made is Singularity intresting setting and theme. I mean its really what modern fps games should try to be today. Another game that i recommend to checkout is Prey 2006 made by former developers of raven still has that raven software feel its also on doom 3 engine too. Really good does some intresting things can be found on myabadonware since it isnt sold anymore works well on modern system without a issue (also wolfenstein 2009 is abadonware like prey 2006 so downloaded if you are intresed)

[@NoThing-wc3cs]

I did the exact opposite, I played Doom 3 immediately on higher difficulty as soon as I beat it. In my eyes Doom 3 is much better than Quake 4 in every way (with mods).

[@urazsoktay5275]

Both Doom 3 and Quake 4 are amazing easily 9 out of 10 games for me. Doom 3 is a masterpiece.

[@sinizzl]

Can we appreciate for a second just how fucking well the graphics hold up even to 2021? Quake IV was a nice game. Totally underrated.

[@Jack_War]

I remember that u can destroy the shoulder mounted railgun of the gladiator and turn off his shield with the lightning gun which remind a lot of the doom hunter, so the weak point is in fact an old idea of id software

[@GeakandGamer]

I just wanna say... ID didn’t make quake 4 so don’t imply that in the title. Otherwise Great video

[@Gamerfan2000]

There are two kinds of people in the world, those who like Quake IV and those who are wrong.

[@ezassegai4793]

facts

[@zael7848]

FACTS!

[@H3Vtux]

I think this is genuinely the most underrated game of the 2000 decade.

[@ezassegai4793]

@@H3Vtux yes that and Vampires Masquarade Bloodlines

[@H3Vtux]

@@ezassegai4793 I also really liked SiN (that might have been 90s) Republic commando, the Return of the King game, 007 nightfire, and a few others. I'm sure it's just nostalgia speaking but I really feel 1998-2008 was the perfect decade for games.

[@melnik1442]

I remember playing Quake 4 for a first time when i was around 5 or 6 years old, i was watching Blade too, kids stuff you know.

[@mac2309zzz]

There was no Quake franchise, I don't know why people keep going on about it. Quake 2 was called that because they couldn't agree on a name for the game they made after Quake! It's as simple as that!

[@sablebubble4630]

Quake Wars - Quake 2 - Quake 4 Then we got Quake and somewhat a continuation of it in id's multiverse in Quake Champions.

[@blackagent4754]

I really wish they'd make a sequel to Quake 4 with a follow-up on what happens with Kane and Rhino Squad. It really has a good story, theme, and military atmosphere. It would do the story and name of Quake some justice.

[@jordandavis2987]

Funny, I just picked this up on Steam last weekend on a whim for some classic FPS nostalgia. I'm glad to see you giving it a fair assessment as its own game separate from the rest of the franchise. Playing it for what it was without expectations, I had a good time. It didn't blow me away, but it was fun and responsive and the feeling of being caught up in a war with an alien species went over pretty well. The biggest disappointment is that the Strogg story line (starting with Quake 2) cut off the potential for more of what Quake 1 was and should have continued to be.

[@Nat-jf2ge]

I didn't mind Quake 4 because it was mainly about the campaign, it was the first xbox 360 game i bought because it came with Quake 2.

[@handznet]

Quake 4 was awesome game. Memorable moments and finally clear story!

[@Elgreasyburrito650]

I really enjoyed quake 4 im still waiting on 5 tho I'm keeping. Y fingers crossed

[@georgekostaras]

I do love this game. It's not a classic FPS but there's a lot of childhood love in it for me. And as you said, it and Doom 3 were not bad games by any stretch

[@atreyu2538]

Make sure you do the blurry texture fix and max out resolutions in the Nvidia control etc.. and it looks great.

[@HeathenDance]

Except for the weapons, Quake 1 seems to be part of the Heretic/Hexen series. And Quake 2 and 4, obviously, Doom's half-brothers.

[@sotheofdaein]

I loved quake 4 because of the strogg. they're such cool villains and the campaign does a pretty good job at showing how their society and tech works. they're terrifying gruesome, and amazing enemies.

[@MorrisChannel4]

This game tortured my system back in the day this came out, pentium 4 cranking away, ati card struggling to keep the frame rates, played on medium with 1024x768. Good times, got to the point i had to play it 640x480

[@elcreyo]

You should've at least mention the multiplayer which was good in this game.

[@schockbock-w8l]

I played the shit of the multiplayer, but it's always been pretty dead compared to 'bigger' MP games.

[@blackagent4754]

Amen to that?

[@goonerw27]

Marine #1: “How far are we going?” Marine #2: “Far enough that if you get lost, you’ll be asking for directions in Strogg”

[@CharcharoExplorer]

I actually like Quake 4 as a game - more than DOOM 2016 or DOOM 3 overall.

[@patson187]

You prefer Q4 over D3? Fair enough. Me too. But over D2016? No way, dude! :D

[@CharcharoExplorer]

@@patson187 D2016 is very fun- but Eternal is much better.

[@StarkeRealm]

I agree with Doom 3. D3 is more of a survival horror game with tight shooting, while Q4 was what I expected from a Doom or Quake game in 2004/2005. Now, I'm not sure, they're both solid. Prey's the only game on that engine I'd throw under the bus without a second thought.

[@BeyondDM]

I noticed in your footage the textures are blurred. I can't remember correctly but I thought there was a trick where you would put the ingame settings to high instead of very high and it would look a lot better

[@EndlessFunctionality]

It's a decent game. But series always suffer when devs farm out a game to a sister studio. Another example is Monolith farming out FEAR 3 to day 1 studios.

[@pschroeter1]

I loved this game. I thought it was a better Doom sequel than Doom III. I liked having companions and how interactive the world was. I didn't care much though, when the game put you in a vehicle. I sad they didn't make expansion packs for it or new fan base levels.

[@Screamus]

Q4 was my first quake and I loved it.

[@stuartfury3390]

The walk button is for multiplayer. Duels specifically.

[@slimebuck]

like in cs go... no noise when moving

[@clydemarshall8095]

I still want the original Quake to get a proper follow up. It could be called Quake: Revival. I loved the atmosphere and enemy concepts in the original Quake.

[@dwaynehawkins]

i remember Q4 to be pretty next gen in its time... wow times have changed :o

[@SirBigWater]

Played this on the 360 back when it came out. Gunfights ran at what felt like 5 fps . Quake 2 Remastered ran awesome though

[@alexwolf2870]

i updated my entire computer at that moment, and this was the first game I played after the update, blew my mind

[@A11ium]

Some of the footage on low settings? Quake 4 should be run with a parallax mod. And a speed boost to moving.

[@jothain]

There at least was some bug also with Nvidia cards were textures were shown with ridiculously low details. There are patches for that though. I first played this on X360 and it looked ok, but run horribly slow. Then about 10 years later ran it in my pc and instantly got that "Wtf? This looked better on X360" feeling and began to google around.

[@yiroij6296]

holy shit this channel is underrated. i thought i was watching someone with at least 10k subs until i saw the view count and sub count. great video and you earned a subscriber

[@rekware9320]

What settings are you running on this footage man? Textures werent that bad in the day were they?

[@H33t3Speaks]

Your texture settings hurt my soul...

[@Avolition617]

It usually happens on later versions of windows

[@chrisrosenkreuz23]

can you imagine if they came out with a Quake 5 nowadays with a Lovecraftian theme going back to its roots? oh my daze

[@lewislewis3531]

Quake 5 will be VR if ID ever dabble 🤣

[@urazsoktay5275]

Nah i prefer they make a Quake game with Strogg. A sequel to Quake 4 would be nice.

[@luketerrell5037]

Quake 4 is one of my favourite games just because how Quake 2 had me hooked on its world from release back in the 90s. Just saw a kill count of Quake 4 and that lead me here, great content keep it up!

[@nickp5160]

Hi FP, I'd like to add a couple of things on the visuals (bear in mind I'm just on the 2nd minute of the game). The steam version uses the low res pack of the game and there are guides how to make the game 1080p with the built-in (it's not a mod!) high res pack. Thus it will look much better, not like that. PS: Great videos! Found out about you after Civvie11

[@RedgydentEvil]

My first xbox 360 game, Quake 4 will for ever have a special place in my heart

[@Soma_Shotgun]

I pretty much agree with everything in this video. Tho I also have to add that the railgun is not a very good weapon. For a railgun it's very weak. No enemy dies from it from one hit and given it's slow firing speed, It's just not worth using in my opinion.

[@rodylermglez]

Let us remember that advertising people are the ones who ultimately made Quake to have such an "identity crisis". Quake 2 was supposed to be named Wor (as in, War) but they finally settled on the name we know now because Quake as a brand was so highly recognized as synonymous with the best 3d technology at the time...

[@5hane9ro]

I love how their is no mention of Rage, id software's big game release in 2011... No one remembers Rage.

[@BlackOps78321]

I enjoyed playing through Quake 4 when I was somewhere in the 17 to 18 age group. I found it to be rather well made, and it was a fun idea to explore that humanity has regrouped and attacking some kind of war-like race on their own planet, after reversing their technology to get there; even though strogg were more like a made up concept, and it turned out they actually 'were' humans most of the time before they devolved into something else; it explains more why the 'aliens' were not more peaceful or advanced. The gameplay was fun and challenging enough, and I didn't find it cringy at the gore and other parts. It's probably really underrated as just a 1 player game, even though original Quake/QuakeII was similar, but Half-Life using QuakeII's engine really was where the multiplayer went to; 2004 to 2008 was really the peak of amazing games/mods on multiplayer. I don't want to replay it, and possibly be more aware of its flaws or become disappointed. It felt like a solid 9/10 game at the time; Far better than the 'budget' and expensive FPS that come out nowadays. I liked the feeling you are no longer a sole survivor, or just 1 player in some empty level, there were friendly forces that joined along side you, and they would help and die randomly; after all it is a planetary invasion, it isn't just sending 1 person. I'd definitely play a game that expands on the story of this made by similar creators, altho it seems it is 'finished', maybe they can make a different type of game. New games feel a bit easier or dumbed down anyway, it doesn't allow the large amount of things that were possible in mods/games in 2008, even if little info is now available and people won't be able to see what those games were like. The 'top' games tend to be cinematic or slow games (such as the Witcher 3) that while commendable for being well made, can't really be competed at. skill ceilings (even for fps games) are very lowered, or dumber, it has nothing on the multiplayer communities and mods of the past games. However not much remains and many people have never even felt or played the games that required different skill sets, so it sort of seems like 'idiocracy', it reflects people getting dumber, making dumber things, playing dumber things, and making accessibility to them rather than to a real mature audience. RTS and FPS are now flooded with stupider games that little kids can all play and also players who are really dumb, but it allows more profit and less people criticizing.

[@carcar5911]

One of my favorite games of all time. Played the campaign atleast 2 to 3 times. Would love to play it again in VR!

[@GaddiAdda_]

I was only 12 when played this, and oh boy for some good years in my memory, this remained the best fps. Despite never ever hearing anyone talk about it. To me it felt like what Doom 3 should've been. It was Doom 2, Quake 3 and then this! All our complaints about dark and slow Doom 3 would be irrelevant if this was Doom 3 and not a Quake 4.

[@epicguy3595]

Quake 5 needs to combine the Quake 1 and Quake 2 worlds in an epic story-based campaign.

[@ogregialzsorop5941]

Q2 for its storyline and enemies and Q1 for its vibe. Q3 for being such pioneer in terms of multi. One of the most impactful series.

[@ninjatriplexxx6109]

Quake 4 is amazing. It’s honestly what doom 3 could’ve been in a way

[@shmekelfreckles8157]

Doom 3 came out perfect tho. Q4 feels like a failed experiment. It also has some really bad 2000s FPS shit, like on-rails turret sections and vehicle sections.

[@rodrigof.r.desouza3587]

Back in the day I actually enjoyed Q4 way more than Doom 3, which is a game that I only ended up fully enjoying over the years.

[@Enkarashaddam]

I appreciate both games for what they individually were trying to do

[@ninjatriplexxx6109]

@@shmekelfreckles8157 you take that back right now. Doom is a superior game, but Q4 is better than D3

[@shmekelfreckles8157]

@@ninjatriplexxx6109 I dunno, man. I’ve played both fairly recently and had way more fun with Doom 3, Q4 felt really boring because of all this running around and talking in the beginning. Also escort missions, bleh.

[@TheStrayHALOMAN]

You know it's very easy to fix the texture bug in the video.

[@3PICAT]

I'm not sure if this was mentioned in the video (maybe I just missed it) but for anyone wondering: the graphics are not THIS bad, they unfortunately bug out but there is a very simple fix for it on the internet.

[@wedgeGTX]

I loved Quake 4 same way as Quake and Quake 4. Also, side note: it wasn't developed by iD Software. It was Raven (Heretic, Hexen, Soldier of Fortune, Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, Wolfenstein, Singularity) who made Quake 4

[@anthonyhiggins9799]

Replayed it a few months ago, having previously finished it back upon release. I enjoyed it even more this time. Don't like some of the vehicle sections, but otherwise it's an excellent modernization of old school FPS games. Very immersive, some great characters and dark humour. Good variety of enemies, weapons, and pretty challenging. A worthy addition to the Quake series.

[@evilhotdog2664]

You've got some setings wrong i think. Textures are way too blurry. in case you want a fix: Go to quake4config.cfg file in the q4base map and change the next things: seta image_ignoreHighQuality "0" seta image_downSizeBump "0" seta image_downSizeSpecular "0" seta image_cacheMegs "512" seta image_downSize "0" If transparant glass looks solid grey change this: seta r_alphaToCoverage "0" in the settings of quake 4 itself disable ambient lighting.

[@KyleHarrisonRedacted]

I was so hype for this. I'm an id fan through and to boot, I was also a huge raven fan. Raven making Q4 was a dream come true. And then I played it. After maybe 4 hours I put it down and just never came back. "Fun but uninspired" is pretty apt, so much so that I felt no inspiration to come back to it. I've heard rumors that Id's been looking at a new quake since they're done with reviving Doom now, it'd make sense, and I hope it's true. But Id does have other properties, like Commander Keen lmao

[@persezyra]

Q1 its his own Q2 and 4 were a dif storyline Tim explained it The design, the dead marines and dirty bloody maps, this game campaign was insane. Played the hell out of it, this is also the game that got me into competitive gaming, after watching WSVG.

[@Tribalquake]

You forgot to mention Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (2007) which also has the same storyline of Q2 and Q4 and shows the first Strogg's attack on earth (before the events in Q2). It was mainly multiplayer, but you can also play singleplayer with bots.

[@jharju2352]

I had such high hopes for that game when it was announced. What could've been a better idea than pairing refined Quake 2 aesthetics with RTCW: Enemy Territory's fun multiplayer mechanics?

[@Tribalquake]

@@jharju2352 I love the enemies design on ETQW and also the strogg vehicles. I'm glad ID recycled my favorite (Oppressor) for Quake Champions, but i would rather have a real singleplayer game with that war-aesthetic, like MOHAA or the original Call of Duty.

[@mushbrainsmedia1061]

Disregarding Rage? That was absolutely an id Software single player experience from 2011.

[@FPMedia_]

Bro, I totally forgot about Rage tbh. That's my bad, and when I do my next Quake video, I'll make sure to correct that

[@mushbrainsmedia1061]

@@FPMedia_ I think a lot of people forget about Rage. It's probably the most underwhelming game in the id catalogue. It's not a bad one, though. I prefer its campaign over Quake 2.

[@FPMedia_]

@@mushbrainsmedia1061 Right on. I think my next and final Quake video will be about Quake Live (or the Quake 1 and 2 Mission Packs), and I'll correct myself in that.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

@@mushbrainsmedia1061 That spuld tell you something about how MEMORABLE Rage is...

[@hridayawesomeheart9477]

I played this game when i was very young and freaking love it

[@bryandacote8109]

I'm new to your channel, and I'm loving your vids. Got a request; you've looked at Doom 3, and Quake 4. Will you look at the 2005 Prey? It was the 3rd game to use ID Software's IDTech4. Also you gotta look at RAGE 1 and 2, and Commander Keen. The latter of those 2 ID Franchises I never played.

[@FPMedia_]

I have never actually played Prey before, but I will cover it in the future on the channel. Commander Keen and RAGE are on the list too. I wanna talk about the cancelled (I think) Commander Keen reboot they were gonna do for mobile specifically.

[@molkypolky465]

Q4max is the best multiplayer afps. It has addictive movement, perfect hitbox, the game actually requires aim. So come and play q4max, it is 100x better ql/dbt/qc!

[@maartendubelaar367]

I really loved Q4 multiplayer, the maps, the weapons, the crouchsliding, pity it ran so shitty out of the box and had to wait for q4max before it become playable.

[@njintau]

I absolutely loved the levels where you got to see all the body horror like you could see body parts being repurposed to do other things in these cold metal buildings. As a fan of movies like Event Horizon, I enjoyed the many imaginative ways the Strogg repurposed human bodies and even individual organs. Oh and I got a real kick out of the fact that the Stroyent distribution network was run by a giant heart.

[@ezassegai4793]

I loved this game tbh. It was not what I expected but it was a solid shooter game.

[@lonew0lfclaw859]

Dude.. Wats with the graphics? That initial cutscene should look hell of a lot more detailed. Being detailed is wat i remember it as from the last time i played this Gem. Thats ryt. I fucking loved Quake 4.

[@ShroomFilmsBonus]

Yes there actually has been a ID Software singeplayer game made after Quake 4 but before Doom 2016, and that's Rage 1.

[@MikeStang2004]

Finally a lil documentary of quake 4. Even wanting to watch something like this about quake 4. In my opinion i think it was a badass game. Good old memories 👍👍👍

[@Cynidecia]

Quake should've kept it's lovecraft roots. ID needs to make a doom 2016 tier remake for Q1

[@oveerkul]

I have great memories from Q4 as a kid - especially the crazy guns and upgrades. Strange you didnt mention the blackhole gun, it had insane dps on bosses. Its also weird that it looks like you have the graphics on low/low in the first sets of gameplay. It looks better later in the video - which confuses me in why that would change. Also the stroggification sequence was one of the bigget twists i had seen in videogames, almost bigger than bioshock. Gud giem, would like a remaster/widescreen update for Q4.

[@Zdenda1990]

Well, actualy the only new singleplayer game, that was made by id Software between Doom 3 and Doom 2016 was the original Rage in 2011. Prey 2006 was made by Human Head Studios and Wolfenstein 2009 was made by Raven Software.

[@MikeReiner]

uhg, the image_downsize bug rearing its head, your quake 4 footage has all the textures at the low setting.

[@SPNKRGrenth]

Yeah it's an unfortunate bug, I noticed it too. The game is definitely supposed to l have better looking textures at max than that. The fix is an easy one, just have to manually change a few settings in the ini file I think? But you have to know to look for it in the first place.

[@robertbiber3196]

For anynone watching this; if the textures look muddy it's because turning them to Ultra makes them actually turn to Low due to a bug, so either play on High or find a simple fix on the Steam forums...

[@mr.pavone9719]

I really enjoyed the return to the Strong War with Quake 4 and that Strong conversion scene was genuinely horrifying. That one scene made it scarier than all of Doom 3 for sure. I think a lot of people hated the game for what it wasn't instead of enjoying what it was.

[@herbderbler1585]

Quake 4 was fun, but it did let me down in very big way. Having seen Doom 3 pick up System Shock 2's concept of collecting personal logs and data files to advance the lore and plot, then hearing about the cybernetic enhancement of the player via "stroggification", I was super excited to think that Id might be delving into character progression for Q4. Imagine being able to customize your Strogg body as you go to be more of a sneaky infiltrator or a heavy tank. The paths available to you could have been based on these choices. Stealth and speed gives you access to crawlspaces and vents and maintenance pathways to circumvent large challenges or allow you to get the drop on foes, as opposed to becoming a mighty walking fortress so you can just smash down the doors and face every challenge head on. Speed, strength, size, weapon choices, health and armor could all have been tied to this system, allowing great replay value and customization. Sadly that wasn't the case. As mentioned in this video, they actually slowed the player down to a mud slog at the beginning of the game, so the only upgrades you ever get are 125 health and armor, and regaining the basic Doom 3 walking speed. I still enjoyed the game, but that was a heck of a departure from my expectations.

[@deus_nsf]

Why are textures in lowest?

[@AlekMadeDis]

Quake got his follow-up in Doom Eternal. But yeah i really wanna see original Quake again in the world

[@DrBrunoDzogovic]

Quake are legendary games! I'd like remake of all of them with Ray Tracing. Hell, I played Quake 2 millions of times, plus I was so severely addicted to the music from the game that I managed to make my own band and start composing industrial metal.

[@DarioToledo]

I personally liked the tank part in Q4. But like you said (and i'm glad I'm not alone) it's quite disappointing that Q4 followed the Q2 storyline, which has already disappointed me back in 1997 because i LOVED, LOVED that gothic-lovecraftian atmosphere in Q1. It has to be said that Q1 was mainly conceived by John Romero, which has left ID Software during the development of Q1, in fact the two Quake Mission Packs immediately started deviating from that level design and plot. This might explain why Q2 was set on a totally different storyline, probably not many at ID agreed to follow Romero's steps or were capable of.

[@CapeRides]

I feel that it varies for everyone. It's not fast paced but it was a great fps back in the day, graphics was amazing. They should do a remastered Q2

[@Everik-ct6pg]

The worst sin of gaming is making a good game that doesn't resemble the formula from the franchise. The Titans crash games were pretty good, but they're hated because they're different.

[@xFluing]

Didn't the dark age technically end with Woflenstein The New Order? Or would that just be the beginning of the end?

[@AntiJewluminatiDwarf]

Quake 4 was the perfect length for me to do multiple runs, I wanna say it had achievements for beating the entire game with 1 gun (starting when you first obtain it)

[@NoNamenoonehere]

I think there mistake was they made a sequel to a previous game storyline,quake 4 like past quakes should of been its Own thing,for me the freshness of each episode was what attracted me to quake 1 -3

[@rmbl349]

The Singleplayer campaign was freakin awesome.

[@lowkeyobsessedngl]

i found myself enjoying Quake 4 more than I should've.